Guggenheim Exterior, originally uploaded by plemeljr

• The Guggenheim NY is still undergoing restoration and there is a mini-controversy concerning how to paint the Guggenheim
• Adam republishes his Hong Kong Opus. You. Read. Now: Nomad histories 001: Hong Kong
• Via Adam (again), blog all dog-eared pages: the social life of small urban spaces, similar to the smogr Jane Jacobs book club
• bldg blog’s Quick List X, which while neither quick or a list is well worth your time
• This American Life – 110: Mapping – in five acts, five ways of mapping the world
• Thom Mayne: Green Iconoclast
• Casa Segura (Safe House) – installation of a shelter, on private land in the Sonoran desert in Southern Arizona with a bilingual web space that facilitates creative exchange and understanding.