(TrendHunter.com) The OFIS Architecture ‘All-Seasons Tent Tower’ is a tower that is said to be resistant to earthquakes. Aside from its absolutely creative webby, honeycomb-like design and its ability to ward off quakes,…

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Seismic Honeycomb Structures – The OFIS Architecture 'All-Seasons …

Heading to the opposite coast of the United States for this look at an accessibility policy, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, which handily has an accessibility policy in their sidebar of visitor information. …

Accessibility Policies Done Right: The Metropolitan Museum of Art …

This is especially troubling at a time when American architecture has reached a state of crisis. A whole generation of talents has seen careers languish through lack of opportunity, while the reputations of their European counterparts …

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Letters in Bottles: Losing the architecture war

At Cato’s website is a celebration of the three women who can fairly be credited with launching the modern American libertarian movement, Ayn Rand, Isabel Paterson, and Rose Wilder Lane. You might also.

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Women's History Month for Libertarians – Hit & Run : Reason Magazine

It is about developing ideas to combine technology with biology in an architectural context. He is constantly studying plants and looking for biomimetic ideas to apply to buildings and designs, in order to create bio-architecture; …

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Peak Energy: An iPhone App about Biomimetic Architecture

‘Most Ethical Congress in History.’ Man, that *never* gets old. Forget ‘outraged’: if anyone is surprised then they haven’t been paying attention. Lobbyists and corporate officials talked bluntly in e-mail exchanges about connections …

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Moe Lane » 'Most Ethical Congress in History.' Man, that *never …

A presentation from Non-Format’s Jon Forss at Walker Art Center last month recently surfaced on youtube. It’s essential viewing for fans and inspirational for anyone questioning the reality of running a virtual office. …

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Non-Format talk at Walker Art Centre (Video) – Core77

My unhealthy obsession with ventriloquism is getting away from me. I think it’s an effort to alleviate my deep rooted fear of the hideous wooden dummy. Confront the Dummy at the Vent Haven Museum. Farfel…….. Sweet Jesus. …

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PCL LinkDump: Vent Haven Museum

My unhealthy obsession with ventriloquism is getting away from me. I think it’s an effort to alleviate my deep rooted fear of the hideous wooden dummy. Confront the Dummy at the Vent Haven Museum. Farfel…….. Sweet Jesus. …

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PCL LinkDump: Vent Haven Museum

Six years after design began and one year after it was completed, Egypt’s Ministry of Culture is almost ready to start construction of the $550-million …

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Egyptology News: Update on Grand Egyptian Museum