decoarchitecture:

Foyer, Empire State Building, NYC, New York
by  David Thompson

Nice sharp photo of the ESB’s lovely wall art.

Note: Please check out David Thompson’s great blog, Art Deco Architecture! You can also follow him on Twitter.

I love this stuff. I can’t understand how it ever became un-stylish. When I do finally build my dream home (hah!), I’m having a massive art-deco foyer built, and there will be sconces and statues and friezes like this on the walls.

kabroder:

I’m starting a new feature on OE Vocabulary. I want to look at a specific area of text, pick out a number of “vocab words” (nouns, adjectives, verbs, whatever), define them, find their usages in other texts and see if and how they differ from the original citation. I’d like to start with some…

Éπικός!

bookshelfporn:

Bookshop Selexyz Dominicanen converted from an old Dominican church in Maastricht,Netherlands. Designed by Merkz+Girod Architects.

I have a sudden urge to re-visit Maastricht!