معماری Water Villas: 3 Modern House Boats in Urban Settings

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When the bustle of urban life becomes too much to bear, wouldn’t it be nice to retreat to your own private floating getaway – without even needing to travel? Modern house boats have all the amenities that come with living on land, and docked in an urban marina or canal, they’re just steps away from the excitement of the city. As urban centers become more populated and land more scarce, house boats could be an attractive option, especially when they’re as beautifully designed as these three.



Watervilla de Omval by +31 Architects

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As fluid as the water it sits on and filled with light thanks to a wall of windows, the Watervilla de Omval is a stunning addition to the river Amstel in Amsterdam. Designed by +31 Architects, the Watervilla features a kitchen and living space at the top level with a view of the river, and cabins below the water line.

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The roof slopes down in a split-level area which holds the stairway and the bathroom, creating a flat terrace for outdoor living in fair weather. Inside, an open floor plan featuring white plaster contrasting with touches of warm wood provides an open, airy feel.

Dubai House Boat by X-Architects

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Built on two catamaran beams, this steel-and-glass house boat floats in the Dubai marina against one of the world’s most dramatic skylines. X-Architects and interior decorator-architect Leen Vandaele gave the two-story home a clean and simple shape and a nearly all-white color palette for a thoroughly modern result.

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The upper deck contains a concealed kitchen, a living room and an informal dining area while the lower deck houses the bedrooms, bathroom and steering cabin. The home also features a spiral staircase and a terrace.

MetroShip: “The Original Modern House Boat”

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If you’ve got a quarter of a million dollars to spare, you can have a MetroShip of your very own – a modern luxury houseboat hand-made in the USA by Ballinger & Co. Measuring 12 feet wide and 48 feet long, the MetroShip was inspired by the open plan of New York City loft spaces.

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At night, the MetroShip lights up like a lantern, with translucent walls reminiscent of Japanese shoji screens. It’s filled with top-of-the-line appliances and furnishings including a Viking and Gaggenau kitchen, an Italian marble bathroom with Kohler shower, Sony LCD HD televisions and a W Hotel bed. Twin 60-horsepower Honda outboard engines make it easy to steer it into your harbor of choice.

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معماری The Coolest 9 to 5′s: 8 Offices that Blow Your Mind

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Most people live in cookie cutter townhouses, or bland apartments, and go to work in utilitarian buildings full of cubicles. Most people, but not all. Some of the coolest companies have expanded their boundaries beyond the typical soul-sucking office setup and created truly wonderful places to work.

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Etsy’s headquarters are as fun and offbeat as one would expect from such a homespun company. With plush cubicles themed on different designs, and wacky homemade paraphernalia everywhere, this office space seems oddly put together considering the variety of decoration.

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The Selgas Cano architecture office in Madrid is truly out there. The office is literally engulfed by nature, sitting slightly below ground with a wall of glass as the only separation from the beautiful foliage. It is much easier to make it as an architect when your office is this astounding.

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Pixar’s headquarters personify the fun and childlike wonder of their films. With giant halls that look more like aircraft hangars, down to offices that look like a ramshackle neighborhood, each room has its own outrageous atmosphere. This is definitely a place where creativity is prized.

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The facilities above look like a fancy new show floor for Volkswagen’s Phaeton, their luxury vehicle. In fact, this swanky building is actually the Phaeton plant. Located in Dresden, Germany, this factory has to be the fanciest in the world. With top of the line equipment and an aesthetic that’s far from the dirt and industrial feel of most car plants, this is a factory that clearly matches the feel of its cars.

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The TBWA Hakuhodo ad agency’s office feels like a walk in a park. With rolling green hills and lawn chairs as desks, this is definitely a building to put a client at ease. The building tells clients they think differently, and it would be difficult not to agree.

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The Ogilvy and Mather ad agency brings their idea of a “carnival of ideas” to a new level with their jaw-dropping office in Guangzhou. Featuring the carnival staples of lit signs and carousel animals, the office’s design is a delightful way to catch a potential clients attention.

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MPV decided to add an office component to their warehouse, and came up with a novel and sustainable solution in the process. They used modern techniques to turn discarded cargo containers into something modern and remarkable.

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Google is known for the extravagances in their offices, from technological toilets to free massages, it can seem like it would be impossible to get any work done over there. They spared no expense in their Zurich office, with slides and workspaces that are more like pods than desks.

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معماری Singularly Singapore: 13 Hip, Chic & Relaxing Hotels

Springing from a lush British trading colony to the bustling independent city-state it is today, Singapore is like a microcosm of Asia, where you can experience a variety of cultural influences that have melded into a distinct whole. These 13 hotels illustrate Singapore’s cultural richness, from hip modern urban hotels and renovated historic gems to traditional getaways and retreats in the rainforest.

Though it opened just last year, Marina Bay Sands has already become a Singapore icon with one of the most distinctive silhouettes in architecture. The $4 billion resort has an infinity pool located 55 stories above Marina Bay, three times the length of an Olympic swimming pool, which is nestled in the boat-shaped ‘Sky Park’ that spans the three towers of the hotel.

Nestled on a 30-acre property within lush rainforests on Sentosa Island, the luxurious (and pet-friendly!) five-star Capella Hotel has three outdoor swimming pools and is located steps from Tanjong Beach. Close to the heart of Singapore and to the Thian Hock Keng Temple, Capella is a stunning way to experience the wild, natural side of Singapore rather than the orderly urban side. The hotel, designed by Foster + Partners, adds curving modern buildings to historic colonial structures including two bungalows dating back to the 1880s.

Bold and beautiful in Chinatown, the New Majestic is practically a gallery of local art with 30 rooms – including 9 suites – individually decorated by some of Singapore’s most notable artists and creatives. For example, the ‘Wayang’ room, designed by theater director Glen Goel, features walls upholstered in burgundy silk inspired by the film Raise the Red Lantern. Another room, ‘Fluid’, takes a more modern tack, with fashion designer Wykidd Song embracing white minimalism.

Designed by Ong & Ong, the Quincy Hotel is an all-inclusive business and leisure boutique hotel with 108 slightly different rooms. Long and narrow to fit inside an unusually shaped parcel of land, the Quincy has a distinctive anodized steel facade punctuated with modular windows, a design motif that continues inside with creative lighting. A glass-enclosed pool cantilevered from the 12th floor, featuring a pool deck illuminated with color-changing LED lights, provides a cool and unusual way to experience the Singapore skyline.

The Gallery Hotel terms itself ‘art-centric’, hence the name. A four-star boutique hotel situated right in the city center, the Gallery has a striking pluralistic facade including randomly placed, color-ringed windows, giving it a Pop Art effect. Inside, it’s just as bright and artistic, with lots of colored lighting and large murals. One interesting feature of the Gallery is a number of all-women guest floors, where men are not allowed – not even staff.

Step through the threshold of this clean white colonial building in Singapore’s Club Street conservation area into a bold and graphic boutique hotel that’s easy on the eyes in a palette of black and white. Folds of white fabric buffer the lights in the common areas, and black graphics liven up vast expanses of white walls. The Club Hotel has 22 distinctly unique guest rooms, a rooftop skybar with an alfresco deck and a tapas bar on the ground floor.

Singapore’s iconic ‘Merlion’ – a massive public statue with the head of a lion and the body of a fish – has been transformed into a temporary pop-up hotel for Singapore’s Biennale 2011, the largest contemporary arts gathering in Southeast Asia. Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi encased the statue in a small hotel that will be available for overnight stays until May 15th and will be disassembled by June 6th.

Each floor of the retro-themed Hotel Re has its own bold assigned color, and guest rooms reflect the iconic pop culture of the 1960s and ’70s, including silhouetted wall murals of Marilyn Monroe and John Travolta. There’s definitely a disco vibe going on with all of the reflective surfaces, funky fonts and hot-pink lighting. Hotel Re has 140 rooms and 12 stories, located at the base of Pearl’s Hill along Chin Swee Road.

Celebrated as one of the world’s most interesting art hotels, the Wanderlust is located in a historic school building from the 1920′s and maintains the original facade – but step inside and it’s like you’re transported to another world. Each of the four-story boutique hotel’s 29 rooms is uniquely decorated including a floor of bright rooms with neon lights on the walls spelling out song titles with colors in them, like Weezer’s ‘Pink Triangle’ and The Beatles’ ‘Yellow Submarine’. Other levels feel like childhood fantasy with treehouse-themed rooms and even space-themed rooms with starry ceilings.

The 121-room Scarlet Hotel, housed in a pre-war shophouse in Chinatown, was named by Luxury Travel Magazine as one of the world’s best 5-star city hotels. Decked out in rich reds, gold and platinum, the hotel speaks of luxury and splendor in a way that is sometimes perhaps a little over-the-top ($30,000 beds?) The décor calls to mind Singapore’s colonial past but is injected with plenty of modern details to keep it fresh.

With soothing modern aesthetics and some of the most spacious hotel rooms in the city, the Naumi Hotel is a place of relaxation and retreat. This 40-room boutique hotel in Singapore’s Central Business District has a rooftop pool, restaurant, yoga/fitness studio and an entire floor of women-only suites. Its origami-inspired facade, which incorporates vertical greenery, definitely stands out among the colonial shophouses of Seah Street.

This design-oriented hotel in the business district has just 17 rooms with a subtly futuristic flavor including lots of plexiglass and bright colors. In the lobby, a giant reflective dome holds the reception desk, and the guest rooms, though all different, each have an open bathroom with a cylindrical glass shower. Klapsons includes an alfresco bar and lounge as well as a first-floor restaurant serving Western cuisine.

If you want traditional Singaporean luxury, there’s no better destination than The Raffles, one of the world’s most famous hotels with an extensive history dating back to 1887. Occupied by the Japanese during WWII and used as a transit camp for prisoners of war, the hotel was declared a national monument in 1987 and given an extensive makeover that restored it to its former glory. The Raffles is an all-suite hotel with restaurants and lounges, a luxury shopping arcade, a full-service spa, a 66-foot rooftop lap pool and a 388-seat Victorian theater.

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معماری Upwardly Immobile: 15 Sky High Statues From 15 Countries

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Statue of limitations, you say? Not applicable in these 15 countries, at least. This monumental selection of sky-high statues showcases the tallest figural sculptures in their respective countries – all built, it would seem, with a higher purpose in mind.



Spring Temple Buddha, China

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Completed in 2002, the Spring Temple Buddha is both China’s and the world’s tallest statue at 128 m (420 ft). That figure is for the Buddha and its Lotus Throne: if you include the 25 m (82 ft) tall pedestal building the statue stands upon, the total height increases to an awe-inspiring 153 m or 502 feet! The statue and its associated facilities are located within the Fodushan Scenic Area in Lushan County, Henan province.

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The statue is a representation of the Vairocana Buddha, who in Chinese Buddhism is said to embody “shunyata”, the Buddhist concept of emptiness. Vairocana statues are often very large in size so that when in their presence, one can truly feel the lack of permanent identity and the accompanying emptiness of conditioned existence. Sure makes ME feel small!

Laykyun Setkyar, Myanmar

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Laykyun Setkyar, located near Monywa, Myanmar, stands 116 m (381 ft) and stands on a 13.5 m (44.3 ft) tall throne. The main image above dates from 2006 when the massive monument was in its 10th year of construction – it formally opened in February of 2008.

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The Laykyun Setkyar complex features two enormous Buddhas: one standing and one reclining. Tourism to Monywa sparked by the unveiling of the Laykyun Setkyar statues has increased greatly, providing both income to local businesses and a window to the outside world for Burmese citizens of this culture-rich, ancient city.

Ushiku Daibutsu, Japan

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The Ushiku Daibutsu, completed in 1993, stands 120 m (394 ft) tall including its 10 m (33 ft) high base and 10 m high lotus platform. The statue weighs just over 4,000 tons and is plated in bronze. Just to give one an idea of this statue’s immense size, consider these dimensions: its eyes are 2.55 m (8.35 ft) wide, its mouth is 4.5 m (14.76 ft) wide and its first finger stretches a full 7 m (23 ft) from base to tip.

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The Ushiku Daibutsu is located in Japan’s Ibaraki prefecture north of Tokyo and represents the Amitabha Buddha. Visitors can tour a 4-story museum built into the statue. Windows on the top floor look out through the statue’s chest, providing a birds-eye view of a flower garden and small animal park on the grounds below.

Peter the Great Statue, Russia

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This monumental statue of Russian Czar Peter the Great towers 94 m (308 ft) into the Moscow sky… though the fact hardly pleases many Muscovites. The statue, created by Georgian architect Zurab Tsereteli and unveiled in 1997, regularly appears on lists of the world’s ugliest buildings, statues and monuments. The purpose of the statue was to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Russian Navy.

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Rumors suggest that Zurab Tsereteli designed the statue to represent Christopher Columbus but could find no takers for it in the USA, Spain or Latin America. He then modified the work and offered the 600-ton piece to his good friend, Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov. Moscow’s current mayor, Vladimir Resin, has suggested the statue be moved to St. Petersburg but authorities there won’t touch it with a 308-ft pole.

Great Buddha of Thailand

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Thailand boasts an abundance of large, golden Buddha statues but none can compare with the Great Buddha of Thailand, situated in the Wat Muang Monastery in Ang Thong province. The 92 m (300 ft) tall statue is 63 m (210 ft) wide at its base. Construction began on the Great Buddha in 1990 and 18 long years passed before it was finally completed!

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The Great Buddha of Thailand was designed according to the precepts of Theravada Buddhism. Visitors to the site, about 2 hours’ drive north of Bangkok, can also enjoy Wat Muang temple’s “Hell Park.” This Buddhist version of Dante’s Inferno features “macabre scenes of mutilation & death depicted through large colorful figures all set in different themed scenes.” Fun for the whole family!

Great Standing Maitreya Buddha, Taiwan

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The Great Standing Maitreya Buddha who rises above the shore of Emei Lake near Beipu in Xinzhu County, Taiwan, doesn’t exactly fit the mold of a tall, graceful sculptor’s model – but then again, that’s just not his style. The 72 m (236 ft) tall statue represents a Maitreya (“returning”) Buddha who will return some day to share his enlightenment with the rest of the world. When that day comes, be sure to stay out of his way!

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The Great Standing Maitreya Buddha is the largest of four monumental Maitreya Buddhas in Taiwan. All follow the same format: a wide smile, large earlobes and a protruding belly. AS for this Buddha, as the song goes, “He’s got the whole world, in his hands.”

Mother Motherland, Ukraine

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The 62 m (203 ft) tall Mother Motherland monument in Kiev, Ukraine, was unveiled in 1981 and was constructed as a tribute to Soviet soldiers who died in The Great Patriotic War – known to the rest of the world as World War II. The statue differs from many of its type and size, being made from steel that gleams brilliantly on bright, sunny days. Just imagine how it would look if the original design, which called for a gold leaf over bronze, would have been followed?

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The Mother Motherland monument weighs a staggering 560 tons and grasps a 16 m () long, 9 ton sword in its right hand. Combined with the masonry and stone Memorial Hall museum that acts as a base, the statue rises 102 m (334.5 ft) into the skies above Kiev.

African Renaissance Monument, Senegal

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Say you’re the president of an African nation and you want to commemorate your country’s 50th anniversary of independence with a massive statue… built on a budget, by North Korean engineers. The result would probably look a lot like the 49 m (161 ft) tall African Renaissance Monument that looms over Dakar, Senegal.

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“Only the North Koreans could build my statue,” stated Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade, who at least contracted the design out to native son Pierre Goudiaby. Unfortunately the copper-plated, Stalinist-style statue has aroused condemnation from local Muslim imams who consider the statue’s semi-**** figures to be both blasphemous and idolatrous. On the date of its opening on April 3rd, 2010, a large protest numbering several thousand demonstrated against “all the failures of President Wade’s regime, the least of which is this horrible statue.”

Virgen de la Paz, Venezuela

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Spanish-born artist Manuel de la Fuente designed the 46.7 m (153 ft) tall Virgen de la Paz, which watches over the city of Trujillo from the top of a nearby hill. The 1,200 ton statue of the Virgin Mary is made from painted concrete and weighs approximately 1,200 tons.

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This monumental sculpture is designed so that visitors can climb interior staircases to reach any one of five observation points. Opened in 1983, the statue is the tallest figural sculpture in the Western Hemisphere, just under a meter (-3 ft) taller than the Statue of Liberty – a fact Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez must surely find gratifying.

Statue of Liberty, USA

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The Statue of Liberty, or more correctly Liberty Enlightening the World, was a joint project of the United States and France: the former built the pedestal while the latter provided the statue. Though the 46 m (151 ft) tall monument to American independence was not officially dedicated until October 28th, 1886, her arm was displayed at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia and subsequently at Madison Square Park in New York City from 1876 to 1882.

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Some Statue of Liberty trivia: New York City’s first ticker-tape parade celebrated the opening of the statue and President Grover Cleveland presided over the dedication ceremony. Both the arm and the head of the statue were finished first so that they could be used to boost fundraising efforts; the image above shows the statue’s head on display at the 1878 Paris World’s Fair. Last but not least, visitors were once able to stand on a small open-air balcony encircling the statue’s torch, but for safety reasons access to the balcony has been prohibited since 1916.

Kailashnath Mahadev, Nepal

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The 43.5 m (143 ft) tall Kailashnath Mahadev statue is located in Saanga, on the border between Nepal’s Bhaktapur and Kavre districts. The statue was conceived and constructed as a private venture by Kamal Jain, chairman of Hilltake Industries Pvt Ltd., a manufacturer of plastic water storage tanks. Construction took 6 years and was mainly completed in 2010. “To my knowledge,” stated Jain, “it is the biggest Hindu religious icon in the world.”

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Those wishing to visit this monumental statue of the major Hindu deity Lord Shiva will find it about a half-hour’s drive out of Kathmandu. Hikers should prepare for a journey of 20 km (12.4 miles). Upon arrival, travelers will be pleased to find the complex surrounding the statue includes a 16-room resort, a spa with steam and sauna bath facilities, a children’s park, and a meditation center.

Lord Murugan Statue, Malaysia

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The largest Lord Murugan statue in the world stands 42.7 m (140 ft) tall, at the entrance to the Batu Caves 13 km (8.1 mi) north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Completed in early 2006, the statue required the use of 1550 cubic meters of concrete and 250 tons of steel support bars, topped off with 300 liters of gold paint.

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The statue of Lord Murugan is positioned with the Batu Caves behind him while his gaze falls upon the capitol of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, off in the distance.

Santa Rita de Cássia, Brazil

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The statue of Santa Rita de Cássia stands 42 m (137.7 ft) tall and is located in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. When one includes the 6 m () pedestal and 8 m crown, the monument’s total height increases to 56 m or 183.7 feet. Like many of the world’s largest statues, this representation of St. Rita of Cascia is of very recent vintage, having been completed in the year 2010.

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Said to be the “world’s largest Catholic statue,” this striking monument is 19.8 m (65 ft) taller than the famous Christ the Redeemer statue that looks down upon Rio de Janeiro from the 700 m (2,300 ft) high peak of Corcovado mountain.

Veera Abhaya Anjaneya Hanuman Swami, India

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Maybe you haven’t heard of Veera Abhaya Anjaneya Hanuman Swami, but he’s quite big in India. Actually, he’s the biggest… statue, that is. The statue of the Hindu deity Hanuman stands 41 m (135 ft) tall and is located in Paritala, about 240 km () from Hyderabad in India’s Andhra Pradesh province. Veera Abhaya Anjaneya Hanuman Swami is both the tallest statue in India and the tallest statue of Hanuman in the world.

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Veera Abhaya Anjaneya Hanuman Swami was completed in 2003 and appears appropriately powerful – as would befit Hanuman, who in Hindu mythology is a General of the Vanaras, a forest-dwelling race of ape-like creatures and and a much-loved disciple of Lord Sri Rama.

Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue, Mongolia

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The 40 m (132 ft) tall Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue dominates the arid, treeless steppes of Mongolia, much like its human inspiration did almost 800 years ago. The statue is located 54 km (33.5 miles) east of Mongolia’s capitol, Ulan Bator, on the bank of the Tuul River. Plated with 250 tons of stainless steel, the statue looks especially awesome at night when it’s lit up by floodlights..

