BLDGBLOG

{{short description|Architecture blog authored by futurist Geoff Manaugh}}

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BLDGBLOG is an architecture blog authored by futurist Geoff Manaugh, former editor at Dwell magazine,{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91233136|title=A Contest to Re-Imagine the White House|work=NPR.com}} former Editor-in-Chief at Gizmodo,{{cite web|last1=Kurutz|first1=Steven|title=Moving Past the Latest Smartphone|website=The New York Times|date=22 May 2013|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/garden/geoff-manaugh-the-new-editor-of-gizmodo-on-adding-design-to-the-tech-blog.html?smid=tw-nytimesHome&seid=auto|access-date=1 July 2014}}{{cite web|last1=Beaujon|first1=Andrew|title=Gizmodo editor-in-chief Geoff Manaugh 'did not integrate well' and is gone|url=http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/253424/gizmodos-editor-did-not-integrate-well-and-is-gone/|website=Poynter.org|access-date=1 July 2014}} and a contributing editor at Wired UK.{{Cite web|url=http://www.talkitect.com/2010/06/geoff-manaugh-of-building-blog-resident.html|title=Geoff Manaugh (Of BLDG BLOG) Resident of the CCA's Study Center|date=15 June 2010 }}

The blog has been well acclaimed by several publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic and The Architectural Review.{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200704u/nj_powers_2007-04-17|title=Mutual Suspicion|first=William|date=April 17, 2007|last=Powers|website=The Atlantic|quote=Thus, when I noticed that The Wall Street Journal (hard copy) was praising an architecture blog I'd never seen called BLDGBLOG, I opened my screen and typed it right in—it was a winner.}} Manaugh's book [http://burglarsguide.com/ A Burglar's Guide to the City] has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It was named by Amazon as one of the best books of 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/b/?node=390919011|title=Amazon.com: Best Books of the Month: Books|website=Amazon|access-date=2016-09-04}}

Bibliography

The BLDGBLOG Book was published by Chronicle Books in April 2009. The book includes numerous essays and images from the website, but Manaugh's favored themes are heavily expounded in the body text of the book, which was written specifically for the publication.

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