This week's dose features Coverage of Archaeological Ruins of the Abbey of St. Maurice in St. Maurice, Switzerland by Savioz Fabrizze Architectes:
The featured past dose is the Sachsenhausen Memorial in Oranienburg, Germany, by HG Merz Architekten Museumsgestalter:
This week's book review is Inspiration and Process in Architecture - Bolles Wilson (L):
(R): The featured past book review is BOLLES+WILSON: A Handful of Productive Paradigms by Julia Bolles-Wilson and Peter Wilson.
american-architects.com Building of the Week:
Yin-Yang House in Venice, California by Brooks + Scarpa Architects:
Some unrelated links for your enjoyment:
2012 Skyscraper Competition
"eVolo Magazine is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Skyscraper Competition."
Are you there Frank Gehry? It's me, Orla.
A new blog that "contains the rantings of a non-architect living with architects and surrounded by architecture."
The Great Lakes Century
"The Great Lakes Century is a pro bono initiative of SOM's City Design Practice...We found dozens of important efforts to clean and protect the Lakes and the St. Lawrence, but no comprehensive vision for their entire ecosystem. So we did what we do: took a comprehensive look at the natural setting, how unenlightened human hands had messed it up, and then created a set of strategic principles – to begin a broad-based, bi-national dialogue."
Designing New York's Future
A report from the City for an Urban Future. "New York City graduates twice as many students in design and architecture as any other U.S. city, but the city's design schools are not only providing the talent pipeline for New York's creative industries—they have become critical catalysts for innovation, entrepreneurship and economic growth." (PDF version of report.)