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London-Based Illustrator Edward Luper’s 36 Views of the BT Tower
In the early 1830s, Katsushika Hokusai created 36 Views of Mt. Fuji. Images from the series would go on to becomes some of the most iconic images Japan has ever produced, their vast reach and influence being almost impossible to … Continue reading
Little Amal the giant puppet’s London itinerary has been revealed | Time Out
Written by Rhian Daly Monday 9 August 2021 Join the nine-year-old refugee on her London adventure Little Amal, a 3.5-metre-tall puppet of a nine-year-old girl, is doing something most humans couldn’t manage after 18 months on the sofa: walking 8,000km … Continue reading
Orange Cube – Wikipedia
The Orange Cube is a design showroom and office building in the La Confluence quarter of the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, France.[1] Designed by the Paris-based architectural firm Jakob + MacFarlane,[2] the building is best known for its orange color … Continue reading
Illinois Adventure #1308 “Cahokia Mounds”
[8 Mar 2014] The remains of the most sophisticated prehistoric native civilization north of Mexico are preserved at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. Within the 2,200-acre tract, located a few miles west of Collinsville, Illinois, lie the archaeological remnants of … Continue reading
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Footage of “sinister” police raid on Antepavilion building triggers anger
Organisers of the annual Antepavilion architecture charity competition have released footage of police storming their building and arresting staff ahead of the opening of the rooftop tensegrity structure targeted in the raid. CCTV footage shows more than 40 officers streaming into … Continue reading
China’s competition for living space | DW Documentary
More than 60 percent of China’s population of 1.4 billion currently lives in cities. Within a decade, the share of urban dwellers is expected to increase to 75 percent. Construction is booming and competition for residential land is fierce. But … Continue reading
Would Your Dare Swim Across this Sky Pool? | Moss and Fog
Not for the faint of heart, this new Sky Pool at London’s Embassy Gardens is 82-foot-long, 10-foot deep, and suspended 110 feet off the ground joining the tenth floor buildings together. Like swimming in the sky? Or risking life and … Continue reading
Population Mountains | Pudding
This is a story about how to perceive the population of cities. By Matt Daniels […] From my perspective (albeit a US-centric one), it was eye-opening to see how the world’s population is so unevenly distributed. For example, compare … Continue reading
Operation Mallard
What happened when a duck decided to nest on my Dad’s balcony… on the 9th floor of an apartment block. I decided to make this after my thread about it on Twitter went absolutely bonkers! I thought it would be … Continue reading
350 Layers of Coiled Clay Form an Organic Low-Carbon Home Made Through 3D-Printing
Last summer, The New York Times Magazine published a series of articles declaring that climate migration—a global exodus that’s predicted to displace between 50 and 300 million people worldwide—has begun. As more regions surrounding the equator become uninhabitable due to rising … Continue reading
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