Category Archives: General

Originally posted on bunkums:
Tietgen dormitory is a student residence built in new district Ørestadclose to the centre of Copenhagen. The building has a circular shape, inspired by traditional southern Chinese Hakka architecture, and is designed by Danish architects Lundgaard & Tranberg in 2006. The design…

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Originally posted on citythreepointzero:
Container Pod, The Street THE SHARP PROJECT, MANCHESTER. IT LOOKS LIKE NOTHING FROM THE OUTSIDE. The former Sharp facility is huge, at 250,000 square feet, but unprepossessing. Even taxi drivers don’t seem to know where it…

Originally posted on Cendy's blog:
When I first moved to Antwerp last October I ran into what I believed to be urban knitting, it was right outside the square in front of Villanella. A friend quickly corrected me, it…

Originally posted on WANDERLUST:
There’s no language gene. There’s no innate language organ or module in the human brain dedicated to the production of grammatical language. There are no meaningful human universals when it comes to how people construct sentences…

Originally posted on FLY BROTHER:
Paulistano hip-hop scion Criolo São Paulo hip-hop star Criolo goes from hood to high-life as Brazilian rap creeps into the mainstream. As Chris Guillebeau heads down the home stretch of his hit-every-country-in-the-world, he gives pointers…

The controversy over alleged racism in Britain’s largest police force has deepened after it emerged that an officer of inspector rank has been arrested on suspicion of racist abuse. The Metropolitan police said the inspector, who is based in north…

Originally posted on Designalog:
Architecture: Express Rail Link West Kowloon Terminus by Aedas: “..a transit hub for a high speed railway which travels between hong kong and beijing..flowing ribbon pathways spread to the roof plane, morphing into a highly sculpted garden.…