Buster Gets A Taste Of The Good Life In Hard Luck (1921).

Mask House in Ithaca

Mask House designed by WOJR in Ithaca NY is described as a space of myriad sanctuaries. The small home (less than 55 square meters) is meant to be a place of seclusion, peace and tranquility.

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Edouard Boubat

The Latin Quarter

Paris 1968

Haari Tesla, illuminated (2013) 

"Macrocosm and microcosm is an ancient Greek Neo-Platonic schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the cosmos, from the largest scale (macrocosm or universe-level) all the way down to the smallest scale (microcosm or sub-sub-atomic or even metaphysical-level). In the system the midpoint is Man, who summarizes thecosmos."

" I was doing some researches  and I found experiment with miniatures of space so I decided to try my own. The result has been nebulae, galaxies and supernovae  transformed into microorganism.” - Artist’s Statement”

Dorothy Jordan and Gwen Lee - Christmastime 1920s

LM Guest House Desai Chia Architecture

Located on a rolling farm property in upstate New York, the LM Guest House celebrates the beauty of the surrounding landscape– sweeping views through an all-glass facade magnify the spacious, open feel of the living areas.The home employs several sustainable design strategies including geothermal heating and cooling, radiant floors, motorized solar shading, photovoltaic panels, and rainwater harvesting.

The open living and sleeping areas flow around a compact slatted wood core that disguises the mechanical, storage, and bathing spaces. Two sleeping couchettes with built-in bunk beds provide efficient accommodations for additional weekend guests. Natural white oak wood detailing provides warmth and texture throughout the home. The high-performance glass facade was prefabricated off site, shipped in one container, and erected in two days. An innovative steel frame structure allows the roof to cantilever dramatically over the open living areas and bedroom.

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Quzhou Luming Park Turenscape

Quzhou Luming Park is located right in the heart of the new district of Quzhou, along the west bank of Shiliang Creek, the west area of the city. This project, 31.3 hectares in size, is an urban waterfront park of comprehensive functions by integrating gathering, exercising and recreational uses for visitors. The site has complex topography with red sandstone hills and flood plain in the lower area. This park showcases three design concepts:

Minimal intervention: Preserve the unique red sandstone hills and its ecological base. Through bridges, path systems and several pavilions, the site’s original geologic features and vegetation are well protected, and its accessibility creates rich open space. 

Productive urban farming landscape: The scattered planting patches on the red sandstone hills and the fertile land on the flood zone were planted with productive vegetation, such as canola in spring, sunflowers and low-maintenance herbal chrysanthemum in summer, which created a productive vegetation base with changing beauty in different seasons.

Water resilience: The floating broad walks above the creek, the bridges and the stilted pavilions, are all designed to “make friends” with water, i.e. be resilient to water.

What’s more, this project gave full respect to its cultural heritage by preserving its pebble paths, pavilions, agricultural pumping station and tunnels. An environmental interpretation system was also established to introduce visitors the natural and cultural history of the places. Quzhou Luming park, after its completion, was widely acclaimed by visitors and has become a new identity of the city of Quzhou.

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