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There's something about a treehouse that appeals to all of us. Maybe it's the view, or getting close to nature, or reliving childhood memories. There are many ways to enjoy treehouses, no matter what age you are. A Treehouse Protest Beginning in 1997, Julia Butterfly Hill spent two years in a treehouse, 180 feet up in a tree named Luna to protest old-growth logging. The Treehouse as Art The Steampunk Tree House is a 30-foot-tall interactive work of art first exhibited at Burning Man. Hotels Sanya Nanshan You can find treehouse hotels all over the world. The Tree Houses Hotel The Tree Houses Hotel is a bed and breakfast in Costa Rica, in the rain forest near Arenal Volcano. Cedar Creek Treehouse Cedar Creek Treehouse at Mt. Permanent Homes If you want to live in a treehouse all the time, there are ways to do it. Grownup Retreats Treehouse Teahouse Japanese professor of architecture Terunobu Fujimori built his boyhood dream in his father's garden in 2004. Free Spirit Spheres For Kids Tree Tent

Walstrom House by John Lautner October 13th, 2011 John Lautner was a California based architect that built very inspiring public buildings and private residences. The Walstrom house was constructed in 1969 into the side of a hill in the Santa Monica mountains just outside of Los Angeles. My main interest in this home is of course the use of wood, but also the asymmetrical structure. Photos by Jon Buono explorations with space : cole rise no.1 no.2 no.3 no.4 no.5 no.6 no.7 A Cathedral Made from 55,000 LED Lights The Luminarie De Cagna is an imposing cathedral-like structure that was recently on display at the 2012 Light Festival in Ghent, Belgium. The festival was host to almost 30 exhibitions including plenty of 3D projection mapping, fields of luminous flowers, and a glowing phone booth aquarium, however with 55,000 LEDs and towering 28 meters high the Luminarie De Cagna seems to have stolen the show. ( via stijn coppens, sacha vanhecke, sector271)

Photos of Sakurajima volcano 25 Feb 2010 On a recent visit to Japan, alien landscape photographer Martin Rietze captured some spectacular images of Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima prefecture. Multiple lightning flashes caused by fast moving fine ash Lava bombs hitting the flank Strombolian eruption with lightning Detail with multiple lightning flashes Lava brightens the ash cloud Ash eruption causing lightning Violent eruption Incredible Home URGENT: Computer Backup Required Matt Folson - Microsoft Specialist Your computer has become slow, unresponsive, displaying errors, or has started experiencing other issues. These issues are often caused by Viruses, Malware, or improper maintenance of your system. Malware and Viruses can cause program lock-ups and crashes, unwanted pop-ups and ads, slow PC performance, system freezes, start-up and shutdown problems, error messages, and total system failure. To ensure your personal and financial information is not destroyed by Malware, Viruses, or other issues, it is highly recommended that you run a free PC backup program to save and protect your system. If you need support I can help you! Matt is now offline. Click and create a free account with MyPCBackup.com Receive a FREE computer backup Automatically protect your personal and financial information Trademarks: Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Refrigerator Contents Around The World | Photos What does your refrigerator content say about you and your culture? Is there any type of food that is dominating or do you fill your refrigerator up with random groceries? These questions were something that caught photographer Stephanie de Rouge’s mind when she started her project called “In Your Fridge”. She basically traveled mainly around New York and Paris to photograph people’s refrigerator content. She plans to keep on going with her project and visit more cities around the world, so don’t be surprised if she knocks on your door to photograph your groceries.

¿Quién dice que una cabina telefónica no puede transformarse en una biblioteca? Tags: BusséolClermont-FerrandCollectif EtcEme3FranciaJulien AbitbolKelly Ung El último café que quedaba en Busséol cerró hace ya unos cuantos años. Desde entonces, los cerca de 180 habitantes de esta pequeña aldea francesa vivían su día a día sin un solo lugar de encuentro social. En octubre del año pasado, doce jóvenes arquitectos del grupo Collectif Etc iniciaron una gira de doce meses por toda Francia montados en bicicleta y armados con una enorme caja de herramientas. El pequeño pueblo de Busséol fue una de las primeras etapas del ‘Detour de France’ (en francés, ‘Desvío de Francia’). Durante una semana, esta pequeña aldea del distrito de Clermont-Ferrand concentró toda su energía en darle un nuevo aire a Busséol, desandar el camino que los nuevos tiempos habían marcado y construir un escenario más amable para todos. ¡Ahora hacemos libros! Ahora, Brands and Roses, responsable de Yorokobu, también edita libros. Y las historias continúan...

