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Friday, October 08, 2010

America's front yard

Watch the video on the link below
if you wish to see famous sights of Washington D.C.and its National Mall.

http://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Timelapse.html

Saturday, September 11, 2010

For once in that blog... some French: a "Le Monde" article about a hugely crucial subject: 9/11
http://www.lemonde.fr/ameriques/article/2010/09/11/les-etats-unis-n-en-ont-pas-fini-avec-le-11-septembre_1409267_3222.html#ens_id=1395749
Thanks to Teo, I've done my research and found this video. I chose mainly it because I love that child's voice and the design of the carpet. While the kid is fumbling with the $20 dollar bill, listen to the background sound.

Come and ask me to show you a $20 bill students! You might make an impression on your teacher if you can tell her, in English, what you've heard in the background!
For the BTS students in particular, a 9/11 research by architects and engineers:
http://www.ae911truth.org/

Thursday, March 13, 2008

WOW! A DREAM HOUSE !

24h: A Swedish architect agency designed this marvel in Dragspelhuset, Lake Övre Gla, Sweden

A dream come true! ...I want one just like that...And it is retractable!

Extract from its description: :
During the summer the building can change its form or, like a butterfly, unfold its wings for extra shelter during rainy days.
The addition is for a house from the year 1800, located on the banks of Ovre Gla Lake in the Swiss nature reserve of Glaskogen.
Regulations limited the amount of construction that could be done on the exterior of the building and proscribed a 4.5 meter green space around the stream that encloses the area. 24H came up with a telescoping cabin, adding to the usable surface and arching out over the stream. This accentuates the organic shapes of the design, which emulates the rustic surroundings.

Isn't the inside as fantastic as the outside?