What We’re Reading on the Web

As usual, we’ve read the Internet cover-to-cover and rounded up some of the most interesting reads out there for your perusal. Enjoy!

This article from Forbes is an interesting take on how Google’s Swiss and Irish office locations used anthropological studies across multiple cultures to create their new office spaces.

While we’re busy ogling the new stadiums built for the World Cup, there’s lots of other exciting architectural news coming out of Brazil. Architectural Digest has a review and slideshow of a new book featuring some of Brazil’s most talented contemporary architects that’s definitely worth a look.

From FastCompany: 6 Steps to Turn Strangers into Connections, or, how to make networking feel like less of a chore.

This Q&A with author William McKinley from the New York Times is a great glimpse into the world of sustainable design. His new book is “an informed plea from a 65-year-old architect who has long concentrated on designing such buildings, making the most of renewable energy sources, such as solar and geothermal power.”

End your week with some eye candy by taking a look at Casa de La Flora, a new resort in Thailand. It’s amazing and you may want to hop on a plane after you see it.

Happy weekend, happy summer, happy reading.