The Floating Temple: How to Lift a Seven Million Pound, 112-year-old Building
May 21 2013 ·Something’s up in Provo, Utah and it weighs around seven million pounds. It’s the 112-year-old exterior of the Provo Tabernacle that was severely damaged in a 2010 fire but has since been saved by the LDS church so it can be converted into a temple. Engineers first gutted the damaged interior and then supported the exterior walls with special [...]
Wally Esense Mega Yacht
May 21 2013 ·The Esense is an incredible 143 foot yacht with a extremely clean minimalist cockpit and 900 m2 of sail area. The boat features a dark hull and light wooden deck, it follows along the same lines that characterize most of the Wally boats. The boat is impressive not only because of it´s size but it [...]
Matt Barrett’s stroll in downtown Athens
May 20 2013 ·Matt Barrett has been traveling or living in Greece since 1968 and since 1996 he has been adding information to this website that is helpful to travelers to Greece and the Greek islands Matt came again to Greece yesterday and uploaded a series of pics from the historic downtown Athens and its nightlife in Psiri [...]
The Big Cloud: Photos by Camille Seaman
May 20 2013 ·Photos of giant storm clouds or Supercells taken in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota. The storms we were chasing were Supercells, capable of producing grapefruit sized hail, and spectacular tornadoes; they were 50 miles wide and reached as high as 65,000 ft. into the atmosphere. These clouds were so large that [...]
Costa Dvorezky’s paintings
May 20 2013 ·Costa has drawn inspiration for his prolific works of art from board travels and his abundant life experiences as both a visitor and resident of numerous countries around the world. Born in Russia in 1968, Costa developed his unique brand of art through his extensive schooling at the Art College and the Academy of Arts [...]
Modern architects have forgotten how to build beautiful new houses
May 19 2013 ·The British public have gone on buying beautiful, old buildings. Who could possibly defend the modern horrors inflicted on our cities by architects over the last half century? Michael Gove is quite right to say that the best British urban plans – the Nash Terraces of Regent’s Park, or Edinburgh’s New Town – make [...]
Richard Woods D.I.Y. exhibition at Alan Cristea gallery
May 19 2013 ·Τhe Alan Cristea gallery is currently showing D.I.Y., a solo exhibition of works by richard woods, which will run until June 01, 2013 at 34 Cork street, London. — Following text from Αlan Cristea gallery The exhibition features a site-specific installation in which Woods will clad the gallery space from floor to ceiling in his [...]
Hallstatt, Austria
May 19 2013 ·Tucked away in the mountains of Austria you’ll find the tiny town of Hallstatt. Hallstatt and its population of less than 1000 residents rest on the southwestern shore of the Hallstätter See. In addition to the picturesque view of the town on the lake, tourists can see the world’s first salt mine, enjoy nearby skiing, [...]
Image duplicator at orbital comics gallery, London
May 18 2013 ·The Tate Modern is currently exhibiting a retrospective exhibition of the pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, whose work depicted images which were directly appropriated from comic artists like Irv Novick, Russ Heath, Jack Kirby, Joe Kubert and John Romita, who received no fee or credit from the success of his work. In response to the exhibition, [...]
OVER THE TOP Nick Tsontakis, AIA
May 18 2013 ·World Class architecture masterpiece on top of Mummy Mountain in Paradise Valley, Arizona. This 16,370 sq. ft. residence is designed by award winning visionary architect Nick Tsontakis, AIA. It captures views on both the north and south faces while hugging the mountain ridge in the center. The two wings are connected by a 2,000 sq. [...]
Vassilis Avramidis paintings
May 18 2013 ·Vasilis Avramidis graduated from Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design with an MA in Fine Art in 2011. Avramidis was shortlisted for the Salon Art Prize 2011 and his work has been collected by University of the Arts London. Avramidis has exhibited widely within the UK and in Greece. Within the setting of [...]
Tilt Shift, Photo Series of World Landmarks as Miniatures
May 18 2013 ·In his “Tilt Shift” series, photographer Richard Silver uses a digital tilt-shift effect to turn world landmarks into miniatures. For another interesting digital photo project by Silver, check out the “New York Sliced” series. Via Laughing Squid
King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station by Zaha Hadid
May 18 2013 ·The ArRiyadh Development Authority has announced that Zaha Hadid Architects will build the new King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Metro Station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. With over 5 million residents, Riyadh’s population has more than doubled since 1990. To serve its fast-growing population, the city will build a new public transport system. The 20,434 sq. [...]
Century Old Butcher Shop
May 17 2013 ·A century-old butcher’s shop-as in, from the good old days when butchers apparently commissioned artists for reverse painted glass ceilings and stunning decorative tiling—that’s been turned into the hippest of bars in Leipzig, Germany. The transformation of Fleischerei Bar is the handiwork of local designer Michael Grzesiak, who brought into the space, which, by the way, [...]
Oil Finger Paintings by Iris Scott
May 16 2013 ·One day while completing an oil painting of a field artist Iris Scott needed to make a few quick adjustments to some yellow flowers but every brush at her disposal was stained a deep dark blue. Not wanting to stop and wash the brushes she decided to make a few quick touchups with her fingers, a small [...]