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Walking on Water

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:17 PM PDT



No, these photos aren't photoshopped nor the Chinese has Kung-Fu!

To celebrate the students graduation day, the Wuhan University faculty set up a special photo session by placing a walkway under water on a flooded lakeside park. The students are so excited at their graduation ceremony they're walking on water & posing for unbelievable photos!

Torrential rains have been battering central and southern China over the past few days and Wuhan City has been left partially flooded due to the heavy downpour.



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Kuwait Secret House by AGi Architects

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 08:00 AM PDT





Spain and Kuwait-based AGi Architects has designed this 'simplexcity' family house in Kuwait.

'To adapt to the desert climate, the distances between the built volumes are minimal, resulting in shaded spaces between houses. But these spaces, that work well as temperature regulators, result in facades with little privacy and limited views,' explain the architects, who aimed for a design that would allow both seclusion and some long views out at the same time. 'Given these circumstances, our focus was to design a home that expresses the clients' needs, clearly marking the buffers and transitions that any guest could understand.'

The result is a house that look contemporary from the street, but with passages and hidden spaces within- giving the house its name, the Secret House.








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Giraffe – Camouflage for the Industrial Era by Li Hui

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 10:17 AM PDT



In conjunction with Le Méridien Taipei's first A New Perspective event, renowned Chinese artist Li Hui has completed an original artwork created exclusively to be displayed in the lobby of Le Meridien Taipei. Titled "Giraffe – Camouflage for the Industrial Era" the art work depicts a stainless steel giraffe lowering its head and resting. Hui's use of stainless steel coupled with the sculpture's placement symbolizes the conflict between industrial civilization and the environment.

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