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The Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue opened in 2007 but construction of the Chinggis Khaan Statue Complex surrounding the monument has barely begun. “Mongolians are happy when they see this statue,” stated Damdindorj Delgerma, chief executive of the Genco Tour Bureau, “and now people from all over the world will come to learn about the importance of Mongolia in history.” Giddyup!

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Do we detect a hint of one-upmanship in what seems to be a race to construct ever-taller statues? Will we one day see a statue so tall, workers will have to don space suits and jet packs just to finish it? It could happen, and not just on an episode of Futurama. “Remember me…” We will, Bend… umm, what was his name again?

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معماری Civic Cool: 12 Great Contemporary Museums & Galleries

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Cultural landmarks and civic assets, well-designed museums can put unknown towns on the map, revitalize entire urban areas, ignite discussion about architecture and draw in tourists from around the world. From iconic and instantly recognizable contemporary structures like the Guggenheim Bilbao to subtle modern renovations and promising projects that have not yet been built, these 12 stunning museums and galleries designed by some of the world’s top architects stand out for their eye-catching visuals, respect for the landscape and history of their settings and sheer brilliance.



Centre Pompidou-Metz by Shigeru Ban & Jean de Castines

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Architects Jean de Castines and Shigeru Ban teamed up for this stunning expansion of the Centre Pompidou modern art museum in Paris. With an unusual form inspired by Chinese hats and bridges, the Centre Pomidou-Metz features a curving roof made of criss-crossing glue-laminated timber mesh covered in a waterproof fiberglass and Teflon membrane to preserve the works of art inside under the best possible conditions. At night the new facility glows like a lantern, beckoning visitors inside to view the works of modern visionaries like Vassili Kandinsky and Francis Bacon.

Denver Art Museum Frederic C. Hamilton Building by Daniel Libeskind

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One controversial museum design is the Frederic C. Hamilton Building at the Denver Art Museum, envisioned as an echo of the “craggy cliffs” of the nearby Rocky Mountains by architect Daniel Libeskind. Sharp geometric shapes clad in titanium jut out from the earth in this 2006 expansion, which doubled the size of the museum. But even more so than the dramatic exterior, it’s the unusual interior that drew both criticism and confusion; the gallery’s angled asymmetrical walls hardly seemed fit for art installations. However, artists have met the challenge head-on with adaptive approaches that exploit the interior architecture’s transcendence of typical gallery archetypes.

Glaciarium, Glacier National Park, Argentina

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The new iceberg-shaped ‘Glaciarium‘ in Argentina’s Glacier National Park aims to highlight the importance of the region’s glaciers, acting both as a museum that educates visitors on the role that glaciers play in the environment and as a research institute that will monitor the 47 glaciers in the park. Despite the weight of the landscape features that inspired it, the museum sits lightly upon the earth, built on a steel frame that rests upon the natural level of the soil.

Groninger Museum, Groningen, Holland

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Continuing the trend of modern museums and galleries that are not just housings for art, but works of art themselves, the Groninger Museum in Holland is an eye-catching collaboration between Alessandro Mendini, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Michele de Lucchi and Phillipe Starck. From certain angles, the Groninger resembles a massive geometric ship perched on the edge of the canal, an aesthetic that reinforces Holland’s watery landscape even as it clashes with the traditional architecture of the region. Deliberately provocative, the design of the Groninger Museum was not immediately popular with locals, but it has become an icon of the city since its completion in 1994.

Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany

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Originally completed in 1849, the Neues Museum of Berlin was nearly destroyed by bombs in World War II and sat abandoned for decades before restoration as a cultural landmark. The renovation of the museum, orchestrated by David Chipperfield Architects, did not erase the wounds but rather preserved them to stand as visible testimony to the museum’s history, and that of Berlin. The architect set out to contrast the museum’s original refinement with the crumbling brick and bullet holes that resulted from the war, and added subtle modern elements that provide visual continuity without taking away from the narrative of the structure. The renovation won the 2011 Mies van der Rohe Award.

City of Arts and Sciences by Santiago Calatrava

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Renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has brought his fluid, soaring design aesthetic to cities around the world, but perhaps none mean so much to him as this sprawling museum in his own hometown of Valencia. Like most of Calatrava’s creations, the City of Arts and Sciences is skeletal and organic but almost alien-looking in its starkness. ‘City’ is an apt description for this complex, which includes an opera house, planetarium, science museum, palace of arts and underwater entertainment including theaters and restaurants. Occupying a dry riverbed in what was once an underdeveloped area of town, the City of Arts and Sciences is now Valencia’s top tourist destination, linking the city center to the sea.

Imperial War Museum North by Daniel Libeskind

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Located on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal, Daniel Libeskind’s Imperial War Museum in Manchester, England is based on the globe, “broken into three fragments to depict the shattering effect of war on the history of the world.” Referred to as ‘shards’, the three fragments are situated to signify conflicts that took place on land, water and in the air. The Air Shard takes you 180 feet into the sky in the open air, looking down through a steel mesh floor, while the Water Shard overlooks the canal. The gallery floors in the Earth Shard are curved to replicate the curvature of the earth.

The Sage Gateshead Music & Art Gallery by Foster + Partners

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Transforming what was once referred to as a “post-industrial wasteland”, The Sage Gateshead by Foster + Partners cuts a dramatic, glittering silhouette on the River Tyne in Gateshead, England. The curved glass and steel building contains a 1,700-seat concert hall, a 400-seat space for chamber music and a rehearsal room that doubles as a small concert hall and orchestral recording studio. The Sage is also a center for music education, offering classes to the public. No detail was spared in the 10-year planning process, which involved musicians and resulted in such features as ‘spongy’ concrete to increase acoustics.

Milwaukee Art Museum by Santiago Calatrava

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Soaring like the skeleton of a great mythical bird over Lake Michigan, the Burke Brise Soleil is Santiago Calatrava’s contribution to the Milwaukee Art Museum in Wisconsin. Bearing the architect’s signature style, the addition is a movable, wing-like sunscreen perched above the concrete Quadracci Pavilion, with a wingspan comparable to a Boeing 747-400. It opens and closes throughout the day, controlling both light and temperature inside the museum and automatically closing when its ultrasonic wind sensors detect winds stronger than 23 miles per hour. The museum is home to over 25,000 works of art.

New Museum for Contemporary Art by SANAA

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Tall, staggered and white, resembling nothing so much as a precarious tower of baker’s boxes, the New Museum for Contemporary Art – often referred to as New Museum on the Bowery – offers, as New York Magazine put it, “a magically unsentimental intrusion, an antidote to the generic luxury springing up around it.” Designed by Tokyo architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA, the nine-level structure is the first fine art museum ever constructed from the ground up in downtown Manhattan. Opening in December 2007, the New Museum is a pristine contrast to the grittiness of the Bowery’s reputation (which is changing today, as gentrification sets in). Clad in a seamless aluminum mesh, the structure is airy and spacious with lots of natural light yet few distractions from the world outside.

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao by Frank Gehry

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Perhaps no art museum in the world is quite as iconic as the Guggenheim Bilbao, which single-handedly put a relatively unknown small Spanish city on the map and stands out as a prime example of bold contemporary architecture. With a design that is both fluid and geometric, the light-catching, ship-like structure by famed architect Frank Gehry bears reflective panels resembling fish scales, reflecting the port town which serves as its setting and the river Nervión upon which it sits.

National Museum of Qatar by Jean Nouvel

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Inspired by desert architecture, the new National Museum of Qatar by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel is made up of a series of interlocking discs which will create pockets of sheltered areas providing refuge from the harsh sun. The 430,000-square-foot cultural center, which will also include cafes, shops, offices and research centers, will be built around the historic Fariq Al Salatah Palace. From above, the complex resembles a caravanserai, a roadside inn providing refuge for desert travelers.

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معماری Scary Scaffolding: 24 Dangerous Construction Sites

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Scaffolding is a huge part of any renovation or construction project. Thankfully, there are strict safety guidelines to ensure a stable platform for construction workers who have to traverse the maze of pipes and rails that make up any scaffolding project. Unfortunately, not every country (or job site) follows the rules…



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Some things are great to do DIY, but scaffolding is not. These construction projects are balanced on equal parts hope and recklessness. Piling the contents of your garage into a tower does not constitute a scaffold.

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Some countries have less standards for scaffold safety. In the US, rails are required, along with a specific set of tested materials that are known to be able to withstand the required forces. Many other countries simply lash bamboo poles together (a surprisingly strong material) and then allow construction workers to clamber to dizzying heights.

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When construction companies tackle huge projects, that scaffolding can get out of control. These job sites look like mini scaffold cities, a giant pincushion encapsulating towers of stone and allowing workers to “safely” reach every nook and cranny.

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When construction work is done in some countries, their platforms look more like an improvised gridwork/ladder than the carefully structured scaffold work found in US cities. While there is something cool about crawling up and down a latticework to do construction work, it’s not as cool when workers slip.

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When one is sick of sitting in a cubicle, it’s important to remember that some workers would love to have their feet planted on solid ground.

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Poor scaffolding is not simply a foreign problem. Whenever homeowners decide to take construction projects into their own hands, things can get quite messy. Unstable contraptions held together with a few stray nails are not what most people would like to work on.

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معماری True Colors: Compressed Movie Prints Show Film Moods

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When you watch your favorite movies over and over, you might start to acquire the ability to recite every line. Every frame of the movie looks familiar and you can predict how the light will change with every scene. But would you recognize your favorites if they were smooshed down into single pictures? (Above: Requiem for a Dream)



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(Blade Runner)

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(V for Vendetta)

These impressive works of art were created by MovieBarCode, a website that takes every single frame of your favorite movies and compresses them single-frame pictures.

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(Se7en)

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(Princess Mononoke)

The resulting images are surprisingly lovely, like colorful bar codes with hidden stories to tell. All of the colors of each movie are expressed in the thin vertical stripes, making for some truly impressive new pieces of art.

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(The Lion King)

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(The Matrix)

It is even possible to tell the mood and overall feel of each film just by the color scheme in these abbreviated representations. Some are predictable, like the cartoons with plenty of bright colors and the overly-green Matrix. Some exhibit long stretches of the same scenery, such as in The Big Lebowski.

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(The Big Lebowski)

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(The Fifth Element)

The website has an impressive number of movie bar codes posted already, but the artist behind the site also takes requests for any that haven’t yet been created. Prints of the amazing works of art can be purchased from the MovieBarCode website.

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معماری Wild Rides: 12 Theme Park & Coaster Concepts

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Amusement parks offer an adrenaline-soaked escape from reality, transporting us into fantasy worlds where pretty much anything is possible – and sometimes, the concept art for a proposed theme park can be nearly as exciting as the park itself. These 12 concepts include eagerly awaited new theme parks expected to open soon, projects that have been shelved and incredibly imaginative ideas that could never actually exist.



World of Warcraft & Starcraft-Themed Amusement Park

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It’s not a joke: China really is building a World of Warcraft-themed amusement park (with a Starcraft section to boot). It’s called Joyland, and it’s under construction in the Wunjin district with an expected opening sometime this spring. For the time being, however, it’s still just a concept, with fantastical illustrations giving us an idea of what to expect.

Vertical Theme Park for New York City

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Imagine all of the rides in a typical theme park compacted into a single skyscraper – in the middle of Manhattan. Architect Ju-Hyun Kim packs a flume ride, sky promenade, a roller coaster, a ferris wheel, restaurants, a vertical carousel and a space theater into a tower that fits right in with the surrounding architecture. This novel concept not only shrinks the often-sprawling footprint of an amusement park into a much smaller space, but also keeps the fun inside city limits, cutting back on the need for travel.

Dubailand: Marvel Superheroes Theme Park

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Before Disney bought comic book empire Marvel, a deal was struck that allowed a massive Marvel theme park be to constructed as part of the multi-billion-dollar Dubailand, an amusement park complex rumored to be 20 times larger than Disney World. The Marvel section of the park will include 17 rides and attractions and occupy over four and a half million square feet. Said to be opening in late 2011, the actual status of the project is unclear due to Dubailand’s financial difficulties. The developers of Dubailand had hoped to attract 15 million tourists a year by 2015.

Disney’s Forgotten Water World

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Once upon a time, Disney imagineers planned a $2 billion seaside park for Long Beach Harbor, California. Port Disney was to focus on the myths and mystery of the ocean, and the park’s crowning glory was Oceania, a massive interactive aquarium with a tidal exchange with the ocean to create real tidal pools in the outdoor exhibits. Guests would have snorkeled in five different reef environments or even enjoyed a few terrifying moments in a shark cage. Doomed due to concerns about the impact to the coastline, this project got new life when some aspects of it were used at Tokyo DisneySea.

Theme Planet by Michael Sormann

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Theme Planet, a short film by 3D artist Michael Sormann, explores the concept of an entire planet being one big theme park. Aside from fantastic animation, the film includes glimpses of fun attractions and features like the ‘Barracuda’ steam-powered train.

Dubai Space & Science World

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Before the economy crashed, Dubai development seemed like a freight train with busted brakes. Today, it’s unclear whether many of the spectacular concepts proposed for the city will ever actually be built, but what about those already under construction? It’s hard to say whether we’ll ever actually see the ‘Space & Science World’ attraction in Dubailand ever come to life.

Dubailand Ski Dome

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One of Dubailand’s biggest attractions, ‘Sunny Mountain Ski Dome’ or ‘Snowdome’, is already rumored to have been shelved altogether due to stratospheric costs. A massive steel dome would have enclosed an artificial mountain range covered in snow for a complete ski resort with winter activities and arctic animals like polar bears and penguins – all in the middle of the desert.

Robot Land Theme Park in South Korea

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It’s not finished yet, but in 2013, Robot Land will reportedly open its gates to visitors keen on experiencing every form of robot entertainment currently known to man. There will be robotic rides, robotic fish in aquariums for visitors to manipulate, robotic performers and even robotic cashiers.

Radiant Copenhagen: New Uses for Subway Stations

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What’s to come in the distant future for the city of Copenhagen? One of over a hundred ideas submitted to the Radiant Copenhagen project envisions a sparkling underground amusement park in place of the current Vanløse subway station, to be built after the imagined abolishment of public transport between 2060 and 2100.

Two Amusement Park Concepts for Saudi Arabia

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Sidell Gibson Architects created two concept designs for amusement parks in waterfront locations in Saudi Arabia, each containing a wide range of activities like ice skating, cinemas, rides, virtual games, indoor water sports and outdoor swimming pools. “We have drawn inspiration from the local habitat and in particular the flora and fauna of the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf coasts and the immediate adjacency of the water itself. The starting point is the way seeds are arranged in a sunflower or daisy. The pattern of intersecting parabolic spirals is the result of a natural growth process where new, smaller seeds emerge from a centre and displace larger and older ones… One benefit of this geometric pattern is that it lends itself to being developed flexibly, in many ways without loosing the sense of the inherent geometry.”

The Euthanasia Coaster

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Perhaps, from the drawings, this roller coaster doesn’t strike you as all that impressive. It’s not flashy concept art; it’s really quite simple. But get on this roller coaster, and it’s the last thing you’ll ever do. Royal College of Art PhD student Julijonas Urbonas created Euthanasia Coaster for the exact purpose that the name suggests; the coaster is designed to starve the rider’s brain of oxygen. The idea is that if you choose to go, you can go in a way that is thrillingly, amazingly, mind-numblingly fun. “Thanks to the marriage of the advanced cross-disciplinary research in space medicine, mechanical engineering, material technologies and, of course, gravity, the fatal journey is made pleasing, elegant and meaningful.”

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معماری Almost Famous: 13 Houses from Major Hollywood Films

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No matter how engaging the actors or riveting the plot, sometimes, you’re distracted by something else in a film: a dramatic architectural setting that’s so dazzling, it’s practically a character in itself. We can’t help but drool over Jackie Treehorn’s Malibu Beach manse in ‘The Big Lebowski’ and covet Mia Wallace’s stylish living room in ‘Pulp Fiction’. These 13 (mostly) real modern houses featured in major films are memorable even when the movies are not, despite – in some cases – only appearing for a moment or two.



Ferris Bueller: Cameron Frye’s House

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The memorable modern home in Highland, Illinois that held Cameron Frye’s father’s Ferrari in the 80′s classic ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ could be yours for just $1.65 million. After languishing on the market, the home is getting a modern makeover complete with high-end furniture and will be back up for sale in a month or two. The 4-bedroom, 4-bath house was designed in 1953 by A. James Speyer and David Haid and is officially known as the ‘Ben Rose House’.

Twilight: The Cullen Residence

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The main vampire family in the ‘Twilight’ series, the Cullens, don’t lurk in the dark recesses of a run-down Victorian like you might expect. In the film adaptation of the first book, ‘Twilight’, film producers took the liberty of placing Edward Cullen and Co. in a bright, modern home known as the ‘Hoke House’, owned by Nike executive John Hoke. For subsequent movies ‘New Moon’ and ‘Breaking Dawn’, the production moved on to yet another modern house in West Vancouver, this one designed by architect Arthur Erickson. That 5,100-square-foot stunner is on the market for $2,998,000.

The Big Lebowski: Sheats-Goldstein Residence

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The modern Malibu party house occupied by ****ographer Jackie Treehorn in the film ‘The Big Lebowski’ is actually located in Benedict Canyon. The Sheats/Goldstein residence was designed by architect John Lautner, whose distinctive homes are frequent film settings. An example of American Organic Architecture, the Sheats/Goldstein residence is built into the sandstone of the hillside and intended to mimic a cave. It also appeared in Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle and Bandits.

Bladerunner: Frank Lloyd Wright Ennis House

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Among the most iconic and instantly recognizable real-life film settings, the Ennis House and its prominent architectural detail has been featured in over a dozen movies, a television show, commercials, fashion shoots and music videos. Although its exterior only appeared briefly in a single on-location shot in ‘Bladerunner’, it’s best remembered for that film (the interior shots were recreated on a sound stage). Other films like’ Rush Hour’ and ‘The Thirteenth Floor’ filmed scenes in its cathedral-like interior. The blocky Mayan Revival-style tiles are so iconic, they were cast and recreated for a scene in ‘Mulholland Drive’.

Sleeper: Sculptured House

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Put on the market in 2010 and swiftly sold, the Sculptured House, an unusually shaped mid-1960s home, served as a major setting in the Woody Allen movie ‘Sleeper’. Located just outside of Denver, the home – referred to by locals as the mushroom house or the clamshell house – was designed by architect Charles Deaton. The new owners gave it an energy-efficient makeover and have reportedly offered it up to HGTV as the setting for a reality show.

Diamonds are Forever: Bond Villain’s Lair

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The bold modern home that serves as Bond villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld’s lair in ‘Diamonds are Forever’ practically steals the show with its massive concrete domed roof looming over an indoor-outdoor swimming pool. The Elrod House was also designed by John Lautner, an apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright who crafted an iconoclastic and sometimes controversial style that interacts strongly with the buildings’ natural environments. Designed to shield the Palm Springs home from the harsh desert sun, the concrete dome echoes massive boulders that were uncovered on the hillside during construction.

LA Confidential: Lovell House

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Considered an important structure in modern architectural history, the Lovell House was the first steel frame home in the United States and an early example of the use of gunite (sprayed-on concrete). It was designed and built by Richard Neutra in the International Style in 1927 and is located in Los Angeles. It appeared as the home of Pierce Morehouse Patchett in the 1997 film ‘L.A. Confidential’.

Sleepless in Seattle: Tom Hanks’ Houseboat

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This home not only stands out as one of the largest floating homes on Seattle’s Lake Union, but for playing a role in the sappy 1993 Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan movie, ‘Sleepless in Seattle’. The 4-bedroom houseboat, built in 1978, is not open to the public but can be spotted by fans of the film from either land or sea (by hitching a ride on the Duck Tour).

