From a post over at Arch Daily: Typical cases of structure damage show portions of or whole buildings collapsing, but this is the first time that I see a building perfectly toppled. The 13-story building is part of the Lotus Riverside complex in suburban Shanghai.  The cause of this epic structural fail ... Read more »

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Pretty swanky. Instead of continuing as the Halifax World Trade and Convention Centre, it'll now be known as Nova Centre, Global Trade and Finance.  From the article in today's Chronicle Herald: The 2,500-seat convention centre complex is expected to include two towers of 18 and 14 storeys, along with retail space and possibly a hotel. ... Read more »

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This is Halifax in the early 90s. Before Purdy's Wharf Tower II was built, before Bishop's Landing was built, before that ugly building with the arts supplies store was built opposite Maritime Centre on Barrington Street, and before the power plant's smoke stacks were taken down. Good memories. A lot ... Read more »

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  Frank Lloyd Wright's La Miniatura (The Millard House), offered for sale at a cool $7,733,000 in Pasadena, CA by the namesake of Crosby Doe Associates. From their listing: Recognized by Wright as the earliest 'Usonian' house, La Miniatura is also the first residence to utilize Wright's highly inventive textile block building system. ... Read more »

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A promotional video for a new office tower in Dubai that looks onto the Burj Dubai. I was with them until the slogan. Now I will never be with them. Never. I've gotta say that the chances of this being built are pretty much zero. Yup, the big oh-fer. And rightfully ... Read more »

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Some amazing photos of Halifax from back in the day. It certainly feels more charming than it does now, eh? Barrington was rockin', the Citadel seemed important, and the Central Library was the correct scale for the size of its lot. How things have changed... Related posts: Brian MacKay-Lyons waxes critical about the ... Read more »

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