James Turrell exhibition

James Turrell exhibiton at the Gagosian Gallery, Britannia Street, London until December 10th. If you have not had the chance to see any of his work with light and illusion we recommend it.
Gagosian Gallery

Architectural Consumerism

Francis sent me this piece about consumerist development, where housing has been built just to sit empty for years in the hope of profits, but just destroying habitats. link

Ruin Academy

'Finnish architect Marco Casagrande has successfully converted an abandoned apartment block into the Ruin Academy in Taipei, Taiwan. The Ruin Academy is operated in co-operation between Casagrande Laboratory / Finland and JUT Foundation for Arts & Architecture / Taiwan. It moves in-between architecture, sociology, environmental sciences (including urban design) and environmental art.' See Ruin Academy blog and Francis sent me the following link with more images and plans.

Biodiversity

Horizon on the impact of human society on the Biodiversity of the oceans.
Horizon on BBC iPlayer
The United Nations have declared 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity - for more information see The UN site and Natural History Musuem

We Live in Public

Josh found this film - We Live in Public - interview below which gives an interesting perspective on society and our relationship with the world. See the film on 4OD here