Chloe: Drew Mandel House in Toronto

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The 2010 movie ‘Chloe’ wasn’t exactly a stunner, but one of its main settings certainly was: a geometric steel-and-glass home in Toronto by architect Drew Mandel. The Ravine House was chosen for its dramatic location and its glassy interiors, which make for interesting filming angles, especially from upstairs. But those who have seen the movie won’t even recognize the outside of the house, which, despite its beauty, was not featured in the film. The owners wanted to retain some semblance of privacy, so the facade of another house down the street was used for exterior shots.

A Single Man: The Schaffer Residence

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Incidentally the third Julianne Moore film on this list, ‘A Single Man’ was all eye candy. Helmed by first-time director and famed fashion designer Tom Ford, the Oscar-winning vehicle for leading man Colin Firth was shot partially in a 1949 John Lautner home. The Schaffer Residence is dark and moody, located on a heavily wooded plot in the bottom of a valley in Glendale, California.

Pulp Fiction: Mia Wallace’s Modern Abode

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The real-life home in which Uma Thurman’s character Mia Wallace lives in the movie ‘Pulp Fiction’ is located – where else? – in Beverly Hills, just a few miles north of Sunset Boulevard. While curious passersby won’t see much more than a geometric gate, the magic of modern real estate listings give us a glimpse of the interiors, which we’ll forever associate with the song ‘Girl, You’ll be a Woman Soon.’ The three-bedroom home, which was built in the ’60s, sold in 2010 for an undisclosed sum, though the listing didn’t even mention its prominent role in one of the biggest movies of the 1990s.

The Lake House: Modern Steel on Stilts

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The 2006 movie ‘The Lake House’ might have been a critical flop, but there’s one element of it that still stands out: the house itself. Ostensibly located in the Chicago area, the modern house, a glass box on stilts at the end of a pier, is minimalist steel in the tradition of architect Mies van der Rohe. Sadly, the house – which was constructed especially for the movie – was dismantled when filming was complete; local laws don’t allow dwellings on this undeveloped portion of the lake.

North by Northwest: Vandamm House

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Few modern homes from films are so beloved by architecture geeks as the Vandamm House, which was practically a main character in Alfred Hitch****’s unforgettable ‘North by Northwest’. And so it is often with bitter disappointment that Hitch**** fans learn that the Vandamm House is not a creation of Frank Lloyd Wright – or even a real house at all. It was an elaborate MGM film set, placed on top of Mount Rushmore using movie magic, but it was indeed designed to resemble the works of Wright, who was the most popular architect when the film was shot in 1958. Hitch**** wanted the home (naturally belonging to a villain) to be not just impossibly luxurious but also familiar, a requirement that couldn’t be met by any real-life location.

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معماری Moving Pictures: Stunning Photographs Brought to Life

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The world has been entranced by photographs since their invention well over a century ago. When video came along, however, that was even better. Somewhere along the way, we have learned to love both still and moving images. Now, well into the 21st century, a team of artists is combining them in a fantastically unusual way.


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Photographer Jamie Beck and her partner Kevin Burg, who has a background in video and motion graphics, take beautiful photographs and turn them into something that rests comfortably between photography and video.

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Their creations are called cinemagraphs: still photos with small elements of movement. They retain all of the exquisite composure of still photographs but add a surprising bit of motion that is absolutely mesmerizing.

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The effect can be just the tiniest bit creepy when you aren’t expecting it: the eyes of a model moving suddenly or a reflection whizzing by in a storefront window are disconcerting at first. However, these cinemagraphs are exceptionally beautiful once you move past the initial startle reflex.

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According to Beck and Burg, their work is just a little more than photographs and a bit less than video. Many of the movements are so subtle that you don’t notice them at first. The bigger movements tend to look almost like video, but it is these subtle movements that make these photos so intriguing.

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Creating this movement effect is a rather painstaking process, taking from several hours to an entire day to complete for each photograph. The finished photographs are GIFs, which many of us remember as those annoying animations from the early days of the Internet. Beck and Burg’s artistry, however, have taken GIFs from a distraction to an art form.

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Photographer Jamie Beck says of her work: “There’s something magical about a still photograph – a captured moment in time – that can simultaneously exist outside the fraction of a second the shutter captures.”

(all images used with permission of Jamie Beck. Thanks, Jamie!)

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معماری Balloon-Like Comic and Animation Museum Coming to China

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A cluster of organic shapes that look almost biological in nature, these bold white volumes will soon be the home of a new Comic and Animation Museum in Hangzhou, China. Dutch design firm MVRDV won a competition to design the museum with this unusual approach, featuring a spiraling interior that highlights decades of cartoon history.
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The rounded shapes of the structure, which reach down to the ground on tapered ‘legs’, are no accident: they were designed to resemble the speech bubbles that are so familiar to comic book fans. Each ‘bubble’ in the design will house a different function of the museum, including two exhibition spaces that will project animations onto the curved interior wall.

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Visitors will meander through a high-ceilinged space on raised platforms and walkways, gazing up at massive replicas of comic book characters and other oversized displays and then spiraling up along the walls into a comic book library, open to the main chamber. Where ‘bubbles’ connect, internal openings are created, which not only provide a means to get from one area to another, but also a look into the adjoining space.

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The museum will feature a cinema and a roof terrace restaurant. The complex will also include a series of parks on islands in White Horse Lake with a public plaza and an expo center which will house the annual China International Comic and Animation Festival. Construction on the Comic and Animation Museum will begin in 2012.

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معماری Just Mist It: Foghorns Worth Sounding Off About

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Though lighthouses have captured much of the glory when it comes to seacoasts, shorelines and shipwrecks, their usefulness quickly fades when thick mists and pea-soup fogs roll in. At times like these, lighthouses hand the torch to their less glamorous but no less essential aural counterparts: foghorns. And to that we say, “Hear here!”



Shore Sounds Good!

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Foghorns have been sounding off since 1859 when a steam-powered “fog alarm” invented by Robert Foulis began operations on Partridge Island, New Brunswick, Canada. In one form or another, the Partridge Island foghorn (shown above in a watercolor sketch from 1865) continued to sound out a mournful moan to wayward mariners for 139 years, until it was finally switched off on May 4th, 1998.

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Robert Foulis supposedly got the idea for a low-frequency fog alarm one misty night while listening to his daughter play the piano. He noticed something curious: the lower notes carried further and sounded louder than the higher notes. Foulis’ first fog alarm not only blasted out loud low tones, it was automated and could be set up to play different coded cadences so that sailors could determine which location they were nearing. Most steam-powered foghorns use coal to heat their boilers. You can see the incoming coal chute (above right) leading down into the boiler building of the Point Reyes foghorn.

Foghorns Of Plenty

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The next technological leap in foghorn design came in the late 1890s when English pipe organ designer Robert Hope-Jones rigged his Wurlitzer organ to produce what he called a “diaphonic” tone. Hope-Jones’ diaphone was further refined by Canadian John Pell Northey, who added a secondary air supply that resulted in the full, rich, two-tone foghorn that remains the benchmark for foghorns over a century later.

Split Rock Music

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Split Rock Lighthouse has been guarding the north shore of Lake Superior southwest of Silver Bay, Minnesota, since 1910. A pair of diaphone foghorns were mounted on a separate building (above). Originally powered by a gasoline engine and an associated air compressor, the foghorns were switched over to electric power in 1940 and sounded their last blast in 1961.

The Sound Of Silence

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What could be lonelier than the sound of a foghorn? How about a silenced foghorn, which are becoming more and more common as time passes. The days when ship captains aboard sailing ships becalmed in mist cupped their ears and listened intently for the call of the foghorn are long gone. Today’s ships hum with the throb of diesel engines and captains fix their positions via radar and GPS systems. Mighty foghorns such as the one above, located on the Langness peninsula on the Isle of Man, are left to the mercy of the wind, rain and corrosive salt spray.

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Some of the loneliest and at the same time, most scenically spectacular foghorns are located on the Scottish isle of Ailsa Craig. Now uninhabited and a designated bird sanctuary, Ailsa Craig and its huge foghorns have been silent since 1966.

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The massive foghorns located on the island’s north and south coasts were supplied with air from now-rusting compressed air tanks, kept full via now-ruined gasworks. Ailsa Craig was extensively quarried for its unique blue-gray granite, used to make curling stones. Blasting is now forbidden but loose rock is still mined to make the famous Scottish “rocks.”

Still Hear

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Though not as common as they once were, there is still a need for foghorns in many parts of the world. As well, technology has given foghorns a new lease on life. Equipped with laser generators and computer operating software, modern marvels like the white beauty (above left) from Maine, USA, shine a beam of light into the mist and should the fog reflect back a significant quantity of light, the electric foghorn will sound.

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Modern or not, foghorns’ claim to fame remains their loud and penetrating sound designed to be heard and heeded from many miles away. One hopes the gentleman above, at Scotland’s Mull of Galloway lighthouse’s foghorn, has remembered to wear his earplugs.

You’ll Be Mist

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Just as the inclement weather they’re designed to warn against relentless batters them, foghorns seem to endure though some have been silent for many decades. Part of this is due to their isolation: their residual scrap value isn’t worth the time and trouble to retrieve them from islands, points and peninsulas.

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Not that their presence harms anyone or anything – in fact, the evocative nature of foghorns makes them a favored subject for painters and photographers.

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That a man-made device built to emit sound can appeal to our visual and emotional centers is something worth appreciating… even, if I dare say, worth blowing your horn about.

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معماری Spectacular Spain: 15 Standout Hotels from Madrid to Ibiza

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Lounge on the beaches of Barcelona, party all night in Ibiza, sample fine wines in Rioja country and relax among the beautiful people in Madrid – the vibrant nation of Spain has a lot to offer, not the least of which is a stunning range of stylish design hotels. These 15 accommodations represent some of the most modern and visually engaging hotels in Spain’s most sought-after destinations, from low-budget hostels to ultra-exclusive celebrity hangouts.


Barcelo Raval, Barcelona

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A four-star luxury hotel with affordable rates, the Barcelo Raval is most notable for its stunning transformation in 2009, which re-launched it as one of Barcelona’s most stylish places to stay. It’s flashy, it’s feminine, it’s full of eye-popping details like massive groups of dangling cylindrical lights in the lobby (an homage to the building’s distinctive elliptical shape). Bright, colorful and thoroughly modern, the Barcelo Raval is located in the city’s once-gritty, now increasingly trendy Barrio Chino district.

Ushuaia Ibiza Beach Hotel, Ibiza Island

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Venture off the mainland onto Ibiza Island and it’s almost as if you’re in a whole different country – a country where the raison d’etre is glittery all-night parties and lounging on some of the Mediterranean’s most beautiful beaches. While you’re there you might want to check out the brand-spanking-new Ushuaia Ibiza Beach Hotel, an exclusive adults-only party hotel located on the white sands of Playa d’en Bossa beach opposite one of the island’s most famous clubs, Space. This glamorous 236-room hotel has three restaurants, plenty of VIP perks, DJs spinning night and day, aromatherapy menus in the guest rooms and even swim-up rooms located along a man-made ‘river’ that meanders through the gardens.

Hotel Vincci Soho, Madrid

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A quiet 4-star hotel in the center of the historic district of Madrid, Hotel Vincci Soho is a contemporary design hotel located just steps from the Art Triangle museums. The hotel is comprised of five buildings, all cultural heritage sites, renovated and combined into an open interior space with plenty of balconies and terraces offering stunning views of the city.

Hotel Marques de Riscal, Elciego

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Designed by world-famous architect Frank Gehry, the Hotel Marques de Riscal can be found in Spain’s countryside in the heart of Rioja wine country, about two hours from Bilbao. This ultra-exclusive luxury boutique hotel has just 14 guest rooms and is, at least in terms of cost per square foot, one of the most expensive hotels ever built. Gehry’s billowing titanium roof contrasts beautifully with the more traditional architecture of the winery. The Marques de Riscal estate is one of Spain’s oldest and most esteemed producers of Rioja wine; even if you can’t stay here, a trip to the winery would be worth the effort.

Hotel Omm, Barcelona

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The Hotel Omm offers trendy décor and world-class Catalan cuisine in Barcelona’s Paseo de Gracia district, with individually designed guest rooms, a playful modern facade and lots of sunlight. It’s modern in a way that’s cozy and accessible, full of neutral tones and clean, straight lines. Just down the street from two of Antonio Gaudi’s most famous Barcelona buildings, La Pedrera and Casa Battlo, Hotel Omm has a rooftop terrace with a pool and a bar, perfect for gazing out at the iconic architecture of the area.

Hotel Viura, Villabuena de Álava

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A stark standout among the more traditional architecture of surrounding villages, Hotel Viura is bold and whimsical, with a Rioja country location that’s super-convenient for wine-loving travelers. With 13 standard rooms, 13 deluxe rooms, 7 suites and restaurant focusing on fresh, natural foods, Hotel Viura emphasizes low-key, luxurious relaxation.

Hotel Puerta America, Madrid

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Hotel Puerta America, a new design hotel in Madrid, is already renowned for its artsy interiors: “You know that the Hotel Puerta America in Madrid is something special before you even walk in the door. The exterior is encased in brightly colored cladding printed with the poem ‘Freedom’ by Paul Ellard. But that’s nothing compared to the showcase of international design talent found inside. Each of the 12 floors of this new boutique hotel was designed by one of the world’s most sought-after architects including Zaha Hadid, David Chipperfield, Normal Foster and Jean Nouvel.

Ascending from one floor to the next, one encounters jarring shifts in color and mood, shifting from Chipperfield’s toned-down monochromatic luxury to faceted stainless steel to Italian opulence. Marc Newsom’s sixth floor is practically vampiric with its red lacquer, white marble and black furniture while Ron Arad takes the seventh floor to a futuristic, almost space-like place with curved white Corian. Interactivity, Japanese minimalism, industrial cement and zebra-striped formica walls are just a few of the other themes included in the eclectic mix.”

Casa Camper, Barcelona

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Camper makes cool and quirky shoes, but what do they know about hotels? Plenty, as it turns out. Casa Camper, the company’s new affordably priced hotel and restaurant, is hip and eco-friendly, with few unnecessary frills but lots of thoughtful details that make life easier for travelers. A 25-room hotel in Barcelona’s El Raval neighborhood, Casa Camper uses solar power to heat the hotel’s water and serves up “healthy fast food” in the form of flavored rice balls, which you eat sitting on a giant set of concrete stairs facing out through a wall of windows. El Raval, a traditionally poor area of historic Barcelona, is a bit off the beaten path, but, says owner Miguel Fluxá, “We wanted to show guests another part of Barcelona that is not so obvious.”

Gran Hotel Domine Bilbao

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Literally standing in the shadow of the Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim Bilbao, the Gran Hotel Domine basically had no choice but to be stunningly stylish. Ultramodern yet seemingly effortlessly sophisticated, this luxury 5-star hotel has 145 modern guest rooms and a rooftop terrace with amazing views of the museum and the city of Bilbao. Its polished stone exterior and slanted glass windows provide a hint at the somewhat quirky stylings of the interior including a massive tower of stones that reaches from the lobby floor to a glass atrium roof.

Rooms Deluxe Hostel, Valencia

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Spain – as the rest of the world – is full of uninspired hostels that provide little more than a roof over a budget traveler’s head. The Rooms Deluxe Hostel in Valencia is not one of those places. This ‘designer’ hostel still offers up dirt-cheap bunks and private rooms but does so in style with 28 themed rooms designed by local artists. It’s got free wi-fi and – a bonus in the world of hostels – air conditioning. Best of all, it’s located right across from the City of Arts and Sciences, halfway between the historic district of Valencia and the beach.

Hotel Room Mate Oscar, Madrid

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Who says good design is only for the beautiful people? The Hotel Room Mate Oscar in Madrid is well within the average traveler’s budget, but doesn’t skimp on bold and dramatic choices in interior décor. Its 75 individually decorated rooms are fun, bright and unexpected, often veering into “wow, this is wild” territory. The breakfast room is so snazzy it might as well be a nightclub, and the hotel also has a popular rooftop pool.

Hotel W, Barcelona

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You can’t miss the sail-shaped Hotel W at the Port of Barcelona, a soaring 26-story structure that sits perpendicular to the dock to give virtually all 473 guest rooms picturesque views of the city and the sea. With a rooftop bar, lots of outdoor terraces and an infinity pool right on the Mediterranean, the W is an unparalleled way to experience seaside Barcelona. It’s a 25-minute stroll from Las Ramblas, making it a better choice for the seasoned Barcelona traveler or those who want to stay on the beach rather than attraction-obsessed first-time visitors.

Hospes, Madrid

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Peace and relaxation are the main themes at Hospes Madrid, a 41-room 5-star luxury hotel adjacent to the Parque Del Retiro, a large park in the city center. A serene color palette of white, beige and gray accented with soft shades of purple, mauve and coral enhance the soothing effect throughout the standard and deluxe rooms, the junior suites and the seductive Grand Suite. Guests can enjoy a tapas bar, a restaurant specializing in natural and healthy foods, a ‘Chill Out Patio’ and an indoor pool.

Hotel Arts Barcelona

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Tower above virtually everything else in Barcelona when you stay at Hotel Arts, located right on Barceloneta Beach in one of the 44-story Vila Olímpica towers. The Hotel Arts, managed by the Ritz-Carlton Company, has 438 guest rooms including 32 ‘club’ rooms, 44 executive suites and 28 luxury apartments; club-level guests get exclusive access to a private lounge. Outside the busiest parts of the city center, Hotel Arts is a quiet way to experience a very vibrant and active city.

Hospes Palacio de los Patos, Granada

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A 19th-century palace in one of Spain’s most stunning historic cities has been given new life as a chic modern hotel, the Hospes Palacio de los Patos. Once a Roman stronghold, the city of Granada is best known for its Moorish influences and retains a romantic and utterly unique sense of self that has been translated into all 42 rooms of the hotel. Muted tones of gold, silver and champagne echo the colors of the city outside and somehow manage to tie together the history of the building and its contemporary décor.

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معماری Great Grandiosity! 9 of the World’s Most Expensive Houses

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Keeping up with the Joneses? This is out of their league. The world’s most expensive houses are the sanctuaries for the mega rich. With high-rise residences that take up the entire skyscraper, to tree houses that would fit your real house inside their living room, living in grand style is a lot more expensive than it used to be.



The Villa Leopolda

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(Images via doozieup, russiablog, collthings)

King Leopold II of Belgium originally gave this French villa to his mistress, who was then evicted after his death. With grand styling and a worth of over $370 million, this was more than just a Christmas gift. The villa was built in 1902 and has only gone up in price as renovations continue to keep it top of the line.

Updown Court

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Updown Court is larger than Buckingham Palace, and is the largest private residence in England. Located in Surrey, its 103 rooms include several interior pools (one accessed by a private elevator), and over 58 acres of manicured landscape and woodland. The creators of this palace spent over $70 million to create their dream home.

John Travolta’s House

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John Travolta is into planes enough that he had Florida change its laws in order to allow his favorite vehicle, a 747, to land beside his beautiful estate. Parking his planes isn’t a problem, as the grand runway leads directly to his home, with a convenient loading dock directly into the living area.

Platinum Plus Mobile Home

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Some people only want the best. If this includes mobile homes, the Featherlite Platinum Plus is the elite of the elite. At over $2.5 million a vehicle, it has incredibly intricate finishing touches (including stairs of Incan marble), and can easily store one’s day to day ride inside its gigantic undercarriage.

Lev Leviev’s Home

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(Images via judiciaryreport, diamondsonfifth, telegraph, gearcrave)

Diamond magnate Lev Leviev decided to splurge on his new London home, creating a $70 million grand home. Not as large as some of the mega mansions owned by other super rich homeowners, it’s nonetheless gorgeous. With a prime location in an already expensive area, this house is for living, and living well.

Larry Ellison’s Estate

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(Images via curbed, gawker, luxist)

Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle, decided to model his sprawling estate on a Japanese Emperor’s sanctuary. With unique and gorgeous Japanese styling, the house certainly stands out as one of the classiest examples of an elite home.

