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The Chesapeake at sunrise.

Posted on 24 April 2012 by Matthew Marco

This seems at once the wrong time and the best time in my life to start reading The Architecture of Happiness (or any other de Botton for that matter). Its central concern with the effects of architecture on emotional well-being … Continue reading →

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A unified theory of why we hate traffic and why rent in the city is so high.

Posted on 13 November 2011 by Matthew Marco

Let’s get this out of the way: nobody loves traffic, right? We take for granted that when someone talks about traffic, they do so with some disdain. This morning, I came to think about how that disdain is caused, at … Continue reading →

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A continuation of habitable space.

Posted on 5 May 2011 by Matthew Marco

Bridging the line between clothing and architecture, the spacesuit is a portable environment: a continuation of habitable space, safe for human beings, capable of radical detachment from the Earth. Geoff Manaugh Based on an interview with the author, I added … Continue reading →

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Scaffoldage.

Posted on 12 March 2011 by Matthew Marco

I am now subscribing to Scaffoldage. (via things magazine)

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You are listening to Los Angeles.

Posted on 8 March 2011 by Matthew Marco

You are listening to Los Angeles is an astounding single-serving site. Technically, it’s a cloud-leveraged mashup of a SoundCloud file, LAPD streaming audio, Cabin typeface, and a Flickr photo. As an experience, it’s not unlike a Pandora station started by … Continue reading →

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