The Oficinaethos collection offers an array of unique wood furniture, such as this bench, which to me looks like an alligator in repose. It’s elegant, but the texture gives it a decidedly modern look. You wouldn’t think it came from reclaimed wood — via Calfinder Remodeling Blog
The large population density of The Netherlands has created an inherent need for housing, giving young Dutch architects like MVRDV the opportunity to design and build large projects in their mainland.
WoZoCo is a prime example of a specific need for housing in the country, providing answers for needs of their time — via ArchDaily
In 2009, the Morgan Motor Company celebrated their centennial by producing a 2/3 scale pedal car version of the classic Morgan Threewheeler. Now they’re back with a full-sized road ready model that would be at home in the garage of any grown-up Biggles fan.
Between 1909 and 1953, about 30,000 Morgan Threewheelers were produced in the company’s Malvern factory. These fuel efficient little runabouts got over 50 mpg and were frequently seen at race tracks, even winning the French Grand Prix in 1913 — via Retro Thing
Andrew Cohen Architects conceived Page Road House’s iconic sculptural form in dialogue with the landscape and topography of a densely wooded 12-acre site in Lincoln, a close suburb of Boston that has carefully preserved its agrarian character. After commissioning ACA to design the Springstep Center for the Arts, the homeowner sought an equally ambitious and forward-looking design for her home to convey her passion for the performing and visual arts. As the founding director of Springstep, she entertains and hosts fundraising events frequently, so the house needed spaces commodious enough to contain a crowd, while still being an inviting and intimate retreat the rest of the time — via ArchDaily
Scientists finally have the answer to this question. A team of researchers at Harvard University say a gene named Agouti is responsible for the color patterns in deer mice and possibly all vertebrates. The research appears this week in the journal Science — via dungbeetlemania.newsvine.com
— via Forrai Metal Design
On this very little plot it was impossible to challenge the two high level neighbours which have respectively 6 en 9 floors because a nursery can hardly have more than 2 floors. And feeting to the neigbours would have underlined the disproportion of the statures — via ArchDaily
A 9 meter-long, 2 ton-weight perished giant octopus was found at the seashore in Tartous province on Sunday, Global Arab Network reports according to Syrian State News Agency — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Continuing demand for spaces for student, gesta this project E-PRO, brother with a same scheme but resolved formally distinct. As a starting point, sought maximize space where located garage, House [Volta Arquitectos] that supports the building program to release a large clear. The irregularity of the Windows on the Green volume, like a console audio channels
— via ArchDaily
When children read to him, Danny does not criticise or correct their pronunciation. He just nods and pricks up an ear, although sometimes he closes his eyes and appears not to be listening.
Danny is a greyhound and a novel way of encouraging pupils at Oakhill primary school in Tamworth, Staffordshire, to read aloud. A listening dog
, he is part of a scheme that originated in the US called Reading Education Assistance Dogs (Read) — via redwolf.newsvine.com
We are in love with this extremely detailed ring hand-crafted by Heron Adornments! It features a tentacle sculpture that’s hand-cast using parts of a REAL octopus that the artist’s grandmother found and saved. You’ll be amazed at how gorgeous this ring is in person!
This ring was handmade using recycled Sterling Silver — via Shanalogic
A pizzeria owner in Pennsylvania sought to sabotage competing shops by infesting them with mice, police say — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Architects Atelier Ryo Abe Works shared with us this project that consists on a house for a young couple with two small children. According to the architects, the clients requested a lot of shelf space to display their many collectables — via ArchDaily
Here are some nice looking and very inexpensive Italian watches from Fullspot. Certainly designer, certainly fashion-ey, certainly the opposite of most of what you have in your collection. But actually quite fun — via A Blog to Read
The project brief that inspired this work of architecture was for an artist’s field-station in Glen Nevis, Scotland, that would allow and encourage creative interaction between artists and the land and its history. The chosen site was anywhere in Glen Nevis and Malcolm Frasier Architects chose a section of land in the dense woods that overlooks the natural expanse of Glen offering a view of the landscape with the interspersion of human interaction by means of roads winding up the hills and car parks and visitor’s centers — via ArchDaily
A cute little octopus appears to be having a bad day on this lovely teacup. This is a particularly nice china cup, and an adorable hand painted design — via Etsy
The house [Vladimír Balda] is constructed at the periphery of a suburban village. The housing development turns gradually into an open woody landscape here. The sloping shape of the plot and its unfavourable orientation to the north were decisive factors for the house shape and its internal arrangement — via ArchDaily
Located in downtown Phoenix, the new six-story, 225,000 sqf, 110-foot tall, LEED Silver building [Ehrlich Architects] has become an integral part of the fabric of ASU’s energizing downtown campus and a harbinger of Phoenix’s redevelopment. Delivered in a design-build, fast-track method, work began on design in October 2006 and the school opened its doors in August 2008, 22 months later. School schedules and budgets were both met — via ArchDaily
Inky tentacles swirl up from the sea to cradle your coffee or tea — via Anthropologie
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