Stone Tower By Zaha Hadid In Cairo, Egypt
Zaha Hadid Architects (Zaha Hadid Architects) showed the project office and shopping center "Stone Tower" (The Stone Towers), which was built in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
Architect inspired patterns and textures of ancient Egyptian stone structures. Lines north and south facades of each tower will be left off and made that stresses the effect of light and shadow on the surface.
Towers will be built in the vicinity of Stone Park (Stone Park) in Cairo. The total area of 525 000 square meters, this will be located business hotel, office and commercial space, restaurants and cafes.
From website: zaha-hadid
Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling
Last Monday was carried out for the annual Cheese Rodada Cooper's Hill near Gliucester, England.
A tradition that dates back 200 years, maybe more, and which consists of competitors rolling down the hill to catch a disc of 3.5 kgs of cheese.
Hundreds of spectators gather every year for more declines 5 and 4 promotions of competitors.
Injuries as broken bones and bruises are common currency, however the competition is gaining in participants and audience.
The prize: after which the cheese roll.
THE FACT: This year's winner was Michelle Kokiri.
Alternative skyscraper, New York, America
Middle of the financial buildings and residential towers of Belgian architect Vincent Kalleba (Vincent Callebaut) intends to build an alternative skyscraper. His 132-storey complex will be built in the south of Roosevelt Island (Roosevelt Island), symbolizing the need for environmental sustainability. The main focus of the conceptual design - an attempt to create a completely self-sufficient organism that is recycling solar, wind, water, and can produce food, in the midst of a megacity.
The system is concentrated around the two main towers. They are symmetrically arranged, grown not only horizontally but also vertically, that is important to close Manhattan.
Metal and glass wings, inspired by the dragon to become home to plants and animals. Thanks to favorable natural conditions, a good solar and wind, at multiple levels, which will be made available soil nutrients, plants will be grown. External vertical gardens are fed by rainwater, which after use will be mixed with household waste, after exposed to organic processing, for use on farms.
In the space between the wings is going to warm the air through which the room will be heated in winter, summer, natural ventilation, as well as evaporation from the plant will cool the air.
The paper used pictures from the website: Vincent.Callebaut
16 Unusual Dishes In World
Selection of unusual delicacies
And just what people do not eat ...
Eye tuna
Crude herring
Semen cod
Crocodile
Chittlins
Raw whale meat
Dried lizards
Eggs are white ants
Live fish
Giant water beetle
Cockroach
Zagnivshie soybeans
Horseshoe Crab Roe & Nast
Raw octopus
Chicken cartilage
Wall Patches With Lego
Amateur of Lego Vorman Ian finds dilapidated houses and in the true sense of the word puts holes in the walls of the patch design. This photo from Berlin, which can be seen as sympathetic to Ian Vormanu help
