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 d...

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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 int...

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