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A House With A Rooftop Infinity Pool Kois Associated Architects designed a panoramic house with an infinity pool as the roof located on the Greek island of Tinos. The one-story ‘Mirage’ house is nestled into the island’s rugged landscape and offers stunning views over the Aegean Sea. Using local techniques like dry wall construction, the structure was also made of local materials such as retained earth. Speaking of the inspiration behind the concept, the architects say: “We wanted to make a house fused with its surroundings, an invisible oasis hidden from unsuspecting eyes. “We wanted to make a house fused with its surroundings, an invisible oasis hidden from unsuspecting eyes.” The house is acts almost like an observation point as it clings to the rocks and oversees the dramatic cascading landscape.”

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Ceiling of the Borujerdi House, Kashan, Iran

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Brutalism in Ruins: Exploring Casa Sperimentale, Italy’s Lost Architectural Relic As far back as the 18th century, people have been fascinated with ruins as picturesque compositions, but our collective obsession with the shells of forgotten architecture is not limited to quaint abbeys, run-down warehouses, and rural cottages. In the town of Fregene on the outskirts of Rome, Italy, photographer and urban explorer Oliver Astrologo has been documenting a very different kind of deteriorated building: architect Giuseppe Perugini’s ‘Casa Sperimentale’ (experimental house), a wild, eclectic ode to Brutalism that is slowly crumbling away on a wooded plot near the coast. The architect built the house in the late 1960s as a way to explore ideas pertaining to form and space at a 1:1 scale. Perugini passed away in 1995, and, for the past 20 years, the house has been left to deteriorate, steadily overwhelmed by plant life, and vandalized with graffiti. The home is a striking, Frankenstein-like amalgamation of volumes that possess dashes of Paul Rudolph’s Brutalism and Le Corbusier’s Modernism. There are even echoes of Casa Sperimentale present within contemporary experiments by Moshe Safdie (see Habitat 67) and Rem Koolhaas (check out OMA’s Maison à Bordeaux). But Perugini’s house is far less famous than those architects’ radical residences. Astrologo’s new images provide a fresh view of this neglected curiosity and help tell its story to a new generation of architects. The photographer places models within this melancholy but eerily beautiful setting to add a sense of scale and emphasize the contrasting textures of metal, glass, and concrete present within Perugini’s cacophony of brutalist gestures. From the cascade of glazed cubes to a gargantuan concrete sphere complete with a circular portal, the building, now, appears as an architectural playground where the original rules of program no longer apply.

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cubic houses in Rotterdam, Netherlands

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The Sensabaugh Tunnel in Church Hill Tennessee The Sensabaugh Tunnel in Church Hill, Tennessee has been terrifying locals for years. Is there some truth to their stories, or is there nothing to be afraid of? There are abandoned tunnels all over the United States. Some of them were used by trains, and others are remnants of work zones in old mining towns. Although they may have been used for different purposes, they all have one thing in common now: when the sun goes down, people tend to avoid them like the plague. One tunnel you should absolutely stay away from is the Sensabaugh Tunnel in Church Hill, Tennessee. Not only is it dark, wet, and covered with graffiti, but it's also extremely haunted. The story behind the hauntings is an eerie local legend that has been passed down from generation to generation, starting in the 1920s. He built the tunnel and lived nearby with his family in the '20s. He killed his wife and newborn daughter, and dumped their bodies into the river that ran through the tunnel. To this day, many people believe that his ghost guards the entrance. They say that his ghost appears in the rear-view mirror, and just before he reaches the vehicle, it starts up again. But it's not just the ghost of Mr. Sensabaugh that brave visitors have to worry about.The cry of his daughter can sometimes be heard inside the tunnel. Some claim to have heard the ghostly scream of a woman, which could belong to his wife. The Sensabaugh Tunnel is one of the most haunted places in Tennessee, so if you happen to be driving through Hawkins County and you're looking for a fright, drive into the tunnel and turn your car off...if you dare.

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Wizard Of Oz' Theme Park A photographer has captured these creepy images of a formally abandoned theme park that was originally closed back in 1980. The park was originally very popular but over time the customers were diverted away to larger theme parks and it closed. However, in the early 1990s they decided to open the park once a year to the public - and now the popularity has surged yet again. This year's event had 7000 tickets available and they all sold out within two and a half weeks. Seph Lawless, a pseudonymous American based photojournalist, artist and activist took these incredible images. The theme park is called Land of Oz and it's based in North Carolina. You can find out more about it here. http://www.landofoznc.com/#!autumnatoz/c1ox4

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Greek outage Feb 2012 The crowd of tens of thousands was the biggest in months of demonstrations against the spending cuts. Most of the demonstrators began to disperse but small groups continued to clash with police near the parliament building, as tear gas wafted over the square. Lawmakers inside were debating a bill setting out 3.3 billion euros in wage, pension and job cuts as the price of a 130-billion-euro rescue package from the European Union and International Monetary Fund, Greece's second since 2010. The protesters say ordinary Greeks have swallowed enough spending cuts and tax hikes in an effort to ease the debt burden.

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2012 Dakar Rally Traversing over 8000 miles through Argentina, Chile, and Peru, the Dakar rally pits drivers and riders against each other and against extreme terrain. The 14-stage race attracts competitors from over 50 countries to race 465 vehicles - motorcycles, quad bikes, cars, and trucks - through deserts, rivers, and mountains. The race has seen its share of tragedy over the years, and the 2012 edition is no different, with Argentine motorcycle rider Jorge Boero dying after a crash near the end of the very first stage, and two spectators dying when their ultralight aircraft crashed. Begun on January 1st, the race concludes Saturday in Lima, Peru.

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52nd Street New York, July 1948

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The adult model, and the shrimp model.

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still waiting yea im just abit lazy to post anything time soon

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Atrium at the Hyatt Shanghai hotel

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Inception pizza

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Old subway cars used to go to scrap metal but, since 2001, as many as 2,580 retired subway cars have gone to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. This is part of an effort to build an artificial reef off the East Coast to create habitats for marine life and recreational fishing. The MTA steam cleans the subway cars and strips them down of components that float and decompose before dumping them in the ocean. Photographer Stephen Mallon spent a couple of years after the start of the artificial reef program documenting the disposal of old subway cars.

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First tornado photograph, Anderson City, Kansas, April 26 1884

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In June 2010, a team of scientists and intrepid explorers stepped onto the shore of the lava lake boiling in the depths of Nyiragongo Crater, in the heart of the Great Lakes region of Africa. The team had dreamed of this: walking on the shores of the world's largest lava lake. Members of the team had been dazzled since childhood by the images of the 1960 documentary "The Devil's Blast" by Haroun Tazieff, who was the first to reveal to the public the glowing red breakers crashing at the bottom of Nyiragongo crater. Photographer Olivier Grunewald was within a meter of the lake itself, giving us a unique glimpse of its molten matter.