blog wunderlust: 25 Jaunary 2010

The blog wunderlust is a weekly round up summarizing the architectural highlights, news and web links, that don't otherwise fit the format of this blog. If you have any to share feel free to drop me an email

Sketches for Sale | architecture, or whatever | plug & play hospital | imaginary landscapes | Gehry does context... sort of | anaesthetizing violence | the last picture show | the ultimate Trottoir Roulant guide | transform cities into lush jungles | stunning container city springs up in Mexico City | alphabet city and the architecture typeface | Best of 2009?

A man sets out to draw the world. As the years go by, he peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, instruments, stars, horses, and individuals. A short time before he dies, he discovers that the patient labyrinth of lines traces the lineaments of his own face.

Jorge Luis Borges. Afterword to El Hacedor, 1960.