links for 2008-05-19

• CONTEMPORIST » Floating Home in Seattle, Washington
  nice floating house
  (tags: house design floating architecture)
• Imprint TALK: Pop Culture Blog » Blog Archive » Stephen Wiltshire draws Tokyo 360° view from memory
  autistic dude, crazy talent for reproducing memory via drawing
  (tags: drawing art in inspiration japan architecture)
• Tolo House / Alvaro Leite Siza | Arch Daily
  this house is really just a case study in sloped architecture, i’ve alway had daydreams that look like this…
  (tags: architecture house interior design hill slope)
• Bruce Bolander Architect
  modern southwest architects, affordable material choices
  (tags: architecture design construction)
• Verbus Systems
  manufacturer of 12ft wide modular containers
  (tags: modular prefab housing design house architecture construction steel)
• Russia: A totalitarian regime in thrall to a Tsar who’s creating the new Facist empire | the Daily Mail
  a bit of a sensationalist article on russian from the brits
  (tags: oil politics article)
• CTV.ca | Suzuki slams NDP, Tories, backs Dion’s carbon tax
  i am glad dion has kicked off this debate, i think there is a lot to consider
  (tags: carbon tax politics environment policy)
• CTV.ca | B.C. introduces carbon tax in ‘green’ budget
  B.C.’s carbon tax, a model for a federal tax?
  (tags: carbon tax canada politics)