Design Milk:
The principal feature of the 1.85 acre site fronting the Niagara River just upstream from the Horseshoe Falls is the long unobstructed river views across the full 164 ft width of the property. Yes, you heard that right.The interior is 4700 sq.ft and in addition, there is 1200 sq.ft of covered terrace — that’s bigger than my (Read More)
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Hometta is a new website for modern home buyers looking to build a home. Architects from across the US have added their modern home plans to the database where home buyers can view and purchase them. It also offers a local builder database so you can find the perfect match. The above is the Shot-Trot house from Brett Zamore (Read More)
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from blog:
Author : Jim CornellLucene and Solr can be considered as an open backbone for users who have the freedom to plug-in the best tool for their work This is because enterprises search platforms like Apache Lucene offers higher order processing techniques like metadata generation, applying taxonomies, and doing relevance testin (Read More)
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When an old monastery located around the city of Como, Italy, was being remodeled and converted into a residential complex, two adjacent units were connected to form this apartment. The shape of the original units is clearly enhanced by the different pitched ceiling direction as well as by their different heights. The main (Read More)
Interactive Architecture dot Org:
Nicholas Szczepaniak will recieve the RIBA Silver Medal next month for his extraordinary graduate project “A Defensive Architecture”. I am delighted to be the first person to be publishing his work in my recently release book “Digital Architecture: Passages Through Hinterlands“. Nick’s work really is out on the hinterlands, (Read More)
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from blog:
Author : Amanda LizmalApple announced the new features of the iPhone OS 3 0, that the iPhone would be capable of streaming video and audio directly over HTTP Apple also advertised HTTP streaming as a feature of QuickTime X, the update of its media architecture coming in Snow Leopard What it failed to explain, at least pub (Read More)
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This private residence located in Tokyo and designed by Japanese architect Norisada Maeda Atelier takes “working from home” to the next level. It includes the home owner’s dental practice on the ground floor, which is accessible from an entrance separate from the owner’s home space. Its steel structure has a white tile fini (Read More)
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The 2-1/2 story semi-detached house adopts a highly introverted stance, seeking to dissociate with its adjoining neighbor and the street. Formally, we adopted the simplest, archetypical form and keep the facade minimal, while maximizing the interior space.The front end of the double-pitched roof is constructed to turn out f (Read More)
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Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects have designed a home in Sebastopol, California.Full description after the photos….Sebastopol Residence by Turnbull Griffin Haesloop ArchitectsDesigned for two graphic designers, this house bridges between two stands of redwood trees, with the northern window wall facing out to the expans (Read More)
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from Google Reader:
Yesterday I described the general architecture of Unladen Swallow, and I said that just by switching to a JIT compiler and removing the interpretation overhead Unladen Swallow was able to get a performance gain. However, that gain is nowhere near what the engineers at Google are hoping to accomplish, and as such they've be (Read More)
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American photographer Larry Fink was born Nov. 3, 1941…Fink has been dubbed the Kerouac of photographers, partly because he doesn’t shy away from the grimy aspects of life in his work. He also has a keen eye for class and its little games, as seen in the above shot…Washington, D.C., February, 1975 - Gelatin Silver Print (Mu (Read More)
Design Milk:
Mystique hotel sits on the cliffs of Oia in Santorini Island, providing guests spectacular views of beautiful scenery complete with the token clear blue waters. The resort includes suites and villas decked out by local stone, wood, and glass. The architecture and design fuses contemporary flair along with traditional style, (Read More)