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Louis Sullivan wrote this brilliant essay over a hundred years ago on Architecture and created the infinitely celebrated phrase " form ever follows function "! The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered by Louis H. Sullivan, March, 1896 The architects of this land and generation are now brought face to face with something new under the sun namely, that evolution and integration of social conditions, that special grouping of them, that results in a demand for the erection of tall office buildings. It is not my purpose to discuss the social conditions; I accept them as the fact, and say at once that the design of the tall office building must be recognized and confronted at the outset as a problem to be solved a vital problem, pressing for a true solution. Let us state the conditions in the plainest manner. Briefly, they are these: offices are necessary for the transaction of business; the invention and perfection of the high speed elevators make vertical t

Image at Foxconn Factory in Shenzen, China THE SAD TRUTH ABOUT APPLE. Where is our I phone and I gadgets built? Apple does not use mechanized factories to construct its devices but, instead its products are handbuilt by the Chinese. The attention to the question and statement above was brought to my attention by KCRW This American Life podcast: Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory. I am a fan of Apple Products and believe this discussion is important for every apple user. We should not allow our exploitation of human rights violations allowed by the Communist Party of China. Due to the world wide reporting of the conditions at Apple's Foxconn Factory their employees are getting a drastic 25% raise ( according to gizmodo ). This money will improve the lives of these employees even though the raise will only bring their pay to approximately $10 a day. Even the CEO of APPLE TIM COOK has step forward to discuss these

Goldstein Tennis Court Curbed LA Following the pour (video) of the post tension slab as part of the Goldstein Entertainment Complex a finish tennis court surface was applied. The project is moving along and now has a spectacular tennis court that overlooks Century City to the ocean in Los Angeles. I've edited a time lapse video showing the final touches as the paint was applied to the surface and the net was installed. An article in the  Hollywood Reporter  proclaimed the newly finished construction as the "infinity tennis court". Related Articles: Goldstein Tennis Court Post Tension Slab Pour Post Tension Cables Stressing the Post Tension Cables LA's Most Beautiful Tennis Court Referenced Links: http://architectoid.blogspot.com/2011/09/post-tension-concrete-slab-pour.html http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tennis-courts-los-angeles-top-308798 http://kendallandkylie.celebuzz.com/photo-shoot-for-flavor-magazine-04-2012/kendall-jenner-flavo

Looking forward to the coming year and the new time lapses to come.