CityKin

Never saw any of Jaques Tati's movies, but he was referenced in some article I was reading, and found some youtube clips interesting. O...

I would love to see this documentary: Pruitt-Igoe.com Other historical footage:

I have been watching these interesting videos 1. How Buildings Learn - Stewart Brand - 1 of 6 - “Flow” http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...

Here is an article about some not-so-surprising issues with Eisenman's Aronoff Center at the University of Cincinnati, DAAP , a project ...

I don't like being so negative, but this one aspect of the new SCPA just bugs the hell out of me. The building is barely completed, has ...

Like everyone else downtown, I've been watching the crown go up on the newest tower in Cincinnati. From some vantage points, ie: Mt Aub...

Beauty is assailed by two directions, by the cult of ugliness in the arts and by the cult of utility in everyday life. These two cults come ...

..In Hong Kong... See Treehugger video here . In the 1970s, 6 people were living in this apartment! Now the son has inherited it and made...

This is a test to see if I can successfully attach a music clip to a post. I'm not really sure of the best way, but this one is thru ...

"Urban planning is dead in the US." -Frank Gehry

I wonder if these new light fixtures along the sidewalk of the new SCPA will be durable enough. Seems like someone could damage the polycar...

" Le Corbusier wanted to be to the city what pasteurization is to cheese." -Theodore Dalrymple, The Architect as Totalitarian Le C...

When in Oak Park, IL last week, we did a quick walk around to see some Frank Lloyd Wright buildings. I have seen them all before, but I was...

Just caught my eye. The foreground building has offices for Fifth Third, and is a building no one ever notices:  

My old mates from the 1980s DAAP returned to Cincinnati this past weekend. They came from all over the country had a few beers together, th...

At least the most respected ones don't. Come to think of it, does anyone seriously discuss or make beauty today? Painters? Urban design...

  ... if I had to take just one (building) with me to my desert island? Stirling's big fat hen, no question. I'd sit in its roof gar...

As I mentioned in my Time-Stars post , I believe that Cincinnati is blessed with a lot of interesting architecture that we tend to miss as w...

One thing I try to do is correct myself or apologize when I was wrong. When I saw the original drawings for this building , I was pretty ne...

Some random building photos that I think are worth sharing: Isfahan. I am really fascinated by this: A Lutyens house, rear: Pantheon: Bay...