‘The places we live‘ by Jona Bendiksen is this really well-done interactive photo and sound documentary about  households in slums around the world. I spent half an afternoon looking at it, here is the link.

here is a nice update to the nasa ‘world by night’ pic.
this site shows a world satellite picture with real-time day-night simulation

Richard Ross shows and compares various ‘standard tools’ in this series on architecture of authority. I consider this type of architecture extremely ‘engineered’  to meet function. form follows function?

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Filip Dujardin did an excellent job in his current show at the ‘bozar‘ in Brussels with his interpretation of Belgian built environment. To me, Belgium is a place where engineering has been celebrated as the form-giving force in the design process. Things seem to function without a big emphasis on their look.

His collages and photo documentatios underline, there can be architecture without architects.