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We love this image of Earth captured by the Orion capsule launched on Artemis I

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Ant Farm, DOLON EMB 2 (drawing by Curtis Schreier), 1975. Hand colored brownline, 18 x 22 in. Courtesy of University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.  Alt text: A colorful architectural rendering of an imaginary floating vessel.

"Although Dolphin Embassy was never realized beyond a blueprint, the enduring understandings are fascinating and serve as an educational model for future sustainable and relational architecture. With growing concerns regarding climate change and sea levels rising, there is a very real threat and high probability we will need to focus our efforts on building new habitats to address the displacement of both human and other animal species." Read more about the inter-species design of Dolphin Embassy in my latest Artfully Learning blog post "Architecture for All".

1st Photo Credit: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/308778118171072647/

2nd Photo Credit: http://www.expressnews.com/news/environment/article/SA-Botanical-Garden-is-growing-6271706.php

3rd Photo Credit: http://www.wikiwand.com/en/San_Antonio_Botanical_Garden

All three pictures show the scale of the Lucile Halsell Conservatory, the last two showing the scale and the interior. It is important to see how grand the conservatory truly is and how small the people are in comparison to the massive structures. Even next to the plants, the visitors look negligible proving that the buildings needed to be grand not only for a design aspect but because physically the function required it so the plants could grow and expand as needed. 

Daisy Geyser erupts for a group of tourists.

Yellowstone

1955

Frank Lloyd Wright beside a model of the new Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, October 25, 1953. This became the only Wright building in the city.

Photo: CF for the AP via the Denver Post