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Christmas is a great season, and one that brings out a real sense of spirit in everyone. There is no doubt that the glittering Christmas lights and the colorful holiday decorations that adorn homes, malls and businesses, help to set the tone for the holiday season and get people into a festive mood. Now I [...]

The world’s largest solar-powered building has been unveiled in Dezhou, Shangdong Province in northwest China. The 75,000 square meter structure is a multi-use building and features exhibition centers, scientific research facilities, meeting and training facilities, and a hotel – all of which run on solar power. The design of the building is based on the [...]

Designer Alvin Tjitrowirjo’s appropriately named Linger Bench provides a fantastic concept for a casual sit, maybe a casual conversation.  Meant to infuse comfortably into natural surroundings, each bench is handmade and hand-bent into its shape.  Although this isnt’ the first time this type of material and style’s been utilized to develop furniture, the Linger Bench [...]

Developed by Tom Kundig at the Seattle Office Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects, the T. Bailey Offices were designed to wholly incorporate the client’s product into its office space; and that product is a gigantic pipe used in wind turbine towers.  In fact, several were used through the 11,700 square foot space, where visitors walk [...]

Home speakers were once ugly, boxy things that you hid away from sight because they did nothing for your décor. But smart designers have been working to make the home audio speaker an attractive part of whatever room it’s in, and some of their designs are positively unbelievable.

The Grand Enigma

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Christmas is a great season, and one that brings out a real sense of spirit in everyone. There is no doubt that the glittering Christmas lights and the colorful holiday decorations that adorn homes, malls and businesses, help to set the tone for the holiday season and get people into a festive mood. Now I [...]

The world’s largest solar-powered building has been unveiled in Dezhou, Shangdong Province in northwest China. The 75,000 square meter structure is a multi-use building and features exhibition centers, scientific research facilities, meeting and training facilities, and a hotel – all of which run on solar power. The design of the building is based on the [...]