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From this month’s Chamber of Commerce Magazine.  Will be posting pictures of the tour of the factory when I have been !

The 20 most beautiful bookshops in the world – and Barter Books in Alnwick made it onto the list – the only one in the UK.

http://flavorwire.com/254434/the-20-most-beautiful-bookstores-in-the-world#20

Another hard day at the office.
We had a special delivery and couldn”t wait to taste them !

They’re a 21st century super power with super computers and a super economy that’s the envy of the world.
Now China can claim another title – the fastest builders on the planet after putting up a 30-storey  183,000-square-foot hotel in just 15 days, or 360 hours.
A construction crew in the south-central Chinese city of Changsha completed this remarkable achievement with no injuries to any worker.
The Ark Hotel was built on Dongting lake, in the Hunan Province, by Broad Group, a Chinese construction company which specialises in sustainable architecture. It was built to withstand a magnitude 9 earthquake, as tested by the China Academy of Building Research, who claim this is five times more quake-resistant than conventional buildings.
All the materials were prefabricated and sections built to specification off-site, so there was very little wastage.  The builders took just 46 hours to finish the main structural components and another 90 hours to finish the building enclosure.

Watch the evidence here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdpf-MQM9vY

Would love this to be my next holiday destination !

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/18486/gracia-studio-endemico-resguardo-silvestre.html

Looking for a christmas gift idea for the friendly architect in your life? check it out – Lego Architecture! totally cool. Re-create your fav classic buildings through the medium of wee plastic bricks.

http://architecture.lego.com/en-us/

We had an ad in the Herald – copy attached just in case you missed it !HERALD DEC 2011

check out the lego tree at St Pancras Station… v cool

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=18184

WOW – anybody brave enough to try this ?

DESIGN BOOM – Glass Walkway