Buildings and Other Structures
Inventions of Buckminster Fuller, Part 6: Geodesic Domes
This is one of Bucky's inventions that actually went into practical use. Also, many people are actually somewhat familiar with this one (think Spaceship Earth at Epcot).
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Posted By: fyshstyxx - Tue Jun 16, 2009 -
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Category: Architecture, Buildings and Other Structures, Futurism
Inventions of Buckminster Fuller, Part 2: The Dymaxion House
Problem: Quality housing is too expensive for the average person.Answer: The Dymaxion House!
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Posted By: fyshstyxx - Tue May 19, 2009 -
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Category: Architecture, Buildings and Other Structures, Futurism
Weird Florida, part 1: Carrabelle
Carrabelle is a small town about 20 miles from Apalachicola. It is also home to the world's smallest police station
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Posted By: fyshstyxx - Mon May 18, 2009 -
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Category: Architecture, Buildings and Other Structures, Communications, Cops, Sightseeing
Buy Your Own Piece of Armageddon
Be the envy of every other survivalist and have your own converted cold-war Atlas-F missile silo home! You too can live in complete cold war safety and luxury. The converted missile launch site is marketed as a getaway, luxury home, and in my opinion is every survivalist’s dream. The property includes its own private runway, 2000 square foot luxury home above ground with master suite, a private airstrip, and a hangar/garage. Below ground, past the 2000 lb. blast doors and three feet of reinforced concrete built to withstand brutal missile assaults lies two additional stories of space in the converted control room where you will find two additional suites with luxury marble Jacuzzi baths and an escape hatch to your private hangar.
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Posted By: chris_cantwell - Wed May 06, 2009 -
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Category: Architecture, Armageddon and Apocalypses, Buildings and Other Structures, Destruction, Flight, Government, Military, Real Estate, Science, War, 1950s
CasAnus
The CasAnus was designed by the Dutch artist Joep van Lieshout. He writes:If you stayed there, you could say "This place is crap," and not necessarily mean it in a pejorative sense.
Also by van Lieshout, along similar lines, is the BarRectum (aka Asshole Bar):via corporeality.net
Posted By: Alex - Wed Dec 03, 2008 -
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Category: Architecture, Art, Buildings and Other Structures, Scatology, Excrement, Hotels
Butlin’s Crazy House
Consider the Crazy House once to be found in Felixstowe, UK.
These old postcard images come from the Flickr set of a fellow who uses the handle Photoaf.
The house was part of a Butlin's Amusement Park. For the history of the founder, Billy Butlin, eventually knighted for his recreational achievements, visit here.
Wouldn't you have loved to experience this park during its heyday, some seventy years ago?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 25, 2008 -
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Category: Architecture, Buildings and Other Structures, Entertainment, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, History, Photography and Photographers, Surrealism, Foreign Customs, 1930s
Color It Clean
So long as we've started a toilet thread, let's all watch "Color It Clean," so that we appreciate the men and women who maintain our public lavatories.This film reminds me of Barney Gumble's autobiographical entry in the Springfield Film Festival. I could find the clip only in Italian, but that adds a certain frisson to the viewing experience, I think.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 03, 2008 -
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Category: Bathrooms, Buildings and Other Structures, Bums, Hobos, Tramps, Beggars, Panhandlers and Other Streetpeople, Hygiene, Body Fluids, Excrement, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Television, Documentaries, 1960s
Telemegaphone Dale
When you dial the Telemegaphone’s phone number the sound of your voice is projected out across the fjord, the valley and the village of Dale below.
I wonder how many collect calls it receives?
Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 08, 2008 -
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Category: Buildings and Other Structures, Technology
Robotic and Redneck Stonehenge
Steve Norris has built a Stonehenge Robotic Digital Clock. I don't think it would work so well as a bedside timepiece (the whirring of it might keep you up at night), but it would definitely be something you could show off to your friends. It would be even cooler if a version of this were built that was the actual size of Stonehenge. (via OhGizmo!)
Posted By: Alex - Tue Aug 05, 2008 -
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Category: Buildings and Other Structures, Inventions, Technology, Video
Home Intruder
I have no explanation for this video. But it seemed to belong on WEIRD UNIVERSE.You have been warned.
ADDENDUM: Clear-headed and far-sighted reader Fitz identifies the URL touted onscreen here as totally NSFW. I found the video itself on YouTube.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 04, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Buildings and Other Structures, Domestic, Unsolved Mysteries
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