Mobiles on the set of a Seekers concert, 1968
Beautiful. Why are things so overdone now? This was a great set. 1968, BBC, London. [Sorry about the ads; being allergic to advertising I have ad blocker and never see ads, but I’m told there’s...
View ArticleTorggler doors
Two brilliant, beautiful door designs by Klemens Torggler. Above is the Evolution; below is the Stahltür. They work on a similar principle. I find the doors so beautiful that to some extent questions...
View ArticleUltra Ruin in Taiwan by Finnish architect Marco Casagrande
“Ultra-Ruin is a wooden architectural organism that is growing from the ruins of an abandoned red brick farmhouse in the meeting place of terraced farms and jungle. The weak architecture follows the...
View ArticleCompulsive restaurant decor commentary
The receipt says October 21, 2013. I was at a local restaurant (which shall remain nameless) with two architect girlfriends. As I looked over the restaurant’s faux-Victorian, Yukon gold rush brothel...
View ArticleThe Tudor house, colonialism, white gold and toothache
“This is why we love the Tudor period so much, because it’s the age of discovery, and there’s a sense that anything was possible.” “Discovery”? That’s one way of putting it. This BBC documentary,...
View ArticleDouble-ended passionflower arrangement
While disentangling a rampant passionflower vine from my cherry tomatoes, I accidentally broke off a section. It broke at both ends, and then I couldn’t figure out which end needed to be in water, so...
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The Bridge – TV show set on both sides of bridge between Copenhagen, Denmark...
I guess it’s becoming evident that I watch a lot of Scandinavian television. The Bridge (or Bron/Broen as it’s know in Scandinavia, meaning “bridge” in Swedish and Danish) follows a long murder...
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Nathan Barley
The 2005 UK miniseries “Nathan Barley” features an ensemble cast of top British comedians and actors and satirizes what seems to be a thinly disguised Vice magazine or equivalent (here it’s...
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Kibune Sushi – perfect food, perfect interior
Kibune Sushi is one of my three favourite restaurants in Vancouver. I would have promoted it more in the past, but like many others, I suspect, I’ve selfishly tried to save it for myself. However, on...
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Architectural photographs by Vancouver photographer Krista Jahnke
A small selection of architectural photographs by Vancouver photographer Krista Jahnke. Trained as an architect at Carleton University, Jahnke also has a BFA in photography from Vancouver’s Emily Carr...
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