3 Things to Inspire Your Weekend: #73

Quote of the day: 

Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are.
-Roy T. Bennett

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One person who tries to uplift commuters bustling across Union Station in Los Angeles is Mathew Shaver, 30, who although has no home has a positive outlook on life. Quietly taking a seat at the public piano within the station, on most mornings Shaver who has played piano since he was aged 4, believes it "is the most positive influence in my life". His playing can often attract a crowd and even though he is homeless-or as he likes to describe it it, "home free", there is a certain fulfillment he derives from playing the piano, that and also the need for money and survival.

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Chile is to ban plastic bags in more than 100 coastal areas -a bid to halting accumulation of ocean plastic which is a serious problem. Chile's president Michelle Bachelet signed a bill aiming to put the ban into effect and also allow non-coastal areas to join in on the project to eliminate or restrict the use of plastic bags. And with a plan to create a 1.6 millon square kilometers of marine conservation. A study by the American Science magazine in 2015, estimated 8 million tons of plastic are dumped at sea annually, posing a serious threat to the environment and marine life.

As seen on Arch Daily, Dune House

Architects: Jarmund / Vigsnæs AS Arkitekter MNAL / Einar Jarmund, Håkon Vigsnæs, Alessandra Kosberg, Anders Granli
Location: Thorpeness, UK
Photographs: Nils Petter Dale

Brief: 

Replacing an existing building, and located on the coast with surrounding views, a holiday house for living and rental.

Theme:  Built to purpose and to take in the breathtaking seaside with a nostalgic design feel of bed-and breakfast locations while travelling through the UK. The all glass feel and appearance emphasize the floating appearance of the top floor. The house mixes solid wood, and dark stained cladding which blends in with the environment.




Peace. Love. Light* 

Current Listen: Bill Evans - You Must Believe In Spring