Via madammayo
Las Pozas (the pools), was once home to the eccentric, English aristocrat, Edward James, poet, patron, collector, and architect of this spectacular mountainside monument to surrealist art. A veritable enchanted garden, where some thirty-six enormous, brightly coloured concrete structures vie for space with the lush jungle vegetation that surrounds and threatens to absorb them, located on the outskirts of the town of Xilitla, in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi.
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A frustrated artist and poet, although he did publish some very passable verse and a bizarre novel, Edward James was finally able to realise his artistic desires by creating Las Pozas — a work twenty years in the making and still unfinished.
Documentary about his life: Edward James, Builder of Dreams by Avery Danziger
Youtube video. Song is “Witness” by Sarah McLachlan, from her album Surfacing.
Via Treehugger
“The 36 foot catamaran, Revelation II, is powered by 3 20-foot long carbon fiber propellers on a 30 foot rotating mast. The windmill transmits power to a 6 blade propeller underwater, with the net result that the boat can make way even directly into the wind.”
The boat was apparently built by Jim Wilkinson who is a member of the AYRS or Amateur Yacht Research Society.
Plans Announced for a Wave Power Plant in Hawaii
Oceanlinx, an Australian wave energy company, announced plans for a $20 million project to install three floating wave energy converters (WECs), i.e. wave-powered turbine platforms, to supply up to 2.7MW of electricity to the island of Maui, Hawaii. The company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Renewable Hawaii, Inc. (RHI), for potential passive investment in a project . RHI is owned by the Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.
The project could be operational by the end of 2009.
Nautilus-shaped house built by Senosiain Arquitectos in Mexico City:
Via plantgirl. Click photo for more. Art by Brian Dettmer.
An interesting idea: Loanables:
The Loanables community brings together people who have worthwhile items to loan out and people who want to borrow them. It’s a way for you to make back a little on things you’ve spent a lot on, or to save money if you are considering a new tool or toy.
Come hike one of Berkeley’s largest nature preserves! We’ll be meeting at Inspiration Point at 10:00 a.m. More details here:
http://www.hikethegeek.com/SF/
We’ll meet for lunch at Zachary’s Chicago Pizza after the hike:
1853 Solano Ave
Berkeley, CA 94707
(510) 525-5950
http://www.zacharys.com/
If you have any questions, feel free to call at 650 773 6419.
I’m planning to go to an open house this Saturday at Jay Schaeffer’s Epu house in Sebastopol. Anyone care to join me?