Bill Gates’ Home

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(Images via redesign-day, itechtalk)

Bill Gates’ house is known for its high tech pins that can be worn by guests to automatically adjust the temperature and music of any room that is entered. What is not as well known is the estate’s incredible cost. At over $147 million, the land and home carry $1 million in property taxes a year.

Anil Ambani’s High Rise Estate

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Anil Ambani would not settle for a large home outside of his native India. Rumored to have an entire room chilled to the point that snowball fights are possible, this sky rise is also decked out in more utilitarian ways. With 5 heliports, a parking garage for over 150 cars, and its own pool, there’s little missing from this businessman’s residence.

Alnwick Castle Tree House

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Alnwick Castle in England is notable on its own, but a tree house built on the grounds seems to catch the tourist’s eyes just as much. One of the largest tree houses in the world, this sprawling building could fit your house in its elevated living room.

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معماری Drawing Conclusions: Documenting Every Building in New York

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New York is one of the most culturally and architecturally fascinating cities in the world, as evidenced by the millions who flock there every year to get a taste of city life. One Australian transplant has undertaken a massive project that will allow him to document – in ink – every single building in New York. The project, “All the Buildings in New York,” is an irreverent look at the fascinating architecture that has made New York an iconic visitor attraction for decades.



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James Gulliver Han****, originally from Australia but now living in Brooklyn, grew up seeing NYC buildings in movies and never quite believed that they were real. Once he moved there, though, he began seeing the same buildings right outside his own window. It turned out that he was just as fascinated with the architecture of the city in real life as he was on the big screen.

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Han**** began documenting the buildings he saw on his city travels, drawing each of them in a little notebook and posting them on his blog. They became, he says, almost like friends and less like movie sets. His obsession with documenting all of the architectural wonders of the city continued to grow day by day as he kept producing these tiny works of art.



The take-away from this project, according to the artist, is that buildings can stop being mundane architectural objects and start attaining personalities of their own once you take the time to look at them closely. The building on the corner that you may pass several times a day can become something truly interesting with a rich history if you take the time to get to know its quirks and characteristics.

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For James Gulliver Han****, who is an illustrator by day, the project also helped him acclimate to his new home. By drawing all of the buildings he passed by, he become so familiar with them and with the neighborhoods that he could find his way around easily. The artist says that this type of project is possible for anyone, not just those with artistic talents. Anyone can pick up a pen and begin drawing little pieces of the things that interest them, even if the result doesn’t look like a professional drawing or even like the thing it’s supposed to represent. The important part of documenting what you see is giving the drawing your own unique perspective.

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Will Han**** ever be able to draw every single building in New York? Maybe not, but the ones he does manage to capture are given a whole new kind of life on the pages of his notebooks. He sells prints of his existing drawings and will even take commissions for anyone who wants a drawing of a specific New York building.

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معماری Drawing Conclusions: Documenting Every Building in New York

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New York is one of the most culturally and architecturally fascinating cities in the world, as evidenced by the millions who flock there every year to get a taste of city life. One Australian transplant has undertaken a massive project that will allow him to document – in ink – every single building in New York. The project, “All the Buildings in New York,” is an irreverent look at the fascinating architecture that has made New York an iconic visitor attraction for decades.



http://img.weburbanist.com/wp-conten...ng-in-ny-2.jpg

James Gulliver Han****, originally from Australia but now living in Brooklyn, grew up seeing NYC buildings in movies and never quite believed that they were real. Once he moved there, though, he began seeing the same buildings right outside his own window. It turned out that he was just as fascinated with the architecture of the city in real life as he was on the big screen.

http://img.weburbanist.com/wp-conten...ng-in-ny-3.jpg

Han**** began documenting the buildings he saw on his city travels, drawing each of them in a little notebook and posting them on his blog. They became, he says, almost like friends and less like movie sets. His obsession with documenting all of the architectural wonders of the city continued to grow day by day as he kept producing these tiny works of art.



The take-away from this project, according to the artist, is that buildings can stop being mundane architectural objects and start attaining personalities of their own once you take the time to look at them closely. The building on the corner that you may pass several times a day can become something truly interesting with a rich history if you take the time to get to know its quirks and characteristics.

http://img.weburbanist.com/wp-conten...ng-in-ny-4.jpg

For James Gulliver Han****, who is an illustrator by day, the project also helped him acclimate to his new home. By drawing all of the buildings he passed by, he become so familiar with them and with the neighborhoods that he could find his way around easily. The artist says that this type of project is possible for anyone, not just those with artistic talents. Anyone can pick up a pen and begin drawing little pieces of the things that interest them, even if the result doesn’t look like a professional drawing or even like the thing it’s supposed to represent. The important part of documenting what you see is giving the drawing your own unique perspective.

http://img.weburbanist.com/wp-conten...ng-in-ny-5.jpg

Will Han**** ever be able to draw every single building in New York? Maybe not, but the ones he does manage to capture are given a whole new kind of life on the pages of his notebooks. He sells prints of his existing drawings and will even take commissions for anyone who wants a drawing of a specific New York building.

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معماری Great Grandiosity! 9 of the World’s Most Expensive Houses

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Keeping up with the Joneses? This is out of their league. The world’s most expensive houses are the sanctuaries for the mega rich. With high-rise residences that take up the entire skyscraper, to tree houses that would fit your real house inside their living room, living in grand style is a lot more expensive than it used to be.



The Villa Leopolda

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(Images via doozieup, russiablog, collthings)

King Leopold II of Belgium originally gave this French villa to his mistress, who was then evicted after his death. With grand styling and a worth of over $370 million, this was more than just a Christmas gift. The villa was built in 1902 and has only gone up in price as renovations continue to keep it top of the line.

Updown Court

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(Images via luxuryestatespain, businessweek, businessweek, amit tallor)

Updown Court is larger than Buckingham Palace, and is the largest private residence in England. Located in Surrey, its 103 rooms include several interior pools (one accessed by a private elevator), and over 58 acres of manicured landscape and woodland. The creators of this palace spent over $70 million to create their dream home.

John Travolta’s House

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(Images via amazing-celebrity-homes, johnny-ong)

John Travolta is into planes enough that he had Florida change its laws in order to allow his favorite vehicle, a 747, to land beside his beautiful estate. Parking his planes isn’t a problem, as the grand runway leads directly to his home, with a convenient loading dock directly into the living area.

Platinum Plus Mobile Home

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(Images via dornob, darkroastedblend, rvbasics)

Some people only want the best. If this includes mobile homes, the Featherlite Platinum Plus is the elite of the elite. At over $2.5 million a vehicle, it has incredibly intricate finishing touches (including stairs of Incan marble), and can easily store one’s day to day ride inside its gigantic undercarriage.

Lev Leviev’s Home

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(Images via judiciaryreport, diamondsonfifth, telegraph, gearcrave)

Diamond magnate Lev Leviev decided to splurge on his new London home, creating a $70 million grand home. Not as large as some of the mega mansions owned by other super rich homeowners, it’s nonetheless gorgeous. With a prime location in an already expensive area, this house is for living, and living well.

Larry Ellison’s Estate

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(Images via curbed, gawker, luxist)

Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle, decided to model his sprawling estate on a Japanese Emperor’s sanctuary. With unique and gorgeous Japanese styling, the house certainly stands out as one of the classiest examples of an elite home.

Bill Gates’ Home

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(Images via redesign-day, itechtalk)

Bill Gates’ house is known for its high tech pins that can be worn by guests to automatically adjust the temperature and music of any room that is entered. What is not as well known is the estate’s incredible cost. At over $147 million, the land and home carry $1 million in property taxes a year.

Anil Ambani’s High Rise Estate

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(Images via i-am-youth, elitechoice, kokkada, newsofap)

Anil Ambani would not settle for a large home outside of his native India. Rumored to have an entire room chilled to the point that snowball fights are possible, this sky rise is also decked out in more utilitarian ways. With 5 heliports, a parking garage for over 150 cars, and its own pool, there’s little missing from this businessman’s residence.

Alnwick Castle Tree House

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(Images via fooyoh, saynotocrack)

Alnwick Castle in England is notable on its own, but a tree house built on the grounds seems to catch the tourist’s eyes just as much. One of the largest tree houses in the world, this sprawling building could fit your house in its elevated living room.

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معماری Spectacular Spain: 15 Standout Hotels from Madrid to Ibiza

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Lounge on the beaches of Barcelona, party all night in Ibiza, sample fine wines in Rioja country and relax among the beautiful people in Madrid – the vibrant nation of Spain has a lot to offer, not the least of which is a stunning range of stylish design hotels. These 15 accommodations represent some of the most modern and visually engaging hotels in Spain’s most sought-after destinations, from low-budget hostels to ultra-exclusive celebrity hangouts.


Barcelo Raval, Barcelona

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A four-star luxury hotel with affordable rates, the Barcelo Raval is most notable for its stunning transformation in 2009, which re-launched it as one of Barcelona’s most stylish places to stay. It’s flashy, it’s feminine, it’s full of eye-popping details like massive groups of dangling cylindrical lights in the lobby (an homage to the building’s distinctive elliptical shape). Bright, colorful and thoroughly modern, the Barcelo Raval is located in the city’s once-gritty, now increasingly trendy Barrio Chino district.

Ushuaia Ibiza Beach Hotel, Ibiza Island

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Venture off the mainland onto Ibiza Island and it’s almost as if you’re in a whole different country – a country where the raison d’etre is glittery all-night parties and lounging on some of the Mediterranean’s most beautiful beaches. While you’re there you might want to check out the brand-spanking-new Ushuaia Ibiza Beach Hotel, an exclusive adults-only party hotel located on the white sands of Playa d’en Bossa beach opposite one of the island’s most famous clubs, Space. This glamorous 236-room hotel has three restaurants, plenty of VIP perks, DJs spinning night and day, aromatherapy menus in the guest rooms and even swim-up rooms located along a man-made ‘river’ that meanders through the gardens.

Hotel Vincci Soho, Madrid

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A quiet 4-star hotel in the center of the historic district of Madrid, Hotel Vincci Soho is a contemporary design hotel located just steps from the Art Triangle museums. The hotel is comprised of five buildings, all cultural heritage sites, renovated and combined into an open interior space with plenty of balconies and terraces offering stunning views of the city.

Hotel Marques de Riscal, Elciego

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Designed by world-famous architect Frank Gehry, the Hotel Marques de Riscal can be found in Spain’s countryside in the heart of Rioja wine country, about two hours from Bilbao. This ultra-exclusive luxury boutique hotel has just 14 guest rooms and is, at least in terms of cost per square foot, one of the most expensive hotels ever built. Gehry’s billowing titanium roof contrasts beautifully with the more traditional architecture of the winery. The Marques de Riscal estate is one of Spain’s oldest and most esteemed producers of Rioja wine; even if you can’t stay here, a trip to the winery would be worth the effort.

Hotel Omm, Barcelona

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The Hotel Omm offers trendy décor and world-class Catalan cuisine in Barcelona’s Paseo de Gracia district, with individually designed guest rooms, a playful modern facade and lots of sunlight. It’s modern in a way that’s cozy and accessible, full of neutral tones and clean, straight lines. Just down the street from two of Antonio Gaudi’s most famous Barcelona buildings, La Pedrera and Casa Battlo, Hotel Omm has a rooftop terrace with a pool and a bar, perfect for gazing out at the iconic architecture of the area.

Hotel Viura, Villabuena de Álava

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A stark standout among the more traditional architecture of surrounding villages, Hotel Viura is bold and whimsical, with a Rioja country location that’s super-convenient for wine-loving travelers. With 13 standard rooms, 13 deluxe rooms, 7 suites and restaurant focusing on fresh, natural foods, Hotel Viura emphasizes low-key, luxurious relaxation.

Hotel Puerta America, Madrid

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Hotel Puerta America, a new design hotel in Madrid, is already renowned for its artsy interiors: “You know that the Hotel Puerta America in Madrid is something special before you even walk in the door. The exterior is encased in brightly colored cladding printed with the poem ‘Freedom’ by Paul Ellard. But that’s nothing compared to the showcase of international design talent found inside. Each of the 12 floors of this new boutique hotel was designed by one of the world’s most sought-after architects including Zaha Hadid, David Chipperfield, Normal Foster and Jean Nouvel.

Ascending from one floor to the next, one encounters jarring shifts in color and mood, shifting from Chipperfield’s toned-down monochromatic luxury to faceted stainless steel to Italian opulence. Marc Newsom’s sixth floor is practically vampiric with its red lacquer, white marble and black furniture while Ron Arad takes the seventh floor to a futuristic, almost space-like place with curved white Corian. Interactivity, Japanese minimalism, industrial cement and zebra-striped formica walls are just a few of the other themes included in the eclectic mix.”

Casa Camper, Barcelona

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Camper makes cool and quirky shoes, but what do they know about hotels? Plenty, as it turns out. Casa Camper, the company’s new affordably priced hotel and restaurant, is hip and eco-friendly, with few unnecessary frills but lots of thoughtful details that make life easier for travelers. A 25-room hotel in Barcelona’s El Raval neighborhood, Casa Camper uses solar power to heat the hotel’s water and serves up “healthy fast food” in the form of flavored rice balls, which you eat sitting on a giant set of concrete stairs facing out through a wall of windows. El Raval, a traditionally poor area of historic Barcelona, is a bit off the beaten path, but, says owner Miguel Fluxá, “We wanted to show guests another part of Barcelona that is not so obvious.”

Gran Hotel Domine Bilbao

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Literally standing in the shadow of the Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim Bilbao, the Gran Hotel Domine basically had no choice but to be stunningly stylish. Ultramodern yet seemingly effortlessly sophisticated, this luxury 5-star hotel has 145 modern guest rooms and a rooftop terrace with amazing views of the museum and the city of Bilbao. Its polished stone exterior and slanted glass windows provide a hint at the somewhat quirky stylings of the interior including a massive tower of stones that reaches from the lobby floor to a glass atrium roof.

Rooms Deluxe Hostel, Valencia

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Spain – as the rest of the world – is full of uninspired hostels that provide little more than a roof over a budget traveler’s head. The Rooms Deluxe Hostel in Valencia is not one of those places. This ‘designer’ hostel still offers up dirt-cheap bunks and private rooms but does so in style with 28 themed rooms designed by local artists. It’s got free wi-fi and – a bonus in the world of hostels – air conditioning. Best of all, it’s located right across from the City of Arts and Sciences, halfway between the historic district of Valencia and the beach.

Hotel Room Mate Oscar, Madrid

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Who says good design is only for the beautiful people? The Hotel Room Mate Oscar in Madrid is well within the average traveler’s budget, but doesn’t skimp on bold and dramatic choices in interior décor. Its 75 individually decorated rooms are fun, bright and unexpected, often veering into “wow, this is wild” territory. The breakfast room is so snazzy it might as well be a nightclub, and the hotel also has a popular rooftop pool.

Hotel W, Barcelona

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You can’t miss the sail-shaped Hotel W at the Port of Barcelona, a soaring 26-story structure that sits perpendicular to the dock to give virtually all 473 guest rooms picturesque views of the city and the sea. With a rooftop bar, lots of outdoor terraces and an infinity pool right on the Mediterranean, the W is an unparalleled way to experience seaside Barcelona. It’s a 25-minute stroll from Las Ramblas, making it a better choice for the seasoned Barcelona traveler or those who want to stay on the beach rather than attraction-obsessed first-time visitors.

Hospes, Madrid

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Peace and relaxation are the main themes at Hospes Madrid, a 41-room 5-star luxury hotel adjacent to the Parque Del Retiro, a large park in the city center. A serene color palette of white, beige and gray accented with soft shades of purple, mauve and coral enhance the soothing effect throughout the standard and deluxe rooms, the junior suites and the seductive Grand Suite. Guests can enjoy a tapas bar, a restaurant specializing in natural and healthy foods, a ‘Chill Out Patio’ and an indoor pool.

Hotel Arts Barcelona

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Tower above virtually everything else in Barcelona when you stay at Hotel Arts, located right on Barceloneta Beach in one of the 44-story Vila Olímpica towers. The Hotel Arts, managed by the Ritz-Carlton Company, has 438 guest rooms including 32 ‘club’ rooms, 44 executive suites and 28 luxury apartments; club-level guests get exclusive access to a private lounge. Outside the busiest parts of the city center, Hotel Arts is a quiet way to experience a very vibrant and active city.

Hospes Palacio de los Patos, Granada

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A 19th-century palace in one of Spain’s most stunning historic cities has been given new life as a chic modern hotel, the Hospes Palacio de los Patos. Once a Roman stronghold, the city of Granada is best known for its Moorish influences and retains a romantic and utterly unique sense of self that has been translated into all 42 rooms of the hotel. Muted tones of gold, silver and champagne echo the colors of the city outside and somehow manage to tie together the history of the building and its contemporary décor.

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معماری Just Mist It: Foghorns Worth Sounding Off About

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Though lighthouses have captured much of the glory when it comes to seacoasts, shorelines and shipwrecks, their usefulness quickly fades when thick mists and pea-soup fogs roll in. At times like these, lighthouses hand the torch to their less glamorous but no less essential aural counterparts: foghorns. And to that we say, “Hear here!”



Shore Sounds Good!

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Foghorns have been sounding off since 1859 when a steam-powered “fog alarm” invented by Robert Foulis began operations on Partridge Island, New Brunswick, Canada. In one form or another, the Partridge Island foghorn (shown above in a watercolor sketch from 1865) continued to sound out a mournful moan to wayward mariners for 139 years, until it was finally switched off on May 4th, 1998.

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Robert Foulis supposedly got the idea for a low-frequency fog alarm one misty night while listening to his daughter play the piano. He noticed something curious: the lower notes carried further and sounded louder than the higher notes. Foulis’ first fog alarm not only blasted out loud low tones, it was automated and could be set up to play different coded cadences so that sailors could determine which location they were nearing. Most steam-powered foghorns use coal to heat their boilers. You can see the incoming coal chute (above right) leading down into the boiler building of the Point Reyes foghorn.

Foghorns Of Plenty

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The next technological leap in foghorn design came in the late 1890s when English pipe organ designer Robert Hope-Jones rigged his Wurlitzer organ to produce what he called a “diaphonic” tone. Hope-Jones’ diaphone was further refined by Canadian John Pell Northey, who added a secondary air supply that resulted in the full, rich, two-tone foghorn that remains the benchmark for foghorns over a century later.

Split Rock Music

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Split Rock Lighthouse has been guarding the north shore of Lake Superior southwest of Silver Bay, Minnesota, since 1910. A pair of diaphone foghorns were mounted on a separate building (above). Originally powered by a gasoline engine and an associated air compressor, the foghorns were switched over to electric power in 1940 and sounded their last blast in 1961.

The Sound Of Silence

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What could be lonelier than the sound of a foghorn? How about a silenced foghorn, which are becoming more and more common as time passes. The days when ship captains aboard sailing ships becalmed in mist cupped their ears and listened intently for the call of the foghorn are long gone. Today’s ships hum with the throb of diesel engines and captains fix their positions via radar and GPS systems. Mighty foghorns such as the one above, located on the Langness peninsula on the Isle of Man, are left to the mercy of the wind, rain and corrosive salt spray.

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Some of the loneliest and at the same time, most scenically spectacular foghorns are located on the Scottish isle of Ailsa Craig. Now uninhabited and a designated bird sanctuary, Ailsa Craig and its huge foghorns have been silent since 1966.

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The massive foghorns located on the island’s north and south coasts were supplied with air from now-rusting compressed air tanks, kept full via now-ruined gasworks. Ailsa Craig was extensively quarried for its unique blue-gray granite, used to make curling stones. Blasting is now forbidden but loose rock is still mined to make the famous Scottish “rocks.”

Still Hear

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Though not as common as they once were, there is still a need for foghorns in many parts of the world. As well, technology has given foghorns a new lease on life. Equipped with laser generators and computer operating software, modern marvels like the white beauty (above left) from Maine, USA, shine a beam of light into the mist and should the fog reflect back a significant quantity of light, the electric foghorn will sound.

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Modern or not, foghorns’ claim to fame remains their loud and penetrating sound designed to be heard and heeded from many miles away. One hopes the gentleman above, at Scotland’s Mull of Galloway lighthouse’s foghorn, has remembered to wear his earplugs.

