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Friday, January 6, 2012

Houston 20/20 Visions: Ten Years to Clarity exhibits what Houstonians consider the most critical issues challenging our city today and their ideas to solve them.

Houston: Prudential building scheduled for implosion Sunday

Thursday, January 5, 2012

New "sleeve" records time according to hand movement and improves workplace ergonomics.

Fairy Tales Seen Through the Lens of Architecturehttp://bit.ly/tVRrVk

For Great Art, Head to the Houston Permitting Center -- Seriously

Ergonomics Toolkit: Application of Common Ergonomic Assessment Tools

Loop: A Multifunctional Piece of Furniture That Can Be a Chair, Chaise, Bookshelf or Table

Travertine Dream House by Wallflower Architecture + Design ... The client's brief for this house was simple. Functionally, to maximize usable area and to incorporate greenery. Aesthetically, to use travertine copiously as an architectural finish.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Polis Picks the Best Architecture and Landscape Projects of 2011
New Design and Architecture from Japan” Book. Sublime Sublime: New Design and Architecture from Japan Book is a comprehensive collection of current Japanese architecture, interiors, and products that showcases and explores the country’s uniquely elegant design aesthetic…the book examines this distinctive talent for combining the rational and traditional with the cutting-edge in a way that seems effortless and even playful.
Ergonomic Shoe. The ‘proto-sole’ is suitable for all footwear ranging from mainstream consumer trainers to haute couture footwear. It consists of a fluid reservoir, like a bubble, which is situated in the heel of the shoe, where the ingredients to make the active agents ‘protocells’ are pumped by the foot and mixed on demand as they leave the storage vessel. The newly formed protocells move through the spongy sole of the shoe where they are delivered to and activated at sites of wear and tear.
Brad Pitt to build waterfall-powered home. Five years ago Angelina Jolie gave Brad Pitt a visit to architectural marvel Fallingwater as his birthday present. The stunning Frank Lloyd Wright designed house is built right on top of a waterfall in Western PA.