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A More Royal Royal Opera House

hiddenchemistry — 2010-08-18T13:12:03Z

Simple and effective tightening up of the ROH visual identity – and as Brand New says, “this is one of those instances where you forget you are looking at Gotham”.

Human pylons

hiddenchemistry — 2010-08-17T13:00:31Z

“An architecture and design firm called Choi+Shine has submitted a design for the Icelandic High-Voltage Electrical Pylon International Design Competition which proposes giant human-shaped pylons carrying electricity cables across the country's landscape.”

This Will Kill That ... somehow

hiddenchemistry — 2010-08-15T21:46:45Z

Fraser Speirs on the introduction of iPads to his school — it’s sad to see that attitudes have changed so little since I was at school, but very heartening to see that there are pockets of hope.

Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product

hiddenchemistry — 2010-08-15T19:40:32Z

Some thoughts about pricing

London Cycle Hire Explorer

hiddenchemistry — 2010-08-12T09:31:27Z

The beginnings of a thing, I think. “I want to just know which station to head for. I want to know that if I ride into town now, which stations are likely to be full, and which will probably have spaces.”

Dueling Carls

hiddenchemistry — 2010-07-13T23:07:25Z

MY VOICE IS HIGHER THAN YOUR VOICE!

The old country houses of the old Glasgow gentry

hiddenchemistry — 2010-07-12T20:24:46Z

Some beautiful and some hideous – and mostly sadly gone. Of Possil, now one of the UK’s most impoverished neighbourhoods, it says:

“With its beautiful gardens, its grassy slopes, and its clear lake, Possil formed as delightful and retired a country residence as any in the county. But within the last few years all is changed. Only a fragment of the stables now remains to tell that a fine country seat once was there. One hundred acres of the estate, including the mansion house and pleasure grounds, have been feued to Walter M'Farlane & Co., iron founders, of Glasgow. They have removed the house, felled the trees, erected on part of it a spacious foundry for themselves, and laid out the rest as streets and dwelling houses. Their work is one of the finest and best conducted in Glasgow, and the new suburb of Possil Park, laid out by them with skill and intelligence, is rapidly becoming an important addition to the great city.”

Enough With Jane Jacobs Already

hiddenchemistry — 2010-07-10T21:29:54Z

Skimpy but to-the-point critique of The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Lego Hello World

hiddenchemistry — 2010-06-03T09:25:19Z

A printer! Made from Lego!

MK dreaming of LA

hiddenchemistry — 2010-05-23T11:46:51Z

Quite what possessed Chris to spend yesterday in Milton Keynes is entirely beyond me. Some hilarious shots though. Just remember that ‘Pedestrians do not have Priority’.

ブラッカウズ

hiddenchemistry — 2010-05-23T10:05:17Z

It’s all about the ‘golden proportion of flavor’. Going to try this next time I’m in Ebisu.

Help me help my friend in DC

hiddenchemistry — 2010-05-21T22:50:23Z

Rarely is online discussion so riveting. This is genuinely worth reading.

Coalition promises better civil liberties policies

hiddenchemistry — 2010-05-12T22:21:34Z

Let’s see how this plays out in practice – I’m willing to give the coalition a chance, however.

In pictures: Gordon Brown's last moments inside No 10

hiddenchemistry — 2010-05-12T11:49:36Z

Powerful photos from Martin Argles at the Guardian. Fun to see who’s drinking what, too.

oildorado

hiddenchemistry — 2010-05-11T18:51:37Z

“Ruchala states that ‘oil is not only hidden in the city’s self-image, its full extent is hidden from sight.’ Strongly influenced by the tenets of landscape urbanism, I tend toward advocating for more integration of our infrastructures and public spaces, for more exposure — but this can be highly distasteful to the public. So when does camouflage become the only appropriate tactic for operating in so highly a contested landscape as Los Angeles?”

Mammoth investigates the architecture of the urban oilfields of LA.