You’ll Be Mist

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Just as the inclement weather they’re designed to warn against relentless batters them, foghorns seem to endure though some have been silent for many decades. Part of this is due to their isolation: their residual scrap value isn’t worth the time and trouble to retrieve them from islands, points and peninsulas.

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Not that their presence harms anyone or anything – in fact, the evocative nature of foghorns makes them a favored subject for painters and photographers.

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That a man-made device built to emit sound can appeal to our visual and emotional centers is something worth appreciating… even, if I dare say, worth blowing your horn about.

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معماری Balloon-Like Comic and Animation Museum Coming to China

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A cluster of organic shapes that look almost biological in nature, these bold white volumes will soon be the home of a new Comic and Animation Museum in Hangzhou, China. Dutch design firm MVRDV won a competition to design the museum with this unusual approach, featuring a spiraling interior that highlights decades of cartoon history.
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The rounded shapes of the structure, which reach down to the ground on tapered ‘legs’, are no accident: they were designed to resemble the speech bubbles that are so familiar to comic book fans. Each ‘bubble’ in the design will house a different function of the museum, including two exhibition spaces that will project animations onto the curved interior wall.

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Visitors will meander through a high-ceilinged space on raised platforms and walkways, gazing up at massive replicas of comic book characters and other oversized displays and then spiraling up along the walls into a comic book library, open to the main chamber. Where ‘bubbles’ connect, internal openings are created, which not only provide a means to get from one area to another, but also a look into the adjoining space.

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The museum will feature a cinema and a roof terrace restaurant. The complex will also include a series of parks on islands in White Horse Lake with a public plaza and an expo center which will house the annual China International Comic and Animation Festival. Construction on the Comic and Animation Museum will begin in 2012.

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معماری Signs of the Times: 13 Architectural Signage Designs

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Signs aren’t always an afterthought – sometimes they’re integral to the design of the building itself, carved in towering letters right into the facade or even serving as structural support. The marriage between typography and architecture is particularly eye-catching in these 13 examples, where the graphic beauty of type and, at times, moving lines of poetry add another layer of identity and emotional connection to built environments.


Wales Millennium Center, Cardiff, Wales

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‘In These Stones, Horizons Sing’. Written in both Welsh and English, this sentence makes a bold statement on the facade of the Wales Millennium Center in Cardiff, an arts center that holds performances of opera, ballet, dance, comedy and musicals. The inscription was written by Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis, who wanted the words to reflect the architecture of the building. “The strata of the slate frontage of the Wales Millennium Centre reminded me of the horizons just beyond Penarth Head … The stones inside the theatre literally sing with opera, musicals and orchestral music, and I wanted to convey the sense of an international space created by the art of music.”

Minnaert Building, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands

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The Minnaert Building, designed by Neutelings Riedijk and added to Utrecht University in 1997, uses the letters in ‘Minnaert’ to form columns, making them essential structural supports for the section of the building that juts out over a bicycle parking area.

Fukutake House, Megijima Island, Japan

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Fukutake House, a project started by seven of Japan’s leading art galleries, brings art to rural communities that tend to be isolated from it. Occupying a new location each year, Fukutake House reinvents itself annually, but its 2010 incarnation was more stunning than ever with a typographic installation covering the facade of the elementary school that the festival temporarily occupied.

University of Toronto Graduate Housing, Toronto, Canada

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Text is embedded into the design of the Graduate Housing building at the University of Toronto, with massive
letters shielded by a glass and steel screen, the ‘O’ seeming to hang precariously from a ledge. The structure is one of the more important works designed by Pritzker-Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne.

Lentos Museum of Modern Art, Linz, Austria

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With a transparent glass casing covered in words, not to mention the huge ‘LENTOS’ built right into the facade, the typographic elements of the Lentos Museum of Modern Art are integral, yet subtle: you don’t even notice the letters all over the exterior until you get close. It’s a fitting aesthetic element for an museum that displays, among many other works of art, typographic design.

House of Terror, Budapest, Hungary

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Though it may seem a bit sensationalistic, the word ‘TERROR’, which features prominently on the building’s overhanging roof, is a fitting name for a building with a horrifying history that is unfortunately all too real. Budapest’s House of Terror occupies 60 Andrassy Street, a building that was once leased by Hungarian Nazis and also housed two Communist organizations. All three used the basement as a torture chamber, and many people died there. When the sun hits it just right, the cutout in the metal overhang casts a sobering reminder of the building’s history upon its facade.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, New Jersey

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Designer Paula Scher of New York’s Pentagram started out creating bold typographic album covers in the 1970s, so it’s no wonder that, tasked with redesigning an architectural facade, she focused on “architecture as graphic design”. Scher dreamed up the transformation of this 1940s building for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, painting words  like ‘music’, ‘theater’, ‘dance’ and ‘poetry’ on everything from the brick itself to the air conditioning ducts.

Caltrans District 7 Headquarters, Los Angeles, California

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Architect Thom Mayne’s firm Morphosis, which designed the University of Toronto Graduate Student Housing building above, also tackled the Caltrans District 7 Headquarters building in Los Angeles. Says the firm, “The large cantilevered light-bar connects the structure to First Street, and the forty-foot, forward-canted super-graphic “100” marks the South Main Street entrance. This layered sign, with its nod to Chandleresque L.A.’s Hollywood sign, denotes the building as an urban landmark.”

Museum of Modern Art, Queens, New York

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One could almost say they can tell this building is the Museum of Modern Art from a mile away. Architects Cooper, Robertson & Partners won a 2003 American Architecture Award after they expanded a former factory in Long Island City into a satellite facility for MoMA. The firm not only emblazoned the museum’s logo upon the facade, but put it in lights on the roof.

The Cooper Union, New York

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The Morphosis-designed Cooper Union academic building in New York’s East Village is so visually engaging, it’s easy to overlook the details – but the details, in this case, are just as interesting as the building itself (especially for typography geeks). Designer Abbott Miller took inspiration from the font used for the sign on the original 1859 Cooper Union building to create a modern cutout sign on the new building. The font was also carried into the interior, descending down the underside of a stairway and even spotted on the vertical corner guards of the classroom doors.

Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel, Vancouver, Canada

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Don’t be surprised if you see tourists gawking at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel in Vancouver. There’s just trying to read the lowercase text that wraps around each level of the building. Designed by British artist Liam Gillick, the installation reads, “lying on top of a building, the clouds looked no nearer than when I was lying in the street.”

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

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Let’s hope that the Seattle Art Museum never leaves its current Robert Venturi-designed facility on First Avenue; its name is carved right into the facade.

Unidentified Building, San Francisco, California

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A typography-loving passerby captured these shots of an unnamed apartment building in San Francisco, where eye-catching text clings to the surface, seemingly sinking in at some points. The bits that can be read include “dreams we hold in our hearts” and “like rain enters earth.”

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معماری ‘BUMPS In Beijing’: Breaking Free From Drab Slabs

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Call it “urban jungle lite.” BUMPS In Beijing is a 5-building, mixed residential and commercial apartment complex located in the Chinese capital’s prestigious Chaoyang District. Japanese architect Keiichiro Sako’s neo-Metabolist “bumpy” design is a stylistic break from slab-sided traditional urban towers, providing optimum sunshine and breezy terraces that brighten up Beijing’s increasingly cramped skyline.



Smokin’ Stacks

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“BUMPS in Beijing”, a mixed-use, 5-building complex designed by Japanese architect Keiichiro Sako of SAKO Architects, is located in southwest Beijing’s desirable Chaoyang District.

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Even among a host of new and exciting highrise developments, BUMPS stands out – literally – thanks to its unusual stacked, staggered and yes: “bumpy” appearance.

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BUMPS consists of four residential apartment buildings, each standing 80 meters (262.5 ft) tall and set at the corners of an imaginary square. The fifth member of the complex is a centrally located 6-story commercial building with a restaurant occupying most of the top floor.

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Right off the bat, BUMPS breaks with tradition by rotating the buildings’ footprints 45 degrees from the north-south axis. While seemingly unremarkable, one must consider that in Beijing almost all large buildings are oriented with a north-south plan. As Beijing is located north of the Earth’s equator, this means windows looking out of the north sides of these buildings will almost never catch direct sunlight.

Setback To Where You Once Belonged

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Sako’s design for BUMPS was predicated on “daylighting” – introducing as much natural light as possible into each apartment unit regardless of its position in the complex. The 45 degree twist immediately doubled the sunlit facings. More ambitious was the staggered look of the individual apartment units and the visual effect the style imparted to the buildings as a whole.

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Looking at one of the towers, one can count 14 stories. Not so fast: each unit is made up of one white and one black module, with the upper section set back 2 meters (6.56 ft) from the lower. This allows each unit to offer not only an upstairs and downstairs, but an outdoor terrace as well.

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Repeated over the entire length, breadth and height of each tower, the series of setbacks gives the whole a unique modular appearance reminiscent of Tokyo’s famous Nakagin Capsule Tower (above, right) which actually WAS built from individual modules.

Let There Be Light!

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The bumpy, blocky, Jenga-esque facades of the BUMPS complex with their interspersed rectangular modules remind some of stacked black & white shipping containers, though nothing so bare-bones basic would have a chance of being approved for Chaoyang. In contrast to some other neighborhoods in overcrowded Beijing, Chaoyang today boasts wide green belts, mature trees and widely separated highrise buildings. On the other hand, what’s the deal with the bus parking lot?

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BUMPS lets in light through hundreds of 1-meter (3.28 ft) square windows. It remains to be seen if interior brightness levels will vary much from other designs offering floor-to-ceiling picture windows but it can be said, at least, that the wealth of identical square apertures add to the complex’s overall design aesthetic.

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The total area of BUMPS is 103,218 square meters (1,111,065 sq ft), which befits its status as a landmark development Beijing urban planners are hoping will attract further projects to this part of Chaoyang. As always, the possibility remains that pressure from well-connected real estate moguls will result in overbuilding but at present, BUMPS literally stands alone as an urban island bathed in sunlight.

Inside Job

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Construction on BUMPS began in 2006 and by late 2008 the complex was ready to welcome its first residents. If these interior images are any indication, BUMPS offers an abundance of linear space with very few obstructions or obtrusive load-bearing walls. Daylight entering through southeast and southwest facing windows penetrates all the way to the opposite sides, potentially saving on interior lighting costs over time.

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Staircases linking upper and lower halves of the units are distinctive in their own right, formed from U-shaped segments in alternating black and white that make up the stair treads and the handrails.

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On the downside, some residents may feel put off by the long inside walls and complete lack of any curved surfaces. Sometimes, efforts to increase a sense of spaciousness can impart a feeling of smallness from the perspective of the beholder. Reactions of anxiety, even alienation, have bedeviled urban planners since the first modern highrise apartment blocks were built in the early 1950s.

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Only time will tell if BUMPS In Beijing will succeed on an emotional level the way it has as a pure design on paper. New kid on the block? We kid you not!

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معماری Archi-TYPE: 14 Buildings & Cities Made of Text

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The right minimalist sans-serif or swooping, elegant script typeface can be just as expressive as the words it spells out, and can sometimes even stand in for brushstrokes of paint and other illustrative media. Just as typography is sometimes used as a bold graphic element in architecture, it can also be used as the building blocks to create imaginative structures and cityscapes.


Typography Sydney Opera House

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This tourism ad for the city of Sydney, Australia extolls the virtues of the area in the form of a typographic illustration of the Sydney Opera House. The text reads, among many other things, “Dine on kangaroo”, “Cuddle a koala” and “Surf at Bondi.”

Tadao by Chris Labrooy

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3D designer Chris Labrooy based an unusual (and awesome) set of typographic illustrations on the styles of his favorite architects, including Tadao Ando. Ando’s solid yet place-sensitive structures, often made of concrete, inspired the perfect basis for an imagined complex that looks as if it could really have been designed by the architect. It bears a notable resemblance to Ando’s Westin Awaji Island Hotel.

Letterpress Tower by Cameron Moll

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Crafted character by character in the shape of the Salt Lake Temple, designer Cameron Moll’s letterpress tower took hundreds of hours to create. The beautiful architectural qualities of the letterpress medium itself pay fitting tribute to a painstaking process, with letters and typefaces chosen by shape for each portion of the design.

Urban Typography

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A German photographer saw more than just roof lines and blue sky when gazing up at buildings; these imaginative letters were made with creative cropping.

Bauhaus by Chris Labrooy

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In this design Chris Labrooy has captured the essence of German Modernism – both the architectural style and the typeface it inspired. One can almost imagine this concept coming to life as a real building complex, standing in tribute of minimalism and clean lines.

Inception

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One place where architecture and typography notably came together was in this poster for the movie Inception, in which dream architecture unlimited by the laws of physics played a starring role.

Toyo by Chris Labrooy

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If there’s one thing you can say about architect Toyo Ito’s innovative designs, it’s ‘expect the unexpected’: Ito is known for sheathing his buildings in unusual, textural facades, often in white. This interpretation of Ito’s work by Chris Labrooy captures some of Ito’s best-known works including the Tod’s Omotesando building in Tokyo and the Mikimoto building.

Type City

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Artist Helen Parada of El Salvador crafted an urban scene using nothing but letters in a heavy, rounded typeface for this digital illustration.

Colosseum Made of Words

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Inspired by the work of master calligrapher M. Giovambattista Palatino and an anniversary trip to Rome, typography artist Cameron Moll spent a full year hand-crafting this incredibly detailed illustration of the Colosseum using characters from the Goudy Trajan and Bembo Pro typefaces.

Frank by Chris Labrooy

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Is there any question as to the identify of the architect to whom this piece pays homage? Even if you’re not personally familiar with Frank Gehry’s oeuvre, the shiny, curving metallic facades should give it away.

City of Text

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Artist David M.L. of Spain crafted a city block out of the words ‘building’, ‘street’, ‘shadow’, ‘sky’ and ‘cloud’ in this clever typographic illustration.

BMW Zebra Crossing Ad

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BMW went with the same idea for this ‘Zebra Crossing’ ad, which forms the cityscape with words. The tagline of the ad is, “You can describe anything. Except driving pleasure.”

Helvetica by Chris Labrooy

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Chris Labrooy shifted his focus from interpreting architectural styles with typography, to turning a typeface into architecture. Helvetica, perhaps the most beloved typeface of typography enthusiasts thanks to its elegant simplicity, is fittingly cool and modern when translated to a series of imaginary buildings.

Google Maps Typography

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Creative director Rhett Dashwood spent several months searching Google Maps to find architecture, farms and natural land features that form the letters of the alphabet. See all 26 letters and get the links to the locations at Rhett Dashwood’s website.

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معماری Eccentric Hideaway: Secret English Underwater Billiards Room

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Urban explorers know that it isn’t typically the readily-visible locations that hold the most intrigue; it is the hidden places unknown to most of the world. The places that most of us will never visit (and may never even realize exist) are the most beautiful, interesting and worthy of our wonder. This particular hidden place sits beneath a man-made lake next to the massive estate of a late mining magnate…and even some of its closest neighbors have no idea it exists.



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In the late 19th century, wealthy English businesspeople began to dot the countryside with extravagant homes. Not content to simply show off their wealth with mansions, however, they built accompanying towers and other displays that made the owners’ financial worth clear to all passers-by. Most of these displays served no practical purpose. Mining industry tycoon Whitaker Wright bucked the trend by creating a project that was invisible to all but those who were invited to enjoy it.

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Wright’s indulgence was an underwater billiards room and fish-watching conservatory built in the middle of a man-made lake on his property in Goldalming, Surrey. Accessed through a small wooden door, a spiral staircase and a short underwater tunnel boat ride, the room is well and truly secret to anyone who is not in the know. In fact, it has become something of a local legend; stories of the underwater room have been passed down through generations but many believe that the tales are pure fiction.

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After the property’s original owner was convicted of fraud, he killed himself with a cyanide capsule and Witley Park fell into the hands of Lord Pirrie, the builder of the ill-fated Titanic. Escaping death on his own creation thanks to an illness that kept him at home, Pirrie owned the home for around 15 years before his own death from pneumonia. Since then, Witley Park has been used as a conference center and meeting room, even after the original mansion burned down in 1952. The underwater billiards room has been accessible to many, but today it is blocked off and guarded with a security system.

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Still, some urban explorers have been able to gain access to this incredible secret room. In the photos above, the glass dome is lit from the inside, providing an eerie glow to the water and the statue that sits atop the dome. From inside the dome, the glass panes are nearly entirely obscured by sediment and algae, making it difficult to imagine how stunning the view once must have been.

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On the other hand, the decay and neglect that have changed the hidden rooms and tunnels have given them a wonderful sense of mystery. The fact that the underwater billiards room has been steeped in mystery for decades only serves to make it more fascinating. Sadly, the property’s current owner is not likely to give permission to explore the property today, but plenty of previous visitors have shared their photos online of this incredible place.

(Special thanks to Andrew for the use of his spectacular photos of Witley Park)

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معماری Spiraling Tower of Babel Made of Books in Buenos Aires

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Seven stories tall, this Tower of Babel is no long-lost artifact from biblical times but rather an artistic tribute to the city of Buenos Aires’ new designation as ‘World Book Capital 2011′. The 82-foot-tower is made of 30,000 books donated by readers, libraries and 50 embassies, and includes books written in virtually every language in existence.





Artist Marta Minujin, a Buenos Aires native known for bizarre mattress sculptures and performance art events she calls “happenings”, designed the tower and installed it on a public street with the help of volunteers. The sculpture will be disassembled on May 28th, and the books will be given away to the public.

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As visitors ascend to the top of the tower, gazing at everything from Japanese children’s books to Spanish poetry, they hear Minujin’s recorded voice reciting the word ‘book’ in various languages. The artist says that, like the fabled mission of the original Tower of Babel, her mission is to unite all people, adding “I don’t know why we have to have different languages.”

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“Building this tower has been a miraculous experience,” Minujin told Reuters Television as she stood before the structure. “A hundred years from now, people will say ‘there was a Tower of Babel in Argentina … and it didn’t need translation because art needs no translation.’”

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معماری Living In A Box: China’s Shipping Container Apartments

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All across China, millions of migrant workers are on the move, looking for jobs and – once they’ve found them – places to live. At the same time, China’s booming economy has generated a vast surplus of metal shipping containers. Savvy city authorities are finding that converting these cargo containers into cheap, basic apartments uses up extra containers while satisfying tenants with low expectations and incomes to match.



Fueling an Economic Engine

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China’s amazing economic boom has mainly been powered by cheap labor. Rural villagers escaping endemic poverty exacerbated by the closing of inefficient state-owned industries flock by the tens of millions to so-called “factories without chimneys”: mainly coastal cities desperate for cheap labor.

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Current estimates peg China’s “floating” population of migrant workers at around 120 million, a sobering figure that is growing at the rate of 13 million people per year and could hit 400 million by 2025. Already China’s overheated construction industry is having trouble providing homes for its upwardly mobile citizens. Rising demand for housing leads inexorably to rising prices for housing, and migrant workers often arrive in urban centers with little more than the shirts on their backs. Some will live anywhere – like a group of 10 living in a public toilet (above, top). What to do?

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One solution seized upon in the coastal cities revolves around steel shipping containers. It’s rather elegant, in a way: faced with an oversupply of cargo containers and homeless workers, why not turn the former into homes for the latter? Above are some so-called “snail houses” in the city of Foshan.

Steel Hives for Worker Bees

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Shipping containers have been successfully converted into homes, offices, hotels and more – often the conversions are so elaborate you’d never know the structures’ origins. All well and good, but China’s situation demands quick, cheap fixes.

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Consider the plight of a migrant worker from a rural village without electricity, plumbing or a roof that doesn’t leak. Even the most basic converted cargo container would seem like a palace while costing a pittance.

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Cargo container communities have been springing up all across China’s manufacturing centers, beginning with port cities where surplus shipping containers are cheap and abundant. The success of these converted containers as cheap housing has resulted in cities located inland to import the containers and build housing complexes with them. A perfect example is Chengdu, a city of about 11 million that is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China.

