Recycling has become a trendy concept because of environmental concerns but it is great challenge for architects and designers to create real dwelling spaces out stuff that can be recycled. Architect firm T3arc was commissioned to create hotel rooms inside concrete tubes/pipes in the village of Tepoztlan, Morelas, situated nearly 45 minutes away from the Mexico City.

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OK folks, and by ”folks” we mean boys. Let’s be honest: how many of you really, truly need a big, stinky, gas-guzzling lawn mower, let alone one of those ride-on numbers? If you live in the city or even in suburbia, most could get by with, nay, benefit from trading in the motorised kind and greening the gardening duties with a good, old-fashioned push or reel mower. The air would be cleaner, the weekends would be quieter, we would be fitter and best of all, your lawn would be healthier and more beautiful, too.

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The bed is both the main functional purpose of the room, as well as the aesthetic purpose of the room. Other furniture may come and go such as dining table, sofa in the drawing room a lot of things can be changed but bed is probably the only piece of furniture which remains for a long time with the family. This makes the investment in bed a crucial and important decision. A simple and beautifully handcrafted bed frame means that one can enjoy the bed for a long time, no matter how many mattresses one has changed.

Handmade beds are very limited in production and are made only on order.

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I first wrote about Denver puzzlemaker Kagen Schaefers gorgeous purpleheart butcherblock benchtop two years ago, and now Kagens knocked me out again with this nigh-unbelievable desk. It features eight working wooden organ pipes that play notes when when you push in the various drawers, and a pneumatic computer that can recognize a particular melody and open a secret compartment in response. On top of that, the pneumatic lock can be reprogrammed to recognize other melodies, and the whole enchilada is made entirely of wood.

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When people head out on the town looking for a bit of adventure, most don’t want to compromise their safety for a good time. Increasingly, clubs like Karel van Mander in Copenhagen, Denmark, are installing video surveillance systems to help keep crime and violence out. This upscale night club recently began using Milestone XProtect to manage its network video surveillance system. In addition to increasing safety and security, the nightclub also uses the system to provide proof in the case of discrimination claims.

Karel van Mander is an exclusive venue that hosts hundreds of clubbers each weekend. U

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