WEBSITES OF THE WEEK

build em up 

Thinking a lot about architecture recently. Perhaps as a bit of a distraction from the craft and design blogs we spend too much time reading.  There are 4 architecture blogs that have become weekly destinations.  Sometimes it's good to go and read things outside your world just to get a bit of perspective, some fresh ideas and inspiration.

Architecture could be called an extreme craft. Having recently interviewed an architect I was struck by one thing he said "I can build anything, I can design your house, all the furniture in it, the lights, the door knobs anything" - imagine leading that kind of handmadelife?

1. A Daily Dose of Architecture - a brilliant starting point and not too esoteric.

2. MoCo Loco - you have to see it to believe it. It not only scrolls sideways it makes you think laterally.

3. Life Without Buildings - a blog by outspoken Yale man Jimmy Stamp. genius food for thought.

4. Confessions of an Architect - literally. architects confess their sins. and then it gets published. addictive.