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Of course the median worker in Paris could simply save up and buy it cash. It would only take him 207 years, disregarding inflation. In reality the price of these houses rice faster than he can save or invest.
RT @Nir_Buras@twitter.com: A titan of our age has left us. Robert AM Stern was truly a master of his craft. A creator of buildings and places that will have a lasting legacy for generations to come. Dr. Buras and the Classic Planning Institute express our deepest condolences. Rest in Peace, Bob https://hell.twtr.plus/media/f7b88bbcd1582e459b0b12b1cb1a44facb399d6be9fb65c6d131732dc294c782.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/8d14b67aeeddda0e241fb52ae4ce45b57b63c16c9403d6835d277a516c388203.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/f938670888be30b16bd32d84bf5036b408789e7df161a1b11ba5cb2e8f9f71f3.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/f2de65d0a19b8aaf84a9bd998a7d9ee05351027343db506b162a5dddf9bd5cc7.file
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Ernest Flagg (1857-1947) was an American Beaux-Arts architect mostly famous today for his sky scrapers, but he also designed hundreds of villas, built with the slipform stone masonry technique that he likely invented: the fastest and simplest way of building solid stone and concrete walls. Most of them are still with us. Slipform mean setting up formwork of wood, stacking stones against the sides (one or both sides depending on what you are building and then filling the middle with concrete or mortar: use more stone to save money on mortar but use more mortar to save time and labor on stone). When the form is full you typically remove it after a few hours, clean up the mortar on the visible side (or sides) and then raise the formwork to the next level. Repeat as needed. Obviously you stick to single story buildings if you don't want to spend time and money on scaffolding. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/31585b178a91ba415ad56384853120a60147fab222f1edb3732605bdcd513563.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d27b1790ee62d727c8750cd4d26907cdee831d4c331e76e730f20f2b5dec4b24.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/9f9cc2b0d09e0b44c5d7226accc4ccbf309200ba22d4404635df68d58ad73634.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/a169da5d2ca0e527cebdcc47712c5c3cae741c7d28b44c7008f80ffa2177d9b8.file
In 1932 Scott and Helen Nearing left New York and built their home from local stone, in Vermont and later Maine, by hand, without any experience or machinery and little to no money. They used the slipform stone masonry technique, usually considered the easiest and most beginner friendly stone building method. They built many structures the same way, all still standing. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/4b6587931699f426d8c99287ae5a17fd4111cf010820af5b97bd3f31fa59b47b.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/2b3565f1b6e6c8621d055b61e0b88ecf44c6e07f42075232c2bc006ecf6fd4fa.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/9ac5f266400bf242edf26bc2d88763a9af63332d644a529ff18bc896115b1e56.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/9b6775bf169ee7fedd69933173491c070e0fa1e6ab40f4c2a51eb08d664d993d.file
The National Trust has long since been captured by its enemies. I assume officers are elected or appointed in some manner or fashion. How many right thinking young men and women would it take to recapture the NT and oust the revolutionaries? https://hell.twtr.plus/media/630161f03915a85de2052da04c783d318f32137f59e017d77e7a6f673646f81a.file
Bats are great at reducing insect pests in agriculture, but to get their free services you need to preserve pockets of the natural landscape where they can roost.
Bats consume pest insects over intensively managed agricultural areas – if there are sufficient natural habitats nearby - Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Bats such as the common noctule consume pest insects over intensively managed arable land and thereby support sustainable agriculture. A new study ...
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Rue CrΓ©mieux in Paris is widely regarded one of the most charming streets in the world, consisting of plaster stone or brick townhouses of tree stories. I think it would take a complete amateur with a couple of days training/instruction about 4-5 months of labor to build the walls alone, and then a similar amount of time for the rest (floors, interiors etc.), using basic machinery (cranes to lift the stone etc.). The price excluding your own labor would be very low. The resale price would be multiples of the investment. Why doesn't any small- to mid- sized European city set aside the the land, provide a pattern-book and organize a weekend course before setting self-builders lose on the site? The materials, quarried stone, could be had extremely cheaply if bought in bulk from a suitable nearby quarry. The footprint of each building is about 1346ftΒ² / 125mΒ². https://hell.twtr.plus/media/72150c98177054745a7c4034459f87c60cc8b1dfb5faec9fcb670e349d29792f.file
Cherry orchards in Michigan employ falcons to ward off birds: less losses and cleaner produce.
Michigan cherry farmers find a surprising food safety ally: falcons
Nov. 27, 2025 - By keeping hungry birds β€” and their droppings β€” off farmers’ fruit, kestrels could help in more ways than one.
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