Ralph Walker: A Great And Forgotten Architect

Mike Welton @ Architects + Artisans - Named “Architect of the Century” by The New York Times in 1957, Ralph Walker became little more than a footnote in Manhattan’s pantheon of great builders a decade later. He was a master of the massive, stepped-back Art Deco skyscrapers of the 1920s and ‘30s, responding deftly to …

Latin Modern At Risk: Brasilia’s futuristic feel could be history

Al Jazeera - UNESCO warns that Brazilian capital's architectural delights in danger of falling prey to development. http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1  

Cultural Necrosis: A Grim Diagnosis in America

  Max Eternity @ Truthout - Is America's national artistic identity the cultural equivalent of pink slime? Once upon a time, the United States was known for its radical pioneering spirit and its thirst for intelligent exploration. Investing stateside was the top priority and, in not-so-distant days of yore, when one said "America," there was …

Who Cries for Gore Vidal?

Who Cries for Gore Vidal ? by Max Eternity   A good deed never goes unpunished - Gore Vidal   Max Eternity @ MaxEternity.com - On July 30th the world lost one of its most noble and outspoken public figures and humanists, Gore Vidal, 1925 - 2012. Born in 1925, Vidal was a World War …