Gorgeous Vintage and Modern Illustrations from Aldous Huxley’s Only Children’s Book by Maria Popova A brave old world of beautiful art and subtle undertones of misogyny. At Christmas time in 1944, more than a decade after the resounding success of Brave New World Aldous Huxley (July, 26 1894–November 22, 1963) penned his one and only children’s book, The Crows of Pearblossom (public library) — the story of Mr. and Mrs. Crow, whose eggs never hatch because the Rattlesnake living at the base of their tree keeps eating them. After the 297th eaten egg, the hopeful parents set out to kill the snake and enlist the help of their friend, Mr. Owl, who bakes mud into two stone eggs and paints them to resemble the Crows’ eggs. Like Gertrude Stein’s alphabet book To Do, Sylvia Plath’s children’s verses The Bed Book, and William Faulkner’s The Wishing Tree (also his only book for wee ones), it never saw light of day in Huxley’s lifetime but was published posthumously, in 1967, with stunning black-white-and-green illustrations by Barbara Cooney. Donating = Loving Share on Tumblr
CJSW - Home Actualité - MidiLibre.fr 1c47cd3209f1f74677d2b09d02c71db6 LA CONJURATION St James Plaza / ASPECT Studios Architects: ASPECT Studios Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Year: 2013 Photographs: Andrew Lloyd From the architect. A rejuvenated urban plaza is the core to improving the retail and commercial viability of this renovated 1960’s building. ASPECT Studios were engaged to develop a design that assists with rejuvenating the public realm for the building, in line with the architectural refit. The planting design for the project includes mature Magnolias as the centre piece of the landscape. The space includes formal seated areas for the retail spaces and informal areas for the local inhabitants to have lunch. * Location to be used only as a reference.
Sport : toute l'actualité sportive sur l'EQUIPE (Match en direct, Football, Rugby, Tennis, Nba, F1) Magok Central Plaza Winning Proposal / Wooridongin Architects Located in the intersection of the pedestrian axis of Festival Street within the heart of Magok city in Seoul, the competition winning proposal by Wooridongin Architects for the Magok Central Plaza weaves itself into the surrounding city. The plaza is a great traffic node since it is where the subway lines 5, 9 and Incheon Airport train cross. Its close location to Han River greenery and ecosystem aligning with the River, Jungang Park and Green Area Connectors makes it to be part of a continuous open space system. More images and architects’ description after the break. To extend the naturalistic flow of the green connecting area that traverse North and South, the pedestrian bridge was placed. By installing a bridge, the aim was not only to link two facilities (Jungang Park and the Green area connector) due to the Festival Street and also for the viewing function and streetscape characterization so that it could act as a landmark.