Ben Dreith
@thefuturebuilt
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I visualized every Citi Bike ride ever taken in NYC. 291 million rides covering 12 years of history, running at 60+ FPS completely in the browser. If you've ever taken a Citi Bike ride before, you're in here.
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The bed—that much-ignored domestic object—reflects material culture back at us, writes Ben Dreith (@thefuturebuilt).
untappedjournal.com
How a much-ignored domestic object reflects material culture back at us.
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🚨 NEW MAYORAL POLL 🚨 Andrew Cuomo 38% Zohran Mamdani 12% Eric Adams 10% Brad Lander 7% Scott Stringer 5% Michael Blake 3% Adrienne Adams 2% Zellnor Myrie 2% Jessica Ramos 1% Whitney Tilson 0% Honan Strategy Group for Tusk Strategies, 1,214 likely Dem voters, Feb 22-23
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Not sure if we've posted this before, but worth a repost, anyway. Justin Isis Unveiled: On Neo-Decadence and the Literature of Anti-Apocalypse – Ben Dreith
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I first discovered Justin Isis’s work in the depths of the pandemic when I came upon a sprawling post by novelist Dennis Cooper about the 2018 anthology Drowning in Beauty: The Neo-Decadent Antholo...
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So far, I've seen people blame homeless people and environmentalists for arson as well as a general condemnation of environmental policies. Environmentalists are about to experience the same treatment activists got in 2020.
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Scapegoating can apparently go as far as attributing the chaos of a massive urban fire to a nebulous group of bad actors: left wing people and the poor, apparently.
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Some of the discourse around the fires is horrifying. The effects of climate change and poor urban planning are going to be levied onto this "force" that people are so sure is aiming to "destroy" America.
🚨 JUST IN: Arsonists caught on camera setting fires in Santa Monica This is happening in otherwise non-burning urban areas around Los Angeles Absolute mayhem.
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Just got word Eames House still standing. So many other buildings have burned, and evacuation warnings in more interior neighbourhoods like silver lake. Thoughts going out to everyone there
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https://t.co/f8Z6qBV1cJ morphosis made a millennium falcon in Dallas
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California architecture studio Morphosis has balanced long galleries on massive beams and clad in patterned, precast concrete at a Dallas art museum.
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The next piece in @dezeen's weekly North American Design 2024 series, providing cross-sections of independent designers in North American cities, looks at the state of the furniture scene in Guadalajara, Mexico:
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Objects made with plastic waste from banana production and designs utilising traditional techniques are among those made by nine designers in Guadalajara.
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Enjoyed this conversation with @paulgoldberger for Dezeen. https://t.co/IrVsVBzz90
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The transition from print to online journalism has led to "chaos" within architecture criticism that has upsides and downsides, says Paul Goldberger.
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Can't help but see the irony in someone from London writing about the lack of proper planning in a city founded as part of British colonial Africa. The cause/effect here missing some steps. https://t.co/6021O5BVgv
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It’s essential that the authorities demarcate riparian boundaries and set aside buffer zones that cannot be 'developed.'
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Johnson Wax Headquarters (1939-1950) by Frank Lloyd Wright
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Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger have demolished a mid-century house by Craig Ellwood to make way for their LA mansion 🫠 @docomomo_us says “the problem is systemic” https://t.co/JXLxB53Ivt
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Historic homes are at risk of demolition where land holds greater value than architectural importance, says Docomomo following demolition of Ellwood house.
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