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Fact CHIP House Powered by Solar Energy

CHIP is a prefab, net-zero solar-powered house designed and built by a student-run team from two Southern California schools: Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) and California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The house is the team's entry for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 competition.

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13 Dec 2012 11:35:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Red Carpet to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Model Kendall Jenner arrives on the red carpet for the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington, U.S., April 30, 2016. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

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01 May 2016 11:31:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Fly with Chanel Airlines, Part 1/2

An unidentified guest wears a hat with a lion at the Grand Palais which is transformed into a Chanel airport before German designer Karl Lagerfeld's Spring/Summer 2016 women's ready-to-wear collection for French fashion house Chanel during Fashion Week in Paris, France, October 6, 2015. (Photo by Benoit Tessier/Reuters)

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Fact Fly with Chanel Airlines, Part 2/2

Model Cara Delevingne is surrounded by photographers as she arrives to attend German designer Karl Lagerfeld's Spring/Summer 2016 women's ready-to-wear collection show for fashion house Chanel at the Grand Palais which is transformed into a Chanel airport during the Fashion Week in Paris, France, October 6, 2015. (Photo by Charles Platiau/Reuters)

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09 Oct 2015 08:04:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Simon Jung and Eric Sturm by Black House in Germany

Haus in Schwarz (House in Black) was a 2008 public art piece by artists Erik Sturm and Simon Jung (previously) in the city center of Möhringen, Germany. The piece was meant as a farewell to the building which was slated for demolition, with the matte black paint acting as a sort of final curtain to an exterior that had recently been used by numerous street artists, shown bellow.

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10 Oct 2013 11:47:00,post received 0 comments

Educative Rio's Slum Hostels Offer Alternative Olympic Housing

A woman sits on a terrace at Tiki hostel in Cantagalo favela, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 16, 2016. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)

A woman sits on a terrace at Tiki hostel in Cantagalo favela, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 16, 2016. Hostels in a few of Rio's more than 1,000 slums serve not only as a cheap housing alternative for the more adventurous among the estimated 500,000 foreign tourists expected to arrive for the Olympics in August. The establishments also open up the rich culture of the city's shantytowns for travellers, giving them a glimpse into once “no-go” areas where about one-fifth of Rio's population lives. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)

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04 May 2016 12:18:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Christie's Auction House Unveils Giant Spider Sculpture

A person stands near the “Untitled” installation of miniature elevators by Maurizio Cattelan at a preview of the Postwar and Contemporary Art Evening Sale at Christie's auction house on November 4, 2011 in New York City. The 33-inch functioning elevator installation is expected to realize $400,000-$600,000 at the November 8 auction. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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05 Nov 2011 12:39:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Margate Sliding House Created by Artist Alex Chinneck

British designer Alex Chinneck created the installation - called From the Knees of my Nose to the Belly of my Toes - by removing the facade of a detached four-storey house that had been derelict for eleven years and replacing it with a brand new frontage that leaves the crumbling top storey exposed, then curves outwards so the bottom section lies flat in front of the house.

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