#Architectural Record

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[vintagehomecollection]

The modern wood-burning stove, which gives a comforting view of the blazing fire, restores the hearth to the heart of the home. In these up-to-date designs the line between fireplace and stove is blurred; highly insulated, efficient and safe, perhaps their greatest attraction remains the age-old pleasure of watching a living fire.

The Fireplace, 1994

[hyperform]

JAM Record Bar - Akin Atelier

[coolthingsguyslike]

[arcadebroke]

レコード屋

[doriscoolhunter]

Vinyl bar

[cursed-40k-thoughts]

If all Imperial Guard regiments would organise local military Olympics (like various military operations (infiltrations, assassinations, holding the fort) in different setup (hive world or ice worlds environment etc)), which regiment will get most medals?

The Officio Assassinorum wins all the medals because the other contestants keep dying of coincidental poisoning. Or accidental drowning. Or tripping face first onto turbo-penetrator bullets. There is a brief investigation into potential foul play, but after one of the referees tragically slips down two flights of stairs and an eversor assassin, it’s rapidly and unanimously agreed upon that everything is above board.

[introvertedswimmer]

From my recent trip while on Rue St. Jean in Quebec City, Quebec!

[limnrix]

So this was inspired by the Exodan ships in Becky Chambers' Record of a Spaceborn Few and how they're laid out in recursive hexagons. I kind of just did it to see if I could, and started thinking architecturally / city planner style, so things aren't necessarily how they're described in the book, but how I would want a utopian nested hex city. I put in actual doors in the residential areas which was maybe unnecessary. It doesn't include manufacturing really, and I'm not totally sure where education goes, but there's some flexibility for a lot of things under the "retail" category. I preferred to make it all symmetrical rather than making district centers different. There could maybe be a bigger park around the Center, for composting, instead of "administration", which a society with internet may not need actual rooms for. Instead of handwaving that there's a transport level above this, I specifically tried to lay out a way to walk/ride through from any place to another, with some consideration for privacy, although sometimes traffic will go through your yard. Arguably there could be a 7th scale level, but I'm not going to torture InDesign any more.

The smallest unit is the hexagonal room. Homes are 5 rooms (sometimes 1 or 4 depending on throughway placement) and a half bath around a living room, which has a hallway going to the center of each hex. Hexes are made up of 6 homes around a yard and eating area with a kitchen in the middle, with households taking turns making one big 30 person meal a day. There are six hexes in a neighborhood around each park, and each park has a gym, pool, and public bath center servicing about 180 people. Six neighborhoods surround each district with shops, public spaces, services, and a clinic in the center for around 1080 people. The districts surround an administrative center, and death services in the middle. The whole ship houses around 6500 people.

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Edward Scissorhands (1990, Tim Burton)

15/07/2024

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[vintagehomecollection]

Warm colors may help create a psychological "climate" of warmth, encouraging interaction, and counteracting cold outdoor temperatures. Mark Simon, ALA, of Centerbrook, PC, architect. Photograph Norman McGrath).

Inside Today’s Home, 1986

[oldshowbiz]

Storm Clouds Over Hollywood…

[syckboi]

While I'm design posting...

I'm launching this record stand on Kickstarter this spring! It's called On a Wire, and it's the only record stand (soon to be) on the market that both stores and displays your records. It's unique in its appearance as well; On a Wire is made of chrome plated steel wire where most other record stands are slabs of wood or 3D printed plastic.

I'd love for people to follow the On a Wire Instagram account at @records.on.a.wire

Thank you, I love you, etc

[leroibobo]

cahokia was a city located across what's today the mississippi river, lasting between about 1050-1350 ce, after which it was abandoned until about 1500. due to its inhabitants leaving little-no written records and no oral histories of it existing, the city's original name is unknown - it was named posthumously for the cahokia people who were living in the area at the time of french contact.

at its peak in the 11th and 12th centuries, cahokia was the largest city north of mesoamerica and the largest settlement of the mississippian culture with a population of 15-20,000. it served as both an economic and cultural center; the city's main trades included farming, logging, hunting, pottery, weaving, and trading. the exact reason for its decline in the 13th and 14th centuries is unknown, with theories including war, political fragmentation, disease, and flooding among others being proposed.

like other mississippian settlements, cahokia is best known for its diligent city planning and extensive earthworks. its basic layout - thought to be inspired by the creators' view of the heavens - consists of four quarters and several soil and clay-constructed mounds oriented in the cardinal directions. all of them are centered on monks mound, the tallest of the earthworks, which may have housed the city's rulers. most residents lived on farmlands surrounding this main area. the city also includes the "woodhenge", an astronomical observatory consisting of wood posts aligned with the positions of the sun throughout the year, which is thought to have been relocated several times throughout the city's history. evidence of a copper workshop and a mass burial site have also been found in some of the city's mounds.

some siouan-speaking nations further west like the osage, kaw, ponca, quapaw, and omaha have preserved some elements present in cahokian culture such as chunkey and their meticulous urban planning. it's been suggested that these nations are a result of former cahokian people or other mississippians in the cahokian sphere of influence gradually migrating elsewhere. though cahokia had great influence, that practically no oral histories of the city exist indicates that former residents either didn't think it important enough to memorialize or didn't want to memorialize it.

[dispelzine]

Walls / Butler Street, Brooklyn, New York.