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The oculus of the Pantheon. Almost 2000 years old and still the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world.

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Looking down the Via Sacra towards the Colosseum, over the 3000 year old Roman Forum.

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A graphically beautiful project from Frances Edith Cooper

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Graduating Cohort Bsc Architecture 2014

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425 Park Avenue  |  OMA Location: New York, USA

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A vending machine in an architecture school in Germany selling sand paper, masks, glue, gloves, masking tape, screws, penknives, thumb drives and laser machine tokens - just to name a few. Oh, and tooth brushes too. 

The existence of this vending machine was brilliantly documented by a schoolmate who’s doing an exchange in Germany. [x]

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Logline Archiculture examines the current and future state of studio-based, design education. Synopsis Archiculture takes a thoughtful, yet critical look at…

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Meades reclaims the reputation of buildings he argues stood for optimism and grandeur.

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Barnett Newman - Cathedra

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Cy Twombly - Nine Discourses on Commodus

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Cy Twombly - Wilder Shores of Love

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After looking over his extensive library of books on urbanism, Brent Toderian selects the 100 best books on city-making that he’s collected and read over the years.

From Jacobs to Gehl, here’s a one stop shopping list for all of your urbanism reading needs. 

Any prized books in your collection that are missing from this top 100?

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© glenn howell - dollhouse - 2013

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