/ June 5, 2015 by Thomas DeVoss

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(via A Farnsworth-inspired Weekend House on the Edge of a Crater)

/ June 4, 2015 by Thomas DeVoss

huffingtonpost:

China Set To Open World’s Longest And Highest Glass-Bottom Bridge — huffingtonpost:

**China Set To Open World’s Longest And Highest Glass-Bottom Bridge**

/ June 4, 2015 by Thomas DeVoss

ryanpanos:

The Scaffold House | Bosch Capdeferro | Via
The Scaffold House project consists of the rehabilitation of a single-family home that was built in various phases starting in the 1950s in the unrivaled setting of the Sa Riera cove in Begur, Girona. In addition to repairing multiple building pathologies, caused by precarious constructive solutions and their exposure to the marine climate, the intervention proposes to vitalize the relationship between the house and its environment.
The different densities of the new wall covering, manually sewn in situ using rope as a basic material, allow for the regulation of different degrees of relation between the interior domestic and intimate spaces, and the crowded public space of the beach. Its function as a guide for native climbing plants should allow the new green wall to progressively dissolve the boundaries of the building, harmoniously adapting it to its immediate surroundings. Cross ventilation, ensured by the opening of a new porch on the southern limit of the property, joined by the shading and the capturing of sea breezes provided by the new filter, represent an efficient passive system that substantially improves the climatic comfort of the dwelling.