As of January 2011, this is believed to be the highest scoring LEED Platinum home in the state of Florida with 112 points. Located at 4512 Grove Park in Tallahassee, the craftsman bungalow style home is owned by Mark and Linda Powell and features two-level living, SIPs construction, a large solar PV array, and EPA Indoor airPLUS certification — via Jetson Green
Movement wise the Marine Royale Alarm has an automatic Breguet Caliber 519R. Nice 18k white gold rotor that I discussed above, and a 45 hour power reserve. In addition to the time and alarm, it has a date complication as well. The finishing and decoration on the movement is nicely done – though that is to be expect from Breguet — via A Blog to Read
The facilities of the Bled School of Management have been expanded with a third building, constructed on the site of a smaller building, a manor from the 1920s.
The new building, called Vila Mon Repos designed by Ravnikar Potokar Arhitekturni, transposes the orientation and the cube-like shape of the old manor with the addition of some displaced elements, such as the stairway and the entrance hall or vestibule on the north side, and the glass part of the gathering space or social area on the ground floor on the south-east side towards the terrace, also featuring the green roof of the lower ground floor — via ArchDaily
have you ever dreamed of being entombed in the sunken city of R’lyeh?
rising from the depths of the Pacific ocean to evoke terror on the world?
being Cthulhu, one of H.P Lovecrafts most well known characters, the high priest to the Great Old Ones?
A horrific combination of octopus, dragon, and human characteristics that can instill fear with just one look?
then this is the ski mask for you! — via Etsy
This building evolved from significant public conversations with students, parents, teachers and community activists, working with historians, curators, folklorists, artists and architects to envision a community gathering place [Kell Muñoz Architects] — via ArchDaily
The small Swiss watchmaker that is mostly known for its skeletonized timepieces will soon introduce its new creation: the Claude Meylan Eclipse wrist watch.
As the name implies, the Claude Meylan Eclipse is presented in a glossy jet-black PVD treated stainless steel case — via World Watch Review
This house, project by Progetto Arquitetura, is situated in a rich neighbourhood in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Its construction has been finished in 2010 — via ArchDaily
Scientists at the UK’s Institute of Cancer Research have prevented breast cancer spreading to other organs in mice by blocking a chemical.
In their experiments, they showed that blocking the enzyme LOXL2 prevented metastasis — via redwolf.newsvine.com
I’ve been following Alpina for years now and I’ve always been fascinated if not a little off-put by their styling. Finally, howeover, we have a chrono that’s actually worth a second look. This is the Startimer Pilot running an in-house automatic movement, the AL-860. It will be on sale this year alongside the AL-950, the Startimer Pilot Regulator that they’re most famous for — via Wrist Watch Review
The relation with the verticality of the mountain at the back of the house and with the sea horizon in the far distance represents the generating element of the development of the volumes. Their simple shapes and the compact horizontal fronts express, by refusing the doubled elevation, an architecture [SM-arch] which proposes an actual integration between what is built and the ground and takes roots thus recalling the idea of chunks of rock broken off the flank of the mountain — via ArchDaily
5×7? gouache and ink on Canson paper — via CrashOctopus Blog
This watch, designed by Christian Mikkelsen and Lau Liengaard Ruge, is an ultrathin, fairly handsome sports watch with a thin quartz movement and PVD-coated case and band. I, personally, am not a fan but it does look better than the thin stuff Skagen has been selling for years now and it could make someone with a fetish for ultrathin watches quite happy — via Wrist Watch Review
June Gilbank made a crocheted presentation of Discworld in the amigurumi style. When Sir Terry Pratchett saw this work, he commented Well, if you’re going to crochet Discworld then that’s the way to do it
— via Neatorama
Tea time, tea time!. This smug little Octopus is a true tentacular tea connoisseur. How do you like your tea?. One sugar — or maybe eight?!
This 8×10 inch print is a reproduction of my original gouache and watercolour painting. It is professionally printed on Kodak Endura Metallic paper, a unique dimensional surface that results in sharp details and beautifully saturated colours — via Etsy
A strong earthquake has struck Christchurch in New Zealand and there are reports of major damage in the city — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Whether you want to look at two PDF pages side-by-side or you want two Twitter accounts open at once, sometimes OS X requires a separate instance of an application to be open. Here’s how to do it with a simple Terminal command — via Lifehacker
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