TED Theme: Architectural InspirationTED has a love affair with buildings. Big or small, we cherish the inspired visions behind them. But Joshua Prince-Ramus, architect of the Seattle Public Library, would argue: It isn't a stroke of genius that creates a great building; rather, it's a rational, collaborative, bottom-up approach. Frank Gehry, consummate "starchitect," on the other hand, sees each building as the product of a strong individual vision. Other pioneers are pushing architecture in radically new directions..A guided tour of the Ghost Map- January 31, 2007 Author Steven Johnson takes us on a 10-minute tour of The Ghost Map, his book about a cholera outbreak in 1854 London and the impact it had on science, cities and modern society.http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/steven_johnson_tours_the_ghost_map.html |