“Humans will build one structure, leave it there, and hope it lasts for many decades. Beavers, on the other hand, build little, tiny dams where they’re needed and flexibly manage what’s going on with the water in their environment.” https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/08/beavers-climate-resilient-watersheds-biodiversity-research
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In architecture, a spandrel is the space between arches, usually triangular. If it is filled we call it "spandrel wall", and it was often decorated. In longer arches, the spandrel can contain spandrel beams and spandrel columns to help carry what is above.
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RT @DmitriyMolla@twitter.com:
For the first time in human history, people are systematically building meaningless places. - Eugene Walter
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RT @_Aesthetic_City@twitter.com:
I wonder why the Swedes and Norwegians started an architecture rebellion…
(Trondheim, Norway)
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Croats confirmed strongest people in the world: bullies AI into submission. Refuses to elaborate.
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RT @RizomaSchool@twitter.com:
You used to be able to just order beautiful mass produced millwork
If deglobalization brings this back it'll all be worth it
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Ok I'll bite. You can't build these for profit/affordable. What you can do is gather a group of fit and averagely able men and teach them how to build these themselves (sweat equity). Preferably in a place where the authorities are sympathetic to the materials and the idea.
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The 21st century is the century for radio.
No-one has time for TV. Podcasts are not nearly curated enough. Ads and algorithms are killing Youtube.
Radio is the happy middle point.
(Ex: a February 2024 Tokyo comedy radio talk show drew 53,000 live viewers and a total of 107,000 nationwide in theaters and cinemas).
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Whenever something is wrong, something is too big: "In the U.S., the top five egg producers are responsible for 40% of hens, with Mississippi-based Cal-Maine Foods alone responsible for 13% of total U.S. production." https://theconversation.com/egg-prices-soar-as-outdated-supply-chains-crack-under-pressure-251425
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Jackery, a Japanese company in electrical generation, batteries and PV has developed a panel more efficient than a regular roof mounted panel and that looks much like regular cupped roof tiles. Black or terracotta.
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Still thinking of that 1986 experiment by a professor at Shizuoka U who tried breeding mice in cages of wood, concrete, and iron. The mice in the concrete cages just wouldn't breed well, most of the litter died soon after birth, but in the metal cages it was even worse.
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Possibly the largest 19th century xylothek (wood library) in the world is held in Alnarp, Sweden. The "books" are made in the wood they describe and contains leaves, fruits, nuts, etc. This one has 217 species/books. https://www.slu.se/en/subweb/library/use-the-library/search-and-find/special-collections/wooden-library/
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