June 13, 2013 • 11 notes • • mikesmithstudio

mikesmithstudio:

Brilliant News!

We are very pleased to announce that yesterday one of our projects won the prestigious RIBA North West Small Project of the Year Award and the North West Regional Award.

Rain Bow Gate in Burnley is an amazing structure, and at the forefront of design. The Single-Surface Structure uses advanced digital modelling in its design, and cutting-edge fabrication techniques.

The judges said: “This shining example of confident understatement offers a colourful moment of delight on an unpromising traffic junction in Burnley.”

The huge cantilevered arches swoop around the piece, and the centre houses glass prisms set into slots cut out of the steel, so when the sun shines, rainbows appear all over the floor of the site.

It was built entirely within our studio before being dismantled and transported to Burnley, where we re-constructed it on site. 

Nearby, overlooking Burnley, is another RIBA Award Winning piece - The Singing Ringing Tree, also a collaboration between Tonkin Liu and Mike Smith Studio.

Photographs from Mike Smith Studio and Greg Storrar/Tonkin Liu.

I LOVE this, anyone who ever happens to pass by the beautiful surroundings of Burnley should take a trip to see this and the Singing Ringing Tree because they are both amazing.

The only problem you might have is that the Rain Bow Gate is better viewed in the sunshine and the Singing Ringing Tree is amazing in the wet and the wind and even Burnley can’t guarantee to provide both types of weather within half an hour ;-)

A very worthy winner that’s for sure!!

June 12, 2013 • 53 notes • • baisselesarmes

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June 7, 2013 • 60 notes • • justbecause05
justbecause05: Rupert Graves at the gala performance and the UK premiere of “Speak Truth to Power: Voices from Beyond the Dark”, London (30.05.2001)

justbecause05:

Rupert Graves at the gala performance and the UK premiere of “Speak Truth to Power: Voices from Beyond the Dark”, London (30.05.2001)

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June 2, 2013 • 108 notes • • ophelialondon

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June 2, 2013 • 10,730 notes • • n3on-nov3mb3rs
madlori: I bet you did. Did you estimate what mpg your car is getting?  Did you figure out how many hamburgers you could get for six bucks?  Did you think about how long it would take you to get somewhere given the speed and distance?  Did you plan a meal so all the components would be done at the same time?  Did you encounter anything on sale?  Did you figure out how many groceries you could get for how much money you had? There are about a million other daily, unconscious tasks that use algebra or at least algebraic thinking.  Just because you weren’t writing out an equation or employing variables doesn’t mean you weren’t using the skills that algebra and other math courses taught you. Science and math aren’t important because you’re going to need to know the exact steps of photosynthesis or the quadratic formula.  They’re important because they teach you scientific and mathematical literacy and rational thinking, and that is sorely needed in a world where charlatans and cheats or people with a political or religious agenda can get away with all manner of pseudoscience and bullshit because people don’t have enough scientific literacy or critical thinking skills to accurately weigh the arguments or even discern where they fail logically. So study math and science, and art, and literature, and history, and politics, not because you’re going to need it or it’s going to do something specific for you, but because an uninformed populace is bad for the world.

madlori:

I bet you did.

Did you estimate what mpg your car is getting?  Did you figure out how many hamburgers you could get for six bucks?  Did you think about how long it would take you to get somewhere given the speed and distance?  Did you plan a meal so all the components would be done at the same time?  Did you encounter anything on sale?  Did you figure out how many groceries you could get for how much money you had?

There are about a million other daily, unconscious tasks that use algebra or at least algebraic thinking.  Just because you weren’t writing out an equation or employing variables doesn’t mean you weren’t using the skills that algebra and other math courses taught you.

Science and math aren’t important because you’re going to need to know the exact steps of photosynthesis or the quadratic formula.  They’re important because they teach you scientific and mathematical literacy and rational thinking, and that is sorely needed in a world where charlatans and cheats or people with a political or religious agenda can get away with all manner of pseudoscience and bullshit because people don’t have enough scientific literacy or critical thinking skills to accurately weigh the arguments or even discern where they fail logically.

So study math and science, and art, and literature, and history, and politics, not because you’re going to need it or it’s going to do something specific for you, but because an uninformed populace is bad for the world.

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May 30, 2013 • 5 notes • • alex987854
toomerrymaiden: With the bijou antlers!

toomerrymaiden:

With the bijou antlers!

May 29, 2013 • 4 notes •

Woo Hoo I wrote something tonight

I didn’t finish what i was writing but hey its the process that’s the fun bit not the letting other people read it bit :-)

Now as a reward to myself I’m watching Lewis, I haven’t watched any in ages because I lent the DVD’s to my mad parents but Hathaway’s ruffled haired ‘I’ve been up all night sorting this for my boss’ look is a good reward for a hard evenings writing :-D

May 26, 2013 • 103 notes • • trekvero

elfbert:

trekvero:

Hello, since here in France it’s already Saturday, enjoy for this Silver Fox Saturday, all the screen caps featuring Rupert Graves in Air Force one is Down, Part 01.
Yes I still have part 02 to finish and be aware that the Dropbox solution is temporary, because it’s enormous, this ahs become a monster of a project.

Here is the link! (open in new window)

Enjoy your Silver Fox Saturday ;-)

MmmmMMMMMMMMM. I approve of this post.

May 26, 2013 • 14,722 notes • • pulvers

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dearjimmoriarty:

If there’s any reason to NOT reblog wet Rupert Graves

Never let me know

AAaaaand one more wet Rupert. Because I can.

Always re-reblog soaked Prentice. (+ 11,000+ notes!!!)

Since I didn’t reblog it since Thursday I think it’s time again… yes.

Always reblog.

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May 26, 2013 • 753 notes • • mrs-mob-johnlocked

elfbert:

mrs-mob-johnlocked:

10 possibilities of Mystrade

Loving all of these!