14.Jan.2010 Weekly Fuel – Computer Generated Edition

by Jay Cox-Chapman, Design Build Assistant

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

Above: The Third & The Seventh, an astonishing, entirely computer-generated film by Alex Roman. The detail is incredible, and more so when you find out it was created by one person. Watch it fullscreen.

From the beautiful-architectural-drawings file: Original blueprints for the Eiffel Tower.

What does it mean to be a blind architect? The LA Times finds out.

A strange and atmospheric set of photos from an abandoned psychiatric hospital building.

The world’s strongest man, pound-for-pound, has died at 104.