{"id":1789710,"date":"2020-11-27T09:07:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T14:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1789710"},"modified":"2020-11-27T09:07:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T14:07:53","slug":"london-trees-pyongyang-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/11\/london-trees-pyongyang-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"London Trees, Pyongyang Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1789711\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/11\/london-trees-pyongyang-architecture\/img_8859\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_8859.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1520,1217\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1605957442&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8859\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_8859-300x240.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_8859-1024x820.jpeg\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-1789711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_8859-1024x820.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_8859-1024x820.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_8859-300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_8859-150x120.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_8859-940x753.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_8859-500x400.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_8859.jpeg 1520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bluecrowmedia.com\">Blue Crow Media<\/a>, which for the past few years has published a series of maps focusing on urban architecture, sent me samples of two of their most recent maps. The <a href=\"https:\/\/bluecrowmedia.com\/products\/london-maps-set\"><em>Great Trees of London Map<\/em><\/a> is the first of a series of maps highlighting noteworthy trees in a city&rsquo;s urban forest (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/o\/ASIN\/1912018764\/thmaro-21\">Amazon<\/a>). (<a href=\"https:\/\/bluecrowmedia.com\/blogs\/news\/introducing-our-new-tree-map-series-2\">A similar map for New York is forthcoming<\/a>.) The second is another in their line of architecture and urban design maps: <a href=\"https:\/\/bluecrowmedia.com\/products\/pyongyang-architecture-map\"><em>Pyongyang Architecture Map<\/em><\/a> features 50 buildings in the reclusive North Korean capital, and includes text and photographs shot by <em>Guardian<\/em> architecture critic Oliver Wainwright (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/o\/ASIN\/1912018748\/thmaro-21\">Amazon<\/a>). <a href=\"https:\/\/bluecrowmedia.com\/products\/tbilisi-architecture-map\">An architecture map of Tbilisi, Georgia<\/a>, in English and Georgian, has also been released (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/o\/ASIN\/1912018578\/thmaro-21\">Amazon<\/a>). Each map costs &pound;8.<\/p>\n<p>Previously: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/09\/architectural-maps-of-london\/\">Architectural Maps of London<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/11\/london-underground-architecture-and-design-map\/\">London Underground Architecture and Design Map<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Crow Media, which for the past few years has published a series of maps focusing on urban architecture, sent me samples of two of their most recent maps. The Great Trees of London Map&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/11\/london-trees-pyongyang-architecture\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[634,54,166,1494,1493,1397],"class_list":["post-1789710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-art","tag-architecture","tag-cities","tag-london","tag-north-korea","tag-pyongyang","tag-trees","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2793,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/09\/architectural-maps-of-london\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789710,"position":0},"title":"Architectural Maps of London","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"8 September 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"London-based publisher Blue Crow Media has begun issuing a series of cartographic guides to urban architecture.\u00a0They sent me samples of their first two maps, the Art Deco London Map and the Brutalist London Map. 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