Jože Plečnik exhibition on through the end of August.

Quoted: Wednesday, 14 May 2008 - Sunday, 31 August 2008
Brussels, Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Kind of tough to navigate this site, but rewarding images and info.

Quoted: Jože Plečnik`s Virtual Museum, image collection, interactive maps, searchable database of Plečnik`s work, articles, interviews. Bibliography, biography, special gift collection, downloads and more.

Quoted: The tactic of recycling the Olympic stadium has been billed as the first step in a new approach to the games, which could become more like a travelling circus to keep costs down and allow poorer countries to play host. Baku in Azerbaijan, Rio de Janeiro and Prague are also bidding for the 2016 games alongside Tokyo, Madrid, and Doha in Qatar.

Quoted: China's new designers: Building on a rich heritage of innovation

Quoted: This book, developed from the first conference of the International Network for Tropical Architecture, supplies a wealth of information from experts worldwide covering the cultural, environmental and technical aspects of thinking, researching and designing for the tropics.

Looks good!

Reminder to pick this up soon...

Quoted: ostensibly set in 1990 at about the time of the first Gulf War, is a roman à clef and scathing portrayal of modern Egyptian society since the coup d'état (aka Revolution) of 1952. The locale of the novel is downtown Cairo, with the titular apartment building (which actually exists) serving as both a metaphor for contemporary Egypt and a unifying location in which most of the primary characters either live or work and in which much of the novel's action takes place.

Restoration of former industrial sites in the Czech Republic...

Quoted: With opportunities for greenfield development becoming scarce, Czech authorities are increasingly switching their focus to the regeneration of vacant brownfield sites that no longer serve their original purposes.

I don't think I've ever had Grappa, but I would love to visit Ponte Vecchio.

Quoted: Bassano del Grappa's Ponte Vecchio, designed by Palladio in 1569.