Brad Pitt for Mayor? The Atlantic explores the varied cast of characters, from New Urbanism historicist's like Andre Duany to local only projects like the folks at BuildNow, who are helping to rebuild New Orleans not from the top down, or even purely the bottom up. A middle way pointing the way forward, perhaps? Via the guys at M.ammoth.

Given his style of understated Modernism with a classical twist I don't find this surprising. However, on this point I agree with Bryan Boyer.

Anyone else notice the newly revamped Architectural Record frontpage?
Dam straight it is!!!
Bryan Finoki explores The Ruin Machine.

Now that is a staircase!! Via



Good list of resources on LA's landscape/park/greenspace design history
I like how MoMA’s curator of architecture and design, Barry Bergdoll, is using the MoMa as a design initiator...
Pompidou Metz we are looking at you.

A photo-trip of some major Boston landmarks

Helsinki summarizes, "So, this would mean in translation: rigorous system of formal experimenting and testing brings forth a richness of forms and spatial configurations not possible to achieve through classic, modernist, or other function/hierarchy oriented systems of design."??

Michael at AA learns "DRL makes much more sense when seen from the perspective of an ant,"