JUN

Cut Food, by Beth Galton and Charlotte Omnés.

Photo credits: Beth Galton.

Beth Galton is a food photographer and Charlotte Omnés is a food stylist. Together, they have created this interesting series of images giving a penetrating insight into the inner beauty of food. Read more

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JUN

The form of things to come: Mac Pro from Apple.

Apple have been showing off this week. Press reports of its new operating system for the iPhone, iOS 7, are all over the internet. It is the first software project under the creative direction of Jonathan Ive, the company’s designer in chief . But less reported is the the new Mac Pro pictured here. Read more

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JUN

France’s highest building. Refuge du Goûter

What kind of an eagle would nest at such an altitude?

Perched near the summit of Mont Blanc it was designed by Groupe H, who have something of a reputation for futuristic buildings in the French Alps. Read more

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JUN

RIBA winner Bishop Edward King Chapel, Oxford by Níall McLaughlin Architects.

Photo credits: Curtsey of Níall McLaughlin Architects.

One of the winners of this year’s RIBA awards is The Bishop Edward King Chapel, in Oxford, England, designed by Níall McLaughlin Architects. It was placed in the National South South East category.

The architect describes the mood of a lovely summer day spent on the site, with a breeze, light, air and the rustling of leaves as the qualities they tried to capture within the architecture

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JUN

A cracking idea: by SPUD Group PAD studio and Stephen Turner.

As odd as this might sound, you are looking at a floating laboratory. The building, or should that be boat, is a piece of research into tiny homes. It aims to understand what the minimum requirements are to live well. Read more

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