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Book - Close up at a Distance 18 Aug 2013 | 03:46 pm
What do we see, when we see the world? In today's world transcended by digital technology and flooded with representations, models and mashups the question of 'what are we looking at?' becomes more im...
Book - Contagious Architecture 29 Jun 2013 | 04:23 am
Computers have changed the architectural process fundamentally. In most areas the practice has embraced the possibilities of the software tool and has alongside the technology transformed not just the...
Rotterdam Timelapse 5 Apr 2013 | 12:46 pm
In preparation of a trip to Rotterdam some impressions from the self styled creative city of the Netherlands. A curious place completely rebuilt after being bombed during World War 2 and since develop...
Book - Cycle Space 25 Mar 2013 | 01:59 am
Cycle Space: Architecture and Urban Design in the Age of the Bicycle by Steven Fleming is a nai010 publishers book. It aims to takle the questions surounding the rebewed popularity of cycling in the u...
Urban Playground 25 Feb 2013 | 05:42 am
The city can be boring, repetitive and grinding at times. Its the same old routine every day, a miserable day. But hey there is no need, it can be so different. Just think, it could be this exciting w...
Manufacturing on Your Desktop 11 Feb 2013 | 09:46 pm
The technology around desktop production of printed 3D objects is evolving rapidly. In the past year a number of systems have surfaced in the cheap segment of printing machines. Where it only was the...
Virtual Landscape and a Peak for the London 2012 Olympic Park 5 Sep 2012 | 01:08 pm
I will be speaking at the Society of Cartographers 48th Annual Conference today. The talk will focus on the New City Landscape maps under the title New City Landscape Maps: Urban Areas According to Tw...
Olympics 2012 in London and some Twitter Visuals 27 Jul 2012 | 07:33 pm
The Olympics are in town and about to kick off tonight in a packed Olympic Stadium out in Stratford. The last week was all about gearing up to for London to this big event. There were a few new change...
Book - Rethinking a Lot 19 Jul 2012 | 12:25 am
Since the early half of the last century the car is a defining aspect of the urban environment. Pre-car urban pattern are obviously different and many scholars and practitioners have since covered the...
The Fastest Connection in the City 13 Jun 2012 | 07:00 pm
This week at the Institut Architektur at FHNW we started new fieldwork for a GPS tracking project in Basel, Switzerland. Earlier the UrbanDiary project already tracked individuals everyday movements i...
