Interior by Felipe Hess and Renata Pedrosa
Simple shelves with just horizontal elements.
Invisible House by Peter Stutchbury Architecture
The roof cantilevers 4m and is filled with water, to reflect the sky and thus make the house ‘invisible’ from the west.
Scholar’s Library
Architects: GLUCK+
Location/Year: Olive Bridge, New York State USA / 2004
Photograph: Paul Warchol
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Schedvin on We Heart It - http://weheartit.com/entry/58522243/via/creamysiteoflife
Hearted from: http://theclassyissue.com/post/43261455713
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Irish Sky Garden Crater by James Turrell
The design is based on a birthing scenario, where visitors walk through the dark tunnel into the light.
The Largest Trees on Earth - California’s Disappearing Redwoods
When gold was discovered in north-western California in 1850, thousands crowded the remote redwood region in search of riches and new lives. Failing in efforts to strike it rich in gold, these men turned toward harvesting the giant trees for booming development in San Francisco and other places on the West Coast. These trees are the tallest and one of the most massive tree species on Earth. The size of the huge trees made them prized timber, as redwood became known for its durability and workability. By 1853, nine sawmills were at work in Eureka, a gold boom town established three years prior due to the gold boom. At that period of time, redwood forest covered more than 2,000,000 acres of the California coast.
After many decades of unobstructed clear-cut logging, serious efforts toward conservation began. In 1918, the Save-the-Redwoods League was founded to preserve remaining old-growth redwoods. By the time Redwood National Park was created in 1968, nearly 90% of the original redwood trees had been logged. Today there is only 133,000 acres of redwood forest left.
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Nostalgic Bulbs by Bulbrite
Meticulously handcrafted to preserve the look of early 20th-century lighting, recognized for their defined steeple and intricate filament design.
international centre for the arts jose de guimarães by pitagoras arquitectos
Charcoal grey
Sometimes, charcoal grey can make just as much of an impact as deep, dark black, but with a slightly softer effect.
