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  • Legos to Church !

    • 2 May 2012
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    "The "Abston Church of Christ" is a Lego project built by Amy Hughes, a computer programmer who enjoys doing Lego projects.
    She says she once wanted to be an architect.
    "Abston" is a fictional city whose name is drawn from the type of plastic used to Make Lego pieces (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene).
    The church has hundreds of tiny Lego people sitting in it including a front row of custom selected Legos that represent real people who "attended" the dedication."

    Suggested by Sharon...Thanks !

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  • Ellora Caves, Aurangabad, India

    • 26 Apr 2012
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    • April 26 2012 Brahmanism Buddhism Ellora Caves India Jainism Temples architecture religion
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    "Covering an area more than 2 kilometers in size, the Ellora Caves are a massive and humbling tribute to faith and medieval-era workmanship in India. In fact, the term "caves" hardly does justice to the 34 Buddhist, Brahmanist and Jainist temples in Ellora, each painstakingly carved out of the mountainside and filled with delicate works of art."
    via atlasobscura.com

     

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  • Heavenly Vaults by David Stephenson

    • 21 Apr 2012
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    • April 21 2012 Cathedral Geometry Vaults architecture
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    "Vaults”  is a beautiful photo series of the intricate geometric patterns found on the ceilings of European cathedrals. The series, and companion book Heavenly Vaults, are by photographer David Stephenson.
    via laughingsquid.com

     

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  • France's Incredible Oak Chapel

    • 27 Mar 2012
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    • Ancient Chapels Churches March 27 2012 Religious Treehouses Unique architecture
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    "Located in the French farming village of Allouville-Bellefosse, this amazing oak tree is home to more than just woodland flora and fauna: its hollow, thousand-year-old trunk serves as the base for two small chapels accessible via spiral staircases that surround the tree."

    see more via all-that-is-interesting.com

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  • Stork Nest Farm : Benesov, Czech Republic

    • 7 Mar 2012
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    • Arena Czech Republic March 07 2012 Nests architecture birds
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    The Stork Nest is actually a riding arena...

    "When Design studio SGL Projeckt was hired to rennovate an old farmstead into a event and recreation center, they found the property was already in use. Since 1926, storks migrating from Africa had come back to the farm to nest in it's chiminey. Inspired by the dedication of the birds and the unassuming simplicity of their nest designs, the architects built a riding arena resembling a giant bird's nest.

    The arena, which can be used for riding but also modified quickly for presentations or events, is 34 meters in diameter and 12.5 meters tall. Built with “arced glulam timber beams covered in translucent polycarbonate and a woven nest of oak logs”, the arena can hold up to 200 people for an event, and it's organic design provides ventilation, shade, and a natural skylight."

    more via atlasobscura.com

     

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  • Breathtaking Luxury Villa in Beverly Hills...

    • 29 Feb 2012
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    • February 29 2012 architecture
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    "This luxury villa of Beverly Hills is a tasty tribute to contemporary architecture. The alchemy of the volumes, illuminated streams, the sweeping glass walls, the juxtaposition of stone and mahogany and many other elements combine to provide a full picture of magic, Where the border between dream and reality becomes very thin. It could not be otherwise, given that the house league to its origins Yechiel “Eli” Yogev, author of the Caltrans Los Angeles." 
    via oddstuffmagazine.com

     

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  • Vancouver Convention Center’s Living Roof

    • 5 Feb 2012
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    • Canada Centers Convention February 05 2012 Green Roofs Vancouver architecture
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    "Built on the original Pier B-C on Vancouver's Waterfront, the Vancouver Convention Centre first served as the Canada Pavilion for the World's Fair Expo in 1986. Since then, we've grown to become recognized as one of the leading convention centres in the world."

    via vancouverconventioncentre.com

     

    "Built over land and water on some 1,000 piles, the Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion Project was completed in late 2008. In order to ensure that the expansion and existing facility are fully integrated, a glass-walled connector links the facilities, providing delegates with exceptional harbour views as well as a seamless transition. Featuring floor-to-ceiling glass throughout the expansion, the green roof is landscaped with more than 400,000 indigenous plants and grasses from the Gulf Islands, providing natural habitat to birds, insects and small mammals. This unique ecosystem is planted over 12" of growing media, and the vegetated roof is just one of many environmental innovations included in the expansion."
     

    via greenroofs.com

     

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  • At Home in the Forest

    • 24 Jan 2012
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    • Ecology January 24 2012 Organic architecture nature
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    "There are increasing numbers of people making their own homes similar to ours. They are making some beautiful, accessable and highly functional houses. The more people who do, the more inspiration and support there will be for the next ones, as we owe ours to those who came before us."
    via simondale.net

     

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  • Ekinoid Project : Global Frontier Towns for All Environments, All People.

    • 19 Jan 2012
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    • Housing January 19 2012 Population Problem-solving Projects Towns architecture
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    Self-assembly off-the-grid towns

    "To hope to address the emerging, gigantic problems of the 21st century we need bold, gigantic-yet-simple solutions. A likely reality is a population increase to around nine billion people; and committing to new population centres - in ways that are supportable and highly efficient - will be crucial.

    Imagine self-assembling a sustainable, off-the-grid town for 10,000 people - in six months. And then doing that in 10,000 places previously considered uninhabitable ..."

    via ekinoid.com

     

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  • Obscura Digital ~ Tripping the Light Fantastic

    • 13 Jan 2012
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    • January 13 2012 Lighting Projection architecture
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