Martin Cooper invented the first mobile phone in 1973. It weighed 2.5 pounds, had a talk time of 30 minutes and took 10 hours to recharge.

Former The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL Unit 14 student Harry Parr on the cover of #TimeOut with a giant pink iced Gherkin!

Some nice images included in an article about #bartlettshow13 Building Design bit.ly/120Bey4 (sub required)

"Qatar will remain a refuge for the oppressed."

In Features: Who is Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani? aje.me/11O2EYo

This is insane. .. sharapova first and now Federer. Wimbledon is fast becoming wimble-down!!!

Shake Shack seeking Senior Manager of Design Services in New York, NY, US arcnct.co/14ub4Ws

This is how a giraffe sleeps.

Tomas Koolhaas makes a documentary about his father, Rem Koolhaas bit.ly/17ExBTr #architecture #film

Filled with hundreds of tents, Gezi Park lead protesters to experience Istanbul & its architecture in unusual ways bit.ly/15fkIN0

the secret modernist metro in Mexico City bit.ly/1aZIS4m via Archinect

Largest building in the world opens in China – complete with indoor seaside arcnct.co/15fniCP

Almost 40,000+ migrant workers in #Qatar could live in “socially sustainable” housing units by 2017: ow.ly/qw6SO #expats

By 2025, China will build 10 New York-sized cities.

A glimpse into the global forces that create a simple t-shirt. f-st.co/7G2ugEM

#WhenYouAreAnArchitect.. the toughest decision in the morning is which black shirt to wear with which black pants/skirt..

Studies show that talking to yourself makes you smarter.