Supercell at sunset outside of Phillip, South Dakota Spring, 2012. We were on the edge of the Badlands, when this supercell was fast approaching. It was ingesting smoke from wildfires in Wyoming earlier in the day giving it this unique color. The CG and arc lightning make this one special. Photograph by kellydelay kellydelay. NOTE FROM THIS WEBSITE: This photograph is from 500PX unless otherwise stated. The photograph/image is transmitted via IFTT and all mandatory fields have been completed and inserted, on best effort basis, including username and description of the photograph/image as per the information supplied when the photograph/image was downloaded through 500PX and as required by IFTT. This photograph/picture is used here for non-commercial purposes only. We respect the work of photographers and we are glad to promote their work on this site absolutely free. If you are a photographer or an artist or a writer, and if you like us to help you promote your work, please write to us at nordaminv@gmail.com and write “Photography/Art” in the subject line. We are happy to discuss how we can help you through our social media channels and marketing experience to get more exposure for your work. We reserve the right to reject any photographs or artwork which we feel it is inappropriate.
WHEN LAUREL FANTAUZZO moved to the Philippines, she thought it’d be easy: it was her mother’s home country, and she expected it to be a “magical, instant embrace.” But she had a tough time with adjusting to the country and retreated into herself. This all changed when she met and fell in love with another visitor to the country: she began to see the Philippines through new eyes.
This video is an animation of Laurel Fantauzzo’s wonderful column for the Modern Love series in the New York Times, which goes into further detail about the relationship and what happened.
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“Sniper is a movie whose politics are so ludicrous and idiotic that under normal circumstances it would be beneath criticism. The only thing that forces us to take it seriously is the extraordinary fact that an almost exactly similar worldview consumed the walnut-sized mind of the president who got us into the war in question.” .. (Matt Taibbi, ‘Rolling Stone’)
Architects: Byrne Architects
Location: Aireys Inlet VIC 3231, Australia
Design Team: Nicholas Byrne, James Jamison, Aaron Polson
Area: 377.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Shannon McGrath
From the architect. Aireys Inlet is a small coastal village known and loved for its quiet casual nature, a counterpoint to the higher density development creeping along the coastline from Torquay. For this project we were fortunate enough to have a site high on the cliff line with spectacular views to the famous Aireys Lighthouse, Eagle Rock, Lorne and the ocean beyond.
The house is essentially three levels, although both ground and first floor are split at key moments to take advantage of views and connect back to the landscape. A basement houses a three car garage, workshop and wine cellar. There are three bedrooms at ground level, with the master bedroom, living and kitchen on the first floor.
Central to the concept are ideas of fluidity and exploration. Between the house and the high cliff drop to the ocean are simple sand and gravel tracks, a rarity along the great ocean road. Cliff trails rise and fall, bend and disperse like capillaries, on occasion opening up to expose exquisite hidden beaches. Our aim in this house was to emulate this fluid and permeable environment. There is no front or back, and the house is entered from various levels. The landscape undulates and continues around the house. Every turn leads to new and often surprising spaces within and around the house.
While at ground level there is a sense of embededness and continuity, the main structure of the house is perched high on the site. The wedge form barricades the building and garden from violent winds from the south, while framing views to the ocean and across the hills to Lorne in the distance. Inside the rooms are filled with natural light. The warm, natural red Ironbark cladding is continued over internal walls. Material finishes are robust and allowed to weather naturally. Every room feels informal and inviting, as a beach house should be.
Similar to last year, over 18,000 architects and enthusiasts participated in the nomination process, expressing what architecture means to them by highlighting the buildings that have inspired them the most.
This year’s finalists represent a diverse group of projects, coming from all corners of the globe and from firms of different sizes and trajectories. Yet they all capture architecture’s capacity to improve people’s lives.
The winners of the two iPads from the nomination stage are: Linda Hinderdael (iPad Mini) and Sylvia Robert (iPad Air). We’re also going to give away two more iPads to our readers during the final voting stage so be sure to vote!
