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Feeding the Land: What We Eat Built the World We Inhabit

Diogo Borges Ferreira — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 07:30:00 +0000

There is a standard way of telling the history of architecture and food. It begins with the human decision to cultivate, to store, to distribute, to consume, and ends with the building that decision produced. In this version of events, food is the occasion and architecture is the response.

Berlin's Tempelhof Airport: Achieving Redemption Through Adaptive Reuse

Ella Comberg — Tue, 29 May 2018 09:30:00 +0000

The story of Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport never quite ends.

The Unbuilt Nazi Pantheon: Unpacking Albert Speer's "Volkshalle"

Jonathan Glancey — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 04:00:00 +0000

According to Albert Speer, Hitler’s ambitious architect and all-too-capable Minister of Armaments and War Production, the final performance by the Berlin Philharmonic before this distinguished orchestra abandoned Berlin in May 1945 opened with Brünnhilde’s last aria—the vengeful valkyrie sings of setting fire to Valhalla—and the finale from Wagner’s Götterdämmerung.

Ruin Porn: An Internet Trend That is Older than You Think

Diane Pham — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The internet has been good to fans of "ruin porn," providing them with a platform for sharing images and even coining the phrase, courtesy of a well-known Detroit blogger in 2009. However, the phenomenon isn't actually as new as most people believe. In this article, originally published on 6sqft as "Before There was 'Ruin Porn' There was 'Ruin Value'" Diane Pham expands on the idea of the connection between ruins and architectural value (recently discussed on ArchDaily in an article by Shayari de Silva), delving into the concept's surprising history.