Weekend 192.1

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Winston Smith

(1) Trouble on the China Express (WSJ) In a blistering essay titled “The Derailed Country,” posted online this past week and then quickly removed by censors, Han Han, one of Continue Reading →

Weekend 192.0

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Winston Smith

A day in NYC… (1) 194X–9/11: American Architects and the City @ the MoMA (1a) The Life and Death of Buildings at the Princeton University Art Museum [FIELD TRIP] (2) Continue Reading →

Weekend 191.0

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Winston Smith

(1) Un’Introduzione al Disegno Italiano (2) China Train Crash Shows Fast Expansion Problems (3) Spending dispute halts airport construction (3a) Dulles Metro station should be functional and awe-inspiring (3b) Airports Continue Reading →

More from Aerotropolis…

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Winston Smith

…or red courtesy phone for Mr. Friedman. “The aerotropolis and authoritarians go hand in hand. The first is a city built from scratch to chase economies of speed; the second Continue Reading →

Seiko

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Winston Smith

(1) Mickey Mouse, A-L-O-N-E (WSJ) (2) Airlines Go Back to Boarding School to Move Fliers Onto Planes Faster (WSJ) (3) I saw El Pulpo last night at a Bridgeport Bluefish Continue Reading →

Weekend 190.1

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Winston Smith

Someone once asked Goethe what color he liked best. “I like rainbows,” he said. That’s what I love about architecture: If it’s good, it’s about every color in the spectrum Continue Reading →

Weekend 190.0

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Winston Smith

Absolutely gorgeous summer day in New England! (1) Bright Colors Struggle to Bloom in South Korea’s Silver-Car Nation (WSJ) (2) Adventure on the Rails (WSJ Magazine) (3) Custom Cycling’s Big Continue Reading →

Weekend 189.0 (July 4th)

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Winston Smith

(1) Tacita Dean Reflects on Time (WSJ) (2) Walt Disney and the Founding Mouse (3) The Insidious Evils of ‘Like’ Culture: In our age of online view counts and retweets, Continue Reading →

Tuesday Night Anime

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Winston Smith

(1) Human Crossing (2) Historically correct disney princesses Aqua: I just cast a magic spell on you. One day when you’re in trouble, the light within you will lead you Continue Reading →

Aerotropolis Counter Point

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Winston Smith

The danger is in the graft…and don’t share this article with Thomas Friedman. Spain Ghost Airports: Symbols of Boom Turned Bust But signs abound that Spain has not fully learned Continue Reading →