Decorating with MY Art
January 15th, 2009 Goto commentsLeave a comment Because everyone — even me — has some artistic ability ... house, in New Jersey, was made of reinforced poured concrete. Built in 1926, it was one of several in town that was formed with reinforcement mesh, concrete forms, and poured concrete. The walls, floors [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 16:23:53
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LOCUS TRAVELS TO BILOXI WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
For three weeks in May of 2007, Paul and Wynne led 10 University of Minnesota College of Design students on a design/build project in Biloxi, ... and Girls Club to participate in the construction effort, placing their handprints in concrete pavers ... concrete forms, pour 20 yards of concrete, and frame and finish the pavilion. This involved working [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 22:57:37
Change to Concrete?
Although the majority of American homeowners, a full 76% of us, live in wood frame structures, ... : Homes built with insulating concrete forms, where concrete is sandwiched between two insulating ... we 're more interested and impressed with qualities concrete offers. The top things we look [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 19:29:30
Summer in the garden
Clicking on the photos will enlarge them.It may seem strange to our northern hemisphere gardeners, and even to some in southern Australia, ... , we have more recycled metal in the form of concrete reinforcing steel that Hanno has secured with a metal star peg for the cucumbers to climb up. Garden construction can be very simple indeed.We had to buy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 18:30:00
Building and Growing
I've been skimming through the 366 writing meditations of Fred White's The Daily Writer, a how-to tour he guides through one year of writing ideas, ... in a concrete material form. I do a variation of the same thing when I take photographs, make quilts or paint. All those codes and procedures and precise steps might smother another person's [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 05:00:00
Next Round for the Roundhouse
A building with a great nickname can't be all bad. But if you only read the disparaging remarks about the Philadelphia Roundhouse - aka the Police ... , "The Roundhouse," was in use before Geddes designed the concrete fortress on 7th and Race Streets in 1963 ... enforcement in its heavily, muscled concrete form. You can practically see the washboard abs [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 18:37:00
Interdependence, Not Independence Part I
Interdependence, Not Independence Part I December 14, 2008 Thus the finite being, neither existing primarily in itself, ... , but such imputations do not actually present the phenomena themselves. Their concrete forms will differ over time ... to be a nihilistic is not. There is no denial of the experience phenomena. Buddhism denies all forms [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 09:15:24
Four year anniversary!
Four years ago today, we moved into our partially completed house. It's still not done, but that's a post for another day ... concrete over our in-floor heating tubes. Mike did 95% of everything else, and the kids and I helped ... (because he had a backhoe and forms to make concrete walls), the insulation guy (because he had this cool [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 12:09:00
MMK (23) Examination of Delusion
1. What was born from desire, violent emotion, hatred, temptations, are just discussed ... have concrete forms exactly?The Souls do never have any relation with the problem whether Souls really exist, or not,And so how is it possible for miscellaneous pains actually to be concrete things [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 01:10:00
Recent Events
Where to begin? Yesterday my DH had the day off because it was New Year's Day. He made good use of the day by working outside ... forms filled with concrete and in a few places around the outside and the entire interior wall still ... had some cans of red spray paint, so since I can't keep continually chasing them with a broom. I started [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 04:35:00
Surrendering to the Landscape
from NYT Jan Cox has an expansive view of the sky and the snow-covered hills from her Idaho desert home ... . Kundig, whose award-winning work is known for its uncomplicated forms. A concrete-block box at the end of a half-mile driveway, the house is built around a single large room that combines kitchen, living [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 05:27:47
Jetson Green: Modern Alley House
222_cropped.jpg Preston, green ninja master over at Jetson Green, writes: Just one mile from downtown Seattle in Madison Valley, ... ) construction Insulated concrete forms (ICF) with high R-value Formaldehyde-free and 100% recycled flooring Zero VOC finishes Click here to read read the rest of this article this is just an excerpt [more...]
Date: 2008-08-20 05:11:53
Gift Hill Garden Apartments-Excellent Value
Gift Hill Garden Apartments – Brand new solid masonry duplex conveniently located off the Gift Hill Road ... furniture and artwork; finishes include stained concrete floors, contemporary cabinetry and Corian countertops with integrated sinks. Built “green” with insulated concrete forms that result in high [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 22:48:45
Sew LoopyJanuary 3, 2009
If you thought that knitting had reached its peak with stitch-n-bitch groups, ... by picking up some free leftover yarn from work and finding some giraffe-stamped needles from the local ... our otherwise mundane (grey) concrete slabs. The other forms of graffiti can’t quite create [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 00:15:05
360 Winnett: Foundation
winnett1.jpg Our foundation was constructed using Insulated Concrete Forms, which are large blocks that interlock together like Lego bricks and then filled with concrete. ICF ... , the blocks have an R-value of about 22.4, however the thermal mass provided by the concrete increases [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 23:05:19
White Cave / Takao Shiotsuka Atelier
Architects: Takao Shiotsuka Atelier Location: Oita, Japan Client: Private Project year: 2006-2007 Site area: 419 sqm Constructed area: 132.6 sqm Contractor: Hokoku Co. Ltd Photographs: Toshiyuki YANO (Nacasa & Partners Inc ... have a rough concrete finish, and the openings express the thickness of the concrete that form [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 16:32:23
Greenage - New Luxury Apartment Mega-Project launched in Bangalore
/India PRwire/ - Salarpuria and Sattva group proudly announce Greenage - their latest 2 and 3 bedroom apartment complex layout in Bangalore, ... and many more. The specifications offered at Greenage include vitrified, granite and wooden flooring ... system for forming casts in place reinforced concrete building structures. Using this unique system [more...]