IT WASN’T EASY to dodge the other visitors, but since we came on a rainy, off-peak day, it was still possible to take some shots without the photobombs.
Going to Kulen Mountain was a nice surprise. I thought I’d be seeing ruins in a dense jungle, Tomb Raider style, but it turned out this was the Sunday getaway place for the locals. I wasn’t expecting to get shots of a lot of people, but it was nice to get a feel for how rural life ran.
As one of the most stunning women to grace the world of fashion, Lara Stone is bound to turn heads even when covered up from head to toe. And the Dutch supermodel made it undeniable during her most recent outing on Monday evening (January 26th).
The thirty-one year-old beauty, who was not too long ago joined by Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Bieber to front the new Calvin Klein Jeans campaign for Spring/Summer 2015, was spotted out, noticeably alone, as she grabbed a bite to grub on at Scott’s restaurant in central London’s trendy Mayfair district without her British comedian-husband David Walliams.
Opting to cover up her va-va-voom body for the chilly night out, Lara Stone was dressed in a black leather jacket over a matching sweatshirt and some clingy denim jeans which were tucked into a pair of strappy ankle boots, both in the same color. The golden haired dazzler added some contrast to her otherwise all-black look with a palatinate blue leather purse.
Before heading out on a hike, or any excursion for that matter, it would be wise to take a map with you just in case you get lost while on your quest.
But let’s be realistic, few people are going to use a physical map—or even know how to obtain or read one—in this digital age. We are used to navigating with our smartphones, which is extremely convenient, unless we’re out of range for any type of data connection.
So, instead of resorting to confusing maps or finding your way home by reading the sky, here’s the trick to saving offline maps in Google Maps on Android and iOS devices. We’ve… more
Spanish-Kuwaiti firm AGi architects has been awarded second prize in a competition to design a new courthouse in Qatar’s capital, Doha. The restricted competition, organized by the Government of Qatar, challenged 30 participants, of which four were shortlisted to compete in the final round.
AGi’s proposal was based off of two grids – the immediate site’s and the larger city – resulting in a “floating,” canopy-like structure that metaphorical “protects” its inhabitants. View the complete proposal, after the break.
From the architects: Institutional buildings need to embody the ideals and value system of any given society, with order being one of the core principles of any group. No society can prosper and thrive without it. Order is structure, it is the law, it is justice; without it, there is chaos. It is therefore extremely important that the Qatar Courthouse be aspirational and reflects these basic principles.
The building is designed on two basic grids that are site driven, one linking it to its immediate context and the second to the larger context of Doha. These grids create stunning structural and spatial possibilities that make the building stand out visually so that people can see their ideals reflected in built form -structure, order, transparency, ambition -all of which are the ideals of Qatar’s growing society.
One of the fundamental questions for a civic structure is how is it approached and how is it perceived? The project brief contained a dense program that would occupy only 40% of the site, which would yield a type of vertical structure. This verticality however in the context of modern day Doha does not read as institutional. We sought to expand the ground plane across the entirety of the site, creating a public plaza and in doing so altering the proportion of the building.
Floating above the plaza is the main structure carrying the central courtrooms, signifying that the law is above everyone. These subtle gestures ensure that the plaza act as a threshold between society at large and the justice system, making the Qatar Court House an open and welcoming building, rather than an ominous, insular one. At this scale, the floating structure acts as a literal and figurative canopy: it offers protection from the elements and a place where one can seek refuge from the greater population. The geometry of the floating structure ensures that there is ample light that fills the plaza, making the building feel lighter. At night, this very interplay between the volumes themselves makes the building visually striking.
Competition: Qatar Courthouse
Award: Second Prize
Architects: AGI Architects
Location: Doha, Qatar
Design Team: Joaquín Pérez-Goicoechea, Nasser B. Abulhasan
Architectural Team: Justo Ruiz, Daniel Muñoz, Álvaro Granero, Ana Palencia, Cristina Ruiz, Nicolás Martín, Aisha Alsager, Hessa Albader
Client: Government of Qatar
Area: 44000.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Poliedro Estudio, AGi architects
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