The Float table is a matrix of magnetised
wooden cubes that levitate with respect to one another. The repelling cubes are held in equilibrium by a system of tensile steel cables. It’s classical physics applied to modern design. Each handcrafted table is precisely tuned to seem rigid and stable, yet a touch reveals the secret to Float’s dynamic character.
RPR Float Table from RockPaperRobot on Vimeo
In my head, an exploding TARDIS would look like this… — via Neil Gaiman
Photo: Doors by Patrycja Makowska
Triple purpose… main lamp, soft light, candlelight, or any combination. This lamp measures approximately 4′ across. Each detachable tentacle has lights inside and would be about 30? long if you stretched it out straight. Recently SOLD, but I am making another soon. $18,000 — via Mason’s Creations
Revell Westinghouse Atomic Power Plant — via Steve Niles Tumblr
A central cooling plant in Google’s Douglas County, Georgia, data centre — via Wired.com
Photo: Connie Zhou
— via Recyclart
Fully working Steampunk workstation consisting of a computer table, a computer, a monitor, a wireless keyboard and a wireless mouse. The table was build from an old Singer sewing machine. The wood was completely reapplied (the patina retained). Three compartments provide storage space for small items. The PC was installed in an old wooden radio cabinet — via deviantART
At long last the Los Angeles Conservancy‘s effort to get a set of homes in the region included on the National Register of Historic Places has paid off, with the announcement that 11 of the Case Study Homes are deemed historically significant.
Ten of the homes have been placed on the list, according to the Conservancy. The 11th home did not get put on the list despite eligibility because of owner objection
. All of them will enjoy equal preservation protections under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
, says the Conservancy.
The Case Study program grew out of a post-WWII discussion of the future of architecture as a new era of building dawned. The idea was to create affordable, well-designed Mid-Century Modern homes for American families (of course, putting many in fancy neighbourhoods ensured the average Angeleno wasn’t likely to ever call one home, alas).
Not all the planned homes were built, and the program didn’t spring forth a gush of mass-produced affordable houses from the prototypes, but it did give architecture wonks and admirers much to love over the years. Most iconic is probably Case Study House #22, the Stahl house, designed by Pierre Koenig, which is oft-photographed — via redwolf.newsvine.com
— via IUTER ONLINE STORE
but every now and then it’s worth taking a minute to acknowledge things that are big and great and self-evidently big and great. like, for example, gehry’s disney concert hall.
i mean, i don’t know if this would be considered hyperbole, but i think it’s one of the greatest buildings conceived of/designed/built in the last 100 years. i know, that’s saying something. well, to be clear, it’s saying that gehry’s disney concert hall is amazing. which it is — via moby los angeles architecture
Codrington Library, originally uploaded by Adventures in Librarianship’s.
Accidentally Retro, originally uploaded by Red Wolf.
Deltone House Light, Deltone House Column, Decor Candle, Decor Feather and Decor Feather originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Hermit crabs carry crystal-clear cityscapes on their backs, thanks to a series of 3D-printed shells by Aki Inomata. The artist scans the insides of hermit crab shells to ensure a perfect fit, and then prints skylines of cities like New York, Thailand and Greece in plastic using a high-accuracy 3D printer — via WebUrbanist
i could go take a picture of the seagram’s building or the chrysler building, but i figure i’d rather search out something a little bit weirder. and today’s building is one of my favorite odd-ball buildings in nyc. it’s tribeca’s synagogue for the arts
, as designed by William Breger (who was a student of Walter Gropius, the bauhaus bigwig) — via moby los angeles architecture
Dublin – Trinity College Library, originally uploaded by Irish Welcome Tours.
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