Architect: Artist or Artisan?

What is China Central Television?

A rendering of the project


An image from BBC News on October 31, 2007 shows the progress of construction


Design Observer article

MIT/Ghery building controversy

Abu Dhabi cultural district

Television and Suburbia

As film constructed the archetypal city:




Television shaped our understanding of suburban space:

Levittown, NY




Levittown, NJ (now known as Willingboro)

Levittown, PA


Opening Credits from the Showtime series Weeds



Opening credits from The Wonder Years



Show ran from 1988-1993 on ABC, but each season was set 20 years before (1968-1973) in a suburban American town.

Welcome to the Suburbs



A made-for-tv movie from the 1950s that introduces the concept of suburban living.