Archive for November, 2005
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005
Bill Gates Livin’ Large
Bill Gates, as Microsoft Corporation Chairman (left), looks at an empty oversized bowl on a giant kitchen table, accompanied by Portugal’s Science and Technology minister Mariano Gago at the knowledge and Living Science pavilion at the Parque das Nacoes, Lisbon, Portugal.
Want your own big furniture? Great Big Computer Key-stool
World’s Largest Chair
World’s Largest Collection [...]
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2005
Vacation Yurts
A Yurt is a traditional felt home of the nomads who live on the cold, barren steppes of Central Asia. In the U.S. today, yurts are made using hi-tech materials and are used year-round as comfortable homes. Want to get a taste of yurt life without the yurt commitment? Try a yurt-based vacation.
Vacations in [...]
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Saturday, November 12th, 2005
Tasty Buildings
Chocolate cake in the shape of The Smithsonian Institution
Castle building.
A replica of the Juliette Gordon Low birthplace made entirely out of Girl Scout cookies was built last year by the staff at Thomas & Hutton Engineering Services and was entered in the Girl Scout Cookie Challenge.
For a recent class project, [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Unusual Homes by Marlow Harris
Saturday, November 5th, 2005
Vernacular Architecture
Longaberger Company home office building shaped like one of their handmade baskets, with employees gathered outside. What started out as a dream by Dave Longaberger, Founder of The Longaberger Company, has been built into a giant basket to house the corporate offices of the company.
Here’s the company website, which is kitschy, but [...]
