What should we have for dinner? The question has confronted us since man discovered fire, but according to Michael Pollan, the bestselling author of The Botany of Desire, how we answer it today, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, may well determine our very survival as a species. Should we eat a fast-food hamburger? [...]
Architecture Without Architects
Recommended reading this month is a book by Bernard Rudofsky named Architecture Without Architects. The book is a wonderful illustration of architecture created by peoples all over the globe throughout time. The case studies show just how much regionalism, response to environment, culture, and artistic styles affect the building of architecture in the absence of [...]