Quotidiana. Milan.

Milan Metro bits. Magic. Franco Albini and Franca Helg.

'It is a city that understands how to maintain that mix of perfection and potential, the palazzo and the perfect espresso in a neighbourhood café' on.ft.com/4d3CkVn

Profession architect. Ukrainian career guidance poster, 1989.

The Centre Pompidou prepares for a controversial revamp via Financial Times Moreau Kusonoki and Frida Escobedo, seem a slightly odd choice. on.ft.com/3VynePB

In conversation here with tim abrahams on the public realm, street furniture and my last book, ‘On the Street’ published by HENI On the Street It was fun.

So sorry to hear that Kenneth Grange has died. A great designer and a truly lovely man.

The wonderful Henry Steiner — the graphic designer behind ‘brand Hong Kong’ via Financial Times Great little exhibition ⁦M+⁩ on.ft.com/4fuDZo8

Inside the hidden Modernist houses of São Paulo. Aberto, a new annual art show staged amid the fragile remnants of the city’s architectural legacy, opens up striking unseen interiors. By edwin heathcote #PayWall ft.com/content/071569… via @ft

Drukkersweekblad en Autolijn Kerstnummer 1956, No 52 , 1956 Inner Spreads designreviewed.com/artefacts/druk… #graphicdesign #dutchdesign

Little of Bracknell’s new town centre survives, but I like this car park concrete lettering.

IM Pei, Hong Kong review — much more than just the Louvre Pyramid via Financial Times ⁦M+⁩ on.ft.com/3M0UiLB

NYC, 1960

PoMo piazza. Charles Moore’s Piazza d’Italia, New Orleans, 1978. Looking soggy in the rain but at least intact. Strange space, the planned development around it never happened leaving it as a gated public space, open till dusk.

The Eppich House II By Arthur Erickson Vancouver, British Columbia

Avebury Series No. 4 1973 Derek Jarman

Ernő Goldfinger, born on this day in Budapest in 1902. I've written about Balfron Tower in this post ... municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2014/10/14/bal…

Cathedrals of industrial power are ripe for reimagining on.ft.com/3zUtjPp | opinion

What a venue. Grand Palais, Art Basel Paris. Mostly dry.

C20 has worked closely with 6a Architects to ensure the key surviving elements of James Stirling’s design for Tate Liverpool will be retained and sensitively resited. Read more about the ambitious plans for Britain’s first national museum of modern art in this excellent Financial Times