Tracking this research group and looking forward to their findings about one of the most interesting cities I know.

How about an archive dedicated to architectural publications? We're talking about hundreds of magazines available for free, thanks to a partnership between North Carolina Modernist Homes and Hanley Wood Company.

Days are numbered for Jumbo Floating Restaurant - an iconic eatery in Hong Kong that has appeared in may movies and shows. Watch this segment from SCMP for more info.

Ever wonder how Maki Fumihiko or Kuma Kengo would design a public restroom? Well, guess no more, because this Shibuya project has an all-star cast of 16 architects to boast.

Art, pop culture references, design sensibility, and all things Japan.

A special broadcasting from NHK came out this day that features Kengo Kuma's monologue on some of his creations and design philosophy.

This forum offers constant inspiration and know-hows in the field of architectural visualization. Technical: checked. Poetic: checked.

How a talented architect hailing from Dallas went through years of wrongful accusations and bears no animosity towards those who wanted nothing else but to convict him. Respect!

Kyo-machiya is the type of townhomes (machiya) in Kyoto that I love. This website, albeit a real estate one, curates very well done renovation projects of these old houses and is a source of design inspiration.

One of the special multi-lingual (English, French, and German) reprints to celebrate the 40th birthday of Taschen.

This is a service I've been using for 5 years to reference hard-to-reach locations where even Google Earth and Street View don't cover.

Hibiya district (Tokyo) was a reference I used in an urban project by team Interbay Convergence. Also, this rad Youtube channel has been my fav for a year.

Mark and Ben at Archizam are some fine people who offer practice tests to ARE exam takers free of charge. Questions come with brief explanations and suggested references.

Real-time tracker provided by The California with nation-wide coverage. Best of luck to our people out there.

Very cool concept for a digital bookshelf. I even found a sizable collection of Araki Nobuyoshi. (If you don't know Araki, you don't need to.)

Turns out Kuma Kengo is also part of a furniture atelier called "Time and Style".

I stumbled upon this talented Japanese artist while looking for a new piece of wall art to buy. Dope works.

As I wanted to improve my mediocre Japanese, I found this site with hundreds of children's books. Look for the "ためしおみ" tab under each title to read online for free.

A powerful exhibition by HK-based firm EDGE at the Venice Biennale that conveys the experience of living in typical cage homes.

Criticism with a side order of humor? Say no more, sir.

Oh, how I thank the internet. Now I can tune to thousands of radio stations across the globe by interactively spinning it, even with my meager knowledge in geography.

Taking photogrammetry to the next level, Ruben Fro merges point clouds with music, texture, and geometry manipulation.

A fascinating project of 3D reconstruction of a part of Shibuya from old photos, using photogrammetry.

Cellular Automata! A game without a player, because you are God, and God only gets to watch.

Fascinating record of Hong Kong through the shutter, especially the panorama series of old tong laus.

Pixel = 2D. Voxel = 3D. Simple, right? Forget Minecraft. Model your Cyberpunk dream city and render it with ray tracing using this freeware.

Hits my soft spot for my hometown. Amazing illustrations to say the least.

Remember that "record of human civilization" that we hope the aliens can and will understand what it conveys? Have a little interaction with it and see if you yourself understand what it means.

I learned of de Lempicka during my undergrad years in architecture, and was infatuated by both her works and her adventures. She quickly became one of my muses from the Roaring 20's and the Art Deco era.

Follow Miyazaki - creative giant of Studio Ghibli - in this 10-year-long exclusive documentary from NHK and watch him fascinate people while agonizing himself, bring children smiles while his own son lives in the shadow of his genius father.

Lend your PC's processing power to the search for cure that needs lots of simulations. Aggregate computation, that's what it is.

Hailing from Osaka, this is my favorite place to shop for 80s-90s Jpop records. This is a completely virtual store with no brick-and-mortar location. Browsing experience is good, purchase is swift, and quality of vinyl is amazing.

It's been observed that one never had to set foot on the ground while navigating through the Kowloon Walled City. Hong Kong's current network of manic elevated walkways is today's manifestation of that system. Check out this fascinating book that documents a HK without ground.

I've been following this site for a while. Fantastic forum with a wealth of wisdom on visualization, tips, tricks, and goodies.

Lumni.fr has a variety of educational videos and interactive games for your kids from Maternelle (pre-school) to CP (cours préparatoire/first grade), CE (cours élémentaire/second to third), and CM (cours moyen/forth to fifth).

Is carbon dioxide - and the production of carbon as a whole - inherently bad for the environment? Earth is in fact greening in an unprecedented pace and magnitude and this process has been ongoing after the Industrial Revolution.

Sent off by President Trump on 03/28, Comfort embarked to NYC in a much-needed aid mission and has arrived today. Her sister is USNS Mercy, which came to LA a few days ago. Read more about the stats and specs of this awesome feat of reused tech.

Like mystery boxes? Love local produce? Want to support farmers and small businesses in time of need? Subscribe to receive a local produce box periodically. Demands are high and lists are full; but you can still join the wait list. Thanks to a dear friend who brought this to my attention.

My current research introduced me to Michael Sorkin about two years ago. My favorite of his writing is "Some Assembly Required" that speaks about contemporary urban architecture and how it has been geographically and culturally shifting in the last few decades. Apart from a prolific academic career, his main gig is still that of an architect. See for yourself by clicking here.

Be it energy, food, technology, medicine, or manufacturing, private industries are always the back bone of an efficient and reliable economy. Read more about how Ford helped produce B-24 bombers during WWII and the Rosie the Riverter movement.

The inability to maintain live performances due to the outbreak urges various institutions of performing arts to offer free streaming programs. Opera de Paris has kindly done so. Some are not available to stream outside of France, in which case you can use VPN to bypass that.

Staying at home doesn't mean you can't visit places you like. Dig in some prominent museums in Paris with Muséosphere.

To accommodate people staying at home due to the virus-related shutdown, the Met has kindly opened their streaming service to the wide public.