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Lured by lower land costs and much-improved infrastructure, companies are setting up shop in Chengdu and migrant workers are answering the call for laborers. Generally, male migrants work in construction while females are hired to work in factories requiring repetitive small-scale assembly and piecework. The hours are long, the pay is low, and housing is at a premium… bring in the container apartments!

Chengdu, Can Do!

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The cargo container apartment complex highlighted here was one of Chengdu’s first, set up in late 2010 along the Qingpai Dadao (Qingpi Avenue) in Chengdu’s central Wenjiang district. The complex is made up of standard-issue 3m x 6m (roughly 10 by 20 ft) steel shipping containers that weigh 2.6 tons each.

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Each container is cleaned, openings for a door and 2 windows are cut, floors are tiled and both exterior and interior walls are painted. 5 cm (2 inches) of fire-resistant insulation is sandwiched between the walls to help preserve heat and reduce noise. “With a lot of people in the apartment, it’s not cold,” explained worker Yong Jianwei. “And it’s so close to our work site which makes it very convenient.”

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The units do have some creature comforts such as fluorescent lighting, electrical wiring and fittings for air conditioners. Openings are drilled for telephone cords though many tenants use inexpensive cell phones. Some units consist of two containers stacked one atop the other and feature an upstairs balcony.

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As for water and plumbing, remember that while not all of China’s rural villages are without modern household conveniences and facilities, usually the poorest villagers become migrants in the hopes of building a better life. Basic bathroom facilities (including a shower) are built behind the rear portions of the containers and small kitchens are fitted into a corner of the first floor. Still sound kinda rough? Be aware that even among container homes there’s a hierarchy – the “homes” above in Fuzhou are part of a group of 13 that really scrape the bottom of the barrel.

New Blocks on the Block

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As well as being modular, the apartment units are portable using much the same equipment as is used to move actual cargo containers at China’s busy docks. The complex in Wenjiang, for example, was situated within steps of a new highrise building under construction. “Each apartment is its own unit,” explained worker Xie Hongbin. “Any time and place one is needed, it can just be picked up and moved with a crane.”

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Painted white with dark green trim, Wenjiang cargo container apartments are neat and unobtrusive. In fact, they look a lot like an ordinary block of flats until one gets close enough to read the rental phone number and daily rental cost stenciled on each unit in red paint. Speaking of which, that daily rental cost is 6 yuan, slightly under $1 at current exchange rates.

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Tenants wanting to pay by the month are charged 180 yuan. You can even buy one outright for a flat 10,000 yuan ($1,540). If one considers that the cargo container apartment units are built to accommodate up to 10 tenants per unit and some are furnished with 5 bunk beds, the economics are even more, shall we say, accommodating!

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معماری 14 (More!) Masters of Incredibly Intricate Paper Art

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Billowing clouds of cut paper installations that cast dream-like shadows on a gallery wall, delicate paper drawings plastered on gritty urban surfaces, complex layered sculptures of hand-sliced paper and intricately crafted sheets the size of tapestries: paper art in its many forms is elevated to new heights by these 14 (more) masters of the craft. Bovey Lee, Hunter Stabler, Jen Stark and 11 other artists transform an often-disposable material into stunning works of art that will make your jaw drop. See 48 more works by 14 additional artists at WebEcoist.


Bovey Lee

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China-born, Pittsburgh-based artist Bovey Lee creates what might just be the most intricate paper art of all, hand-slicing the tiniest pieces of paper into amazingly flawless shapes and patterns. “The underlying themes in my paper cutouts are power, sacrifice, and survival,” she told the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. “Drawing ideas from my cultural identity and gender, headline news, environmental issues, and socio-political commentaries, I painstakingly hand cut each work on a single sheet of paper that depicts layered and dramatic narratives. The deep paradoxes in my works contrast starkly with the airy, fragile laces of the cutouts.”

Mia Pearlman

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Paper artist Mia Pearlman fills entire rooms with her billowing, cloud-like installations. “My process is very intuitive, based on spontaneous decisions in the moment. I begin by making loose line drawings in India ink on large rolls of paper. Then I cut out selected areas between the lines to make a new drawing in positive and negative space on the reverse. 30-80 of these cut paper pieces form the final installation, which I create on site by trial and error, a 2-3 day dance with chance and control.”

Nava Lubelski

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Looking like some kind of organic growth, these rolled paper sculptures by Nava Lubelski are crafted from tax returns, rejection letters and other unwanted papers. Says the artist, “Shredded paper sculptures, such as the Tax Files, reconfigure a mass of paper that has been grouped and saved due to written content, into slabs reminiscent of tree cross-sections where the climate of a given year, and the tree’s overall age are visible in a single slice. Historical information is revealed in the colors of deposit slips, pay stubs, receipts and tax forms. The cellular coils spiral outward, mimicking biological growth, as they are glued together into flat rounds, which suggest lichen, doilies or disease.”

Miso

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The delicate, ephemeral qualities of paper are a stunning contrast to the grit and solidity of urban environments in the hand-drawn street art of Australian artist ‘Miso’ (Stanislava Pinchuk). “Like folk art, it comes to have a very particular, practical function,” Miso says. “It brings us together as makers, viewers and consumers, finding new pieces and exploring the possibilities of our cities.”

Hunter Stabler

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Philadelphia artist Hunter Stabler renders arcane symbols and imagery in his complex paper cut-outs, often in shades of gray with pops of brights. A current exhibition at the Observatory gallery in Brooklyn, entitled ‘Alchemically Yours’, focusing on the “art of transmutation. Of taking the rough and raw, and rendering it more precious. Rather than accepting the literal “lead into gold” definition, Carl Jung believed that alchemy is a process of individuation, a symbolic and active language which guides one’s personal journey toward the realization of selfhood. An alchemist is a shape-shifter, a mystic chemist.”

Pablo Lehmann

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Pablo Lehmann’s incredible paper creations consist of layered sheets of paper, hand-cut with text and abstract shapes and stacked for a three-dimensional effect. The Buenos Aires, Argentina-based artist has shown his work at galleries in South America.

Tomoko Shioyasu

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Swirling vortices of water and wind, along with the complex natural structure of cells, provide inspiration for jaw-dropping, huge cut paper tapestries by Tomoko Shioyasu. Measuring as large as twelve feet high and eight feet wide, Shioyasu’s tapestries are especially breathtaking when displayed in white gallery spaces as the negative space in the paper allows intricate patterns of light to shine through.

Lim Siang Ching

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Infographics come to life in colorful, three-dimensional framed displays by Singapore graphic design student Lim Siang Ching. The artist created these posters as degree projects when graduating from LASALLE College of the Arts.

Gjertrud Hals

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While many other paper artists cut, burn or sculpt their chosen medium into works of art, Gjertrud Hals takes a different tack: spraying paper fibers onto sculptures made of thread or wire. The final result often looks organic in nature, resembling veins, coral or spiderweb.

Jen Stark

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“My work is inspired by all sorts of things, from wormholes, to how micro and macro designs relate to each other, and the layers of a plant, to outer space,” says artist Jen Stark, a Miami native who began creating her unusually vibrant brand of kaleidoscopic paper art while studying abroad in France. Stark layers cut pieces of colored construction paper into three-dimensional sculptures that are sometimes so deep, you can reach your hand into them.

Aoyama Hina

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Imagine the focus and steadiness of hand that it must take in order to create such tiny paper cut-outs by hand. Japanese-born, France-based artist Aoyama Hina captures an incredible amount of detail in flowing script and the cells of a butterfly’s wing.

Julene Harrison

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Want a beautiful paper illustration or portrait of your very own? British paper artist Julene Harrison takes commissions, often producing stunning custom works for weddings and other special occasions.

Yulia Brodskaya

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Yulia Brodskaya combines typography with papercraft art to create three-dimensional designs that really pop. Brodskaya, a Russian artist living in the UK, sought to bring together her love for the two separate art forms and has done so beautifully, with a style unlike any other.

Elod Beregszaszi

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Buildings, cities, geometric shapes and even human faces spring out of three-dimensional folded and cut paper sculptures by Elod Beregszaszi. From a WebUrbanist profile: “The fragility of Elod’s work makes it that much more appealing. Like sculptures made out of sand, the perfect use of such a delicate material makes the perfect symmetry that much more wonderful to behold. Elod Beregszaszi is able to create labyrinth-like tiers of folded paper that look almost like an imaginary city viewed from above. The level of detail he places into each piece is truly amazing.”

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معماری Hidden Creativity: QR Code Portrait Hides Double Meaning

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Great art is not only beautiful, but deeply meaningful to both the artist and the viewer. Artist Scott Blake has made a name for himself creating art with bar codes: those simple black-and-white stripey codes you find on nearly everything you buy. Now he is experimenting with the bar code’s younger, hipper cousin, the QR code.



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The QR code (short for quick response) is popping up in the most unusual places these days. It is typically used in advertisements to provide additional information about the product being promoted. Unlike bar codes, no special equipment is needed to extract information from a QR code; they can be read by most smart phones.

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Blake’s QR code portrait depicts Amy Goodman, a journalist and host of the independent news program Democracy Now! The portrait features a staggering 2,304 QR codes, all arranged perfectly according to their balance of light and dark to create a surprisingly detailed portrait of Goodman’s face.

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The codes take viewers to Democracy Now! videos that span nine years – an impressive collection of art in its own right. The portrait portrays not only the likeness of the person featured, but her life’s work as well.

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معماری Modern Metro: 14 of the World’s Coolest Subway Stations

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Dark, smelly, filthy and crawling with rats – while this may be an accurate description of many subway stations and tunnels around the world, it definitely doesn’t apply to Barcelona’s Drassanes Station, Stockholm’s Tunnelbana, the Munich U-Bahn or 11 other bold, colorful, modern and just plain beautiful stations. Travelers taking these trains can catch a glimpse of a stunning abandoned station in New York, an ancient river under Athens, a nuclear bunker in North Korea and much more.


Kievskaya Station, Moscow, Russia

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No subway station in the world is quite as elaborate as the ornate Kievskaya, a Moscow Metro station in the Dorogomilovo District. The design, which incorporates marble, decorative chandeliers, gold leafing, scrolled details, mosaics and frescos was chosen in an open competition and built in 1954. The mosaics celebrate the unity between Russia and Ukraine.

Drassanes Station, Barcelona, Spain

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Bright and open with a futuristic feel, the new look of Barcelona’s Drassanes Station is dramatically different from the dark, aging 1968 infrastructure. Reinvented by ON-A Arquitectura, the station features lightweight white glass-reinforced concrete coverings that were placed right on top of the old surfaces.

Stockholm Tunnelbana, Sweden

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Stockholm’s incredible metro tunnels feature stations that make the raw bedrock a bold architectural feature instead of covering it up with artificial surfaces, giving them the feel of a natural system of subterranean caverns. Some of the rock walls and ceilings have been painted with murals, and all 100 stations feature artwork by 140 artists.

Munich U-Bahn, Germany

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The U-Bahn in Munich is known for its colorful personality, with rainbow hues painted in many of the tunnels and terminals or applied to the walls as tiles. First built in 1972, the Munich subway system has grown to nearly one hundred stations throughout the city, many of which are designed to modern standards with spacious aisles and decorative lighting.

Nuevos Ministerios, Madrid, Spain

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The Madrid Metro is mostly notable for two things: massive murals of the city’s skyline that make riders feel as if they’re at an above-ground station, and the giant eyes that stare down ominously from the pillars. Especially paired with a name like ‘Nuevos Ministerios’ (New Ministries), the station has a vaguely dystopian feel.

City Hall Station, New York, New York

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Passengers willing to take the 6 train all the way past what used to be the last stop in Brooklyn can now get a special treat: a glimpse of the stunning, long-abandoned City Hall station, which has been closed to the public since it shut down in 1945. The train passes through this station on its way back uptown, and while riders used to be forced off at the Brooklyn Bridge stop, they’re currently allowed to stay on.

Bilbao Metro, Spain

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Designed by esteemed architecture firm Foster + Partners, the Bilbao Metro is is ultramodern yet vaguely organic with glassy, tubular station entrances at street level and lots of steel in the underground stations. Known as ‘Fosteritos’, the glass station entrances have already become an iconic part of the city’s architecture.

Dubai Metro Stations

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Dubai’s 47 railway stations were designed by Aedas of Birmingham to combine both traditional and modern architectural elements. “Their uniquely shell shaped roof, while modern, invokes the heritage of pearl diving – this ancient craft that requires skill and bravery brought early prosperity and is an integral part of Dubai’s history,” says Engineer Abdul Majid Al Khaja, CEO of the Rail Agency at the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority.

Iidabashi Station, Tokyo, Japan

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Completed in 2000, Tokyo’s Iidabashi station is bright, open and modern with pops of bright green in the form of pillars and a metal web which architect Makoto Watanabe imagines as “interweaving, entangling, expanding, pulsating.” The outside of the station, at street level, features swirling, organically shaped metal and glass designs.

Toronto Museum Station, Canada

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Daniel Libeskind’s addition to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto is quite a dazzling sight, so why have an ordinary subway stop just below it? The station was redesigned by Diamond & Schmitt Architects to include columns inspired by artifacts found within the museum. The five column designs represent Canada’s First Nations, Ancient Egypt, Mexico’s Toltec culture, Ancient Chinese culture and Ancient Greece.

Line A, Prague, Czech Republic

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The tunnels of Prague’s Line A are covered in a colorful patchwork of metallic tiles in flat, convex and concave shapes in hues of gold, silver, green, blue and red; the color scheme differs by station.

Pyongyang Subway System, North Korea

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Would you expect one of the world’s most beautiful subway systems to be located in… North Korea? The deepest metro in the world at 360 feet below surface level, the Pyongyang metro network is full of colorful murals of propaganda. Thanks to its depth, the system doubles as an emergency nuclear bunker, and could keep many of the city’s citizens safe in the event of nuclear war.

Iridanos Archaological Site, Athens, Greece

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In a city as ancient as Athens, it’s easy to imagine coming upon one important archaeological discovery after another if you dig far enough – and that’s exactly what happened when excavators were working on the city’s metro system. The ancient Iridanos River, long lost, was one of those discoveries, found still flowing right where engineers had planned a subway platform. So, this section of the river – still bearing the vaulted construction completed sometime around 200 C.E. – has now become an archaeological display, the largest in any metro station. Visitors to the green line station platform can walk over the exposed river on a glass walkway.

Bund Sightseeing Tunnel, Shanghai, China

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Sure, the Bund Sightseeing Tunnel in Shanghai is a rather cheesy tourist attraction, with what has been described by a Lonely Planet reviewer as “A slow-moving tram, through a comically low-tech tunnel of antiquated 80′s era rope lights, lasers and car dealership ilk inflatables — narrated only by a psychotic stream of random words”. However true that may be, the pictures are still pretty cool to look at, and the tunnel is definitely among the world’s quirkiest and most unusual.

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معماری Creative Cartography: 15 Artists Transforming Maps

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Maps aren’t just two-dimensional pieces of paper depicting the locations and geographic features of the world. They’re the basis for portraits, sculptures and clothing, and are reconstructed or reimagined by these 15 artists in the most curious ways – whether recreated solely with typography, dissected and rearranged or used to illustrate information that can be humorous or disturbing.


Map Portraits by Matthew Cusick

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Matthew Cusick cuts apart maps to create stunning collages and sculptures, including these portraits. The Dallas, Texas artist collects maps and cuts them apart according to color and shade, pasting them into these compositions on a board backing. But the particular maps chosen also have meaning in reference to the subject: “The people I construct out of maps represent certain ideas and moments in time that resonate deeply with me,” he says. “The maps I choose for each work relate to that person’s timeline and history. I’ll use these maps as a surrogate for paint but also as a way to expand the limits of representational painting. Each map fragment is employed both as a brush stroke and a unit of information. The human form acts as a matrix in which inlaid maps from different places and times coalesce into a narrative.”

Head Sculpture by Nikki Rosato

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Delicately interwoven like veins, the tiny green, blue and red strips of maps used to create these incredible sculptures are molded around a packing tape form to create a three-dimensional shape. Artist Nikki Rosato removes the land masses, leaving nothing but the roads and rivers behind, reinforcing the paper with wire as necessary. Rosato told Wired UK: “Through the removal of the land masses, the places almost become ambiguous since all of the text is lost. Unless someone really knows the roads and highways, it is almost impossible to identify the place.”

Census Maps of Dating Keywords

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Touching and, at times, hilarious, these keyword maps by R. Luke Dubois associate each town with the terms most often used by locals to describe themselves and their desired partners on their online dating profiles. Dubois joined 21 dating websites and analyzed the language used in 21 million profiles to come up with the data, which was then displayed on maps. Chicagoans say things like “prankster”, “pizza”, “smoker” and “synagogue” while Central Texans are all about “churches”, “boundaries”, “barbecue” and “Madonna” – the latter presumably referring to the Virgin, not the pop star.

The World by Paula Scher

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The names of countries, cities and geographical features like deserts and mountains make up the hand-painted text-based map entitled ‘The World’ by artist Paula Scher. “The World is a painting about information overload. It depicts the world as swirling information that is always changing, often inaccurate, while somewhat illuminating. It is expressionistic information.”

Map Roadways by Matthew Cusick

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Also by Matthew Cusick are these beautiful maps of roadways that “go nowhere”, weaving and curving around the world. “Maps provided so much potential, so many layers. I put away my brushes and decided to see where the maps would take me. I think collage is a medium perfectly suited to the complexities of our time. It speaks to a society that is over-saturated with disparate visual information. It attempts to put order to the clutter and to make something permanent from the waste of the temporary. A collage is also a time capsule; it preserves the ephemera of the past. It reconstitutes things that have been discarded. A collage must rely on a kind of alchemy; it must combine ordinary elements into something extraordinary.”

Typographic World Maps

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Nothing but text – and, in some cases, dreamy splashes of watercolor paint – make up these hand-crafted world maps by Chicago-based designer Nancy McCabe. So minimalist, and yet there is so much to see – you’ll find yourself reading the names of cities which pop out with new clarity against their stark background.

3D Maps of New York Architecture

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The First Apple series by Ramón Espantaleón is a tribute to New York, particularly in light of the upcoming 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Espantaleón recreates scale models of the cities in clay, painstakingly constructing each building at 1/65 scale, before using them to cast silicone molds which can then produce recreations made of epoxy resin and polyurethane. Espantaleón, a Madrid native who lived in New York on the day the World Trade Center fell, places these pixelated city blocks onto representations of the Twin Towers.

Maps, Reorganized

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Like meaningless maps for the obsessive compulsive, these works by Armelle Caron take the components that make up a city and lay them out according to size for a more tidy-looking result. The French artist displays the original maps alongside the decontextualized shapes, also providing wooden cut-outs that can be arranged by visitors.

Map Clothing by Elisabeth Lecourt

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Elisabeth Lecourt of France created this series of children’s clothing called ‘Mapquest’, with vintage styles crafted from folded and cut maps.

Typographic Map of Chicago

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Is it any wonder that some typophiles are so obsessed? Typography, often beautiful and evocative in itself, provides the basis of yet another map, this one of Chicago, created by Axis. Thanks to the colors chosen for various elements, from afar, they look like normal maps, albeit with a bit of artistic flair in the wavy sea.

Crime Rates as Topographic Maps

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From WebUrbanist: “Who knew that San Francisco had a mountain called ‘Prostitution Peak’? Such hidden ‘landscape features’ are revealed when the city’s crime statistics are analyzed as a 3D topographic map. Data visualization engineer Doug McCune shows how the city’s notorious hills can shift according to the type of crime, from larceny and vandalism to robbery and assault.”

Patterns in Pieces of Maps

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Maine-based artist Shannon Rankin uses little discs of maps to create installations, collages and drawings “that use the language of maps to explore the connections among geological and biological processes, patterns in nature, geometry and anatomy. Using a variety of distinct styles I intricately cut, score, wrinkle, layer, fold, paint and pin maps to produce revised versions that often become more like the terrains they represent.”

