Documentary on Architecture in China

China According to China

An interesting interview of 5 or 6 Chinese architects coming to terms with the realities of working in China today.
Section 2: "Speed" with Ma Qing Yun and Section 5: "Architecture" with Ai Wei Wei, are particularly interesting.

At the intersection of Typological and Topological Form

Design portfolio from the 16th Century

Mayan Glyphs

i've become fascinated in mayan glyphs.
just an amazing graphical system.
cracking the maya code

Seed Magazine

Some interesting presentations here

Henry Markram, Greg Lynn, Natalie Jeremijenko, etc.

Situated Advocacy

The book I worked on with Benjamin Bratton + Natalie Jeremijenko has been released and can be downloaded as a PDF here.

This would be funny if it wasn't so damn true...

As my roommate and fellow SCI_Arc grad Ji observed:

There is a considerate difference between our class and the current thesis class. When we were finishing up school, the big decision was whether to try for a design-oriented firm and sacrifice a good salary or go with a more conventional architecture firm and get paid a decent wage. Now, with the economy the way it is, the thesis students are thinking: well, I guess I will just have to start my own firm straight away...

...and take a weekend job at Fry's to make ends meet.

(Maybe there is a silver lining in all this)

Death Note

I've really been enjoying this show.
Very dark, but strangely "satisfying"

death note on hulu