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Seasons silicone leaf plates by Nao Tamura Molded...

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:03:33 -0400

Seasons silicone leaf plates by Nao Tamura Molded...:

Seasons silicone leaf plates by Nao Tamura Molded serving plates that very closely mimic reality. The idea was to show using technology you could very closely interpret nature. The outcome is pretty…

abluegirl: Living Wall These vegetated surfaces don’t just...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:48:46 -0400

abluegirl:

Living Wall

These vegetated surfaces don’t just look pretty. They have other benefits as well, including cooling city blocks, reducing loud noises, and improving a building’s energy efficiency.What’s more, a recent modeling study shows that green walls can potentially reduce large amounts of air pollution in what’s called a “street canyon,” or the corridor between tall buildings.

For the study, Thomas Pugh, a biogeochemist at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, and his colleagues created a computer model of a green wall with generic vegetation in a Western European city. Then they recorded chemical reactions based on a variety of factors, such as wind speed and building placement.

The simulation revealed a clear pattern: A green wall in a street canyon trapped or absorbed large amounts of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter—both pollutants harmful to people, said Pugh. Compared with reducing emissions from cars, little attention has been focused on how to trap or take up more of the pollutants, added Pugh, whose study was published last year in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

That’s why the green-wall study is “putting forward an alternative solution that might allow [governments] to improve air quality in these problem hot spots,” he said.Compared with reducing emissions from cars, little attention has been focused on how to trap or take up more of the pollutants, added Pugh, whose study was published last year in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

That’s why the green-wall study is “putting forward an alternative solution that might allow [governments] to improve air quality in these problem hot spots,” he said.

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Say hello to my little friend!

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:01:29 -0500

Say hello to my little friend!

architectural-review: Drawing by Zach Crocker

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:51:52 -0400

architectural-review:

Drawing by Zach Crocker

When I follow a good tip

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 17:44:59 -0400

newscatgif:

spatula: (via Hackberry Desk | Stilsucht) Handsome Desk

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:16:44 -0400

spatula:

(via Hackberry Desk | Stilsucht)

Handsome Desk

showslow: Laurent Seroussi, Women Insects. <3

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:36:30 -0400

showslow:

Laurent Seroussi, Women Insects.

poms poms dog blackandwtf: 1954 (via iloveoldmagazines)

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:15:18 -0400

poms poms dog

blackandwtf:

1954

(via iloveoldmagazines)

Coloyourmindandsoul darksilenceinsuburbia: ~Sin-Amber. Love...

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:52:45 -0500

Coloyourmindandsoul

darksilenceinsuburbia:

~Sin-Amber. Love Kills and You’re Beautiful.

TheDesignerPad - The Designer Pad - A Summer Cottage in The City

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:25:23 -0500

TheDesignerPad - The Designer Pad - A Summer Cottage in The City:

TheDesignerPad - The Designer Pad - A Visionary's Dream

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:58:41 -0500

TheDesignerPad - The Designer Pad - A Visionary's Dream:

Totally fell in love.

Love it! Marble Sounds Sky High You’ve only to say good night...

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:48:07 -0500

Love it!

Marble Sounds
Sky High

You’ve only to say good night
Then all these dreams will be yours
Can I turn out the light
And hum your favourite “wee small hours”

The blinds hide an open view

On a city that feels renewed
And I count my age by days ‘cause that way
Years go by slower

It felt good to go astray
To find this surprising place

And nothing can soothe me more than to know
Nothing is over

Sky high
Hundreds of storeys
Into the clouds

sillinesses: urben-disaster: akingslife: Interior of the new...

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:38:37 -0400

sillinesses:

urben-disaster:

akingslife:

Interior of the new Gehry building (Lou Ruvo Center)…i hate to admit, i kinda love it

what the hell is this?

This is what I want to be doing. No more bland offices please.

J’ai trop...

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:52:32 -0400

J’ai trop aimé..

inubue:

thelittlesea:

calloutgouranga/cosmosweednlife

spatula: Dwelle’s Super Minimalistic Prefabs Make Swell...

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:51:35 -0400

spatula:

Dwelle’s Super Minimalistic Prefabs Make Swell Dwellings | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

Lost Cause - Beck

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:17:19 -0400

Lost Cause - Beck

This is what I do when it’s late at night and I’m...

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:29:59 -0400

This is what I do when it’s late at night and I’m bored… :)

"Seldom, very seldom does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that..."

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:25:56 -0400

““Seldom, very seldom does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised or a little mistaken.””

- Jane Austen - Emma

No Surprises - Radiohead

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:31:49 -0400

No Surprises - Radiohead

Few pictures of my loved ones in Guadalajara, México.

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:43:00 -0400

Camera picture taking

Pitaya eating

Scarf picking

Few pictures of my loved ones in Guadalajara, México.