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Vertical Village

Posted on October 10, 2009 | 2 Comments

Dubai has always been a hub for some pretty amazing architecture, but this thing is something else.

Dubai Village

The new ‘vertical village’ complex looks more like it has just been landed than constructed, but we love it. Inside is a full-scale entertainment complex, a hotel and some residential housing.

Dubai Village 3

Even better than the space-age design is the fact that it has actually been planned with the environment in mind. Every surface is covered in solar panels. We don’t really understand the technology, but they’re meant to be very good ones, and the fact that we’re talking about the Dubai desert means they will get plenty of use.

Even without all that, this is one impressive building. We want the penthouse flat…

Dubai Village 2

(source: Ecofriend via Notcot)

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Inventive bus stops

Posted on September 18, 2009 | Leave a comment

From time to tme, we’ve wondered what puts people off taking public buses. Usually however, standing in the wind and rain under a piece of dirty grey plastic waiting for the stupid things to turn up answers the question.

Well we can’t do much about the weather, but what if they weren’t such dirty little pieces of plastic?

Bus1

It might seem a little uneccessary, but I would challenge anyone to catch the bus to work in the morning from something like the pic below and not do so with a smile on their face.

Bus2

So come on Boris, it’s not the buses that are the problem, it’s the bus stops. We want to see giant strawberries all over London! See Urlesque for the full list of “The World’s Coolest Bus Stops” (who compiles these things?!) if you need further inspiration.

(source: Urlesque via NotCot)

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