11 churches (and one minaret)

Reading Between the Lines in Belgium.



Chêne chapelle in France.



Las Lajas Sanctuary in Colombia.



Holy Family Shrine in Nebraska.



Borgund Stave Church in Norway.



Church at Stow-on-the-Wold, England.





Rainbow Church by Tokujin Yoshioka.




Our Lady of the Rocks in Montenegro's Bay of Kotor.




The United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel in Colorado.





The Tree of Life Chapel by Imago inside St. James Seminary in Braga, Portugal.




The Green Cathedral in the Netherlands.





The Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan.

Sarpi border checkpoint in Georgia

Sarpi Border Checkpoint at the Georgian border to Turkey, at the shore of the Black Sea, designed by J. MAYER H.:









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The architecture of villains

The architecture of villains:

The initial focus of this blog will start off by analyzing real cold war architectural responses, built and un-built utopian schemes and the hypothetical lairs of the James Bond Villain’s.

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*Buy James Bond Swatches at eBay.

Link roundup

(I'm not entirely clear on whether the upcoming changes to Google Reader are going to wipe out my starred items, so I'll be clearing them out over the next few days.)


The Hans Solderer. Via.



Dramatic noirish photo shoot (might be a little too racy for work).



Underwater treadmills and other tools used for physical therapy for pets.



"House in Horinouchi" by Mizuishi Architect Atelier in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. Via.



Gallery of stained glass featuring x-rays. Via these sites.

Sleek pharmacy

Pharmacy M designed by Caan Architecten. (In California, green crosses mean something different.) Via.

Link roundup

1. Diem Chau is accepting commissions for her crayon sculptures.

2. Worse Nintendo news yet, Skyward Sword will feature "more than 100 minutes of cinematic cutscenes." (I've really enjoyed several of the Zelda games, but always been bored to tears by the cutscenes. Has any Nintendo game had great cinemas?)

3. Grantland's picks for new tv shows most likely to fail.

4. "Dozens of Americans who claim to have been made ill by wi-fi and mobile phones have flocked to the town of Green Bank, West Virginia."

5. "Sections of Hitler's Atlantic Wall are being restored by French enthusiasts. But should the Nazi fortification be fully embraced as part of the country's heritage?" Via.

Link roundup

Slow news day, so here's a few links I never got around to posting:

1. Hilltop cottage in Nova Scotia.

2. "The Downfall Of Barry Halper, Baseball Collecting's Bernie Madoff."

3. "The Chinese art of elegant bribery."

4. "African Village Uses Tech to Fight Off Rape Cult."

5. "Authorities 'cleaning up' Dafen Village, world capital of cheap oil painting."

Hipster synagogue

SoHo Synagogue designed by Dror Benshetrit. I assume it's the same synagogue profiled in this NY Times video ("one of the first ever synagogues with ambience"):



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Wild basketball court

Occupational School Center Munich, Germany.

*Previously: The Site of Reversible Destiny.

Dubai's Burj Khalifa

Dubai's Burj Khalifa.

Here's video of a base jump from the building:



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Rainbow-hued Sugamo Shinkin Bank

Sugamo Shinkin Bank by Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture + Design. Via.

Cool garage door in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco

Check out this folding garage door:

Magic! This apartment building in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco has recently been remodeled to include four precious car parking spaces while maintaining the historical Victorian facade. See Beausoleil Architect's website www.beausoleil-architects.com for more information on the technical details and the talented people who made it possible.

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*Previously: Super-sleek bicycle parking in Washington D.C.