blog wunderlust : 3rd October 2011

The approach to architecture should be like science, with breakthroughs that create new information, not repetition of old ideas

Frank Gehry

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last word: social media for architects

top 40

We received an email this morning saying we've been included in the Top 40 Architecture Blogs with some notable company (Dezeen, BLDGBLG, etc). Thanks everyone - you make this possible.

climbing the ladder...

In last week's blog wunderlust we reported that we were snubbed once again from the YAMoPo (Yet Another Most Popular) a listing of architecture blogs created by ArchDaily. Most interesting in fact that when the formulaic criteria used compared architechnophilia with other sites, listed us in the top ten. Oh well... I guess the the folks at ArchDaily don't know us and have never picked up a copy of Dwell, Architectural Record or Mark and seen us mentioned...

Notwithstanding architechnophilia was listed at no.6 in the MoPo 2009 (Most Popular blogs) architecture blog listing conducted by Eikongraphia. We have been steadily climbing the ranks previously being listed at no.18 and no.12 in 2007 and 2008 respectively.

see the criteria for MoPo below
A weblog is included in the MoPo 2009 when it’s an English blog on architecture written by a single writer. The popularity of the blog is measured by the number of subscribers (Google Reader + Bloglines) and the number of hits in Google (Google + Google Images).

What's in a Name?

The following is a critique written by Sutherland Lyall in the Architectural Review (1st October 2007) entitled; What's in a Name?

It's difficult not to enjoy architectural site names. How could you resist Architechnophilia? When I looked at it in September [2007] it looked like the beginning of an architectural plan book but a bit of scrolling, as with bloglikeyougiveadamn, revealed a bunch of pleasures from Thomas Heatherwick's latest, through Dutch floating homes, some bad music to a fascinating blogumentary about building, actually mostly pouring concrete, in Tokyo. Like many blogs it relies on material sourced from elsewhere. That poses global problems of copyright for the whole web, not just blogs. But in the same way that a blind eye was turned to music sampling in the 80s maybe blog-like sampling of text and images is something media publishers are just going to have to put up with.

Sutherland Lyall is at sutherland.lyall@htinternet.com
COPYRIGHT 2007 EMAP Architecture
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ps. if anyone has a copy of the October 2007 issue of Architectural Review and is willing to part with it please let me know

500,000 visitors

We've reached another milestone - 500,000 visitors since March 2005. Thank you for your continued participation.

A new feature will be published in celebration of this accomplishment - watch this space!

It seems that Architectural Record is following up on our efforts. Thank you for the mention.

architechnophilia has been included to Intute a free online service selected and evaluated by a network of subject specialists (a consortium of UK universities and partners) providing access to the best Web resources for education and research.

MoPo 2008

Eikongraphia's recap of the best "most popular" architecture blogs for 2008.

we are no.12 - so thanks to the fans

MoPo 2008

1. BLDGBLOG
2. City of Sound
3. Archidose
4. Pruned
5. Interactive Architecture
6. Architecture.mnp
7. Subtopia
8. Life Without Buildings
9. Tropolism
10. Mirage Studio 7
11. Strange Harvest
12. Architechnophilia
13. The Where Blog
14. The Arch
15. Super Colossal
16. Sit down man, you’re a bloody tragedy
17. Brand Avenue
18. Architecture Chicago Plus
19. Hugh Pearman
20. Varnelis
21. Lebbeus Woods
22. Part IV
23. Eye Candy
24. Architectural Videos
25. Kosmograd

check out the review by candyland...interesting to say the least

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MoPo 2007 - Top 25 Architecture Blogs

Architechnophilia was featured in the MoPo 2007 - Top 25 Architecture Blogs at no.17

MoPo 2007 measures the popularity of architecture blogs by linking blogs (Technorati), subscribers (Bloglines), and hits (Google, and Google Images). The four parameters are objective figures and a way of representing popularity.

recognition

"[...] the exhibitionistic rantings of mad architects..."



In this summer's issue (no.3) of MARK magazine- "another architecture" , a number of blogs are featured including abandoned places, daily dose, bldgblg, tropolism, gravestmore, life without buildings and architechnophilia.