Buy pristine uncirculated 2012 Denali quarters. Denali National Park was established as a national site on February 26, 1917 and is the fifth quarter of 2012.

While new firms will be added to the Collaborative each quarter throughout 2012 as they complete and introduce their designs, the first five have just been unveiled and include the likes of Marmol Radziner, Altius Architecture, Bates Masi + Architects, The Frank Lloyd Wright School of...

The final exercise for the quarter will be to make a map in Adobe Illustrator. Maps have obviously been a source of information for thousands of years. Map making is the "world making" on a flat two dimensional surface. The map maker is more than merely providing information, but as a designer laying out the lines and surfaces that will recreate this world for viewers. Below are three examples of maps made in Adobe Illustrator: 1. Disneyland Park http://disneyland.disney.go.com/maps/#/m=disneyland 2. London subway (aka London Tube) http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/standard-tube-map.pdf 3. Reid Park Zoo http://www.tucsonzoo.org/plan-your-visit/directions-maps-and-parking/ Your assignment is to make a map in Adobe Illustrator of one of the following locations. Your map must include the following: A title, at least 3 buildings (or structures), some text in a box, more than a couple colors giving the map life. Here are 5 places you can choose. 1. Washington D.C. Mall 2. Teotihicuan, Mexico 3. Tucson High School 4. Tatooine (City of Mos Eisley) 5. Park Place Mall Remember -- The assignment is due September 26

Cool modern wooden house design.

Completed in 2012 in London, United Kingdom. Images by Luke White. Bow Quarters is a beautiful seven-acre Grade-II listed residential development set within a historic site of the converted Bryant and May matchbox...

Australians recognized on day two of the 2012 World Architecture Festival Awards in Villa, Health and Future Projects.

This week, it is with great pleasure that we share the work of two long-time Good Sam dealers who create in quarter-scale. Grandt Line Products designs quarter-scale kits with lots of character, whimsy and detail. The company also makes mini dollhouse kits for 1-inch scale dollhouses, "pothead" mini kits, and other cool stuff. Phyllis Nishimori and her sister Liz Aduan have been dealers at Good Sam for thirteen years. www.grandtline.com Oliver Ollywock's Place. Faerie Hill Lane Series Kit #3431. Bernie's Banana Split is 50's style roadside architecture. Roadside America Series Kit #3471. Hansel and Gretel exterior view. Fairytale Series Kit #3480. Hansel and Gretel interior view. Melon Manor exterior view. Seasonings Series Kit #3443. Melon Manor interior view. Cliff's Diner is based on a streetcar. Fun interior cabinetry. Napkin dispensers, mustard and ketchup bottles on outside tables. Kit #3413. Debbie Young, Young at Heart, makes quarter-scale reproductions of actual houses. Over the years, she and her husband Jeff have created about 100 different house kits. In addition, they make quarter-scale individual room and whole house furniture kits. Debbie also offers workshops. They have attended Good Sam for more than thirty years. youngatheartminiatures.com The Dolls House kit inspired by "The Doll People" book by Ann Martin and Laura Godwin. The Dolls House, interior view. Avalon House kit. 1926 Sears Roebuck design. Avalon House, interior view. Caribbean Cottage kit. Small one-room vacation get-away. Campground Cottage kit inspired by the tiny Campmeeting Association cottages on Martha's Vineyard. Campground Cottage, interior view. Quarter-scale pots and pans that are just beyond amazing. Made by Grandt Line for Young at Heart.

