http://mrhmag.com – MRH columnist Charlie Comstock provides a number of great tips for laying MicroEngineering flex track. Part of the September 2014 issue o…
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Month: January 2015
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These are before & after images of buildings in need of enhancement and general digital clean-up. If you need Architectural photography and digital cleaning-…
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The Architecture of Happiness
The Achitecture of Happiness is a dazzling and generously illustrated journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations.One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kinds of walls, chairs, buildings, and streets that surround us. And yet a concern for architecture is too often described as frivolous, even self-indulgent. Alain de Botton starts from the idea that where we are heavily influences who we can be, and argues that it is architecture’s task to stand as an eloquent reminder of our full potential.
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Futuristic Antarctic Research System is a modular shelter for modern-day nomads
These futuristic mobile pods were designed to provide optimal living and working conditions for researchers exploring the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on Earth: Antarctica. Henry Mckenzie teamed up with his colleague Artur Kupriichuk and came up with a design for his master thesis, which envisions a modular shelter for modern-day nomads who live and work in one of the most extreme climates on the planet.
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Post tags: Antarctic research, antarctica, extreme places, futuristic home, green transportation, Henry Mckenzie, inflatable architecture, inflatable home, mobile homes, mobile pods, research station, scientific research, student design, student work, transformable architecture
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blog wunderlust: 4th August 2014
If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places.
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George Lucas announces architects for lakefront museum | Are the ‘Star’ Architects Ruining Cities? | Medellín made urban escalators famous, but have they had any impact? | David Adjaye interview: ‘I’m not always looking at the usual references’ | David Adjaye designs a new boutique for Couturiere Roksanda Ilincic | Never Too Young; 15 Librarian-Recommended Architecture Books for Young Children |
last word: Build communities, not just home units
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blog wunderlust: 4th August 2014
If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places.
Frend Kent
George Lucas announces architects for lakefront museum | Are the ‘Star’ Architects Ruining Cities? | Medellín made urban escalators famous, but have they had any impact? | David Adjaye interview: ‘I’m not always looking at the usual references’ | David Adjaye designs a new boutique for Couturiere Roksanda Ilincic | Never Too Young; 15 Librarian-Recommended Architecture Books for Young Children |
last word: Build communities, not just home units
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Not So Cookie-Cutter: These Modernist Confections Put Your Average Gingerbread House to Shame
Gingerbread houses are one of the easiest ways to get a taste of architecture, whether at an early age or later in life — we don’t judge. Of course, like any art form, there are those who take it way too far (not far enough?). Bergen,, Norway claims that their Pepperkakebyen is the largest gingerbread village, while New York’s Jon Lovitch claims that his 2.5 ton cookie city is the king. Museo Soumaya, Mexico City. Images © Henry Hargreaves. Photographer Henry Hargreaves and Food Styist Caitlin Levin have definitely taken Modernist gingerbreading to the extreme. They designed confectionary versions of iconic museums by architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Herzog + de Meuron, which were display at Dylan’s Candy Bar during Art Basel/Design Miami last year. MAXXI, Rome. The Louvre, Paris. The buildings are made form materials that match each building’s distinct character. Rather than render them in traditional gingerbread sheets with candy canes and icing, the mouthwatering models are made with a variety of sweets. For example, The Louvre is crafted form crystallized sugar glass, while Antwerp’s Museum Aan de Stroom is …
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AMA Youth Ambassador Andrew Jesky – Intro to RC Airplanes
AMA Youth Ambassador Andrew Jesky give a few basic pointers on how to get started with RC Airplanes. Everyone should start with a trainer!
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