Photo of the Day: The University of Tennessee is currently renovating the 1925 Sophronia Strong Hall to be a science and laboratory building, but preserving 20,000 square feet of the original building. Until 2008, Strong Hall was a women's dorm, and even said to be haunted.
Tweet of the Day:
Why this thing of architects using MASSIVE children's book fonts to fill the pages of their books? First 6a now Mae pic.twitter.com/a6WqvpuwUD
— Olly Wainwright (@ollywainwright)
July 16, 2014
Video of the Day: Forget Detroit. Michael Palin visits the abandoned factory town of Fordlandia, located in the middle of the Brazilian Amazon. [BBC]
8 More Stories for Thursday:
Dubai wants to build a city—including shopping, theater, hotels, a theme park, a "wellness district," and roads and parking—that is all temperature-controlled. [Slate]
The Green family, which owns Hobby Lobby, has proposed a Bible museum in southwest Washington, D.C. The museum would replace the 1920s Washington Design Center, which the family bought in 2012. [The New York Times]
Remembering Stanford White's lost Manhattan "love nest," site of the infamous red velvet swing. [Atlas Obscura]
The loneliest building type: There were 2,000 drive-in movie theaters in the U.S. in 1980. Today, they are an endangered species. [Quartz]
The Related Group and Dezer Development are proceeding with a 60-story residential tower in Miami-Dade County, with architecture by César Pelli, FAIA, and interiors by Giorgio Armani. [Miami Herald]
The Aspen Art Museum in Colorado prepares to move next month into a building designed by Pritzker Prize winner Shigeru Ban, Hon. FAIA. [The Wall Street Journal]
C.F. Møller Architects and Brut Architecture and Urban Design designed a tower intended to build community among residents. [Fast Co.Design]
A proposal to turn World Cup stadiums into housing. [CityLab]
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