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The Absolute Towers in Mississauga, Canada, were named the best tall buildings in the Americas. Image used under Flickr CCLi. Photo by Flickr user Paul Bica. Business Insider has a one-page view article (my, how refreshing!) of best tall buildings of … Continue reading →

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May 18th 1940. Corner of Sixth Avenue and 40th Street in Manhattan. The headline of the newspaper reads: “Nazi Army Now 75 Miles From Paris.” The New York City Department of Records has put the Municipal Archives collection of more than 2.2 … Continue reading →

Photo by Natalia Luzuriaga The photo of the Buddhist Monastry of Ki was featured in National Geographic’s Photography Contest for 2010. Here’s the associated caption: “This picture was taken when I visited the Buddhist Monastery of Ki. Ki is a tiny village … Continue reading →

Skateboarding VS Architecture: A Study of Public Space and Materiality in Auckland City from SwineTrotters on Vimeo.

Photo Credit: Mercedez-Benz Here’s something that qualifies as a bad-design moment: Mercedez-Benz is now offering a matte-paint option, as seen above on the new S-Class. According to Slate magazine, this matte look has become very popular in the luxury market … Continue reading →

Flickr Creative Commons photo by Dave Morris. Many people in their 40′s or 50′s consider themselves too old to be running. Science,  and experience, shows otherwise. Seems that when it comes to running, age does not matter. Or at least … Continue reading →

In the early days of the space program, there were numerous concerns about the safety of humans in the zero-gravity of space. No one knew if astronauts’ lungs would work, for example. Or if their hearts would beat normally. That … Continue reading →