A penthouse in Chicago is listed for sale. It was built in 1972. The original owners lovingly decorated it in the style of the time, and never used it. What is left is a time capsule of the hippest 1972 decor. Groovy! Even the bathroom products are vintage. It can be yours for just $158,000, plus monthly building fees — via Neatorama
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Chester Zoo’s Eastern Black Rhino calf recently stomped out into the sunshine on his public debut. The male calf, whose birth was captured on CCTV cameras, was born 16 January and has been named Gabe. The newcomer enjoyed his sunny debut alongside mum, Ema Elsa. — via ZooBorns
Built in 1828, the first enclosed shopping mall in America now has affordable housing beyond its grand Ionic columns in place of cramped, struggling retail stores, with most of the historic architectural details preserved. Rhode Island’s Providence Arcade is a project of Northeast Collaborative Architects, this project could signal a new phase in adaptive reuse with respect to interior malls both old and new — via Urbanist
The largest ever study of howling in the canid
family of species — which includes wolves, jackals and domestic dogs — has shown that the various species and subspecies have distinguishing repertoires of howling, or vocal fingerprints
: different types of howls are used with varying regularity depending on the canid species.
Researchers used computer algorithms for the first time to analyse howling, distilling over 2,000 different howls into 21 howl types based on pitch and fluctuation, and then matching up patterns of howling.
They found that the frequency with which types of howls are used — from flat to highly modulated — corresponded to the species of canid, whether dog or coyote, as well as to the subspecies of wolf — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Joe Strummer scribbling the lyrics to Broadway
for the 1980s Sandinista! album, while the rest of The Clash record the backing track, as photographed by Pennie Smith in New York’s Electric Ladyland Studio — via Wil Wheaton
Adam McCauley — via arcaneimages
A kotatsu is a piece of furniture from Japan. It’s a table with a heater under the bottom and a blanket along the edges. You can sit at the table to warm yourself during chilly winter.
That’s what these cats doing. Caroline, a maker of candy cats, made these adorable and edible kittens — via Neatorama
A wonderful renovation of a house that already had style on its side. That’s the 1960s Charles DuBois-designed midcentury modern property in Palm Springs, California. The house dates from 1963, originally built by the Alexander Construction Company, but more recently given a makeover by H3K Design. This place doesn’t come cheap. Offers around $1,595,000 will be considered — via WowHaus
Swedish design brand, Design House Stockholm, have recently added Icelandic designer Ragnheiður Ösp Sigurðardóttir’s Knot Cushions to their growing collection — via CONTEMPORIST
Ford. Chevy. Lincoln. Buckle up and take a ride down memory lane in our homage to 11 cars that have defined the past century of driving — via Youtube
TBT — via piecomic
White Cedar Moth Caterpillars (Leptocneria reducta) and Crepe Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) originally uploaded by Red Wolf
— via Playing Dead
Bill Sienkiewicz — via arcaneimages
Described by the agent as a masterpiece of American design
, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed The Sturges Residence in Los Angeles, California is up for sale for the first time in 50 years. Formerly the home of actor Jack Larson and his partner James Bridges, the house is part of sale of his estate, with proceeds of the house and other lots (which include original art by David Hockney and Andy Warhol) going to the Bridges/Larson Foundation.
So that’s the sale. What about the house? That’s something very special. The only Usonian-style house in this particular state, it was designed in 1939 by Frank Lloyd Wright, with construction overseen by John Lautner. The house was restored back in 1970, with that work again overseen by Lautner.
According to the agent, the pre-sale estimate is $2,500,000 – $3,000,000 — via WowHaus
If the owners of this highly unusual Tokyo home weren’t already physically fit when they moved in, they probably are now, as navigating the levels through wide-open ceilings requires more than a little agility. Hiroyuki Shinozakidescribes House T
as a dwelling that doubles as a bookshelf, with each floor serving as a successive plane for storage and living spaces while the centre serves as an atrium — via Dornob
Since we had to say goodbye to David Bowie so soon, we decided to honour him by reviewing that one weird kid’s movie he was in that was way worse than we remember — via Youtube
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