Archinect - News2024-05-01T23:40:44-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150129161/the-rendering-of-modern-life
The Rendering of Modern Life Orhan Ayyüce2019-03-29T13:18:00-04:00>2022-03-14T10:33:34-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a5/a5031056c473a1d8a174c043e3128190.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>“Paris changes! But nothing in my melancholy
Has changed. New palaces, scaffolding, blocks of stone,
Old neighbourhoods, all turn to allegory
And memories weigh more than stone.” - from The Swan by Charles Baudelaire</p></em><br /><br /><p>A tragicomic cultural and architectural critique of consumer modernities by <a href="https://kunstkritikk.com/skribenter/will-bradley/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Will Bradley</a>. </p>
<p><em>"Every architect in Europe (</em>and beyond<em>) is hustling for a piece of the future Oslo. Their visions are wildly, overtly, perhaps clinically at odds with reality."<br></em></p>
<p>A must read, h/t Ron Linden via Peter Plagens.</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/127711878/new-york-london-ranked-highest-in-2015-global-cities-index
New York & London ranked highest in 2015 Global Cities Index Alexander Walter2015-05-21T14:45:00-04:00>2015-05-21T14:23:48-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/m5/m5yxcyxv5xetp1q4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>New York and London remain the world’s most global cities, as they are the only cities to rank in the top 10 of both the Global Cities Index and the Global Cities Outlook according to the A.T. Kearney Global Cities 2015 [...]. San Francisco leads the Global Cities Outlook due to its strength in innovation. Other cities ranking at the top of the Global Cities Outlook include London (#2), Boston (#3), New York (#4), and Zurich (#5).</p></em><br /><br /><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/pm/pmthe53mzemffmja.jpg"></p><p>For lovers of city rankings:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/106959605/melbourne-named-world-s-most-liveable-city-for-fourth-consecutive-year" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Melbourne named world’s most liveable city for fourth consecutive year</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/105942974/forbes-releases-baffling-coolest-cities-list" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Forbes Releases Baffling "Coolest Cities" List</a></li></ul><p>For skeptics: <a href="http://www.citylab.com/work/2015/05/the-top-6-reasons-to-be-wary-of-city-rankings/393686/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Top 6 Reasons to Be Wary of City Rankings, Ranked</a></p>