In 2003, a Madeira airport runway was extended due to having been notoriously short.  The extension is held up by 180 pillars each 70m high.  Link to gallery of photos at Deputy Dog.  Link to original photos at airliners.

You shouldn't have a problem locating the libraries in Cardiff and Kansas City. 

The exterior of the Cardiff library is only temporary until the building is completed, however, the "novel" exterior of Kansas City's library carpark is permanent.  Link.

Cristobal Vila of Eterea Studios put together a well done short computer graphic movie featuring Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece, Falling Water.  The house was designed in 1935.  Construction began in 1936 and concluded in 1939. 

Over at The Knitting Site you can view images of their knitting creation, The Knitting House, a house knitted entirely by crafty hands. 

You can view image galleries of The Knitting House here and here.

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Here are your Lazy Weekend Links for this week:

Elegant Embellishments has created "a decorative, three-dimensional architectural tile that can reduce vehicular air pollution, including nitrous oxide and ground-level ozone."  Link.

Scientists have created a new element (still un-named) by mashing together calcium and californium, a manmade element.  The new element contained 118 protons in its nucleus making it the heaviest element and first manmade inert gas.  The new element will be placed beneath radon on the periodic table.  Link.

A 10,000 year old meteorite has been found in Kansas.  Link.

Watch this man lift an over 19,000 lb slab of rock similar to those found in Stonehenge. 

Convert your mobile home into a beautiful, environmentally conscience living space through TrailerWrap.

Have a good weekend!

Move to a place of wonderment.  Move to Akbuk Bay in Turkey where you can live in your very own Mushroom Home. 

The idea was inspired by the very popular 80's Saturday morning cartoon, the Smurfs, although, the female to male ratio in this village is not 1:1000. 

The village  will be nestled in the Turkish countryside and will have all the amenities you could possibly need or want.  The homes are spacious, kid friendly, and did I forget to mention -- mushroom shaped!

Here is a direct link to the mushroom home promotional video.

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Electroland's latest project is EnterActive which is located on 11th and Flower in Los Angeles.  (Now I have no idea where that is in Los Angeles, but I thought I'd mention it in case our L.A. 'Cadre guests want to check it out.)

This project consists of a luminous field of LED lights embedded into the entry walkway that respond to the presence of visitors; a massive display of lights on the building face that mirror the patterns of the entry; and video displays in the lobby and entry areas.

While you're at it, check out their other proejcts as well -- very cool stuff.

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When I first saw the link Hot Library Smut on delicious I gazed over it thinking it was a compilation of actual smut found in libraries.  Luckily, my curiosity took the best of me when I visited delicious again this evening, otherwise, I would've missed some very beautiful images of the interiors of libraries found throughout the world.

Feast your eyes on the new Thomas Heatherwick designed Longchamps store in New York City.  Those of you who are Dr. Who fans will notice the TARDIS inspired design.  Link to gallery.

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