oh no, I wanna buy this book!

I'm in trouble with books. It's not about money this time. It's about WEIGHT. I will definitely have to ship the carton of books (textbooks, magazine, nonsense papers...) back home so now I only prefer weightless books aka e-books. 

But this book is killing me with so playful sketches of buildings in New York city, one of my dream-cities in this world. Another fact is that I'm currently in the mood of sketches. I have to produce a lot of sketches for the class "Architecture and the cities" in MUDD program. You know, when something so exciting as sketches become compulsory, it's no more ...kool at all. And I think this book, below yes below, can save my soul:

Curious about the inside pages? Go check for this book in Amazon and scroll down the bottom of the page to see a short review video. Or, check this blog out:

http://www.archidose.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/book-review-all-buildings-in-new-york.html

Should I buy it just because I like it so much? T___T

some Howard Roark's

Some screenshot from The Fountainhead the movie

This made me think of Frank Lloyd Wright

Roark's Wynand tower, the tallest New York's skyscrapper

Check this link out for the original article from Bigideas.

urban sketches by Jessi Douglas

Neutral tone and urban details, what more can Jessie do to make me fall in love with her sketches ? Not only excite me but also inspire me to sketch again were her works born to.
Check out her page to see loads of things like these below:


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