Respect Da Architects Live - Hartosopash y Falanga (Parte 1)
Live completo de Hartosopash Falanga en la segunda edicin de Respect Da Architects, realizada en la Sala Razzmatazz3 (Barcelona) el pasado 4 de octubre de 2014. Organizacin: P Q Evens...
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Architects In Ahmedabad
Architects In Ahmedabad.
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Grey Goo [PC] Humans Architects of Destiny
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ARCHITECTS stage dives crowd surfing White Rabbit
Sept 24th 2009.
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Australia's Andrew Maynard Architects was tasked with creating a "ridiculously inside-out" extension to a small suburban home in Seddon, Victoria. The firm rose to the challenge and produced an unusual living space dubbed Cut Paw Paw, that blurs the line between indoors and outdoors.
The first part of the extension, closest to the main body of the house, contains a kitchen, lounge, and dining area. This area is sheltered from the elements but sliding and double doors open up the space when weather permits. At first glance, one might dismiss the rest of the extension as weird for the sake of it, but the design makes sense.
The clients required a music studio and storage space at the far end of the garden. Rather than simply installing a separate building, Andrew Maynard Architects lengthened the extension with an unclad section to create a tangible connection between the studio and kitchen areas, and offer a semi-outdoor space in between. The architects obviously had some fun with the design, and installed a bathtub for outdoor bathing (there is a more private bathroom in the main body of the house too).
"Construction sites are fascinating and often very beautiful. When wandering the street and stumbling upon an anonymous house in construction we all get excited by the possibilities," explains Andrew Maynard Architects, regarding the unusual design. "We all imagine what the finished building could be like. The site holds so much promise when there is nothing more than a timber or steel frame. It is a jungle gym, a relic, and a skeleton full of play and imagination. Often it is when a building is at its most beautiful."
Cut Paw Paw boasts some green cred, too. High-performance insulation was installed wherever possible (including the main body of the original house), and rainwater is directed from the roof to tanks which provide water for toilet-flushing, the washing machine, and garden irrigation. In addition, openings and windows are situated to optimize passive cooling, and a garden pond directly next to the extension helps cool the immediate area through evaporative cooling.
Cut Paw Paw was completed in 2014.
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Log Home Restoration and Cobblasting
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SPEARFISH Though no one has lived there for at least a decade, the historic Johnston Ranch house (also known as the Walton Ranch house or Cundy house) on Upper Valley Road is undergoing a restoration and will once again act as a home for Spearfish residents soon.
Rachel Headley bought the three lots (about six-tenths of an acre) that include the house, barn, and outbuildings of the historic ranch, and since Dec. 26, shes been hard at work preparing the interior for renovation.
I cant tell you how many people have said that theyve driven by and stopped and really thought about how great it would be to do this house, but no one has, she said. Theres been a couple of attempts to remodel it. All have aborted early in the process.
Headley, who grew up in Brookings County and moved to Spearfish in 2008, started looking at lots with the thought of building a new home but wasnt finding anything that really felt right, so then she decided to look into homes that could be redone. When she saw these lots, and the potential for what the idyllic space could provide for her daughters childhood, she was hooked.
Im excited for the whole thing, in the sense of the property as a whole, Headley said. I have a 6 year old, and I grew up on a farm, so giving her a place that has a barn to snoop around in and bugs to catch and frogs to catch Thats the part I like.
Headley has been doing a lot of research to try to put the houses history in order, and different documents have conflicting information, making the details a bit fuzzy. From what shes found, it appears John Walton received a patent on the land in 1892, and in March of 1898, he sold the land to Ida Hall. Documents list either 1898 or 1900 as the date the house was built, and Headley has found newspapers from 1898 tucked between plaster behind the walls as crews have been preparing the house for the renovation. Shes guessing that Ida Hall built the house; in September of 1899, Ida divorced her husband, Edwin Shock Hall and sold him the land, and in 1907, he sold the land to Irvin G. King. In 1925, the land sold to William Johnston, and starting in 1927, the land passed back and forth between members of the Johnston family, with Louise Johnston taking ownership in 1958, before selling to her nephew, Philip Cundy, in 1975. In 2004, it was sold to developers, and at some point, the larger property that had been a ranch was broken into separate lots.
