Reflections on art and architecture by TIME critic Richard Lacayo.

Travel is So Broadening

I've been on the road since yesterday. Back to the blog tomorrow, Friday. Meanwhile you can check out a new architecture toy. The American Institute of Architects has set up a new layer in Google Earth that lets you "visit" digital recreations of the buildings featured on their recent list of the 150 American buildings, bridges and monuments that a group of American voters liked the most. Go to http://earth.google.com/index.html and download the software.

It's just like being on the road yourself, except without the connecting flights.

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