BLDGBLOG Roundup

The website BLDGBLOG launched five years ago with this quote from the late British novelist J.G. Ballard, “Highways, office blocks, faces and street signs are perceived as if they were elements in a malfunctioning central nervous system.” In the past half-decade writer Geoff Manaugh has explored how those disparate elements of city life fit together.

BLDGBLOG combines insights from architecture, history, graphic design, urban exploration, and city planning in a sort of online ideas factory. His pairing of stunning archival photographs with highly-literate essays has earned the site nearly six million visitors. In June The BLDGBLOG Book was released, expanding upon the ideas explored on his blog. Geoff is also a senior editor at Dwell magazine, and he joins us from London with some updates from the world of imaginative architecture:

BLDGBLOG: Landscapes of Quarantine

BLDGBLOG: The Bioluminescent Metropolis

BLDGBLOG: Scuba Diving Beneath Hagia Sophia

(Photo of The Church of Hagia Sophia via BLDGBLOG)