Stefano Unterthiner Photography : Animals Face to Face | COLT + RANE Colt + Rane Stefano Unterthiner Photography : Animals Face to Face Cyklop artifies street poles French artist Cyklop Paris is all set to cover different cities with his wonderful art of customizing poles and other objects .Cyklop plays extensively with the symbol of an eye. This symbol is found in almost all different part of the streets and can be eaisly identified as Cyklop street art . Incoming search terms: colorful poles Comments comments

Harvest mouse climbs up a dandelion By Nick Enoch PUBLISHED: 10:26 GMT, 28 May 2012 | UPDATED: 16:34 GMT, 28 May 2012 As this tiny harvest mouse seemed to blow away a dandelion, who knows what it was wishing for. These heartwarming pictures of one of Britain’s most elusive rodents were taken by amateur photographer Matt Binstead last weekend. He said: 'It was lovely to get these shots of the mouse in its element. The harvest mouse - one of Britain's most elusive rodents - was snapped at the British Wildlife Centre in Lingfield, Surrey, by head keeper Matt Binstead. 'I can't remember whether it was the breeze or the mouse blowing the dandelion,' said Mr Binstead 'I can’t remember whether it was the breeze or the mouse blowing the dandelion. 'It is the only British animal with what is known as a prehensile tail that can be used as a fifth limb. 'When wrapped around a stem, it can act as a brake or anchor. 'This makes it very nimble, travelling and feeding in stems of cereals and grasses.'

20 Unusual Churches (Part I Is there a God? This must be the most popular and most often asked question of all times. Well, I can’t help you there, sorry. This post is not about religion, it’s about architecture. I am sure that there are hundreds and thousands of beautiful churches around the world, but only very very few are so odd, that you would definitely take a camera and take a picture. P.S.: if you know or have a picture of an unusual church, send it to us (email on about page). P.S2.: full list can be found here: 50 Most Extraordinary Churches of the World 1. (Image Credits: Stuck in Customs) The Church of Hallgrímur is very very unusual, never seen anything like that. This Lutheran parish church is also a very tall one, reaching 74.5 metres (244 ft) height. It took incredibly long to build it (38 years!) The Architect of this building is Guðjón Samúelssondesign. More info: Hallgrímskirkja 2. (Image Credits: = xAv =) (Image Credits: Victor Soares, Agência Brazil) The construction was finished in 1970. 3. 4. 5. 6.

30 Best Earth Pictures of the Week - April 24th to May 01th, 2012 1. The Blue Dragon by Steve Richards 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Construcciones históricas en el borde de un precipicio La historia de 12 lugares históricos, situados en el borde de un precipicio, que quizás no conoces y que puedes admirar en 15 impresionantes fotografías. Monasterio de Simonos Petra. Monte Athos, Grecia. Simonos Petra es un monasterio ortodoxo que se encuentra en el monte Athos, Grecia, colgando de un acantilado situado a más de 300 metros sobre el nivel del mar. Municipio de Bonifacio. Bonifacio es un pueblo de Córcega, Francia, que se encuentra, en su mayor parte, situado sobre un elevado promontorio con unas envidiables vistas al mar Mediterráneo. Amanecer en Ronda. Ronda es una localidad, situada en el noroeste de la provincia de Málaga, que se extiende sobre una meseta rocosa de origen volcánico a 739 metros sobre el nivel del mar, dividida en dos partes por un cañón conocido como el Tajo de Ronda por el que fluye el río Guadalevín afluente del río Guadiaro. La espectacular iluminación de Bled Castle en Eslovenia. Bled Castle, Eslovenia. Meteora, Grecia. Monasterio Holy Trinity.

Top-10 centros comerciales más grandes de España (I): dominan Zaragoza y Madrid | Urbanity.es En las últimas décadas han proliferado en España los centros comerciales, unas edificaciones que, como suele decirse en lenguaje coloquial, “brotan como setas”. Su multifuncionalidad y las enormes posibilidades de ocio que ofrecen los han convertido en exitosos proyectos y en los principales lugares de compras y entretenimiento de cualquier mediana y gran ciudad. Los cambios en nuestro estilo de vida han derivado en escasez de tiempo. Pero, ¿cuáles son y dónde están los centros comerciales más grandes de España? 1- Puerto Venecia (Zaragoza) Para empezar, una sorpresa. 2- Marineda City (A Coruña) El centro comercial coruñés, con 176.000 metros cuadrados y 500.000 metros construidos, está abierto desde el año 2011 y su oferta incluye 180 tiendas, además de grandes almacenes como El Corte Inglés-Hipercor e Ikea. 4- Xanadú (Arroyomolinos, Madrid) Xanadú ofrece desde el 2003 más de 220 tiendas en 134.000 metros cuadrados.

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