British capitalism already has many of the hallmarks of Brezhnev-era socialist decline: macroeconomic stagnation, a population as much too bored as scared to protest about very much, a state that performs tongue-in-cheek legitimacy, politicians playing with statistics to try and delay the moment of economic reckoning. (via potlatch: Britain’s Brezhnev-style capitalism)

British capitalism already has many of the hallmarks of Brezhnev-era socialist decline: macroeconomic stagnation, a population as much too bored as scared to protest about very much, a state that performs tongue-in-cheek legitimacy, politicians playing with statistics to try and delay the moment of economic reckoning. (via potlatch: Britain’s Brezhnev-style capitalism)

(via By rail - The Big Picture - Boston.com)

(via By rail - The Big Picture - Boston.com)

Remember how insane the internet used to be? (via Internet Archaeology)

Remember how insane the internet used to be? (via Internet Archaeology)

(via Grabungsstaedte @ Halle | CONCRETEDESIGNBLOG)

(via Grabungsstaedte @ Halle | CONCRETEDESIGNBLOG)

Quest to Remake Downtown Detroit - NYTimes.com

Does Delft get to invent all the cool shit? (via Invention of the Day: A Bladeless Windmill - Henry Grabar - The Atlantic Cities)

Does Delft get to invent all the cool shit? (via Invention of the Day: A Bladeless Windmill - Henry Grabar - The Atlantic Cities)

hiromitsu:

Nearly Demolished, Yet Another Intermodal Expansion by metroblossom on Flickr.

hiromitsu:

Nearly Demolished, Yet Another Intermodal Expansion by metroblossom on Flickr.

(via architectureofdoom)

Kenji Ekuan, Dwelling City, 1964 (via Frieze Magazine | Archive | Past Futures)

Kenji Ekuan, Dwelling City, 1964 (via Frieze Magazine | Archive | Past Futures)

(via The groovy socialist world of 1970s Soviet futurism)

(via The groovy socialist world of 1970s Soviet futurism)

drawingarchitecture:

an axonometric drawing of a ‘stairway cube’(inspired by the tower of Babel).
rafgeysen.

drawingarchitecture:

an axonometric drawing of a ‘stairway cube’
(inspired by the tower of Babel).

rafgeysen.

Dublin in 1966

Dublin in 1966

Dart stations in the nineties. I miss the metal green furniture. 

Dart stations in the nineties. I miss the metal green furniture. 

Villa Mairea

Villa Mairea