November 19, 2009 @ 8:09 pm
The very thought of a balcony makes me think of a place jutting out from a building several floors up. But in Japan, architect Yukiharu Suzuki has designed the Sukiya House, a very modern looking home with a unique underground tunnel that also serves as a balcony.
What We Do Is Secret has a bunch of more photos of this beautiful place. If I ever get to live on a mountainside, I’d want to incorporate this into my home design.
November 11, 2009 @ 8:31 pm
In honor of the veterans this Veteran’s Day, Mental Floss has compiled a number of videos of dogs excitedly greeting their owners back from war. It is quite possibly the most wholesome and tear-jerking list of videos I’ve ever come across. Mental Floss hit gold with this entry and I’m going to go ahead and call it their best yet.
If you’re not a dog-lover, they even throw in a video of children being surprised by their parents coming home from war. Needless to say, you should stop what you’re doing now and watch these videos.
September 25, 2009 @ 12:53 am
This photo taken by John Bazemore for the Associated Press shows a house nearly consumed by flood waters in Mableton, Georgia on Tuesday (September 22, 2009). As posted earlier, parts of Georgia have experienced tremendous rainfall which has caused massive flooding and several deaths.
You can see more photos of the flooding at The Washington Post.
June 10, 2009 @ 6:25 pm
You’ve probably never seen this house, but a part of you might instantly recognize it as familiar? Why? Well, because if SFGate is to be believed, this is the house that the Up house was modeled after. The structure is permanently elevated about 10 feet off of the ground giving animators a good glimpse of what’s underneath which is probably useful for animation when the Up house flies away.
Anyway, there’s no official confirmation from the folks at Pixar, so you’ll have to take this one with a grain of salt.
June 4, 2009 @ 10:47 am
Wow, this totally makes me think of the Freedom Tunnel. But I’m really not surprised about this cave find.
April 22, 2009 @ 7:56 pm
Polish architects KWK Promes designed a house in Poland that hides most of itself from view by being almost entirely incorporated into the ground. The roof of the house is part of the grassy field that the house resides in and serves as an extension of the natural features of the area while also giving its inhabitants a place to call home.
My words can’t describe how wonderful this house looks so check out the pictures below for a better view.
