Welcome to Curbed's new weekly round-up of architecture and design on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and (god forbid) even LinkedIn. Collected from retweets, intra-office chats, and, well, anything that sent us into a 140-character tizzy, this is what Curbed editors saw on social last week. Please be in touch if you have a recommendation for next week.
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The 20th anniversary of Rem Koolhaas's seminal book S,M,L,XL is at the end of October (Halloween, to be precise) and Instagram users are sharing shots of where they keep their copies of the tome. We loved this snap from Vienna-based 'grammer and architecture student Thersa Sophie.
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Speaking of Instagram, one of our favorite 'grammers, prolific Guggenheim museum Associate director of digital marketing JiaJia Fei (better known as @vajiajia) is on a whirlwind trip in Paris. We've loved every snap, but we especially dug this awesome snap Renzo Piano's Centre Pompidou.
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Top 3 buildings it's embarrassing I haven't seen in person.
1. Farnsworth House
2. Guggenheim Bilbao
3. Seattle Public Library
— Alexandra Lange (@LangeAlexandra) October 26, 2015
Our critic, Alexandra Lange, aired a little secret on Twitter this AM: Three seminal works of architecture that she's yet to see IRL. It got us thinking about the must-see buildings we've also missed (this editor has not yet been to the Farnsworth House or Guggenheim Bilbao either). What are the great buildings on your bucket list?
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Remember our renovation diary series about an architect's Brooklyn brownstone? (If this isn't ringing any bells, do yourself a favor and catch up on the eight-part series here.) Brent Buck, the architect whose home was the case study for that diary series, also happens to be a stellar Instagrammer, and frequently posts shots from in-the-works projects. We really love the above behind-the-scenes look at a demolition day on a project in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
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British architect David Adjaye made his mark on New York City last year with the opening of the Sugar Hill Development, a 124-unit complex of city-subsidized units in New York City's historic neighborhood of Harlem. Though the opening of the building was not without controversy (as its design has not been universally loved by archicritics) it sounds like residents—at least this one—is quite pleased with the new digs.
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The Maine-based soap makers and artists behind the brand Wary Meyers 'grammed this sweet shot of the interior of Ulrich Franzen's 1964 Dana House in New Canaan, Connecticut. If you can't get enough midcentury houses in New England, we have a feature for you.
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Drake's 'Hotline Bling' is a song about suburban sprawl
https://t.co/qvrCmmeniH
#SixDegreesOfHousingSegregation
— Another Round (@anotherround) October 22, 2015
One of our favorite podcasts that isn't about design, Another Round, tweeted this CityLab piece that's worth a read if you are a fan of Drake or thinking about the intersections of race and housing in the U.S.
What did you see on social media last week that inspired you, got you thinking, or that you wish you could un-see? Let us know in the comments below!
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