Showing posts with label Amazing Wallpapers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amazing Wallpapers. Show all posts
6 Million Matches and 16 Years of Life
Think you have the time, dedication and patience to create an artwork like this? First, try and comprehend these numbers. 6 million matches. 16 years of life. Bulgarian artist Plamen Ignatov used that many matches and spent that much time to create this impressive miniature model of the Rila Monastery. Made of wood, matches and gems, it's now on display at the Museum of Archaeological in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The Rila Monastery is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. It is regarded as one of Bulgaria's most important cultural, historical and architectural monuments and is a key tourist attraction for both Bulgaria and Southern Europe. It has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Dentist Tools – From the Beginning
These are some tools used starting from 7000 B.C. to recent times. I think, these my be the reason of people’s fears of dentists. I must confess, it’s not all the same to me when I see these tools. Luckily for us in modern world, this is all overcame, so now we have simpler and almost painless dentist’s instruments and no reason to be afraid of the ones.
Gardens Of Eden
Gardens of Eden: The heavenly horticulture blossoming on roofs high above the city
High above the dreary grey streets of the world's cities, gorgeous gardens blossom in a wilderness of rooftops.
These unexpectedly colourful spots provide an oasis of calm away from the bustle of urban streets across the U.S., Europe and as far away as Japan.
The elevated scenery ranges from a wildflower meadow on top of a house in London to a neat lawn tended on top of a New York office block.
Manhattan marvel: The first green roof the photographers visited, on top of Cook and Fox architects in New York
Super skyline: Gardens cover the roofs of Stuttgart, Germany, where since 1989, municipal regulations have required all new flat-roof buildings to have them
Green power: These vibrant flowers help keep this solar-powered house energy efficient
Married couple Diane Cook and Len Jenshel travelled the world capturing their photographs of these stunning sights.
It is their latest project after 25 years spent producing images that show how human's influence their environment.
The eye-catching plants and flowers not only transform the top of dull office buildings but create habitats for birds and insects and are good for the environment.
They reduce noise pollution and release oxygen into the atmosphere.
Mr Jenshel said: 'We have always been concerned with environmental issues in our work both personal projects and assignments.
Good for the heart: Greenery on a hospital roof overlooking the Rhine River
Trees of life: The top of the hospital is one vast, soothing bed of plants
How does your garden grow? Wildflowers above a terraced house in central London
'We document human influence on the landscape and our work usually focuses on something negative such as pollution or over-development.
'So it was great to do a story on green roofs, where human impact is actually having a positive influence on the planet.
'The first green roof we visited was the Cook and Fox Architects building in Manhattan. We were blown away.
'It was this beautiful green planted area in the middle of Manhattan in a sea of grey rooftops. We both gasped, we couldn't believe this beautiful garden was on the roof in the middle of the city.
'We were so impressed in Switzerland and Germany, where it is now mandatory for any new building with a flat roof to install a green roof.'
Grassy patch: These lawns look amazingly natural set amid the bright lights of Chicago's skyscrapers at nighttime
City in pink: Flowers and leaves brighten up the view on the top of Chicago's City Hall
Blooming wonderful: The Green Roof, The Muse, at architect Justin Beres's home in Islington
Purple haze: A meadow of wild flowers on a conference centre roof
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