nykredit headquarters/schmidt hammer lassen
via: mymodernmet
I watched this in my lunch break and it was so inspiring. I recommend you watch this but here’s a summary:
Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio, talks about the 4 commandments of cities:
- A city of the future has to be environmentally friendly
- A city of the future has to deal with mobility and integration
- A city of the future has to be socially integrated
- A city of the future has to use technology to be present.
“[At] the end of the day, when we talk about cities, we talk about a gathering of people. And we cannot see that as a problem.” (Eduardo Paes)
The Beriev Be-2500 Neptun (Cyrillic: Бериев Бе-2500 Нептун) is a super-heavy amphibian cargo aircraft concept proposed by the Beriev Aircraft Company of Russia. With a maximum takeoff weight of 2,500 t (5,500,000 lb),[1] it is the largest aircraft ever proposed. If completed, it would weigh four times more than the largest flying aircraft in the world, the Antonov An-225.
Beriev plans to design the aircraft with the assistance of foreign partners as the expertise and financial commitments required are beyond the capabilities of any one nation. It is estimated that the total research and development cost of the program would range from US$10 to US$15 billion.
The company claims that such aircraft will function as “flying ships” that will compete with the maritime shipping and air transport industries and can be readily integrated into existing infrastructure.
Art Nouveau Doors <3
(Photos uncredited as I collected them on my hard-drive a long time ago!)
Japanese Manhole Covers
Let’s discuss everything you know about manhole covers: they keep you from falling in sewers, they’re like front doors for Ninja Turtles, and there was a little known computer game called The Manhole in 1989 that pretty much trumped the Oregon Trail when it came to wasting time on the school’s primitive Apple Macintosh. But did you know that they also make incredibly ornate manhole covers in Japan? They’re so popular that there’s an flickr group dedicated to the decorated covers you walk all over.
(via: faithistorment)
graffiti just got that much easier.