Date: 2008-08-20 12:29:40
Modern Alley House Goes Super Green
Just one mile from downtown Seattle in Madison Valley, Cascade Built has finished their latest green home, the Alley House ... and features some high-end finishes such as Caesarstone countertops, Kirei doors, and a Liebherr ... Structural insulated panel (SIP) construction Insulated concrete forms (ICF) with high R-value [more...]
Date: 2008-08-15 06:33:05
Contemporary Home Design in Portugal - Steep Slope Home
.fullpost{display:inline;}Tolo House by architect Alvaro Leite Siza is a contemporary home design that sits on a steep slope in Penafiel, Portugal ... patios, connected by a footpath and stairs leading up the hillside. The exterior of this modern residence boasts a cool, edgy appeal with its concrete facade, sharp geometric forms and metal doors [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 19:07:00
Top Penny Stocks For 2009
1. Dayton Superior Corporation ( DSUP ) .57 A Share As Of 12/25/2008Dayton Superior Corporation (Dayton Superior) offers specialized products consumed in non-residential, concrete construction markets. The Company’s products are used to help form, strengthen, move, stabilize, cure or color concrete. Dayton [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 18:28:00
nice short ym3.0 review
the mystery blogger who calls her blog pondering wanderer has posted a nice little review of youth ministry 3.0: I just finished “Youth Ministry 3 ... . But my frustrations and questions were put into concrete form as I read. I have been trying to figure [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 08:00:39
Walker Art Center Winter 2009 Film Line-Up
Minneapolis’ Walker Art Center once again has put together an amazing film line-up for January and February ... premieres, focuses on the themes of place and time through films that transform concrete narrative into fluid forms. These works take us to places in all corners of the world and experiment with ways [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 08:21:31
Richmond Place House / Boyd Cody Architects
Architects: Boyd Cody Architects - Sinead Bourke, Dermot Boyd, Peter Cody, James Corbett, Ryan Kennihan Location: Rathmines, Dublin 6, ... Materials: Brick, Satin Anodised Aluminium Windows Interior Materials: White Oak, Concrete, Plaster ... and forms a low book-end building to Richmond Place, while making a strong contextual response [more...]
Date: 2008-07-03 13:00:10
The war in Gaza and Southern Israel continues in Britain
Last updated 16:24 Brockley time.First, some links about the "Israel must lose" letter I blogged about on Friday. For Snoopy, it crosses a line. For David Hirsh, it's right on the line. Yaba Yaba points up the absurdity of the us/them delirium, and to some actual forms of concrete solidarity it would be much better for the British left [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 15:35:00
green building news
The New American Home creates its most energy efficient home in Las Vegas. This 9,000 square foot contemporary home features: a heating and cooling system that runs on clean-burning natural gas, photovoltaic cells, a solar water-heating system, insulating concrete forms [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 15:35:58
News media can’t slam Israel for Bethlehem this year—oh. Wait.
Instead of the “Israel is killing Christmas” stories this year, the news services are serving up a plate of “Bethlehem is going like gangbusters, ... the form of a daunting concrete wall 4 meters (13 feet) high with watchtowers. Tourism collapsed here [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 23:17:21
in which i kvetch
Ok, so I took the last post down because it was whiny. but let me tell you what makes me unhappy today. In list form.1 ... hours a week in a horrible concrete bunker of a building wherein I cannot get wifi access; being ... around campus yesterday humming take this job and shove it.3. A student two years behind me is finishing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 02:11:00
Personalize Your Activities To Overcome Procrastination
Personalize Your Activities To Overcome Procrastination News you can use ( ... about the nuts and bolts of doing each activity: speaking to a bank officer, filling out forms ... about the task in more concrete, specific terms makes it feel like it should be completed sooner [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 06:39:28
Precast.
I was surprised to see several establishments already put up near the church we frequently go to ... several parts of the building that are already formed being delivered in the area. Precast Concrete ... expertise and the most important thing, safety. Precast Concrete Septic Tanks, along with large-scale [more...]