Though the houses surroundings have changed as new neighborhoods have grown up around it, the house itself is largely unchanged from its early days.
Many people have asked about the two front doors and two chimneys, unique features to a home that was never used as a duplex. Headley said shes heard several guesses about the features, but the most plausible seems to be that houses could be ordered out of catalogues, and some had the option for duplexes. When examining the doors, the north door had frosted glass and fancier design, and someone mentioned that that door would be used as the more formal parlor entrance, while the south door would have been used for more informal and everyday purposes.
Headley said that theres no central heating and basically no indoor plumbing; theres no bathroom in the main part of the house. A double-hole privy outside provided that service, and an indoor bathroom was later added in an addition to the houses rear. That addition will be torn down due to structural failure, replaced by a two-stall garage. The main floor has 9-foot ceilings, with 8-foot ceilings on the second floor, and there is a root cellar with a poured cement basement.
Headley is pleased that the house was never updated.
Home Minister withdraws resignation letter after marathon meeting with Chief Minister
SHILLONG: In a sudden development, Roshan Warjri, who quit two months ago from the Congress-led government, has decided to return to the cabinet as Home Minister. Announcing that Warjri has withdrawn her resignation, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Tuesday said, I am happy to inform that the home minister, who submitted her resignation, has reconsidered her decision after we convinced her to remain in the Cabinet. The Chief Minister made this surprise revelation amidst speculations that he will induct a new member in the Cabinet as Warjris replacement. Warjri, the first woman Home Minister in Meghalaya, resigned on November 20, 2014, owning moral responsibility for the deteriorating law and order situation in the Garo Hills. However, the Chief Minister did not accept Warjris resignation then. Sangma managed to convince Warjri to take back her resignation after a marathon meeting which lasted for several hours at his chamber on Monday, sources said. Finally, I manage to convince her today. She will be holding the same portfolios, the Chief Minister said. Besides Home (Police), she was also incharge of Home (jails) and PWD (building). Meanwhile, Sangma also hinted to a reshuffle in his council of ministers. The Cabinet reshuffle will take place in due course of time. Please bear with me. We are yet to complete two years in office, the Chief Minister said.
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Gov. Scott is pushing for more change at Cabinet agencies.
While still drawing heat over ousting the head of the states law enforcement agency, Gov. Rick Scott is eager for more turnover at the top of agencies he and the Cabinet lead.
In a letter Tuesday to Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, Scott said he wants to talk about making changes at the Office of Insurance Regulation, Office of Financial Regulation and the states Department of Revenue.
Scott said the goal is, so we can get fresh ideas into those Cabinet positions at the start of a second term.
Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty was already rumored to be close to being pushed out the door by Scott. McCarty has 26 years of experience in state government, including his current appointed role since 2003.
But recent speculation was that insurance industry lobbyists had been pressuring Scott to find someone more to their liking.
Others potentially headed to the gangplank are low-key officials: Office of Financial Regulation Commissioner Drew Breakspear and Revenue Department executive director Marshall Stranburg.
Scott and the Cabinet next meet Feb. 5. The independently elected Atwater, along with Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and Attorney General Pam Bondi said little when Florida Department of Law Enforcement head Gerald Bailey was shown the door by Scott, so this latest round of potential firings could prove a test of the governors muscle.
An Atwater spokeswoman earlier rejected talk that he would support replacing McCarty. The CFO also recently suggested to Scott that in the wake of his ouster Bailey that more candidates be considered for the post.
But Scott dismissed the idea of revisiting the recent selection of Rick Swearingen as Baileys replacement. Scott said it was important to avoid unnecessary turmoil within an organization of great men and women.
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