Author: Marcus Trimble
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Sydney Architecture Festival 2008
The Sydney Architecture Festival was held at Customs House on Monday. This is the second year that it has been running and the scope of the event and the visitor turnout was all much improved over last year, so it looks promising that it will grow into a fully rounded festival in the next few…
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The Eyeballing Game
Need another way to waste time? Try The Eyeballing Game. Via Dan.
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Indoor Ice Climbing Competition in the Abandoned Bowels of a Shopping Mall
In what seems to be the perfect confluence of archi/landscape blogging fetishisms, Pruned discovers an indoor ice climbing competition in the abandoned bowels of a shopping mall in Switzerland.
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A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Chuck Klosterman. This is great stuff. DEC. 31, 2014: Billed as “the floating Dubai,” the inaugural space hotel opens its doors. Financed by Google, the cost is $2 million per room, per evening. Kanye West performs in the ballroom on opening night. And the Risk reference for…
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Junk Drawers and Medicine Cabinets
A photographic exhibition of the contents of junk drawers and medicine cabinets.
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Aerodynamic, asymetrical umbrellas
Aerodynamic, asymetrical umbrellas. Able to “withstand winds up to 70 mph without inverting. Optimal line of sight from under the canopy, patented reinforced rib construction, patented handle construction with reverse opening – a true breakthrough in umbrella design.“