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!

Do you ever find yourself hitting that mid-afternoon slump, hungry and tired and with a less than optimally functioning brain? Not to worry – MyDomaine has you covered with five foods guaranteed to get you back on track and humming with productivity! [via]

Brandan Siebrecht, a graduate architecture student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas recently took home top honors at the Radical Innovation Award, an annual competition for imaginative, futuristic hotel designs. His design? The “Hyperloop Hotel,” a $130 million project that would connect 13 hotels across the country by way of a high-speed transit system that would eliminate the need to buy additional tickets and hotel room between and in some of America’s largest cities. More from Architectural Digest here.

From Archinect, 17 US architecture schools are working with NCARB to fast track becoming a licensed architect. While students will still document the same number of hours of work experience, pass the same exams, and earn the same architecture degree as their non-accelerated counterparts – they’ll have the opportunity to do so prior to graduating from college.

Many American cities have made good use of the rivers running through their city and transformed those areas into a destination unto themselves. Recently, the mayor’s office and the Bureau of Engineering tasked 7 architecture firms with coming up with a plan to areas along the “barren canal-like waterway that weaves through the Californian city.” Dezeen has more.

Interior Design has a wrap-up of NeoCon 2017 and some favorite finds from a few of the top designers who attended. It’s a great recap and all, but this editor can’t believe they didn’t chronicle our very own Katie Jo Chane’s impressions of the event. She’s the top designer we know!