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Thursday, December 31, 2015
Happy New Year from Dezeen!
Happy New Year from the Dezeen team and best wishes for 2016! Thank you to everyone who helped us achieve a record-breaking, award-winning year. Catch up with our review of 2015 »
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Peace out, 2015!
Photo by the author.
Just a quick programming note: We’re going to take a break tomorrow so we can get our desks in order for the new year. This past year has been a great one, and we’ve got more planned for 2016, so stay tuned. And most important of all, be safe when ringing in the new year tonight.
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Peace out, 2015!
Photo by the author.
Just a quick programming note: We're going to take a break tomorrow so we can get our desks in order for the new year. This past year has been a great one, and we've got more planned for 2016, so stay tuned. And most important of all, be safe when ringing in the new year tonight.
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Puzzles Architecture adds rusty steel extension to an old Belgian barn
Puzzles Architecture designed this weathering-steel extension for a barn in Belgium, converting it into an annex for the adjacent 18th-century farmhouse (+ slideshow). (more…)
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Puzzles Architecture adds rusty steel extension to an old Belgian barn
Puzzles Architecture designed this weathering-steel extension for a barn in Belgium, converting it into an annex for the adjacent 18th-century farmhouse (+ slideshow). (more…)
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SOM creates a circular library wrapped in aluminium fins for Chicago’s Chinatown
SOM creates a circular library wrapped in aluminium fins for Chicago’s Chinatown
Former NASCAR Rookie of the Year Ron Bouchard, 1948-2015
Ron Bouchard at Dover in 1985. Photo by Ted Van Pelt.
Outside of New England racing circles, the name Ron Bouchard may not be known to those without a passion for NASCAR trivia. Over the course of a seven-year career in NASCAR’s Winston Cup, the Massachusetts native earned a single victory (at Talladega in 1981) and NASCAR 1981 Rookie of the Year honors, regularly delivering top-10 finishes for under-funded teams. On December 10, at age 67, Ron lost his lengthy battle with cancer.
Ron’s start in racing came in 1963, when the then 15-year old sat in as a substitute driver for his father’s team. His move up through the ranks began in earnest after his high school graduation, and his first real success in stock car racing came in late models at Massachusetts’s Sekonk Speedway. There, Ron swept the track championship from 1967 to 1971, when he began racing modifieds for Bob Johnson.
The pairing delivered championships at Stafford Speedway in 1973 and 1979, though Ron also raced for other teams (and at other Northeast venues, such as Thompson Speedway and Waterford Speedway) in this period. In 1981, Ron made the jump to NASCAR’s Winston Cup series, joining the Race Hill Farm Team at Bristol, the sixth race of the season. In just his second race for the team, Ron delivered a top-10 finish, followed by another just two races later.
The second race of the 1981 season at Talladega, however, was perhaps the highlight of Ron’s career. In third place on the final lap, Ron watched a battle unfold between race leader Darrell Waltrip and second place Terry Labonte. Preoccupied with holding off Labonte, Waltrip didn’t take much notice of Bouchard’s inside pass on the final turn, believing the rookie to be a lap down. He wasn’t, and the photo-finish showed Bouchard first across the line, followed by Waltrip and Labonte.
Ron never won again in NASCAR’s Winston Cup, though he did deliver regular podium and top-10 finishes. After jumping to Curb Racing in 1986 and then Ellington Racing for five events in 1987, Ron ended his Winston Cup career with a DNF at the first Talladega race of the 1987 season. In 1998, Ron was voted into the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame.
Those in central Massachusetts may know Ron’s name best for a string of car dealerships opened near Fitchburg, his home town, in 1986. More recently, his auto dealership holdings expanded to include a store in Gallatin, Tennessee, and in 2015 Ron and his wife Paula opened the RB Racing Museum in Fitchburg.
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Former NASCAR Rookie of the Year Ron Bouchard, 1948-2015
Ron Bouchard at Dover in 1985. Photo by Ted Van Pelt.
Outside of New England racing circles, the name Ron Bouchard may not be known to those without a passion for NASCAR trivia. Over the course of a seven-year career in NASCAR's Winston Cup, the Massachusetts native earned a single victory (at Talladega in 1981) and NASCAR 1981 Rookie of the Year honors, regularly delivering top-10 finishes for under-funded teams. On December 10, at age 67, Ron lost his lengthy battle with cancer.
Ron's start in racing came in 1963, when the then 15-year old sat in as a substitute driver for his father's team. His move up through the ranks began in earnest after his high school graduation, and his first real success in stock car racing came in late models at Massachusetts's Sekonk Speedway. There, Ron swept the track championship from 1967 to 1971, when he began racing modifieds for Bob Johnson.
The pairing delivered championships at Stafford Speedway in 1973 and 1979, though Ron also raced for other teams (and at other Northeast venues, such as Thompson Speedway and Waterford Speedway) in this period. In 1981, Ron made the jump to NASCAR's Winston Cup series, joining the Race Hill Farm Team at Bristol, the sixth race of the season. In just his second race for the team, Ron delivered a top-10 finish, followed by another just two races later.
