The LOdown

If you just can’t cut it as an architect, you now have another option—the ice cream sandwich business. Thanks to Freya Estreller and Natasha Case, the young women behind the Coolhaus ice cream sandwich brand, architecture and the mobile food industry have harmonized. Their all-natural, homemade ice cream is scooped between two cookies, and even [...]

As a Communication major, Mass Communication has so far been my favorite class within the department. The hottest topics of discussion throughout the semester concerned the influx of social media and its impact on traditional media forms. The central debate: Has traditional media, involving newspaper/print, television, and radio, become a [...]

Hello and welcome back to The Weekly LOdown - where we gather our favorite links from the architecture and building industry and share them with you each and every Friday.
This week we’re all about social media in architecture, top green colleges and an apartment Transformer. Here’s [...]

As most of you reading this blog are probably aware, each Friday, it’s common practice in the Twitter community for users to suggest new people to follow - usually because they find them interesting and think others should see what they’re all about.  It’s called “Follow Friday.”
Here at LO, we’re completely immersed in the architectural [...]

The current popularity and influence of Twitter is well documented, including case studies from big brands like Comcast and Ford. We know the micro-blogging tool has power and we’ve seen the Twitter community flex its muscles and spread news (good and bad) faster than any other media source in the world (just ask Dominos Pizza).
I’ve [...]