Thanks Mark.

Some amazing photographs of abandoned buildings in Detroit by Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre Photography.

via Joyengine.

Ken Yeang and Ross Lovegrove show how nature can inspire our living spaces and cities by fusing efficiency and beauty.

via SwissMiss.

(and John Podesta, but watching his part is not so necessary, nowhere near as focused, and i dare say, less interesting.)

A Green World is a Safer One from National Building Museum on Vimeo.

Now, this is a recording of a museum lecture, which means (for those of you who have never been to one) there’s about 10 minutes of introduction and thank you’s to supporting organizations, et cetera, ad nauseum. Just skip ahead. Also, it is a longish talk (Ed’s part is about 35 minutes long).

The book, found here. Is now officially on my wish-list.

Oh how i wish i had architecture training, to be involved in projects like these: