Category Archives: Architecture

Our Cultural Chernobyl

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Last month we posted two stories on Chernobyl’s new-found status as a tourist destination. This week we stumbled upon a photo-documentary by French photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre that’s now available in the book Detroit in Ruins. The young … Continue reading →

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Longest Art Gallery In The World

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Brian D. Butler
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Travel To Planet Gaia

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

  Learn more about Gaia’s street art.

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Free The Wall Space

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

The organization Wall Space was developed to offer international street artists fora to freely express artistic notions legally. They provide artists the time and opportunity to safely enrich the community with new public art. This seemingly innocuous mural by the … Continue reading →

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A bridge to…

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Thanks to Wilson Dizard for the post idea.                                                                    

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Travel by Gingerbread

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Brian D. Butler
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Do You Over-decorate ?

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Brian D. Butler
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Not What You’d Expect

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Spain’s ancient Andalusian city of Córdoba is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and not the place that you’d expect to find cutting-edge modern architecture. But away from the city’s glorious historic quarter the Madrid-based architecture group ParadesPino has developed a … Continue reading →

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Always Something Interesting…

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

There’s always something interesting at Shorpy.com the vintage photo blog featuring thousands of images from the 1850s to 1950s.

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America’s Beautiful Libraries

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

                   

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