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Peta Soerabaja (map of Surabaya) from Guide to the Dutch East Indies by Dr. J.F. van Bemmelen and G.B. Hoover, Luzac & Co, London 1897 (via Wikipedia)
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Vladimir Tatlin (centre) and assistants working on constructing a model of the tower in 1920 (via)
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Etienne Dupérac’s bird’s-eye plan view of the gardens at Villa d’Este, Tivoli (via via Pruned: Gardens as Crypto-Water Computers)
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Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation under construction: From A Brief, Wondrous History of Brutalism
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A Courtyard in Alhambra (1889) by Frans Wilhelm Odelmark
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The Dynasphere was a monowheel electric vehicle invented in 1932  by Dr. J. A. Purves from Taunton, Somerset, UK. It had 2.5 horse  power and once attained a speed of 25 mph.

- Wikipedia via Retronaut
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Well dressed men
1870s
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120122 - A plan and section of the Step Well in Abhaneri, India.
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Kisho Kurokawa, Takara Beautilion, Expo ‘70.
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Barton’s Bonbonniere, New York City. Architect, Victor Gruen. Graphics consultant Alvin Lustig.
Due for a revisit—a veritable golden ticket of a place, more than just bricks and mortar. I first shared this image, discovered in a 1952 Architectural Forum, early last year and it’s been a superstar ever since.
The technicolor glory of this Barton’s has been consigned to history and memory. There are just a slender few of the brilliant light fixtures still in existence—one is currently on display at the Brooklyn Museum.

Why isn’t someone writing an illustrated history of modern retail? D/R, Textiles + Objects, Bonniers, this amazing place…
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