Today's archidose #608

Here are some photos of the <a href="http://www.molkeprodukte.com/">Metzler Dairy Farm</a> in Egg, Austria (2012)*. Photographs are by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/formsache/">Frank Stahl</a>. See also <a href="http://www.nextroom.at/building.php?id=2259">earlier farm buildings</a> designed by Klaus Metzler and Michael Ohneberg (2001).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/formsache/7709840858/" title="Metzler Dairy Farm, Egg by frank formsache, on Flickr"><img alt="Metzler Dairy Farm, Egg" height="428" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8160/7709840858_331e7b9c56_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/formsache/7709844908/" title="Metzler Dairy Farm, Egg by frank formsache, on Flickr"><img alt="Metzler Dairy Farm, Egg" height="428" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7134/7709844908_00b643c8cb_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/formsache/7709843092/" title="Metzler Dairy Farm, Egg by frank formsache, on Flickr"><img alt="Metzler Dairy Farm, Egg" height="428" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7126/7709843092_82c49df210_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/formsache/7709843868/" title="Metzler Dairy Farm, Egg by frank formsache, on Flickr"><img alt="Metzler Dairy Farm, Egg" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8161/7709843868_ab1c335010_c.jpg" width="535" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/formsache/7709842352/" title="Metzler Dairy Farm, Egg by frank formsache, on Flickr"><img alt="Metzler Dairy Farm, Egg" height="428" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8426/7709842352_790ee7af49_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/formsache/7709846018/" title="Metzler Dairy Farm, Egg by frank formsache, on Flickr"><img alt="Metzler Dairy Farm, Egg" height="428" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7248/7709846018_dc78be3693_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />*Architect is unknown...for now.<br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #608

Here are some photos of the Metzler Dairy Farm in Egg, Austria (2012)*. Photographs are by Frank Stahl. See also earlier farm buildings designed by Klaus Metzler and Michael Ohneberg (2001).*Architect is unknown...for now.To contribute your Flickr im…

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seeing spots

You know my love of <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/04/seeing-spots.html" target="_blank">polka dots</a>. And then there is my obsession with gold (<a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/07/pinterest-challenge-dipped-in-gold.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/02/gold-metallic-glow.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/07/keep-your-feet-on-ground-and-keep.html" target="_blank">here</a>). 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I dream of them. I love them. For those of you in the Bay Area, go by and pet these for me will ya?

seeing spots

You know my love of polka dots. And then there is my obsession with gold (here, here and here). So how about blending them together into a big ol' mix of awesome.1st DibsSugar PaperKate SpadeKate SpadeSugar PaperAnthropologieTop ShopMatchbookThose la…

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