London gets more science-fictional with The Shard

London, England.. soon to be home to a city within a city, thanks to The Shard.

As Inhabitat describe it:

The 72-storey building in the London Bridge Quarter will contain premium…

London gets more science-fictional with The Shard

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The Amazing Industrial Lamps of Frank Buchwald

I want this on my desk right now:

Click through to see the full glory of Frank Buchwald’s Machine Light series, and decide which one goes on your covet-list.

The Amazing Industrial Lamps of Frank Buchwald

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Could urban planners “seed” depressed areas with gourmet delis and boutique coffeeshops, in order to lure in a gentrifying vanguard of artists and hipsters? Forget former NYPD chief Bill Bratton’s “Fixing Broken Windows” theory; in this view, what would really turn around certain neighbourhoods is a state-funded injection of artisan bakeries.

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