transient travels

Build Boston and Greenbuild are are going on this week and between Mike attending Build Boston and my attempt to get in touch with the media a client attending Greenbuild, I thought I would dedicate this week’s roundup to, you guessed it, architecture.

The focus of architecture stretched beyond these conferences this week, when a pretty viral list got a lot of attention.

• VirtualTourist.com ranked the “World’s Top 10 Ugliest Buildings”
• Their list got picked up by Reuters
• And Boston.com

It turns out, they do not like Boston’s City Hall, as it made #1 on the list.

(Photo courtesy of Blast Magazine)

• Steve Garfield agrees with them
• And so does Edward Mason at the Boston Herald
• And so does Michael Corcoran at Blast Magazine
• However, Mike at Architectural Fallout, yes my Mike, has a different opinion

But, Boston and the Virtual Tourist are not the only ones talking about architecture.

• Dominique at Midwest Guest tells us his experience visiting the Fisher Building in Detroit
• Earlier this month, Michael Yessis at World Hum gave us insight into U2’s plans for a Norman Foster-designed building, a planned 36-story tower on the banks of the River Liffey. It would be the tallest building in Ireland
• Karen Bryan at Tips from the T-List wrote about the great sites in St. Andrews, Scotland including Andrews Castle and Cathedral
• Dan Gould of Jaunted – back in September – wrote about the Open House London, an annual event where private buildings and houses are opened up for the architecturally curious to explore