{"id":2237,"date":"2008-08-15T05:00:52","date_gmt":"2008-08-15T09:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2237"},"modified":"2008-08-14T18:52:33","modified_gmt":"2008-08-14T22:52:33","slug":"unrequired-reading-aug-15-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-aug-15-2008","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Aug. 15, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for an all-architecture edition of Unrequired Reading! So if you don&#8217;t care about this stuff, go visit the Unrequired Reading archives instead!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Frank Gehry tries to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hughpearman.com\/2008\/10.html\" target=\"_blank\">justify his work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Rem Koolhaas tries to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/0,1518,566655,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">justify his work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Is Zaha Hadid&#8217;s work <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dwell.com\/daily\/blog\/26393024.html\" target=\"_blank\">past the point of justification<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/2008\/eon0722td.html\" target=\"_blank\">starchitects who ate Paris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Christian Science: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reason.com\/blog\/show\/128032.html\" target=\"_blank\">trapped by brutalism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Witold Rybczynski on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2197176\/\" target=\"_blank\">prefabs sprouting up at MoMA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysun.com\/arts\/in-midtown-modernist-perfection-in-a-glass-box\/83819\/\" target=\"_blank\">Perfection in a glass box<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>NYC&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.observer.com\/2008\/real-estate\/move-over-howard-roark\" target=\"_blank\">busiest architect<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>AAIEE! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/08\/14\/garden\/14pumpkin.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pumpkin House!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for an all-architecture edition of Unrequired Reading! 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