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!

Surprise, surprise – it’s still roughly 1000 degrees outside. If you’re in need of a virtual escape full of changing leaves and rolling hills, look no further than Architectural Digest’s collection of country inns. Seasonally-inappropriate pumpkin spice latte not included.

Just a little more wanderlust for you this Friday, this time in the form of CNN’s list of 10 great towns, villages and neighborhoods for architecture buffs.

It’s pretty much impossible to nail down the one awesome design topic FastCompany writes about each week. Luckily, they’ve done a roundup of the 165 Ways Design is Changing Your Life which means they’ve done the work of curating cool design stories for us.

We recently shared with you The Living’s winning design for MoMA’s PS1 design competition and an interview with its principal David Benjamin. The Living is back in the news this week as they were recently purchased by design and engineering software maker Autodesk. Find out more about the fascinating merger here.

Shape-shifting architecture that responds to heat? Crazy? Yes. Impossible? No.

Happy weekend!