The Sun Tower is a 17 storey 82Â m (269Â ft) Beaux-Arts building at 128 West Pender Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was known for its faux-patina steel dome painted to imitate copper cladding. In early February 2021 a newly finished roof clad in real penny-coloured copper tiles was revealed. The new roof was a part of restoration work that began on the heritage building in 2018. Nine nude muses, the "nine maidens" supporting the cornice line can be seen. The terracotta for this building, including the ladies, was made in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England by Gibbs and Canning Limited.
Sunbeam City 🌻
Sunbeam City is a anticapitalist, antifascist solarpunk instance that is run collectively.
solar meditation
The video contains imagery from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory in five wavelengths of ultraviolet light. Scrubbing up and down reveals new layers, from sunspots on the solar surface to prominences extending outward in the corona.
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In Pictures: The Possibilities of Vancouver’s New Villages Plan | Sightline Institute
The Four/Five design prioritizes green space, daylight, affordability, and accessibility—all for greater connection and community.
AuthentiCity – The City of Vancouver Archives Blog
The Archives is pleased to announce that the records of noted Vancouver architect Bruno Freschi are now available to researchers …
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STOREYS covers the latest on the housing and real estate markets in Toronto, Vancouver, and the rest of Canada. Get all the latest real estate news from across the country.
What Sun got wrong | The Observation Deck
We have the whole Oxide team coming to Emeryville this week for our annual OxCon meetup. For a remote company, an in-person meeting is uniquely energizing, and in preparation for that, we made some t-shirts featuring Oxide logos that are an homage to past computer companies. Thanks to our designer extraordinaire, Ben Leonard, all of these homage shirts are amazing — but one of them was simply too hot to leave as a surprise:
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Rock carving facts - Världsarvet Tanums hällristningar
Brief facts about the Tanum World Heritage rock carvings - what do they represent, how old are they and when were they discovered?
Why sunlight is vital to our physical and mental health | Psyche Notes to Self
The new book ‘In Defense of Sunlight’ argues that our concerns about the sun’s risks lead us to overlook its benefits
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The Beacon is a community newspaper delivered bi-monthly to approximately 5000 households between Dundarave and West Bay. The goal of The Beacon is simple, to showcase our community – its natural beauty, as well as its people.
Venus of Tan-Tan
The Venus of Tan-Tan is an alleged artifact found in Morocco. It and its contemporary, the Venus of Berekhat Ram, have been claimed as the earliest representations of the human form.
Finally got a nice pic of this building in Chinatown. It's a masterpiece #vintagetile
