Disaster Porn: East Coast Style
If I had wanted, during my first day of biking around, to see an artificially nice version of Baltimore, I could have chosen the first Sunday in February. That night, the Ravens were playing in the Super Bowl; in the hours leading to it, according to »
Architecture's Next Top Model
Having made my opinions on certain superscrapers clear, it is refreshing to report that there seems to be a new era dawning on the industry constructing architectural giants. At first it seemed that the Burj Khalifa had set the precedent for a boastful display of »
Lost in Manhattan
The viewer takes a mash-up journey of geometry, geolocation tracking and Instagram style video filters in a piece of media so accomplished you fear it must be promoting something. In the midst of the sleek post production trickery is a place like no other on earth – »
How We've Ignored the Complex Simplicity of the Manhattan Street Grid
Woven across Manhattan Island is a vast tapestry of street and block that has been so successful in organizing the forces of urban development, it’s often hard to »
A Look At The Upcoming Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
With the 13th installment of the Serpentine Gallery Pavillion opening in less than a month, it seems topical to discuss the context that shapes it. Aside from this year's winner, the prestigious commission has had »
How One Town’s Public Space Has Determined Its Community Life
At once cosmopolitan and intimate, Charlottesville's public space helps shape its community life. »
Architecture’s Next Top Model
Having made my opinions on certain superscrapers clear, it is refreshing to report that there seems to be a new era dawning on the industry constructing architectural giants. At first it seemed that the Burj Khalifa had »
on 15th May 2013
A Look At The Upcoming Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
With the 13th installment of the Serpentine Gallery Pavillion opening in less than a month, it seems topical to discuss the context that shapes it: temporality. »
How We’ve Ignored the Complex Simplicity of the Manhattan Street Grid
What has been lost in the ignorance and rejection of the core principles of the Manhattan grid, to the detriment of most cities in the western world, is the ability to »
Do You Do The Interesting Things?
Please Come and Join Happiness Architect Drinks! Happiness Architect Drinks is an evening designed for you to meet interesting people and find out more about Happiness Architect. Escape the life of doing what you »
on 7th May 2013
Barcelona at Midnight
With its beautiful architecture and vibrant urban landscape, this timelapse video shows us why Barcelona is arguably one of the most beautiful cities in Spain - particularly at night. »
on 29th Apr 2013
Nostalgia in Hong Kong
In the midst of cramped buildings, congested roads and heavily populated urban landscape, here is a journey of a young man in his beloved city, Hong Kong. »
Disaster Porn: East Coast Style
See Baltimore's "other world", in neighborhoods where over a third of households live in poverty and the landscape is marked by danger and abandonment. »
Lost in Manhattan
The viewer takes a mash-up journey of geometry, geolocation tracking and Instagram style video filters in a piece of media so accomplished you fear it must be promoting something. In the midst of the sleek post production trickery is a place like no other on earth – »
on 24th Apr 2013
Articulating the New York City Grid
On a trip to New York, an architecture and design writer observes subtle patterns within the seeming regularity. »
Exploring Paris with Typography
According to our website’s archives, Paris is a great place for video tours and photography. Whether it is shots of Paris looking beautiful in winter, discovering the inner beauty of the Louvre, or a dedication to the ways in which lighting makes the city come to »
on 15th Apr 2013