Amazing photos of death-defying birds’ nest hunters in Thailand
Reader Louis Schulz recently sent me a link to an incredible set of photos by Eric Valli, a French photographer and former cabinetmaker whose work has taken him all over the world visiting, among other places, the vertiginous and mind-bending world of “honey hunters” in the Himalayas. However, Louis specifically drew my attention to the…
Flooded Thais Seek Refuge in Prefab Concrete Infrastructure
Architizer is a blog dedicated to the past, present and future of architectural design. They scour the internet finding the best/coolest/weirdest structures people crawl around in. Today they look at the makeshift homes of Thailand flood victims. Last week, Japanese earthquake victims began settling into a neighborhood of new temporary housing complexes in Miyagi. The…