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Stargazing At The Elqui Domos Hotel In Chile | Designed by RDM Arquitectura | Photos by James Florio

In the heart of the mythical Elqui Valley in Pisco, surrounded by the Andes Mountains, 500km north of Santiago in central Chile, lies a magical place that allows for star-spangled dreams beneath the clear pure sky. Combining stargazing and specialized astronomic tours with night-time horseback riding, meditation and even tarot readings, Elqui Domos is a hotel quite like no other.

It was completed in 2005 to fulfil its owners’ desire to observe and enjoy the grandeur of the one of the world’s most star-filled skies. It is one of only seven astronomic hotels around the world and the only one in the Southern Hemisphere, offering breathtaking views of the magic skies draped over the Elqui Valley (the valley is renowned for its sharp, clear skies, as it happens to sit under one of the clearest atmospheres in the world). The lack of rain and pleasant weather all year round set the perfect conditions for astronomic tourism, where guests can gather to enjoy a unique chance to liaise with the stars.

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overprocessed: World’s First Vertical Forest “A vertical forest is expected to be completed this year in Milan. There are two tower apartment complexes which contain a total of 400 residential units. The facade of the buildings will be covered with 730 trees, 5,000 shrubs, and 11,000 perennial plants. It is expected to have the same ecological impact as 10,000 square meters of forest. Aside from fighting smog and producing oxygen, the foliage is expected to provide insulation to the residential units.” progress video
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World’s First Vertical Forest

“A vertical forest is expected to be completed this year in Milan. There are two tower apartment complexes which contain a total of 400 residential units. The facade of the buildings will be covered with 730 trees, 5,000 shrubs, and 11,000 perennial plants. It is expected to have the same ecological impact as 10,000 square meters of forest.

Aside from fighting smog and producing oxygen, the foliage is expected to provide insulation to the residential units.”

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forebidden: amberbydreams: owlmylove: thedivingpool: frommadon: The Unbelievable Photos Taken by the Crazy Russians Who Illegally Climbed Egypt’s Great Pyramid  Max Read Last week in Egypt, a group of Russian photographers apparently climbed the Great Pyramid of Giza—hiding from guards for four hours after closing time before beginning the ascent. Climbing the pyramid, one of the photographers claims, carries a punishment of one to three years. But it was worth it. “I was speechless,” one wrote. “I felt a chilling delight, absolute happiness.” there will never be a better headline than this oh man. seriously just look at this picture. These ancient beautiful structures that have been here for 4,000 years and just on the horizon this bustling city that was also originally formed over 4,000 years ago and has just grown and oh my god history man
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The Unbelievable Photos Taken by the Crazy Russians Who Illegally Climbed Egypt’s Great Pyramid

 Max Read

Last week in Egypt, a group of Russian photographers apparently climbed the Great Pyramid of Giza—hiding from guards for four hours after closing time before beginning the ascent. Climbing the pyramid, one of the photographers claims, carries a punishment of one to three years. But it was worth it. “I was speechless,” one wrote. “I felt a chilling delight, absolute happiness.”

there will never be a better headline than this

oh man. seriously just look at this picture. These ancient beautiful structures that have been here for 4,000 years and just on the horizon this bustling city that was also originally formed over 4,000 years ago and has just grown and oh my god history man

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The World of Buckminster Fuller

An 85-minute documentary on one of the twentieth century’s Renaissance man, Buckminster Fuller who was an architect, inventor, scientist, teacher, writer and philosopher. He’s known for his inventions, like the geodesic domes, or the dymaxion car.

My favorite documentary

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Celebrating I.M. Pei’s 96th Birthday

Today, famed architect I.M. Pei turns 96. Born in Guangzhou, China, Pei came to the United States in 1935 to pursue higher education. He graduated from MIT with his Bachelors in Architecture in 1940 and from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design in 1946.

Pei’s work is distinctly modernist with cubist tones and often features distinctive sweeping reflective glass facades. He is perhaps best known for the glass and steel pyramid at the Museé du Louvre in Paris, France—a controversial project completed in 1989 that has since become one of the most iconic modern buildings in France.

For more photos from I.M. Pei’s greatest works, check out their location pages below:

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Buckminster Fuller Book Covers, 1970s.

Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
by R. Buckminster Fuller / Pocket Book Edition, 1970 & 1974
Originally published by Southern Illinois University Press, 1969
Cover art by Gomez

No More Secondhand God (and Other Writings)
by R. Buckminster Fuller / Anchor Books Edition, 1971
Originally published by Southern Illinois University Press, 1963
Cover design by Sydney Butchkes, Cover photograph by Barry Sonnenfeld

Ideas and Integrities: A Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure
by Buckminster Fuller, edited by Robert W. Marks / Collier Books, 1974
Originally published by Prentice-Hall, © 1963 by Richard Buckminster Fuller

Utopia or Oblivion: The Prospects for Humanity
by Buckminster Fuller / Bantam Books, 1972
© 1969 by Buckminster Fuller

Buckminster Fuller: At Home in the Universe
by Alden Hatch / Delta Books, 1976
© 1974 by Alden Hatch

I Seem to be a Verb
by R. Buckminster Fuller with Jerome Agel and Quentin Fiore (graphic designer)
Bantam Books, 1970

Bucky: http://bfi.org/

The intellectual integrity and infinite order of the universe obviously are vastly greater than man. Man is an invention within it. What one did about this understanding would have to be through design. I decided I must not be a persuader, but a doer.

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http://aqua-velvet.com/2011/11/dymaxion-house-r-buckminster-fuller/

http://aqua-velvet.com/2012/11/photo-essay-architect-buckminster-fuller/