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While drones are changing the way we document architecture and cities, both from the perspective of architectural photography and grassroots activism, the technology remains a complex and sometimes controversial topic. Just last week, the FAA posted a friendly reminder that the University of Phoenix Stadium would be a “No Drone Zone” during the Super Bowl.…
LG Chem, the chemical branch of the South-Korean tech conglomerate, has just made two major breakthr oughs in OLED technology: They’ve begun mass-producing the world’s largest super-slim OLED panel, .88 millimeters (.03 inches) thick with a surface of 320-by-320 millimeters (12.5-by-12.5 inches), and selling engineering samples of a new super-flexible plastic OLED panel, perhaps the bendiest…
A quarter of a century after the eastern German Democratic Republic opened its borders to the West, the once looming legacies of the socialist state are slowly disappearing from sight and mind. East Berlin is almost unrecognizable as the former capital that was characterized by un-renovated 19th-century buildings, concrete towers, and the ruins of World…
On April 24th, 2013, the building known as Rana Plaza, located in the town of Savar, Bangaladesh, co llapsed. The structure housed clothing factories and shops crammed into poorly planned space where around 5,000 people total were employed. The factories in the building supplied garments to companies including Benetton, Primark, and Walmart. Cranes were brought in…
It’s a damn shame that the precipitation that punished NYC yesterday is of the slushy, truly m isery-inducing variety — because somehow last week’s underwhelming dusting somehow warrants a city-wide snow day but we find ourselves trudging through a city covered in slick, gray nastiness. Still, we can’t help but dream of a proper winter wonderland…
The rapid urbanization and modernization of China is best seen in this image of Shanghai, where the agricultural and fishing village, across the river from the historic city center, has been transformed into one of the world’s most advanced metropolises in just a couple of decades. The shock to the system that comes along with…
New York has seen an explosion in a new type of food experience: the marketplace. These are rather t amer versions of Spanish boqueria or bustling marketplaces the world over, with a very tightly controlled space and often high-end shops. Chelsea Market, Gotham West, Gansevoort Market, Berg’n, Brooklyn Night Bazaar, Hudson Eats, and an upcoming Anthony…
You spend all day staring at screens. Wouldn’t it be nice to occasionally look up and see a friendly face? Going against the current tide of all-too-smart automated kitchens, Moscow-based designers Tanya Repina and Misha Repin go low-tech with LO-LO, a simple suite of wooden “microkitchen” units ideal for storing refreshments around the office. Each…
The ingenious philanthropic model of the public/private partnership has long sustained America’s cul tural and civic assets, relied upon by museums, historic places, parks, hospitals, and libraries for design, building, and ongoing program operations. The model constitutes the core of the nation’s uniquely market-reliant nonprofit sector — it is the bedrock of civic goodwill and public…