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Apple Exec Wants You To Puke All Over His Mind-Bending Deck
6:20AM Sean Fallon | Senior Apple Exec Jeff Dauber’s passion for technology is matched only by his passion for contemporary art, which is why he called on architect Thom Faulders to build him a backyard deck that is a mind-bending combination of both. More »
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12:48AM Mark Wilson | Some wants a house on the ocean. Others require granite countertops, steel appliances and hardwood floors. We just ask for a house that looks like Bender. [Warming Glow via Geekologie]
All Other Houses Can Bite Bender House’s Shiny, Metal…
12:48AM Mark Wilson | Some wants a house on the ocean. Others require granite countertops, steel appliances and hardwood floors. We just ask for a house that looks like Bender. [Warming Glow via Geekologie]
Design
This Video From The Tip Top Of The Burj Dubai Makes Me Sick
7:59AM Matt Buchanan | Hold me, I feel like puking after watching this video from the top of the Burj Dubai, the tallest man-made point on Earth. The shaking? That’s because the tower’s wobbling. Vertigo, uggghhhhh. [YouTube via Skyscraper Forums via Mahoney's Playground] More »
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If I Had $US35,000, I Would Get Bill Gates To Show Me His Home
12:40PM Jesus Diaz | That’s how much it costs to visit Bill Gates’ home with him as the cicerone: 35,000 American doubloons. Jefe Gates, if you are reading this, could I go visit your house gratis? I promise not to look for hidden Macs. More »
Design
Gigantic LED Funnels Will Light Up 2010 Expo And Suck Rain
3:40AM Jesus Diaz | See that enormous blue funnel in the middle of those buildings? It’s just one of the six canopies that will light up the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. As the close-ups show, the scale of these things defies belief. More »
Design
1:50AM Danny Allen | An international team of architects and designers has created this stunning centrepiece for London’s 2012 summer Olympics village. Dubbed The Cloud, three 122m towers would be joined by giant plastic spheres that serve as both observation decks and projection screens. More »
Spherical “Cloud” Structure Proposed For London Skyline
1:50AM Danny Allen | An international team of architects and designers has created this stunning centrepiece for London’s 2012 summer Olympics village. Dubbed The Cloud, three 122m towers would be joined by giant plastic spheres that serve as both observation decks and projection screens. More »
Design
10:05AM Jesus Diaz | If you go to Tokyo, you may want to check into 9h — Nainawasu in Japanese — a luxury capsule hotel that is nine storeys tall, storing 125 capsules that use Panasonic’s environmental and lighting control system. More »
9h: The Luxury Capsule Hotel
10:05AM Jesus Diaz | If you go to Tokyo, you may want to check into 9h — Nainawasu in Japanese — a luxury capsule hotel that is nine storeys tall, storing 125 capsules that use Panasonic’s environmental and lighting control system. More »
Design
The Hover Dam Bypass Will Make You Ooooh And Aaaah
4:25AM Jesus Diaz | There’s not much to say about these images of the Hover Dam Bypass except expletives mixed with a dozen shades of amazement. It’s not the longest or the tallest or the biggest or the complexest, and still, it’s stunning: More »
Design
The Cité Du Design Certainly Lives Up To Its Name
11:30AM Chris Jacob | This gorgeous building in France is more than just a pretty complex. The Cité du Design does one of the best jobs I’ve ever seen at concealing the solar panels that help power the structure. More »
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