8.17.2010

I really enjoyed the documentary Helvetica, and am looking forward to the directors new movie, Urbanized.
which "looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design, featuring some of the world’s foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers."

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"Stephen Colbert helps make it clear why repealing 14th amendment has become the latest anti-immigrant pet project. Because, clearly, changing the constitution – the foundational document of our freedoms and rights, considered sacred to our country – makes much more sense than reforming our currently broken immigration system. Right?"

This essay just barely scratches the surface, but touches on some interesting topics: The Town That Corbusier Built: Respect for the design of Chandigarh, India, is growing, even as the modernist city is showing wear. But who will care, if access to its most impressive monuments is restricted? Ashish Nangia addresses the above questions in “The Town That Corbusier Built” published yesterday on Design Observer. Le Corbusier was commissioned to design a city in 1950, to included a capitol complex and located in Punjab. Nangia assesses the political ideals and realities connected to the project, most importantly taking a concerted view of the legacy of Le Corbusier’s creation. Via Curated.

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