Building Blogs

There are many, many disciplines that intertwine with the planning field so closely: civil engineering, public administration, public policy, environmental studies, anthropology, geography, architecture. All these fields work closely together to develop and define the urban fabric of each city, neighborhood, and place. BLDG BLOG is a great site to follow which keeps up with these connections and relationships in places and cities all over the world as it focuses on "architectural conjecture, urban speculation, and landscape futures."

Launched in July 2004, BLDG BLOG is a website written by Geoff Manaugh, a journalist, author, and editor for several magazines. Manaugh earned his BA in Cultural Studies from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill in 1997 and his MA in Art & Architectural History from the University of Chicago in 2001 giving him the proper background to explore people and places in a critical manner, offering his ideas to the world through his award winning blog. BLDG BLOG has been prasied and acclaimed by many prominent sources including The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and The Architectural Review as a great learning tool for all people which is "in the non-rude sense of the word...promiscuous." Manaugh is awaiting the publication of his book based on his blog coming out this summer.