Stunning Transit Maps by Zero Per Zero

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This is one transmit map that you’d likely be more than happy to frame and hang on your wall. Seoul graphic designers Zero Per Zero create colorful abstract compositions of the metro systems in Tokyo, Osaka, New York City and other cities around the world.

Map Dresses & Money Maps by Susan Stockwell

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UK artist Susan Stockwell uses maps to craft stunningly detailed dresses, often with political implications; the dress on the left is ‘Empire Dress’, a Victorian style created with maps of the British Isles, while the right-hand ‘Highland Dress’ depicts a traditional Scottish style made with maps of the Highlands. Stockton also creates ‘money maps’ including ‘America is an Imperial State’, left, made with Chinese yuan, and ‘Afghanistan – A Sorry State’, made with American dollars.

Map Collages & Sculptures by Chris Kenny

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Chris Kenny fashions scraps of maps into complex three-dimensional forms, reducing entire continents to strange shapes hung on a wall or turning flat images of the world into globes. Kenny says he replaces “the cartographer’s logic with an absurd imaginative system. The roads float and interact in unlikely combinations that allow one’s mind to ricochet back and forth between disparate locations and associations.”

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معماری Waterfront Wonders: 8 Great Modern Island + Ocean Homes

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When it comes to waterfront property, the beautiful views demand wide open spaces and most architects take a minimalist approach in order to prevent taking attention away from the stunning natural spaces. While there are ample excellent examples modern home designs these days, it seems these naturally stunning locations demand modernist design techniques more than any other location type.



Norwegian Coastal Cabin

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Simple, modern and open in all directions, this one-story coastal cabin, designed by the aptly named Fantastic Norway architecture firm, is a perfect place to relax and enjoy the panoramic views of the Norwegian coastline. The design is not only eye catching, it is also functional, providing a selection of wind-protected alcoves to enable visitors to enjoy spending time outside without risking their comfort.

Stealth Stone Summer House

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Another Norwegian beauty, this stone home by Jarmund/Vigsnæs was legally required to blend in with its surroundings in order to even get a permit. Fortunately, designers went beyond the basic requirements and created a strikingly stealth home that brilliantly blends stone, wood and glass.

Cliffhanger Beach Villa

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Set just off the shores of Peru, this stunning vacation villa by Longhi Architects blends stone masonry foundations and ultra-modern upper-stories and seems to simultaneously stand out and blend in with the jagged rock formations below.

Slaughterhouse Beach Cliff House

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Seamlessly blending Eastern and Western design methods, this Malibu beach home by Olsen Kundig Architects is incredibly open.  The stunning design allows residents to enjoy the amazing views of the Pacific without standing out too much on the gorgeous rocky coastline.

Home With Over 100 Windows

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When a plot of land offers views that stretch from Santa Catalina Island to the Santa Monica Bay, the last thing a home needs is too many walls obstructing the scenery. Fortunately, architect Steven Kent understood the value of this scenery and designed this ultramodern home to be as open as possible –with over 100 windows to enjoy the amazing views.

Canadian Island Cabin

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The clever use of angles in this design by Agathom Architects help this cabin appear small from the outside and expansive on the inside. The expansive living room opens up to a library, kitchen, dining room and patio, all of which offer stunning views from massive windows.

Zen Lake House

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This U-shaped house just outside of Stockholm provides beautiful views of the outside lake from every room. Fire, air, water, and earth are all incorporated into the design by WRB Architects, allowing the residents to relax and feel at peace with their surroundings.

Drop Off House

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Most waterfront houses are serene places to relax and enjoy nature, but this cliff-top house designed by KA Architects was created for someone with a morbid sense of humor. While the house does have a view of the water, the built-in diving board that leads to nothing but the rocks below.

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معماری H is For Historic: 2 Incredible 19th Century Alphabets

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Every generation has had its own unique brand of art and its own ways of teaching children. These incredible occupational alphabets from the mid-19th century are an amusing intersection of the two. Printed specifically for the purpose of helping children remember the alphabet, these pamphlets are full of lovely art and the type of cultural references that are simply priceless to anyone who enjoys unusual glimpses into American history.

A Was an Archer, or a New Amusing Alphabet for Children, 1843

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The idea behind these occupational alphabets was to give children familiar words by which to remember the letters of the alphabet. They are, perhaps, not as effective as the teaching aids we employ today – but they certainly make for some interesting reading.

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Most modern parents would not think of teaching their children with examples like “R was a robber, and hung as you can see” or “D was a drunkard, and had a red face.” By the standards of the late 19th century, however, these amusing little couplets were perfectly appropriate for children.

Occupational Alphabet, 1850

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The second set of occupational alphabet drawings are in color and feature even more intricate woodcut art. Most of the letters include several examples of occupations, giving an unusual glimpse into what life must have been like 150 years ago.

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Because these words had to be familiar enough for the children reading the pamphlets to recognize immediately, the occupations featured in the pamphlets had to be well-known household words. How many children today would know what a wharfinger, fishmonger or cooper is?

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As pointed out at the source of these images, the occupations mentioned in these educational aids highlight just how much the world has changed in this relatively brief amount of time. Several of these jobs simply do not exist any longer.

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According to Ptak Science Books, only seven of the 59 professions mentioned here are completely defunct today, with the remainder still functioning in some way – not a bad percentage for professions which were commonplace more than 150 years ago.

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The art itself is exceptionally interesting, giving a look into the fashion and work environments of the 19th century. For woodcuts which have been enlarged from their original 5″ height, the detail is stunning.

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Much like the educational primers that would follow generations later, these little alphabet learning aids used rhymes and a bit of humor to keep children interested and help them remember the important facts.

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It would be interesting to know whether teaching aids like this actually helped children to remember the alphabet or whether they spent most of their time looking at the pictures (like we have).

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Particularly note-worthy is the “Y” in this alphabet, with a young man learning the trade of yeoman to earn his own keep – something which would never be suggested today.

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معماری All Azure: The Monochromatic City of Chefchaoen, Morocco

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Morocco is renowned for its colors, with its cities awash in vivid shades of red, purple, green and gold. But things are a little different in Chefchaoen, a town in the northwest nestled among the Rif Mountains. Take a stroll through Chefchaoen’s streets and you’ll be hard-pressed to find something that isn’t painted a particular shade of blue.
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Chefchaoen, founded in 1471, was once a refuge of Jews and converted Christians of Muslim heritage. They sought refuge in the safety of these mountains after the Spanish Reconquista in medieval times, a period in which Christian kingdoms retook Muslim-controlled areas of the Iberian peninsula. The town was painted the powder-blue of tekhelel, a natural dye made of shellfish. In the bible, Israelites are commanded to use this dye to color one of the threads of their prayer shawl.

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Though tekhelel is no longer available and the city’s population of Jews has diminished, the tradition has carried on through the centuries. Blue pigment is sold in pots and bags throughout the city, and residents faithfully refresh the paint on their homes, flower pots, balcony railings, doors and practically everywhere else in the community. Even the interiors of many of these buildings are painted blue.

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The pigments may vary in color now, ranging from periwinkle to aqua, but the effect is no less spectacular, providing a monochromatic stage from which every other color dazzles, particularly the merchandise hung on walls outside of markets and shops.

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Of course, Chefchaouen is known for more than just its unique paint job. The city offers handicrafts that aren’t available in other areas of Morocco, such as wool garments and blankets, and is also one of the main producers of cannabis in the nation. It is often sold in great abundance at stands alongside fruits and vegetables. On holidays Chefchaouen is filled with tourists, especially the Spanish. Perhaps they’re making up for lost time, as the city was closed to European visitors until 1920.

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معماری 14 Strange, Stylish & Amazing Hotels of Great Britain

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If your mental image of ‘Jolly Old England’ and the rest of the United Kingdom is mostly full of stuffy royals, bland food and cow pastures, you’re missing out on the stunningly colorful, joyfully wacky bigger picture. In addition to its plentiful, richly varied points of interest and cultural traditions, the UK is packed with fun, hip, stylish and bizarre places to stay, from freewheeling gypsy camps to castles that will please fans of a certain boy wizard. These 15 hotels, bed & breakfasts and vacation rentals include glitzy high-fashion boutique hotels, goofy tourist traps and a few hidden gems.


Crazy Bear Hotel, Beaconsfield, England

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If over-the-top glamor and luxury is your bag, the Crazy Bear Hotel chain is where you should stay when visiting England. Fur-lined, gold-plated, chandelier-laden rooms are just the beginning; others have leather floors, mirror-tiled ceilings and tall brass bathtubs right beside the bed. Some might say they ride the line between outrageously fun and gaudy, but they’re certainly a unique experience. The Beaconsfield location is unapologetically wild in a very conservative town, located in an unassuming 15th-century building on a 60-acre farm 20 minutes from the town of Oxford and 45 minutes from London.

The Pavilion, Hyde Park, London, England

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Describing itself as a “fashion rock n’ roll hotel’, Hyde Park’s Pavilion has no qualms bragging about its many celebrity guests on its website, who have included supermodels like Karen Elson, bands like Duran Duran and Hollywood royalty like Leonardo DiCaprio. Even with its out-there themed rooms like Casablanca Nights and Honky Tonk Afro, the most amazing thing about this chic London hotel is its prices, which start at just under U.S. $100. The hotel is owned by a young brother-and-sister team who dreamed up all 30 rooms and regularly rent them out for high-profile photo shoots.

The Witchery by the Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland

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Got visions of Hogwarts dancing in your head? While there are any number of old castles converted to hotels in Great Britain, none have interiors quite as magical as those at the appropriately named ‘Witchery’ in Edinburgh. Popular with celebrities and wildly in demand, The Witchery by the Castle is as well known for its richly decorated, theatrically baroque suites as for its critically acclaimed restaurant. Book far in advance to enjoy one of the hotel’s 8 guest suites which feature ornate drapery, renaissance-style paintings, Victorian baths, fireplaces and even hidden rooms.

La Rosa Gypsy Camp, Whitby, England

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If you’re a free spirit with a sense of adventure, England’s got you covered with a number of gypsy caravan hotels including ‘La Rosa Campsite Extraordinaire’, where visitors can stay in recycled, reclaimed lodgings like gypsy wagons and circus tents. Paying tribute to the beauty and environmental sensitivity of its setting, the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, the camp uses only candles and fairy lights at night and has limited facilities like composting toilets and showers in a converted byre. “We like to hope that being green does not mean you can’t be comfy, have a laugh or eat chocolate cake,” say the owners on their website.

40 Winks, London, England

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Internationally acclaimed interior designer David Carter’s London home has long been a favored site for photo shoots, but Carter still felt as if this space, in a 1717 Queen Anne townhouse, was underutilized. So the designer decided to open two little-used guest rooms to photographers, stylists, art directors, designers, buyers, models and others in the entertainment industry who need an affordable place to crash while working in London. Like a boutique hotel without the staff, 40 Winks is a home away from home.

Hotel Fronlas, Cardiff, Wales

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Cute and modern, the Hotel Fronlas is located in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Cardiff, Wales. The owners, Eva and Owain Huw, are passionate about sustainability and have crafted their boutique hotel with careful thought for the environment as well as aesthetics and comfort. Powered with 100% green electricity with solar panels that heat up its water, the Fronlas also has organic linens and fresh flowers, and serves local organic cuisine.

Aviator Hotel, Farnborough, England

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Built in the shape of an airplane propeller, the Aviator Hotel, located at the TAG Farnborough Airport, is not kitsch but rather sleek, elegant and businesslike. The simplicity of the hotel’s design, inspired by the minimalist aesthetics of aviation, is fitting for lodgings that primarily cater to corporate clients. Eschewing the tackiness that can come with a ‘theme’, the Aviator chooses a subtler route with lots of white and old photographs of antique aircraft.

Appleton Water Tower, Sandringham, Norfolk, England

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Stay in a historic water tower, the Appleton of Norfolk, which was built in 1877 with the foundation stone laid by the Princess of Wales. You can have its rooms, including the glass-walled terrace at the top, all to yourself, enjoying open fires in the fireplaces. You can even bring your dog.

Malmaison Prison Hotel at Oxford Castle, England

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For 125 years – as recently as 1996 – guests at the Oxford Castle weren’t there voluntarily. They were prisoners. Today, travelers pay good money to spend the night locked between these walls. The Malmaison Oxford Castle Hotel has transformed what was once a dingy penitentiary to a luxurious boutique hotel full of plush linens and fresh-cut flowers. The hotel has retained the names of various sections including “C Wing”, where prisoners were once punished, “The Governor’s House” and the “Houses of Correction”.

Hotel Missoni, Edinburgh, Scotland

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The Hotel Missoni is every bit as fashionable as you’d expect from one of Europe’s top design houses, and Missoni’s iconic patterns don’t let you forget for one moment who crafted the interiors. The hotel is located just off the Royal Mile in the Old Town, and the doormen will great you in Missoni-designed kilts. The views of the city from the upper suites are quite a treat.

The Old Railway Station, Petworth, West Sus***, England

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Stay in a restored Pullman carriage or a historic railway station at the Old Railway Station Hotel in West Sus***, England. The station house offers more spacious lodgings with vaulted ceilings, while the carriage rooms are a tad tighter but just as charming.

CitizenM, Glasgow, Scotland

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Guests in Glasgow love the affordable luxury of CitizenM, which doesn’t skimp on the design details, but doesn’t cost a fortune, either. The hotel cut costs and made construction easier and more environmentally friendly by prefabricating all guest rooms, which have a futuristic feel. A red, black and white color scheme runs throughout the public areas, and large-scale works of art catch the eye in various rooms. In the spirit of ‘belonging to the locals’, CitizenM placed a large steel grate street-side which bears the record grooves to the song “I Belong to Glasgow’.

The Lighthouse, Llandudno, Conwy, Wales

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Stunningly picturesque, the Lighthouse Hotel in Llandudno offers the kind of scenery for which Wales is famous – old stone structures, emerald grass and craggy cliffs overlooking the sea. The lighthouse was built in 1862 from limestone and massive quantities of Canadian pitch pine, and was in use until 1985. Stay in the Keeper’s Hall, a dramatic nautically-themed room with pine panelling and a captain’s wheel, or the even more beautiful Lamp Room, which the optic once occupied before it was removed.

The House in the Clouds, Thorpeness, Suffolk, England

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It’s the epitome of cozy English Country style – dozens of feet up in the air. The House in the Clouds was once a plain old water tower but was remodeled into a vacation rental with what looks like a conventional farmhouse perched on the top. With 5 bedrooms, 3 baths and a high-ceilinged great room overlooking the Thorpeness Golf Course, this rental is perfect for families and large groups.

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Long designed with bland respectability in mind, banking institutions have rarely been places to find dazzling architecture and interior design. But if you think that’s still the case in the 21st century, you haven’t seen these 13 modern banks, built and unbuilt, from Morocco to Norway. Vivid colors, eye-catching details, the latest in green technology and a sense of accessibility make these bank designs fresh and up-to-date.


Sugamo Shinkin Bank, Tokyo, Japan

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Banks aren’t exactly known for being cheerful, colorful places, but Emmanuelle Moureaux’s design for the Sugamo Shinkin in Tokyo turns the old stodgy stereotype on its head. Staggered horizontal layers of color, illuminated at night, brighten up the facade and the color scheme is continued in smaller doses inside. Three elliptical glass skylights, cut in through the second floor to the lobby, let in lots of natural daylight and also provide fresh air.

Raiffeisen Bank, Zurich, Switzerland

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You could be forgiven if you walked into the Raiffeisen Bank in Zurich and did a double take, wondering whether you accidentally wandered into a high-end retail store. Minimalist white surfaces, curving forms, mirror ball lighting and perforated images of historical residents from the local area characterize this unusual interior space, designed by NAU cooperative. “Raiffeisen’s flagship branch on Zurich’s Kreuzplatz dissolves traditional barriers between customer and employee, creating a new type of ‘open bank’, a space of encounter,” say the designers.

BMCE Bank, Rabat & Casablanca, Morocco

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Foster + Partners reinterpreted elements of traditional Moroccan architecture to give the BMCE Bank flagship branches in Rabat and Casablanca a fresh yet grounded feel. The first buildings by the firm to be completed in Africa, these banks feature bright, open interiors with stainless steel mesh screens in Islamic geometric patterns for security and shade. Each branch also has an ‘earth tube’: an electricity-free cooling system enabled by an empty pipe that encircles the building underground to draw in cool air from the earth. Dramatic skylit domes swooping down from the ceiling to join up with curving benches provide irresistible focal points.

ING House Bank, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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When viewing the ING House bank headquarters in Amsterdam, some people see a shoe shape as the architects intended while others imagine some sort of gigantic insect. But the unusual form of this building has made it a popular tourist stop and a favorite subject for architecture photographers. Meyer en van Schooten Architecten built the contoured anodized aluminum and glass structure on sixteen steel legs. Inside is a hall, an auditorium for 250, a lobby, a restaurant, meeting rooms and 160 parking spaces.

BLC Headquarters, Beirut, Lebanon

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While the mock-ups look incredibly realistic, this redesign of the BLC bank headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon has not actually been built. Architects Atelier Hapsitus submitted this proposal for a design competition and it was one of two finalists. The design remodels the old building and adds a faceted new tower that would connect with the existing one at ground level and cantilever over it at the top. This design preserves the views of the old structure, and also allows it to be removed at a later date.

Yapi Kredi Bank Academy, Istanbul, Turkey

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Turkey’s Yapi Kredi Bank comissioned this banking academy from TEGET Architectural Office, who delivered a pair of copper beams that extend horizontally from the existing complex. The design shakes up the scheme of cube-shaped structures at the bank’s headquarters, bringing in color, asymmetry and texture in the form of oxidized copper panels on the facade. The ‘void’ between the two beams is made primarily of glass with suspended platforms and stairs that are open to street level.

DnB NOR Headquarters, Oslo, Norway

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Design firm MVRDV envisions a pixelated, amorphous headquarters building for DnB NOR in Oslo, puncuated by stepped negative space. Diaphanous and pale, the design seems to shimmer, with glass offering both views of the city from inside and a counterpoint to the stone skin which lends solidity to the structure. Construction is currently underway on the building which contains 2,000 flexible work spaces and a panoramic 140-seat meeting space on the top level.

Middlefart Savings Bank, Fyn, Denmark

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Low and angular with 83 prism-like skylights peeking up from its roof, the Middlefart Savings Bank headquarters in Fyn, Denmark reflects the shapes and colors of the ships and sailboats that it looks out upon in the harbor. The roofscape lets in light, defines the geometric design theme of the building and provides a view of the building while also shading the interior from harsh direct sunlight.

Saxo Bank Headquarters, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Danish architecture firm 3XN gave Saxo, a Denmark-based online bank, a stunning headquarters featuring a striped glass facade and a spiraling stairway that serves as the structure’s architectural heart. The end walls of the two blocks that make up the building face toward the canal. The interior is transparent and open with a glass-roofed atrium.

BBVA Headquarters, Madrid, Spain

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Set for construction on the outskirts of Madrid, the BBVA headquarters will resemble a slice of a sphere set among a new block of offices, commercial buildings and residences. Architects Herzog & de Meuron plan to weave irrigated gardens and alleyways between the three-story buildings “like a carpet” to create a cool, moist microclimate, giving each workspace a “green view”. The disc-shaped tower is ‘cut out’ of the horizontal design, leaving behind an open plaza, and will contain offices with views of the city and the Sierra of Madrid.

Bendigo Bank Headquarters, Sydney, Australia

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Bendigo Bank’s headquarters in Sydney, Australia juts out dramatically into the street, peppered with colorful performated aluminum sunscreens that give its facade a quirky and fun feel. The exterior of the building was designed by BVN Architects and Gray Puksand to respond to the individual orientation of each facade, and the colors incorporate both the reds of surrounding brick buildings and the greens of a nearby park. With an underfloor air conditioning system, a blackwater treating system and other environmental considerations, the building has been given a 5 star green rating.

Deutsche Bank Towers, Frankfurt, Germany

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The twin towers of Deutsche Bank, which have become an iconic part of the Frankfurt skyline since they were first built in 1983, got a green renovation in recent years, transforming them with a new glass facade that glitters in the sunlight. The changes made to the building enabled the bank to cut down its energy use by half, reduce its water consumption by 70 percent and slash its CO2 emissions by nearly 90 percent.

