memoirs on a rainy day

When I walked by Ottawa’s eyesore, the US embassy, I saw this beautiful building. It’s the Connaught Building.

The Connaught Building is a historic office building. It’s on Sussex Drive, near the Fairmont Château Laurier. Today it houses the HQ of the Canada Revenue Agency. The building is named after the Duke of Connaught, who was the Governor General of Canada at the time of the construction. Prince Arthur served as the Governor General of Canada from 1911 to 1916.

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The architectural eyesore that many people from Ottawa like to talk about is the US embassy on Sussex Dr.

The design reminds me of the Supreme Court of Canada building.

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Over at Hoefler & Frere-Jones, Hoefler talks about ampersands (&). (via kottke)

The world’s first billion dollar home. (via cf)

A review of the ascent tents that are available for alpine climbers. I didn’t know they existed.

Daniel Dociu’s incredible fantasy/futuristic building designs.

BLDGBLOG has some nice pictures of luxury hotels which were abondoned midway through construction. Photos by Haubitz+Zoche. (via kottke)

The 12th issue of Bak Magazine is out, available online for free! (via cpluv)

Monocle is a great design mag. Here are some design notes on it.

Apple: all apples are our trademark. NYC: Bite me fanboys.