MS BAND: After School Help Session

Today 3:15-4:15pm. Come in and practice and/or get some extra help from Mrs. Craig. All band students welcome.

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TODAY - One Day Only!!! - Audition Prep for Legally Blonde.

Today: Wednesday: 3:15 to 4:00 in the Mrs. Symes Choir room. (S209) Get help practicing your audition music for the musical. (Optional)

* Reminder that sign up closes Friday for auditions next week. Online & Parent form must be in!

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Tamara Efrat creates smocked bags using Photoshop-like computer program

Israeli designer Tamara Efrat has combined traditional smocking embroidery with computational algorithms to create a range of patterned bags. (more…)

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Built Architecture uses oak cabinetry to reorganise a mosaic-floored Barcelona apartment

Contemporary oak cabinetry features alongside original patterned tiles in this 19th-century Barcelona apartment recently renovated by local studio Built Architecture. (more…)

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Aranda\Lasch creates pleated concrete facade for Tom Ford flagship Miami store

US firm Aranda\Lasch has completed a store for fashion designer Tom Ford in the Miami Design District, featuring an angular facade that references bold Art Deco motifs (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Google granted patent for bendy Google Glass-style device

Google's latest approved patent is for a flexible heads-up display that could be the next version of Google Glass. (more…)

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Conran and Partners completes huge development on Tokyo's Tama River

Terence Conran's architecture firm has completed its redevelopment of Tokyo's Futako-Tamagawa area, the city's largest building project of the last decade. (more…)

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Google's self-driving cars could use robotic hands and eyes to communicate with pedestrians

Google has patented a system that could see its driverless vehicles use object sensors, flashing exterior signage and robotic hands to help make them safer for pedestrians. (more…)

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Refugee tents are a waste of money, says Alejandro Aravena

Tents are a quick response to the need for emergency shelter, but "it's money that melts" says Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 director Alejandro Aravena. (more…)

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Amazon unveils video of its Prime Air delivery drones in action

After initial tests with flying robots, online retail giant Amazon has launched a video showing the latest version of its self-piloted delivery drones at work (+ movie). (more…)

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Second world war memorial mausoleum nears completion at Polish massacre site

Polish architect and sculptor Mirosław Nizio has unveiled the first photographs of a mausoleum he is building to commemorate the victims of Polish village massacres during the second world war (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Dezeen Jobs: latest jobs update

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with MVRDV, Jump Studios and PK Arkitektar, whose projects include a hillside house overlooking a dramatic Icelandic landscape. This is also the last chance to apply for roles with University of Melbourne, SOM, Make and more... (more…)

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Antonio Aricò mixes and matches objects in Still Alive desk tidy set for Seletti

Design Miami 2015: Italian designer Antonio Aricò has created a set of small storage items for organising desks that can be arranged to look like a still-life painting. (more…)

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Our frozen Winter Cart

We had a quick visit from a friend that might live along the fjords in Norway … or he might not. The story of him and his friends inspired our most recent project.

We started with a 2009 Yamaha Drive. This cart was originally lowered, and had a lot of upgrades, but it has seen some changes over the last few months. We added a DoubleTake Vortex body kit to it. Terri chose the color pearl … we like it!
The body kit comes pre-cut for head lights and tail lights, so we added a
standard light package. The cart already had the deluxe LED package with signals and brake light, so adding a few wires was easy, effectively doubling the light power!

The cart already looked great with the 12” alloy wheels and low profile tires, so no change was needed there, but it needed seating for four people. Adding a flip seat made sense. We added a DoubleTake Max 5 rear-facing seat that converts into a cargo bed. It also has access to the bagwell, which can be converted into a storage box, or ice bucket! Sweet!

Both the front and rear seat cushions are DoubleTake Extreme matching seats, and we chose white on white, which blends nicely with the pearl colored body.

We wanted the back seats to be fully covered by the roof … winter usually means rain in the Pacific Northwest … so an extended roof was the answer. Again, choosing the matching pearl colored roof made sense. This allows full coverage for the back seat passengers or cargo, and it also makes for a better fitting enclosure, which we will get to later!

Our visitor decided that this would be a lovely opportunity to decorate the cart. He brought some stickers that represent his friends, and we put them on the cart for him … his hands don’t work very well.

We wanted to add a drivable enclosure to the cart, but we wanted something that would match, and flow well with the cart, rather than detract from it. DoubleTake roofs come with a track system that allows installation of their custom colored enclosure panels and valances.

Each panel zips up separately, letting you have each area opened or closed, depending on your use. The valance is more than cosmetic, as it provides an area to roll up and hide each panel. It’s easy to roll up a panel and hide it in the valance, even rolling up the entire enclosure!

Best part is, this enclosure provides full protection for the back seat, and it has a zip-open window if the sun starts to peek out!

 

 

 

We think this is one cool cart!

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Wataru Kumano converts disused Japanese factory into sweet shop

Japanese designer Wataru Kumano has transformed an old confectionary warehouse into a sweet shop that prepares and serves only one type of sugary treat (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Gresford Architects completes energy-efficient home modelled on a traditional barn

This English countryside residence was designed by Gresford Architects to be self-sufficient, but to still look and feel like a traditional, "normal" house (+ slideshow). (more…)

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PTA Used Books Sale

Mon-Tue(7-8 December)

9:00am-2:30pm, Riady Performing Arts Center

Prices: $0.5-$5.00

Payment with SAS card accepted

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Aranda\Lasch unveils loopy Railing chairs made of metal pipes

Design Miami 2015: US firm Aranda\Lasch has used stainless steel tubes to create a series of sculptural chairs that look like they were squeezed out of a tube (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Chiltern House by WOW Architects features a rooftop lily pond to attract birds

Plants and ponds are incorporated into the roof, walls and terraces of this concrete house in Singapore to make it feel like it is "enveloped by a garden" (+ movie). (more…)

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"Chicago boldly imagines its own definition of what a biennial might be"

Opinion: the Chicago Architecture Biennial stands out from an avalanche of pointless events by doing things its own way, says Sam Jacob. But can it be sustained? (more…)

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Ekar Architects completes canal-side house in Thailand with adjoining cafe and music room

The rooflines of this house and coffee shop in Chiang Mai, Thailand, are slanted at different angles to ensure all rooms offer clear views of a canal in front (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Images From Our Week

Here is some of the learning we did this week.

Learning more and less with the Bee-Bot…

Learning a new app…

Playing math games…

And learning to program robots.

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Naturalist exhibition in Russia features products that reconnect city dwellers with nature

Stools made from woven birch bark and plant pots that double as bird feeders featured in an exhibition that brought together 15 Russian designers (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Siza and Souto de Moura's 2005 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion was "hugely complicated"

Movie: gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones remembers the challenges involved in creating Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura's complicated, column-less Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. (more…)

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