– High Performance Mini Super Speed RC Buggy
– 1:32 Scale
– 2.4 GHz System
– Function: Forward, reverse, turn left/right, proportional speed, turbo.
– Built in rechargeable Lithium Polymer battery with cut-off circuit
– Up to 100 cars can race at the same time
– Accessories: Spare tires, ramp and cones included with the package
Product Features
Electric Powered (USB Rechargeable); Full Function (Go Forward and Backward, Turn Left and Right) Front Wheel Alignment!
High Performance! Reach Speeds of up to 18 MPH! Perform High Speed Stunts such as Long Jumps, Back Flips, climb inside a tube, climb out of a pail! Rear Spring Shock Absorbers
2.4 GHz remote system (Forward, reverse, turn left/right, proportional speed, turbo) – up to 100 cars can race at the same time
Cut off circuit turns off the motors when the battery is low to prevent damage to the battery by over discharging; Charging from the remote or with USB cable (provided in the package).
* 4.8V 2000 mAh NiMH Battery Pack
* Rechargeable Receiver Battery Pack for Futaba , Hitec , JR or compatible style Radio Systems.
* Made of high quality matched NiMH 4 x AA cells with hitec connector.
* Universal radio connector with 22 AWG wires
* Dimensions: 58 x 15 x 52 mm
* Weight: 0.24LB
* Use AA 2000mAh
Product Features
Rechargeable Receiver Battery Pack for Futaba , Hitec , JR or compatible style Radio Systems.
Made of high quality matched NiMH 4 x AA cells with hitec connector.
HAO’s counter proposal seeks to adaptively reuse the existing factory buildings, including the iconic Civil War-era Domino Sugar Refinery — which has defiantly held its ground amidst heavy redevelopment in surrounding areas. Not unlike SHoP’s proposal, HAO aims to regenerate these spaces into a “world-class cultural destination” that combines public and private programs.
The difference, however, is in scale. The current master plan envisions five residential towers that rise 600 feet to, according to SHoP, create “a new skyline for Brooklyn — one that relates to the height of the Williamsburg Bridge and scales down to meet the neighborhood.”
The counter proposal is a defiantly smaller scale — adapting to the average building heights of the surrounding area – reminiscent of Beijing’s 798 Art District with Bauhaus-inspired, sawtooth-like roof-scoops. “We explored possibilities that would open up the site and create a vibrant, mixed and cultural destination. We believe that, destinations like the 798 Art District and the Tate Modern, the Domino Sugar Factory has the potential to attract millions of visitors every year.”
HAO’s counter proposal captures approximately 700,000 square feet of publicly accessible gallery space (surpassing even the MoMA by 70,000 square feet). The proposal divides the site into two general zones: a green energy technology center, educational, community and hotel-driven programming are located near the south; to the north, publicly accessible private museum space, exhibition and theater space.
For now, the counter proposal is merely an alternative. HAO and local Brooklynites, however, believe that to create a sustainable and revitalized Williamsburg, the city should reconsider caving in to mega-luxury-developments.
The Cultural Landscape Foundation recently launched its newest documentary as part of the ongoing Oral History series, this time focusing on the ideas and career of Laurie Olin, a recipient of the National Medal of the Arts and one of the greatest landscape architects of our time. Olin’s influential work as a practitioner, educator and author over the past forty years has helped to guide the future of landscape architecture and shape urban life around the world.
Shot in 29 segments totaling more than 90 minutes, the documentary is multiple interviews in which Olin discusses his philosophy, life, and influences. Jumping from the OLIN studio in Philadelphia to projects at Battery Park City, Bryant Park, and Columbus Circle in New York City, the oral history includes Olin’s study and work at the University of Washington with Richard Haag, fellowships and travel in England and Italy, his professorship at the University of Pennsylvania and other significant milestones. The video also includes interviews with OLIN partners, from Lucinda Sanders to Susan Weiler and Dennis McGlade.
The series is an outgrowth of the Pioneers of American Landscape Design Project, formatted to examine each designer’s personal and professional history, their overall design philosophy and how that approach was carried out in their most emblematic projects. Richly edited, the video segments include never before seen archival footage, new photography, and on‐location videography.
“Laurie Olin is a towering and enormously influential figure in the landscape architecture profession and one of its most esteemed practitioners – an erudite thought leader, a terrific designer, and a compelling speaker,” said Charles A. Birnbaum, TCLF founder and president. “When Laurie discusses his work and influences we all go on an extraordinary and revelatory voyage that touches on fascinating moments in history, literature, art, music and design – there’s no one quite like him.”
A downloadable transcript of the complete interview is available here, as are reflections by Olin’s friends, family, colleagues, collaborators and co-workers about his life, career and legacy.
Laurie Olin is currently a professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and is the former chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects and the recipient of the 1998 Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Design Medal from the American Society of Landscape Architects in 2005. Olin is also the author of many books and has written extensively on the history and theory of landscape design.
Check out the video series here, and more about Laurie Olin here.
The Cultural Landscape Foundation is a 15-year-old non-profit foundation that provides people with the ability to see, understand and value landscape architecture and its practitioners, in the way many people have learned to do with buildings and their designers. Through its Web site, lectures, outreach and publishing, TCLF broadens the support and understanding for cultural landscapes nationwide to help safeguard our priceless heritage for future generations.
A short video featuring an HO scale auto wrecking yard. Thought that rather than try to record an entire train layout, i would try to concentrate on one modu…
http://mrhmag.com – Model Railroad Hobbyist columnist Ken Patterson presents some of Butch Eyler’s masterfully weathered HO freight cars. The video includes …
Designed to cut both 8-ply and 4-ply mat board, the 5000 features an ergonomic grip and indicator light that glows when the blade is fully engaged. The quick-change magnetic blade cartridge flips from 8-ply to 4-ply settings. Uses Logan blade 270, and is compatible with the Logan Models 301-S, 450+, 750 Simplex Plus, 700-S Simplex Studio Team systems and Adapt-a-Rules.
Product Features
Technology meets artistry with the new Logan Model 5000 8-ply mat cutter.
Designed to cut both 8-ply and 4-ply mat board
The 5000 features an ergonomic grip and an indicator light that glows when the blade is fully engage
A quick-change magnetic blade cartridge easily flips from 8-ply to 4-ply setting.
The Philadelphia Water Department wanted a 3 million gallon sewer overflow tank. Neighbors wanted maintenance of current community recreational space. Now, landscape architecture firm Andropogon has split the difference for Philadelphia residents concerned with the fate of Lower Venice Island. Using high performance landscape design, the firm has envisioned the 5-acre island between the Schuylkill River […]
After a three-month streak of positive growth, the Architecture Billings Index revealed a small dip in the demand for design services. The ABI score slid down from 54.3 in September to 51.6 in October (any score above 50 indicates an increase). AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker said that the tumultous political climate—read Government Shutdown—contributed to the […]
In a hybrid of LEGO and origami, Paper Punk has created their first boxed set of punch-and-fold, customizable paper building blocks. Urban Fold is the California-based company’s newest creation by founder Grace Hawthorne, a designer, author, and artist from San Francisco who currently teaches at Stanford University’s d.school (Institute of Design). The set gives builders […]