The second race of the 1981 season at Talladega, however, was perhaps the highlight of Ron's career. In third place on the final lap, Ron watched a battle unfold between race leader Darrell Waltrip and second place Terry Labonte. Preoccupied with holding off Labonte, Waltrip didn't take much notice of Bouchard's inside pass on the final turn, believing the rookie to be a lap down. He wasn't, and the photo-finish showed Bouchard first across the line, followed by Waltrip and Labonte.
Ron never won again in NASCAR's Winston Cup, though he did deliver regular podium and top-10 finishes. After jumping to Curb Racing in 1986 and then Ellington Racing for five events in 1987, Ron ended his Winston Cup career with a DNF at the first Talladega race of the 1987 season. In 1998, Ron was voted into the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame.
Those in central Massachusetts may know Ron's name best for a string of car dealerships opened near Fitchburg, his home town, in 1986. More recently, his auto dealership holdings expanded to include a store in Gallatin, Tennessee, and in 2015 Ron and his wife Paula opened the RB Racing Museum in Fitchburg.
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Pitsou Kedem adds reflective surfaces and metal screens to Tel Aviv apartment sales office
Pitsou Kedem has completed a sales office at the foot of the Arlozorov 17 apartment building in Tel Aviv, adding perforated aluminium screens, concrete panels and a glossy ceiling. (more…)
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Pitsou Kedem adds reflective surfaces and metal screens to Tel Aviv apartment sales office
Pitsou Kedem has completed a sales office at the foot of the Arlozorov 17 apartment building in Tel Aviv, adding perforated aluminium screens, concrete panels and a glossy ceiling. (more…)
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Patricia Urquiola's Miami store design for Panerai references watch mechanisms
Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has designed the first US flagship store for Italian watch brand Panerai in Miami's Design District, featuring a chandelier with shapes based on watch parts (+ slideshow). (more…)
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Patricia Urquiola's Miami store design for Panerai references watch mechanisms
Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has designed the first US flagship store for Italian watch brand Panerai in Miami's Design District, featuring a chandelier with shapes based on watch parts (+ slideshow). (more…)
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Huge fire breaks out at Atkins-designed Dubai skyscraper
Breaking news: a fire has engulfed The Address Downtown Dubai hotel tower near the Burj Khalifa, ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations. (more…)
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Huge fire breaks out at Atkins-designed Dubai skyscraper
Breaking news: a fire has engulfed The Address Downtown Dubai hotel tower near the Burj Khalifa, ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations. (more…)
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Giant 3D-printed replica of Palmyra Arch will be installed in London and New York
Giant 3D-printed replica of Palmyra Arch will be installed in London and New York
Las Vegas, 1954
Since our recent posts on Route 66 and the alternate cross-country routes y'all suggested, we're paying more attention to the old route marker signs, such as the three for U.S. 91, U.S. 93, and U.S. 95 in this Fremont (and Third) Street scene that we came across on Vintage Las Vegas. As already pointed out, the theater marquee narrows the date down to October 1954, so that leaves only the cars to identify. What do you see here?
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Las Vegas, 1954
Since our recent posts on Route 66 and the alternate cross-country routes y’all suggested, we’re paying more attention to the old route marker signs, such as the three for U.S. 91, U.S. 93, and U.S. 95 in this Fremont (and Third) Street scene that we came across on Vintage Las Vegas. As already pointed out, the theater marquee narrows the date down to October 1954, so that leaves only the cars to identify. What do you see here?
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Allies and Morrison among architects awarded in 2016 New Year's Honours
Architects Bob Allies and Graham Morrison are among the figures from the architecture and design world awarded in the UK's 2016 New Year Honours. (more…)
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Allies and Morrison among architects awarded in 2016 New Year's Honours
Architects Bob Allies and Graham Morrison are among the figures from the architecture and design world awarded in the UK's 2016 New Year Honours. (more…)
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Dezeen Mail issue 286 features this year's biggest stories in architecture and design
It's New Year's Eve and we're seeing out 2015 by looking back at the most popular and controversial stories of the year. Read on for Dezeen's year in review...
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Dezeen Mail issue 286 features this year's biggest stories in architecture and design
It's New Year's Eve and we're seeing out 2015 by looking back at the most popular and controversial stories of the year. Read on for Dezeen's year in review...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1956 Lotus 11 Series 1 Le Mans
Paint? Who needs paint? Few cars look better in bare aluminum than the Lotus 11, particularly this 1956 Lotus 11 Series 1 Le Mans for sale on Hemmings.com, a car originally built for privateer racers who were serious about winning. Though we don't know its competition history, we can see – thanks to the lack of paint – that it's been treated to a thorough restoration and appears almost as fresh and new as when Lotus originally sold it. From the seller's description:
The engine is a Coventry climax 1098 with twin SU carburetors.The engine is freshly rebuilt with all new parts, i.e., forged pistons, Carrillo rods, new crankshaft and all fully balanced. It is one of the earliest Lotus 11,s since it has the Lotus 10 L-shaped differential. I purchased the car in 1978 in London from a dealer who had just imported the car to the U.K. from the U.S. We have restored the car over the past many years, with the finishing touches in the last two years. The car was re-bodied by Williams and Pritchard in 1982.
See more Lotuses/Lotii for sale on Hemmings.com.
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