What We’re Reading This Week

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!

From nanotechnology to self-healing concrete, this post from Architizer features seven new materials that could drastically change the future of building structures.

From CoExist, this article on turning Colleges Into Incubators For Changemaking Design is a great look at the role schools can play in shaping the social conscience and design intention of their students.

ArchDaily announced their Building of the Year Awards, an honor decided not by “experts” but by their faithful readers. Check those out here.

Even though this weekly feature was conceived by and is written by the marketing department, we rarely insert something unrelated to building design. Today, however, we share some of our favorite non-brick and mortar eye candy: typeface! This is a great roundup of some lovely and, most importantly, free fonts! Enjoy.

Last but certainly not least, One World Trade Center is almost complete, and here are some beautiful pictures of its new place in the New York City skyline. Gorgeous.