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Mobiles on the set of a Seekers concert, 1968
Beautiful. Why are things so overdone now? This was a great set. 1968, BBC, London. [Sorry about the ads; being allergic to advertising I have ad blocker and never see ads, but I'm told there's...
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Torggler doors
Two brilliant, beautiful door designs by Klemens Torggler. Above is the Evolution; below is the Stahltür. They work on a similar principle. I find the doors so beautiful that to some extent questions...
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Ultra Ruin in Taiwan by Finnish architect Marco Casagrande
“Ultra-Ruin is a wooden architectural organism that is growing from the ruins of an abandoned red brick farmhouse in the meeting place of terraced farms and jungle. The weak architecture follows the...
View ArticleCompulsive restaurant decor commentary
The receipt says October 21, 2013. I was at a local restaurant (which shall remain nameless) with two architect girlfriends. As I looked over the restaurant’s faux-Victorian, Yukon gold rush brothel...
View ArticleThe Tudor house, colonialism, white gold and toothache
“This is why we love the Tudor period so much, because it’s the age of discovery, and there’s a sense that anything was possible.” That’s one way of putting it. This BBC documentary, Hidden Killers...
View ArticleDouble-ended passionflower arrangement
While disentangling a rampant passionflower vine from my cherry tomatoes, I accidentally broke off a section. It broke at both ends, and then I couldn’t figure out which end needed to be in water, so...
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