Since the temps have been in the 90's, with full humidity, and my brain has turned to mush......I totally forgot that I hadn't finished posting about the Vermont Quilt Festival! Sheesh! Seriously......I was never meant to live in this kind of heat and sweaty mess! Ugh! One of the special exhibits at the show was 'Dear Jane Through the Years' honoring the 150th year since Jane Stickle finished her quilt in 1863. Author of the Dear Jane book, Brenda Papadakis gave a lecture tour of the quilt exhibit! Awesome! Here are most of the Dear Jane quilts......some were just too blurry to post. Notice how different border treatments and colors change the whole look sometimes! Fun! Enjoy! "No Pain, No Jane" by Cindy Garcia, Racine, Wisconsin. "Infinite Gratitude" by Deborah Semel Bingham, New York, New York. "This quilt was made in 2011 for Joanna Semel Rose in thanks for her exhibition, Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts. Thirty six quilters worked together for nine months, in time for her 81st birthday. We knew this was one quilt design she did not have in her vast collection!" "Kitschin' Jane" by Amy Ronis, New York, New York. "I wanted elements of humor, surprise and "kitsch" in my version of Jane. I viewed each block as an individual design challenge, and looked for "kitsch" worth images, prints and iconic midcentury designs - a passion of mine. Even Elvis makes two appearances in the quilt." "Not Perfect Jane" by Goldie Morrow, Rumney, New Hampshire. "I started the quilt in 2000, finished the center in 2006, and completed the borders and scalloped edge in 2012. I loved the challenge of making this quilt that took me 12 years to finish!" "Sentimental Journey" by Carol Archuleta, San Ramon, California. "I started the quilt with Brenda in 2003 and finished it in 2011. (Brenda shared some of her dear friend Rebecca's indigos with me.) Indigo fabrics used are 1800's repros, some no longer available. It was hand quilted, each scallop different, and made in loving memory of Rebecca, my mother Rose, and my husband Robert." "Nancy's Dear Jane" by Nancy Ritter, Oakley, California. "It has been a 4 1/2 year journey making Dear Jane and another year being hand quilted by the Amish. It was a great diversion through a long illness from which I have recovered." "In Our Time (aka Technicolor Jane)" by Judy Doenias and Diane Rode Schenck, New York, New York. "We started our quilt in 1999 as a class sample at The City Quilter in New York. We had no great plans and no goals in mind. We weren't certain we'd ever finish it! We chose colors we love! Fourteen years later, our classes are still going strong and Jane's quilt continues to amaze and inspire us!" "Empty Nest" by Linda Reid, Danville, CA. "After seeing a Dear Jane quilt at PIQF, I knew I wanted to make one. The opportunity came when a group was started by our local guild. I used an around the world color placement and extended the triangles into the scalloped edge. Empty Nest is my first hand quilting attempt and my legacy." .......JoAnne.....check this one out! :o) "The Spirit of Jane Stickle" a group quilt. "The Spirit of Jane was made by 225 members of the Dear Jane Internet group and quilted by an Amish mother and daughter. It was presented to Brenda at the first Dear Jane Gathering at VQF 2000." "Never Say Never" by Laura Fraga, San Ramon, CA. "I finished my first DJ Quilt in 2002. In 2009, I started a DJ mini group at my guild. I began a 2nd DJ so I could work along with the group. The best part of making a Dear Jane quilt is the friendships that have blossomed." "Newfangled Jane!" by Gwen Nishida, Irvine, CA. "Jane's masterpiece has been turned on it's traditional head with the bright, saturated colors and large prints of Kaffe Fassett. Inspired by a German quilt group, I took this journey one block at a time, learning techniques and having fun with color as I moved along." Machine quilted by Judi Madsen. "Birthday Jane" by Kerry Marksbury, San Diego, CA. "My journey with Jane started in April 2011 with 25 of the blocks given to me by quilting friends for my 50th birthday. In April 2011, I met Brenda and attended her class at Asilomar. It was completed in March 2013, in time for a third trip to Brenda's class." "In Time of Recollection" by Karan L. Flanscha, Cedar Falls, IA. "My Dear Jane quilt was the beginning of a wonderful journey. Every stitch in my quilt is by hand. I started the original Dear Jane support group, and helped Electric Quilt create the software. I have met friends from all over the world because of our mutual love of Jane Stickle's sampler quilt." "Mini Jane" by Barbara Larson, Chaska, MN. "I knew I wanted to make a Jane using Civil War colors, and I did not want a large quilt. At a Dear Jane retreat, Claire Baker shared her Dear Jane with 2" blocks. I loved it and knew that was how I would make her." 2" blocks!!!!!!!! "Happy Birthday, Jane" by Deb Kloss, Minneapolis, MN. "Happy Birthday Jane was made of blocks swapped over a five year period with members of the Dear Jane email list. These blocks were made in thirties prints and swapped in the month of April (Jane's birthday is April 8). I love them all! Quilted by Keri Schell." "Shipshewana Rose" by Edith Shanholt, Elkhart, IN. "Amish Buggies" by Nancy Hayes (deceased), Cedar Falls, IA. My next post will be the rest of the show! I hope everyone is tolerating this weather better than I am! I feel like a big sweaty mess! Let's all hope the weather turns on Sunday as predicted! :o) Stay cool!!! regan

A comment from jury chair Brian Zulaikha on the 2012 field of entrants.

Shearers quarters (das Quartier der Schafscherer), nennt sich ein im Jahr 2011 realisiertes Projekt des Architekturbüros John Wardle Architects. Das moderne Holzhaus befindet sich auf der Insel Bruny

A guide to the Latin Quarter in Paris, France. What to see, shop & eat in the 5th arrondissement (best things to do in the Latin Quarter)

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Image 10 of 16 from gallery of Day Care ThyssenKrupp Quarter Essen / JSWD Architekten. Photograph by Thomas Lewandowski