A decorative flurry of architectural links (Image Le Corbusier’s Villa La Roche – Andy Marshall)

LINK OF THE WEEK: Brian Dillon from The Guardian says: “Le Corbusier famously built nothing in Britain. His sole commission in this country was to design a temporary exhibition stand for the Venesta Plywood Company, to be erected at the Building Trades Exhibition in 1930.” more here..

Contemporary Architecture

• Aedas receive the thumbs up for the ‘Glasgow Goliath‘ (via World Architecture News)
• ArchDaily highlights the construction process for SOM’s Cathedral of Light
• China’s TVCC up in flames (via The Guardian’s Jonathan Glancey)
• Bustler announces the five finalists of the Mies van der Rohe Awards
• E-Architect – reports on the latest projects
• In progress: Ocho al Cubo house / Toyo Ito (via ArchDaily)

Architectural History, Conservation and Philosophy

• All about The Bauhaus Lab in Marseille from Bustler
• A carousel of over 100 historic doors
• Yes Valentine’s Day is all over ‘bar the pouting’ but here’s a glimpse at RIBA’s most romantic buildings for the incurable archi romantic (via Building)
• ‘A new way to rescue heritage’. English Heritage gives the latest advice on historic building conservation and champions the 20 best development schemes.
• Fantastic Journal raises the question on ‘the difference between works of art and works of architecture’, in Dreams of Living
• Urban China: Informal Cities – more at Bustler
• A Virginia Church (US), built by free slaves, is lost (via Preservation Magazine)
• Wallpaper – Interactive floorplan: Haus Spreng, Stuttgart 
  

Architects

• Le Corbusier Creator of the Modern World - Tom Dyckhoff of The Times explores the great architects vision
• Robert Venturi’s Lieb House on the move (via Fantastic Journal)
• Google Image Results for Zaha Hadid

Photography (and video)

• The Morning News displays ‘The Frightening Beauty of Bunkers’ a haunting slideshow from Paul Virilio
• The flickr group for Victorian Church Architecture UK
• The photographic genius of Berenice Abbott

Architecture and the Environment

• The World Sustainability Centre intends to inspire sound practice in environmental sustainability
• The $20k house from ‘itinerant urbanist’ (her words) Karrie Jacobs
• Stephen Bayley from The Observer shows the latest innovative thinking in domestic architecture

Quirky (as in couldn’t think of a better category)

• New Town: ‘A sly dig at snobbish architects’ according to Gareth McLean of The Guardian
• Twitter on to the architectural dawn chorus – architects and twitter –  UPDATED
• So you want to be an architect? Here’s how over at ‘How to Architect‘
• A visual depiction of Wallpaper City Guides by Phaidon

Andy Marshall is an architectural photographer and commentator – more here

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