Date: 2008-09-03 12:16:29
Mercury Retrograde in January 2009 - How Will The Inferior Conjunction in Aquarius Manifest in the Future?
by Robert Wilkinson Following up on the general meaning and function of the "Inferior conjunction" between the Sun and Mercury, ... form. We also are told that we can project a "noble ideal into concrete forms of beauty [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 03:39:22
Food on TV is the new radio drama
I think that I've figured out the boom in food programming on TV. It's more of the magic of selective sensory deprivation ... appear to actually exist in any of the concrete forms on offer. I, for one, would be very [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 14:51:00
Yin and Yang
Chang Tsai, (1020-1078), philosopher:No two of the products of creation are alike ... in all directions and in all manners. Its two elements unite and give rise to the concrete. Thus ... and forms in the universe are but dregs of this spiritual transformation. Shao Yong(1012-1077 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 22:28:00
The Right Word
The Right Word By Philip B. Corbett After Deadline examines questions of grammar, ... in The Times’s stylebook: cement. Use concrete instead to mean the material that forms blocks, walls ... these observations might interest general readers, too. Words to Watch: Cement vs. Concrete [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 15:26:15
Permanent Link to
January 21st, 2009 Penguin Pools-Penguin Pools specializes in Vinyl Liner, Concrete, 1-piece Viking and free form Armor Fiberglass swimming pools along with spas, custom water features, and designer concrete patios. With offices in Minneapolis-St. Paul & Milwaukee [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 07:35:04
The Story of My Life
Hello, I’m Matt from A View from 5280ft It’s good to be over here at Freedandflawed because I am free and very flawed. Very flawed ... were to level the dirt (grading), build the forms and lay the concrete. Then I would float [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 12:21:25
Telegraph Road Closing at Night in Both Directions for 3 Weeks Starting Jan 21
Telegraph Road to be Closed between East Drive and N. Kings Highway From 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Thursday for up Three Weeks beginning Jan ... due to overhead ramp bridge work.Contractors will be doing concrete form work for the roadway decks [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 21:43:00
Pods
Near as I can tell, there are no alien life forms in these pods. However, the black seeds that drop will take root anywhere. Including concrete. The seeds do not spawn alien life forms. o © 2008 Armstrong Media, LLC. All rights reserved. No republishing without permision. This post was originally written by Jon Armstrong [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 15:46:21
Daily Digest: Never Review a Transition on Opening Night...
Change.gov First Looks: After taking a quick initial look at Change ... Klingler suggests that the fact that the site has "plenty of feedback forms but not much more" points ... concrete product to come out of the Obama presidency, Change.gov is exciting. But Obama won Tuesday [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 18:35:47
Thanksgiving Came And Went
It’s over. The big event of the year is done. They came. They ate. They left. I am going to relax for a bit ... to the clan also. The mixture is mortar mixed with enough concrete bonding agent to form a thick [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 17:00:41
Another Color In The Wall: Inspiration From Bricks
The fired color of clay bricks is significantly influenced by the chemical and mineral content of raw materials, ... of "pastel" shades can be achieved.. Bricks formed from concrete are usually termed blocks [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 13:28:35
Career in Animation
Each one of us lives with millions of pictures in our minds, ... in concrete forms. But the scene is fast changing and Animation is the key to the explosive powers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 17:22:54
Coopersville man electrocuted when truck hits power line
MARNE — A Coopersville area man was electrocuted Tuesday morning after his truck, carrying concrete forms, hit a power line and he got out to check on the lines, police said. Scott David Maxwell, 44, had pulled into a driveway... [more...]
Date: 2008-09-23 22:27:10
Thoughts of a Future Pope
"One must realize that the faithful understand the liturgy from visible concrete forms and that they are spiritually impregnated by them and that the faithful do not penetrate easily the depths [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 05:02:00
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Date: 2008-10-06 02:26:01
Concrete floor clock
A very simplistic concrete floor clock from Forsberg Form. They have taken the old traditional Swedish "Moraklocka" and made it in to something modern. 2008-10-01 @ 20:33:42 Stumble It! [more...]
Date: 2008-10-01 18:33:42
The Woodway Residence by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
The Seattle, Washington office of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson redesigned a 1950s mid-century modern home to give it a new contemporary life for a young ... . A composition of enlongated colored boxes and planar elements organizes and enlivens the house. Circulation ... site beyond. A bold linear concrete wall links a new garage and studio, forming an entry [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 14:46:55
The WTO, Core ILO Labor Standards, & Human Rights
The continuing dialogue between organised labour, the WTO and some member states indicates two things. Firstly, labour issues remain on the agenda ... why the environment is accorded more legal protection, with concrete policy consequences ... to collective bargainingElimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labourEffective abolition [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 15:14:00
Home Energy Audit Guide Step by Step: Part #5 - Your Home's Lighting
This series of posts is an updated version of my popular guide to do it yourself home energy audits ... Laundry Tips Seek and Destroy Cold Drafts in Your Home Insulated Concrete Forms: The Best in Green [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 13:05:01
ADDRESS OF POPE BENEDICT XVI MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER RELIGIONS CHAPTER HALL ST MARY'S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY 18 JULY 2008 Dear Friends, ... a force for unity. In a world threatened by sinister and indiscriminate forms of violence ... of others and to search for concrete ways to contribute to the common good. Religions have a special role [more...]
Date: 2008-07-18 03:47:12
Romans Road by Sojourn Visual Arts
on view January 9 - February 15, 2009 in the 2nd floor gallery. Opening Reception Friday January 9, 2009. 7-10 p.m ... challenged the artists to figure out how to make the abstract ideas concrete and take on shapes and forms [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 23:19:25
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