Category Archives: Books

Featured Site: YourSceneSucks.com

This site I found yesterday is so hilarious. If you have ever seen or read The Hipster Handbook, you will be well aware of the type of obsevational humor found on this site. It takes pretty much the entire spectrum of today’s hipsters (where in only a few years the term hip has been replaced [...]

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Piel.Skin: Perhaps the first digital architecture book.

This may very well be the first fully digital architecture book, and if its not, its the first I have ever seen! Piel.Skin is a multi-language book featuring projects from around the world that are rethinking the facade as architectural element. The book shows buildings that assess what a building’s surface is, what it needs [...]

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Book Wish List: Prefab Home Edition

One thing I love is books about art, design, or architecture. One thing I hate is having no money to buy any. So I just wanted to post a few books I found that I would LOVE if someone bought for me (hint hint). If you have read this blog for a while, you will [...]

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Alan Weisman “The World Without Us”

The other day I came across an interesting site, promoting the Alan Weisman’s book “The World Without Us”. The book and subsequently the site poses the question “What would the planet be like, if we immediately disappeared?” What would the earth look like if every single human being ceased to exist, our buildings, cities, and [...]

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