Bank of Choice, Englewood, Colorado

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Is that a flying saucer? Perhaps the house from Sleeper got up and walked away in the middle of the night. No, it’s the Bank of Choice headquarters in Englewood Colorado, designed by Charles Deaton in 1965. While far older than most of the buildings on this list, this structure still stands out as daringly modern when most banks have retained staid, institutional looks.

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معماری Bridges to Go: 12 Temporary, Movable and Mobile Structures

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While other bridges just go up and down or stay stationary, these 12 remarkable structures unfurl, tilt, rotate, drop down below the surface of the water and even lay and remove bridges at the push of a button – and then zoom away. These architectural feats include both innovative land-based bridges that move and jaw-dropping mobile military bridge vehicles.


M60A1 Armored Vehicle Landing Bridge

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Armed forces advance across uneven terrain, suddenly coming upon a chasm that their vehicles just can’t cross. What to do? Deploy the awesome M60A1, a vehicle-launched mobile bridge that can span nearly 60 feet. This folding portable bridge is transported by a tank and scissors out to its full length with the help of a hydraulic system.

Custom LEGO Bridge Vehicle

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A custom LEGO vehicle by Peer Kreuger called the Stilzkin EXT3 Bridge Launcher mimics real military designs like the MTU-72. It first deploys a bridge that it carries on its back, arching it across a chasm; then it crosses the bridge and moves aside so other vehicles can pass. The bridge is then retracted and re-loaded.

Rolling Bridge by Thomas Heatherwick

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Unfurling gracefully from a wheel-like octagon to a flat, usable bridge, this elegant creation by designer Thomas Heatherwick was installed at London’s Paddington Basin in 2004. The eight hinged sections include hydraulic cylinders concealed in vertical posts; the bridge curls until its two ends join to let boats pass.

Hedge Passage: Bruggenhoofd Chabot

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Why do something so simple and boring as cutting a hole through a hedge for a passage, when you could build a temporary portable bridge instead? Bruggenhoofd Chabot was also, unsurprisingly, based on armored military vehicles; it created a shortcut from the street to the garden of the Chabot Museum in Rotterdam.

Inflatable Ball Bridge

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What’s the military to do when a gap is just too broad to span with a conventional bridge vehicle? Inflate a bunch of balls and top them with sections of road, of course. The Lightweight Modular Causeway System was first tested in 2010 and may be used for earthquake response when other structures are damaged.

Portable Bridge Sculpture by Helene Brandt

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Sculptor Helene Brandt produces designs heavily inspired by urban architecture, and bridges in particular. The Portable Bridge, completed in 1983, calls to mind a Victorian version of today’s mobile bridge vehicles, with two rolling wheels and a long extension that can function as a walkway over water.

Russian MTU-72 Armored Bridgelayer

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Trenches and water obstacles won’t stop the MTU-72, an armored bridgelayer introduced by the Soviet Army in 1974. Based on a medium-sized battle tank, this design folds out a horizontal cantilevered bridge, as opposed to a vertical bridge that could easily be spotted by the enemy from far away. It can span a gap of nearly 60 feet and takes just 3 minutes to deploy.

Swing Bridge on the River Tyne

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Rather than pulling up vertically, like most bascule-style drawbridges, the Swing Bridge over the River Tyne in England rotates from its position spanning the river into a vertical position on its own artificial concrete island, allowing boats to pass on either side.  There are many similar swing bridges in use throughout the world, including Government Bridge across the Mississippi River and the Pyrmont Bridge of Sydney, Australia.

Gateshead Millennium Tilt Bridge

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When lowered, the Gateshead Millennium on the River Tyne in England features a curving span for pedestrians and cyclists, supported by cables running from an arch overhead. But when it needs to move aside in order to let ships and boats up to 82 feet tall to pas beneath it, it rotates 40 degrees, taking just about 4.5 minutes to reach its full extension. It’s been nicknamed the “Blinking Eye Bridge” for its appearance during this maneuver.

Corinth Canal Submersible Bridge

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Let’s just say that a really, really, unbelievably tall ship needs to pass through a waterway. So tall, that a traditional drawbridge just wouldn’t cut it. A submersible bridge, like the Corinth and Isthmia Bridges that cross the Corinth Canal in Greece, actually drops down over 26 feet beneath the surface of the water so that boats can pass over rather than under the deck.

Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge

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Insanely long, the LEGUAN Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge can span up to 85 feet, and multiple units can be used to create even longer tandem bridging. It’s fully automatic with electronic controls and it takes just a single operator to lay the bridges in less than five minutes. With a few pieces of extra equipment, it can even be turned into a ferry.

Amphibious Floating Bridge and Ferry System

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Other military bridgelayers have to deploy their bridges and then cross them with their own vehicles to get to the other side, but what if they could just zoom right into a body of water? This floating bridge developed by the Indian army can travel on land or in water, using massive flotation devices to keep it aloft so that other vehicles can cross.

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معماری Painting with Light: 15 Long-Exposure Light Art Photos

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Words, ghostly forms and streaks of ethereal light take shape when photographers move a light source around in a frame while taking a long-exposure image. Variously known as light art, light graffiti, light drawing or light painting, this art form can involve glow sticks, flashlights, small LED lights, illuminated toys, sparking steel wool – even rockets and iPads.


Abandoned Garage by Andy Hemingway

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Ribbons of eerie, phosphorescent blue light pour over gritty urban surfaces in this series, captured in an abandoned Houston parking garage by photographer Andy Hemingway.

Lily Lighting by Andrew Nourse

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For a series called Shining Light on Cancer, Andrew Nourse took a 30-second exposure of a pink lily, painting streaks of light around it.

Green Rocket by Steve Jurvestson

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A glowing night rocket with 24 blinking multicolor LED lights, shot up into the air and photographed in a long exposure, resulted in this highly unusual work by Steve Jurvetson. The photographer says that the image was actually a result of “my high-power rocket suffering a fairly catastrophic failure.”

Tagging with Lights by Apai Biszign

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No property damage here… light tags are a temporary phenomenon that can only be viewed in a completed long exposure. With a fisheye lens, Malaysian photographer Apai Biszign demonstrates an ‘outline stroke’ from an unusual perspective.

Red Orb by DaMongMan

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This light painting photo demonstrates how objects can be ‘drawn’ into a scene by repeatedly sketching them into the air with a light during the exposure.

Blue & Red by Philip Bitnar

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Light painting can produce really cool results even when you’re just learning. Philip Bitnar captured this blue and red image in his very first experiment.

Christmas #30 by Kevin Dooley

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Abstract compositions are Kevin Dooley’s specialty, as he demonstrates in this image named Christmas #30. Such precise lines, resembling a computer-generated image, are the result of a steady and practiced hand.

Angel Sunrise by Andrew Nourse

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Another ordinary object is turned surreal with the use of moving lights in Angel Sunrise, another from Andrew Nourse’s series Shining Light on Cancer.

Ala Moana by Kyle Nishioka

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Multi-colored lights on the end of a wand or string can be spun around in ever-growing circles to create an image like this one, by Kyle Nishioka.

Light Dressing by Simon Peckham

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An unusual light source created the cool rainbow effect in this image by Simon Peckham: an iPad. As the model stood still, Peckham – dressed in dark clothing and holding the iPad with a brightly colored image on the screen – ran around her during the exposure.

Kuro! by Joey

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Another fun (though somewhat dangerous) trick is to burn steel wool and spin it around, which will produce flying sparks.

Showing Some Tricks by DaMongMan

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Photographer DaMongMan demonstrates some of the different effects that are possible with light painting, all in one photo.

If My Thoughts Were Light by Joel Montes de Oca

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Joel Montes de Oca sat on a bed holding a flashlight, which he spun around in the air above him, to achieve this effect.

Wings by VFS Digital Design

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LED flashlights and a lightsaber turn a solitary man in a dark room into a mysterious winged being.

Kapiolani Park by Kyle Nishioka

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Twilight can be a great time to try light painting, since the scene is light enough to illuminate the background and any figures in the shot, but the moving lights are still highly visible.

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معماری Buzz Cool: 10 Shockingly Creative Power Strip Concepts

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Going unplugged might be good for musicians but for the rest of us, not so much. These 10 shockingly creative electric power strip concepts pick up where bland & boring store-bought outlet bars leave off, and in the process add a cooler buzz to our increasingly plugged-in lives.



Movable Power

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Movable Power is a furniture-friendly power strip design that works with your home décor instead of the other way around. As designer Jeff Carter puts it, “This power strip allows you to change the strip, not your space.”

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Bend it, shape it, any way you want it – with apologies to the 60s group The American Breed, who would be an excellent choice when Movable Power television commercials are made. Carter’s design is certainly flexible enough, though it’s hard to conceive of a furniture layout that would require a power strip formed into an “S” shape… perhaps a crowded college dorm room or a bachelor pad at the Robot Arms.

PowerSquid Surge3000 Calamari Edition

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Unless you’ve been traumatized by watching the Alien flicks, you’ll love the PowerSquid. A power strip that thinks outside the bar, the flagship model Surge3000 Calamari Edition boasts an innovative design as well as an awesome name… though “Electric Cthulhu” comes a close second.

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With an 8-ft long power cord at one end and a half-dozen flexible outlets (2 of which glow neon blue) at the other, the PowerSquid will keep your precious electronic devices safely connected though it might just haunt your dreams in the process.

Powramid E-900 Series

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You say you’re a Cairo-maniac wanting to add a little pyramid power to your pharaonic pad? Don’t call for mummy; get yourself a few Powramid E-900 series surge protector power strips! Kreative Power designed the E-900 series with 6 widely-spaced outlets, an illuminated ON/OFF switch, a safety switch cover and a low-profile AC plug. The wide, rounded base adds stability – how often does YOUR power bar tip over on its side?

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The Powramid E-900 series consists of four models: E-900H, E-900S, E-900L, and the E900S311-C1. The latter is a limited edition model that comes in green or pink as opposed to the usual black or white… hey, they had me at “limited edition”.

Multi-Tab Power Strip

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Dontcha just hate having to remove one plug from a loaded-up power strip hidden waaay behind the sofa or whatever, and you yank on the cord hoping the plug pops out, and it doesn’t, and you end up yanking the whole bar and causing mass mayhem? Yep, me too, but Korean designer Soon Mo Kang actually went out and addressed the problem instead of whining and moaning. His solution? The Multi-Tab Power Strip.

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This modular power bar has built-in levers for each module: press the tab and your chosen plug (and ONLY your chosen plug) pops right out. The concept is engineered to be sold one block at a time, allowing you to effectively build your own power bar according to your needs. Is a single-outlet power strip still a power strip, or are we getting too metaphysical?

E-Ball Multiplug Connector

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If slim, thin & stealthy power bars are your “goal”, then the E-Ball Multiplug Connector from Mashallah Design won’t score any bonus points. On the other hand, it’s easy to get a kick out of this 12-outlet paragon of polygons… but don’t kick it, OK?

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This odd “powerball” may be a winning concept but for the time being, a concept is all it is: Mashallah Design hasn’t cashed in the way they would if the E-Ball Multiplug Connector could be bought at Wal-Mart. Then again, this really isn’t a typical Wal-Mart design, now is it?

Swivel Socket Power Strip

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The Swivel Socket Power Strip may have only 5 outlets but so what? This thing looks too good to even use for its intended purpose. As a pure concept and – so far – a one-of-a-kind design and engineering exercise, the Swivel Socket Power Strip seamlessly melds form with function.

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Designed by Cyber Demon for a student design competition (he gets my vote!), the bar features individual, turret-like outlets that are color-coded and rotate 180-degrees to help reduce plug crowding. Adding to the overall retro look are dials that rotate and lock in a symbol indicating what type of device is being serviced by each outlet.

Pivot Power Flexible Power Strip

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Unlike a lot of concept power strip designs, you can actually buy the Pivot Power Flexible Power Strip. With 6 adjustable outlets, any plug fits without horning in on its neighbor – even chunky transformer plugs that usually hog a pair of adjacent outlets.

Here’s a quick advertorial video showing off the Pivot Power Power Strip… is that redundant?

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The Pivot Power Flexible Power Strip is no one-trick pony, either. It’s opposite end terminates in a flathead plug ideal for use behind file cabinets, desks, bookcases and the like. Since most rooms contain furniture, why shouldn’t your power bar be designed to work with reality?

ElectroMan Surge Protector

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Some guys love their ElectroMan Surge Protector, others, well, maybe “love” isn’t quite the word… not that there’s anything wrong with that. Looking to add some “manpower” to your in-house electric grid? Look no further than this charmingly articulated power distributing dude who comes in black or white… just like us!

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ElectroMan may sound like some sort of superhero (and expect Hollywood to conduct a screenplay search any day now) but he’s really a friendly li’l feller. Check out that mild smile and the indicator light positioned right over his heart… awww!

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Of course, cute doesn’t cut it with some folks who might wonder how ElectroMan can tolerate constant high voltage streams passing through his body. In the mod above, the modder assumes he can’t.

Lego O’Block

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The Lego O’Block is from France, which is notable in and of itself – a French high-tech component, sacre bleu! Get past its Gallic charm and you’ve got what appears to be an oversized, radioactive LEGO brick. I don’t know about you, but THAT’s the thing I want to plug all my personal electronics into!

Power Strip Svintus

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If you’re going to design a radical power strip, why not go hog wild? Russian artist and designer Artemy Lebedev did exactly that with the bizarre 17-snouted Power Strip Svintus. In some dark and disturbing future we may actually have living, breathing power-strip pigs but until that far-off day arrives, content yourself with the Power Strip Svintus.

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Check out the Art Lebedev website to view a neat image-fest documenting “the making of” Svintus… and be aware that no actual pigs were harmed in the process.

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Appearances aside, the Power Strip Svintus is no power hog. I’m not sure what that even means but it had to said anyway. What it IS, is the kind of device that’ll impress your GF (“Oh, it’s sooo cute!”) and your buds (“Dude, is that thing genetically engineered??”) You want it… I know it, you know it, and doubtless the Power Strip Svintus knows it.

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You might think power strips and surge protectors (not to mention power strip surge protectors) are basic, blase, utilitarian household appliances writ small, and you’d be wrong. Why put up with dull design when your essential everyday electronics are literally on the line? Why indeed… and as can be seen above, the answer is you no longer have to.

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معماری Concrete Islands? An Incredible Vision for Venice

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Venice is sinking, and the city of canals is in dire need of solutions that can help it survive. This isn’t one of them. Architecture firm Bam! has envisioned a fantasy future in which residents shrug their shoulders and accept the inevitable, creating bowl-shaped concrete islands that enable them to carry on despite the fact that their beloved historic buildings are slipping below the surface of the water.

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These new artificial islands float freely in the canals, offering space for gardens, art shows, concerts and parties. Seemingly meant to allow Venetians and visitors alike to simply enjoy the changing city despite the onset of deterioration and decay, the islands seek to embrace the water rather than to fight it.

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“If, urged by curiosity, you were to go and visit one of those places, it would seem to you as though you are resting in a softened space, far from the frenzy of the city and the shuffling of tourists, far from the souvenir stalls and the cruise ships,” says the design firm. “It would seem to you to be present in a room enveloped by tree-lined walls and looking at the city’s buildings and at the sky – most of all at the sky – as though from a cradle.”

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“It’s as though you can see a new part of Venice that lives in its reflection, a sort of third level from which to admire the city from below. But if you look from the paving on the bank, the scenery on the water does not seem to have changed; the new part of Venice is as though hidden in itself.”

At least, until the pavement is submerged, and then you’re out of luck.

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معماری 18 Examples of Amazing Long-Exposure Photography

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Streaks of light, trailing stars, smoothly swirling water, surreal color gradients and stretched wisps of cloud – all of these effects are possible using a long-duration shutter speed when taking a photograph. Long exposures are created by placing the camera on a tripod and leaving the camera’s shutter open for an extended period of time, which captures the stationary elements of the scene in sharp detail but blurs the elements that move.


STATIC by Maxxsmart

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San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge is nearly swallowed up by incoming fog in this incredible long exposure shot captured by Flickr user ‘maxxsmart’, who says, “Though I had a chance to see about 10 strikes throughout the bay, this is the only image I came away with that featured the bridge, fog, lightning, and the bright glow of the moon. There is no digital trickery here…. What you see is what it was. The long exposure enabled me to capture two strikes, and the moon lit the fog blanket perfectly.”

Casa Loma by Paul Bica

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The combination of infrared photography and a long expsure turned Toronto’s Casa Loma into an eerie sight in this daytime shot by Paul Bica.

Kundalini Bonfire by Dennis Calvert

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Incredibly surreal, this long exposure photograph by Dennis Calvert also features a technique known a ‘light painting‘, in which artificial light is moved around in the scene during the exposure. An electrical wire taped to a stick, plus a flashlight, achieved this effect – without the need for any digital trickery.

Elakala Waterfalls Swirling Pool

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Water is a common subject for long-exposure photos because leaving the shutter open for a few seconds or even a few minutes highlights the water’s movement, giving it a misty quality. This 30-second shot blurred the waterfall in the background and captured an interesting spinning effect in the foreground as debris made lazy circles in a pool.

Dune Blazers by Alisdair Miller

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“This was shot just outside Dubai where people gather at the weekend and race up and down this massive dune named ‘Big Red’”, says photographer Alisdair Miller.

Traveling Stars by Dhilung Kirat

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A long exposure can capture the movement of the stars in the sky, such as in this photograph of Kalinchowk in Nepal. Photographer Dhilung Kirat used light painting to make it seem as if the tower in the foreground is the source of the light.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeel! by Guillame Vigoreaux

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A ferris wheel at a carnival becomes an abstracted shape in this long exposure photograph by Guillame Vigoreaux.

A Haunted Trail by Joshua Debner

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The combination of clouds and stars moving across the sky, placed behind an abandoned home, make this photo by Joshua Debner extra-eerie. “This is around a 30 minute exposure stacked with 1 minute exposures. As you can see it was a little bit of a foggy/cloudy day, but I think it helped make the photo interesting.”

You’re My Boy Blue by Geraint Rowland

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Another example of light painting achieves a memorable result with a long exposure and the movement of a flashlight around the scene.

Moonlight Shadow by Paul Bica

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Paul Bica captures wispy-looking clouds as they move across the sky over the North Pacific at Kawailoa Beach in Hawaii.

Pigeon Point Lighthouse by Tyler Westcott

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The annual lighting of the Pigeon Point Lighthouse near San Francisco, California was augmented by a particularly foggy night. The individual beams of light cast from the lens stand out clearly in this two-minute exposure by Tyler Westcott.

Niagara Falls by John Ryan

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“I am always looking for ways to shoot something different,” says photographer John Ryan, who took this shot of Niagara Falls.  “I had seen so many shots of the falls from the same location, and all were pretty much the same. So going out at 2am, and catching the falls with no light, and pushing a 30sec exposure ending with the result.”

Fira by Night by Ben Heine

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Though slightly digitally altered, this photograph gets most of its ambiance from a long exposure. The city of Fira, which is the capital of the Greek Aegean island Santorini, clings to the volcanic cliffs as stars twinkle in the background.

Fun in Amsterdam by Josef Stuefer

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Clearly, carnivals – with their many moving, illuminated attractions – are an ideal subject for long-exposure photography. This one turns a ferris wheel in Amsterdam into an abstract starburst.

Bursting by Julie_Berlin

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Colorful fireworks soaring into the sky become long trails of light in this award-winning photo by Flickr user Julie_Berlin.

S-Bend (II) by Te-Wei Liu

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Headlights and taillights are drawn out on a serpentine road, captured in Taiwan by Te-Wei Liu.

Untitled by Viernest

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An ordinary road suddenly seems like a futuristic Tron-like landscape when photographed in a long exposure from a moving vehicle.

Exploding Christmas Tree by Hartebeest Photography

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It takes a moment to realize that this strange image is actually that of lights on a Christmas tree.

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