architecture online - arcspace is an architecture and design magazine that features today's most creative projects as well as the most influential of the past. industrial design magazine + resource / blog Posted by Kat Bauman | 11 Apr 2014 | Comments (0) Yep, it's Friday, get ready to waste some time and feel fine doing it. Skip your next Facebook break and try out the addictive game Super Planet Crash—build planetary systems, watch as they destroy themselves, collect points and think about gravitational relationships for fun! Super Planet Crash was made by Stefano Meschiari, whose real job involves real planets. As a postdoc astronomer at UT Austin and a big contributor to Seismic 2—software to aid "exploring and analyzing exoplanetary data"—Meschiari knows what's up with interplanetary intrigue. The goal: Build the most complex star system that can last for 500 years. Via Motherboard. At Holz-Handwerk we saw not only thousands of tools, but several companies creating systems to store and transport those tools. First up is OPO Oeschger. Starting with the boxes, their Comfort model is made from birch and features a lid that slides rearward into a fixed vertical position. continued...
36 Incredible Places To See On Earth From the Great Blue Hole in Belize to the Rice fields in Yunnan, China you will surely find some destinations to add to your Bucket list. Great Blue Hole, Belize Horseshoe Bend, Colorado River, Arizona (photo credit) Golden Horn, Brac Island, Croatia (photo credit) Uluru (aka Ayers Rock), Australia Alesund, Norway Volcanic Island, Aogashima, Japan (photo credit) Valley of the Ten Peaks, Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada (photo credit) Tunnel of Love – Old train tunnel in Kleven, Ukraine (photo credit) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Preachers Rock, Norway (photo credit) Tiantan Buddha at Lantau Island, Hong Kong Iguazu Falls, Border of Brazil and Argentina Manarola, Italy (photo credit) East Iceland Jade Mountain, St Lucia (photo credit) Lavender Fields, Provence, France Skaftafell, Iceland Crystal Cave Rice fields in Yunnan, China (photo credit) The Maldives (photo credit) Plitvice Lakes, Croatia (photo credit) Zakynthos, Greece (photo credit)
Outside In: Ultimate Underground Swiss Mountain Home Cavernous but wide open, dark and heavy but bright and spacious, this incredible underound house is the ultimate expression of architectural opposites fused into a single spectacular earthen living structure buried in the mountainous ground of the Swiss Alps. Rather than wrapping outward around the home, the exterior facade circles inward and faces an oval forecourt – a curved impression in the ground like the absent space left behind by a mysterious giant egg. From within, this odd opening frames amazing views of the surrounding green hills and distant white mountains as well as providing a sense of enclosure and security for residents within the home and front courtyard area – a one-sided yet stunning view as opposed to the normal full-surround sights normally expected of a mountain home. Constructed of stone and concrete, the house feels solid and safe inside and out – yet manages to have copious openings to allow natural light to flow effortlessly into every interior space.
Cutest Paw Gives You the Cutest Animal Pictures Around the World Home | Stichting Hoogbouw Design Corner > the design news archive Top 10 Underrated Cities in Europe Every year millions of tourists flock to popular European cities like London, Paris, Barcelona, Rome and Milan. The average tourist knows all about the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the great shopping in Milan or Buckingham Palace in London, but there are plenty of beautiful European cities that are off the radar for most tourists. If you want a unique holiday that includes some of the less talked about places in Europe, here is our pick of Europe’s ten most underrated cities that don’t get their fair share of the limelight: 10. Bratislava, Slovakia When it comes to beautiful cities in Eastern Europe, the gorgeous city of Prague normally steals the limelight from the lesser-known city of Bratislava in Slovakia. 9. The Turkish metropolis of Istanbul lies at the crossroads between two continents, where Asian and European cultures harmoniously merge into one fascinating and definitely underrated city. 8. 7. Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, has a troubled past. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.
Home | Casla 34 Lost Cities Forgotten by Time It’s hard to imagine how an entire city can get lost but that’s exactly what has happened to the lost cities on this list. There are actually many reasons why a city has to be abandoned. War, natural disasters, climate change and the loss of important trading partners to name a few. Whatever the cause, these lost cities were forgotten in time until they were rediscovered centuries later. 34Carthage Located in present-day Tunisia, Carthage was founded by Phoenician colonists and became a major power in the Mediterranean. See also: Tunisia Guide 33Ciudad Perdida Ciudad Perdida (Spanish for “Lost City”) is an ancient city in Sierra Nevada, Colombia, believed to have been founded around 800 AD. See also: Colombia Guide 32Troy Troy is a legendary city in what is now northwestern Turkey, made famous in Homer’s epic poem, the Iliad. See also: Turkey Guide 31Skara Brae Located on the main island of Orkney, Skara Brae is one of the best preserved Stone Age villages in Europe. 30Memphis 29Caral 28Babylon
Actueel Precariously Leaning Towers of the World "QUANTUM SHOT" #772 Link - article by Simon Rose and Avi Abrams The World’s Other Leaning Towers (apart from the one in Pisa) Many people are familiar with the Leaning Tower of Pisa, one of the most famous buildings in the world. (image via) However, there are many other leaning towers around the world, and we take a look at some of them here on Dark Roasted Blend. Apart from the one in Pisa, Italy is home to a number of other leaning towers, many located in Venice. (images via 1, Luigi Re) This campanile itself dates from 1544 and is part of Venice’s 14th century Chiesa di Santo Stefano (below left). (images credit: Olafur Olafsson, Howard Somerville) In medieval Bologna, the city’s leading families built many towers, of which only a few survive today. (images via) The Torre delle Milizie in Rome was completed around 1280. (images credit: Aldo Ferretto, Peter Bardwell, 3) There are many legends attached to the Church of St. (images credit: Jill Coleman, Cherington) (images via 1, 2)
De ecokathedraal van Louis le Roy in Mildam