Showing posts with label Lithuania. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lithuania. Show all posts

Friday, February 10, 2017

Europe Trolls _____

It all started when _____ said, during his wee inauguration, that he wanted to Make America First ... which was a riff on his make America Great Again campaign mantra. I took it to mean that he wanted to make his bank account first, his businesses first, but Europe had another idea.

Dutch satire show, Zondag met Lubach, created a new, high-larious tourism ad—perfect for Hair Furor—asking for a very simple thing: Make the Netherlands second.

 

And now others are following suit ...


In Switzerland a show called Deville Late Night put together their own video:

 


Then Denmark jumped in on their show, Natholdet, and trolled _____’s executive orders and destroying years of environmental policy ...



Germany’s late show Late Night show ZDF jumped on the bandwagon—get to the video at the [01:47] mark—where they openly joked about those pesky two World Wars:




Belgium’s De Ideale Wereld” used _____’s own words to give them the opportunity they’ve been waiting for ... ABBA is Belgian [#FakeNews]:




Then came Portugal’s 5 Para a Meia-Noite who took on America in saying, "We abolished slavery in 1751—more than 100 years before the United States. Deal with it. And consider doing the same in your companies. Well, your sons’ companies.”




And Lithuania, not to be outdone, took on a little something called “conflicts of interest”:


It’s all in good fun—and many other European countries have gotten in on it—until it becomes true and America is no longer first, but is ravaged and destroyed by Hair Furor. But we’re a scrappy lot and when he’s reduced to rubble, er, impeachment, we’ll come back stronger than ever.

And first.

Good

Wednesday, February 06, 2013

Architecture Wednesday: A House in the Woods of Kaunas


So, when I think of Lithuania, I don't think of this as Lithuania.
The house is situated along a river shore, in the woods, but it's far from "cabin".
The envelope of the building is made from glass and rusted steel plates mounted in vertical segments in order to, as the architect says, "have a metaphorical relation with growing pine trees on the site".
And they do!
Even though steel is quite refined and cold material, its bright ocher color is reminiscent of wide planks cut from a fresh wood and gives a visual warmth to the house.
The house is built from poured concrete, but the form were removed leaving a rough textured surface. And while they may seem, um, 'penitentiary,' the addition of smooth glass surfaces keep the interior in touch with nature.
To counterbalance to the factory-like exterior, natural wood elements were abundantly used on the interior. Solid oak appears everywhere; it dominates a monumental kitchen on the ground floor, as well as stairwell walls, floors, ceilings, cabinets and doors on the first floor. 
The bedrooms with walls and ceilings of glass take advantage of nature, and, for those cold nights in Lithuania, the pool is inside the house.
Who knew Lithuania could be so cool?
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