Run! It Might Catch You



It follows you everywhere in the light and becomes invisible in the dark… More like a daemon than an angel. The shadow hides our identity and the real meanings of objects around us – a strange, magical world that doubles our reality. People-like shapes rise from garbage, the little duck is in fact a scary shark and, with the help of a piece of chalk, Giacometti draws the missy who hides behind the street sign.

Enjoy!!!

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Beyond Beauty – Carnivorous Plants

When I was little, I saw a pretty scary movie with a carnivorous orchid. The strange plant was surrounding a house and eating people inside it… Creepy… this and The Birds were the movies that shocked me as a child… now, I’m afraid of birds… I can’t say if a carnivorous plant can scare me, because I only saw them in pictures… and they look wonderful. Another mystery of nature. :)

Don’t worry… these ones only eat bugs ;) I think :P Most of them were found on Sarracenia.com.

Pinguicula Titan

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Underground Living – Hidden Homes



Unbelievable? Wild? A bit strange? Since the beginning of time people have been living underground. All history books speak about cavemen. The 17th-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes had a very brutal image of these people and of the human being far away from civilization and called this kind of living “poor, nasty, brutish and short”.

Cave-house in shape of a human face, Bomarzo, Italy, 16th c, Picture source: Learning from Architecture

After thousands and thousands of years things have changed a little… ;)
Today’s earth shelter dwellings are a more friendly and elegant return to nature: comfortable and eco. I wonder what Thomas Hobbes would say about these….

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Burj Khalifa – Tallest Building in the World



Grand opening! The tallest skyscraper has been unveiled to the world… After years of construction the well known Burj Dubai now called Burj Khalifa has been completed leaving far behind Taipei 101.

Burj Khalifa | World’s Tallest Structure | DUBAI | 828m | 2716.5ft | 162 floors

Use: Mixed (hotel, restaurants and offices)
Architect: SOM
Developer: Emaar

Burj Dubai Opening

I personally find it AMAZING!!! If a few years ago the entire area was a building site, now everything is sparkling and breaking records. From project to reality….
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