architecture
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Toothpick Fanatic recreates San Francisco with toothpicks!
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Wow, talk about having delicate fingers, a sturdy hand, and patience! Check out this video I stumbled across on Wired. It took Scott Weaver 3000 hours to create the 9 foot tall, 20 pound structure of San Francisco. I would love to see him work his toothpick magic on London’s Houses of Parliament! Yours in…
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Going underground
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A friend of mine recently sent me some astounding pics of an almost undetectable house in the Swiss village of Vals (thanks Claudia!). Below is a paraphrased description of the house from inhabitat.com who profiled this stunning abode: Designed by the architects of SeArch and Christian Müller, this underground house exemplifies the notion that thoughtfully…