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Book Review: Medicine by design: The architect and the modern hospital, 1893-1943

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Medicine by design: The architect and the modern hospital, 1893-1943, Annmarie Adams, Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2008
Annmarie Adams‘ methodological position treats buildings and architecture as social agents, not simply as receptive canvases of human intentionality. Taking this attitude towards hospitals, she uses Montreal’s Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) in the period 1893-1943 as her […]

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Ruined futures

Monday, March 17th, 2008

As you travel east from Danshui along the number 2 highway that runs along the north coast of Taiwan, you come to the small town of Sanzhi. Just before arriving in Sanzhi, there’s an interesting site hugging the shoreline … Accounts vary on the origins of this complex, and indeed, as to whether it was […]

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Adapting architecture

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Very nice! I wonder if this is an extended family or…? In any case, it’s pretty cool communal living.
Via Bricoleurbanism.
UPDATE: adaptivereuse.net reports that this is, in fact, an Amsterdam theatre set. So much better than the “Redneck Mansion” caption I saw!
- Anne

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Planting a University

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Every time we plant is not just a bet on growing seasons - it’s a vision of the future.
Is this a picture of plowing, of horitculture, a vision for a new building - or maybe even a vision of a new culture? Part of Space and Culture is based at University of Alberta and […]

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The complex (data) behaviours of the street

Monday, February 11th, 2008

I never cease to be impressed by the quality of Dan Hill’s thinking and writing on urban spaces and technology. In his most recent post on the street as platform, Dan claims that “the way the street feels may soon be defined by what cannot be seen with the naked eye.” He draws out detailed […]

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