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'Extensively remodelled, improved beyond habitability, it has become both monument and memorial.' [The Guardian]

With Stunning New Stores, Starbucks Has a New Design Strategy: Act Local

Will Foster + Partners' Bike Highway In The Sky Solve London's Cycling Woes?

House in Nottinghill by Peter Feeny Architects

Berg | C.F. Møller & DinellJohansson propose world’s tallest wooden skyscraper for Stockholm

One of the finalists for the Art of Building 2013 competition. Go here to vote for your favourite now.

Unexpected Layers of Glass - Ramen Todo

This house is placed carefully around the trees and can be found in Daisen, Japan.

It was their response to the 2011 disaster in the Tohoku region and toured around the affected areas between the 27/09 and 13/10 this year.

'Hide' - Jason Vaughn

See more historical superimposed photos here.

View of Tokyo from the 46th floor of the Government building North tower.

I attended a lecture this week where Alastair Parvin puts the role of the architect and the economics behind architecture into a very different perspective. Watch the video and check out the wikihouse project.

I really like this conversion by Spanish architects Nook. The refurbishment leaves the existing floor tiles in place to reveal the previous wall configuration of the flat. This is the third retrofit they have completed in the same building. Please refer to the article on Dezeen, or Nook's website for more information.

"When Kanye West spoke with students at my alma mater on Sunday evening, he said '€œI really do believe that the world can be saved through design..."

A few photos taken from my recent trip to Japan using my olympus om10. It was part of a study trip to the Tohoku region to document the earthquake and tsunami damage caused in March 2011.