Basque Health HQ. Spaniards do love their modern architecture. the photos looks even better with the dark skies.

CONTEMPORIST » Aleph by Foster & Partners begins construction. condo in buenos aires. some gorgeous interiors.

Reiss FD Bent Plywood furniture. i really like the two long coffee tables.

CONTEMPORIST » A Penthouse Where Nature Meets Architecture. links to a new york times article and slideshow. this is probably the coolest condo unit i’ve ever seen.

Claremont Residences by Paul Johnston. post about a modern townhouse project near queen and claremont in toronto.

A Year of Heavy Losses - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com. a good grpahical explanation of the losses.

Windbelt - Third World Power - Wind Generator - Popular Mechanics. cool demo.

iPhone GUI PSD. useful if you need to do iPhone app mockups. from a toronto company too.

YAKKAY - Bicycle Helmet covers. for all those hipster bicyclists on toronto’s streets.

ASLA 2008 Professional Awards. awards for landscape architects. some crazy nice lawns.

Architect video home tour in San Diego. lots of great design elements. really like the floor LED lights on the stairs.

Marmol Radziner assembles a Venice prefab, and video captures the coming-together - Los Angeles Times. interesting to see a prefab house actually being put into a residential lot.

CONTEMPORIST » Modern Treehouses by Baumraum. crazy.

CONTEMPORIST » Supermarkets with Style. that definitely makes loblaws look ghetto.

A clever solution to a critical problem - (37signals). covering a reservoir with 400,000 plastic balls.

Spin doctor — chicagotribune.com. about decorating a Calatrava building. He’s also got an insane 150 story residential project in Chicago.

russell davies: BlackBoardPro. this guy put chalkboard paint on the back of his macbook so it doubles as a to-do list. i suspect there’s lots of chalk dust now in his computer.

The Penguin Blog: Covering Bond. cool set of book covers for a reprint of the James Bond books. via ram.

Making a Rubik’s Cube studio seem effortless - (37signals). the nytimes has a series of articles about making use of small spaces.

Standing versus Sitting - (37signals). on using a stand-up desk. i know a bunch of managers at amazon who have stand-up desks but they’re rarely at their desks.