The proposed concept for the site was to transform a single-use office building into a genuinely mixed use development incorporating office, retail, restaurant and residential use; seeking to create a new destination integrated within the local area.
The architects chose to situate the buildings around a new courtyard in the center of the site, which is connected by a publicly accessible route and ground floor public uses to the surrounding streets and spaces — via ArchDaily
No octopi were harmed in the making of this soap! Great gift for kids or quirky adults. Hand crafted glycerin soap unscented — via Etsy
The two ‘atretic’ houses proposed, revolved around the idea of a redistribution of the plots along a row. The construction had to abide by the conditions of the maximum height permitted for buildings in the area and having to adapt to the topology of the existing plots — via ArchDaily
Hewlett-Packard has received approval to build a multimillion-dollar data centre in western Sydney — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A team of scientists from Japan, Russia and the United States hopes to clone a mammoth, a symbol of Earth’s ice age that ended 12,000 years ago, according to a report in Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun. The researchers say they hope to produce a baby mammoth within six years — via woofwoof79.newsvine.com
CRD’s third release is called Military Gold
, a reference to the Firestone Military tires fitted to 19” wheels. It’s 1979 CB750 KZ, and CRD have shown once again how small (and inexpensive) changes can radically change the character of a bike. The engine is stock, apart from modified Keihin carbs, a free-flowing intake system and Megaton mufflers. The frame has been stripped of all unnecessary addenda, a simplified wiring loom has been fitted, and an aluminum battery box and Renthal bars complete the picture. The fenders are bobbed and everything else has been blacked out or repainted — via Bike EXIF
Julia Gillard is standing by an exemption from freedom of information laws for NBN Co – the publicly-owned company building Australia’s biggest infrastructure project.
As an incorporated company, NBN Co will avoid FOI scrutiny, unlike Australia Post, the ABC, SBS and Telstra before it was privatised — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Six years after hunting with dogs was banned here, a pack of black-and-tan hounds is in full cry across this swath of semirural southern England, urged on by a huntsman and riders resplendent in fox-hunting habit. Somewhere up ahead is their quarry – limping slightly and straining every sinew to throw the hounds off the scent.
The Hunting Act, which became the law of this land in 2005 following months of protest and parliamentary debate, made it illegal to use dogs to hunt foxes. It also protects some other mammals, such as hare (but not rabbits), mice (but not rats) and mink (but not men).
Several pink-cheeked and puffing specimens of which are now scrambling through hedgerows of hawthorn and wild rose, plunging into icy irrigation channels and laboring across plowed fields that are sodden with just-thawed snow from Britain’s uncharacteristically cold winter.
This is a manhunt.
And although he started the day nursing a sore knee, 54-year-old Andy Kay and his fellow runners are putting up a fine chase, it has to be said, pausing occasionally to listen for the hounds in pursuit or to pull brambles from their hair. Despite the suction of the mud and the slight rasp that comes from inhaling frigid air, this fit crew of three men and two women, given a half-hour head start, is maintaining an exhilarating lead over the hounds, which begin to emit an eerie bay as they lollop purposefully along behind, noses to the ground — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Interesting things are close at hand for iPhone and iPad owners.
Due soon is a new version of Apple’s iOS operating software that will, among other things, enable most iPhones to operate as mobile WiFi hotspots.
Users will be able to connect up to five devices — PCs, Macs, iPads, other smartphones and tablets — to the internet with not a cable in sight. — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The vast majority of hi-tech attacks described as acts of cyber war do not deserve the name, says a report — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Hublot goes tonneau. Fans of the brands have been asking for a non Big Bang or King Power inspired watch for a long time. Something is finally here, and this is just the first of more to come. This is the first Hublot Masterpiece collection (Ref. MP-01), and will be a range of higher-end Hublot timepieces with in-house movements that will be positioned between standard Hublot watches and the ultra high-end Confrerie Hublot timepieces. The Masterpiece MP-01 will be limited to just 100 pieces — via A Blog to Read
The urban landscape of São Paulo is heavily influenced by two main characters that coexist independently and simultaneously. On one hand, the vertical constructions – most of them faithful to the modernist/rationalist models –, which evolve randomly with the inconstant guidelines of the urban planning. On the other hand, the historical and/or informal occupation of two or three floors of the residual spaces between these constructions — via ArchDaily
Online dating company Gotham Dating Partners has announced plans to create profiles for non-registered individuals based on publicly available information on social networking sites.
The company operates several dating sites, including: Dons and Divas, Faithful Lover, Marry Me First, Prison Hookup, and Ugly People Date. Incorporated in New York in January 2010 by Aaron Fraser, it is the parent of online footwear startup LeBron Jordan, which came under fire from Nike this month for potential trademark infringement — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A US woman billed $US5800 ($5860) after missing the final payment on her 30-year mortgage can pursue a lawsuit against the debt collectors — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The program was simple a private client, an apartment in the centre of Paris, with a large terrace. The architects were challenged with connecting the apartment with the terrace. The result is a large volume that opens directly on the terrace, and it is the main space of floor as well as the entry room. The bedrooms are rearranged on the first level to accommodate the living space and terrace — via ArchDaily
Central Highlands regional mayor Peter Maguire says he is not sure if councils can force residents to build high-set homes in flood-prone areas in Queensland — via redwolf.newsvine.com
An officer from Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command has contacted universities in London with a request to pass on intelligence as students prepare to step up their campaign against increases in tuition fees and education cuts in the coming weeks — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The trafficking of British children around UK cities for sexual exploitation is on the increase with some as young as 10 being groomed by predatory abusers, a report reveals today.
The average age of victims of such abuse has fallen from 15 to about 13 in five years, according to the report by Barnardo’s, the UK’s biggest children’s charity.
But victims continue to be missed as telltale signs are overlooked from the frontline of children’s services to the corridors of Whitehall
, said Anne Marie Carrie, the charity’s new chief executive — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Renters left homeless during the Queensland floods are legally obliged to keep paying rent on their flooded home until they officially
end their agreement — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The architectural conception for the BV House, located in São Paulo, Brazil, follows a structural approach evident in spans and cantilevers, result of the ribbed concrete slabs.
The three-floor house has on its first floor the garage and service areas, a second floor for kitchen and social rooms and a third floor with bedrooms and family room — via ArchDaily
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