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Most of his spare time is spent dabbling in music, tinkering with old Macintosh computers and trying to keep his even older VW bus on the road.<br/></p> <p class="strong">Follow Adam:</p> <ul class="list-ui list-ui--horizontal"> <li> <a class="follow-icon follow-icon--gplus" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/https://plus.google.com/113037543665572785764?rel=author"></a> </li> </ul> </div> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="38171"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38171"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/architecture/"> — Architecture </a> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/art-in-the-city-guggenheim-helsinki-competition/38171/">Helsinki Guggenheim competition winner revealed </a></h1> <div class="clearfix"> <span class="pull-left"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/author/adam-williams/" rel="author">Adam Williams</a> - June 24, 2015 </span> <a class="picture-count" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/art-in-the-city-guggenheim-helsinki-competition/38171/pictures"> 5 Pictures </a> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/art-in-the-city-guggenheim-helsinki-competition/38171/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/guggenheim-helsinki-winner-revealed.jpg" title=""> </a> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>Last year we <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/guggenheim-helsinki-design-competition-finalists-unveiled/35026/">reported on</a> the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation's competition seeking a new Guggenheim museum for Helsinki, Finland. A winner has now been selected: Art in the City, by Paris-based firm Moreau Kusunoki. </p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/art-in-the-city-guggenheim-helsinki-competition/38171/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--news-byte" data-article="38197"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38197"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/susaloon-elii-architects/38197/">Madrid apartment "works like a Swiss Army knife"</a></h1> <div class="clearfix"> <span class="pull-left"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/author/adam-williams/" rel="author">Adam Williams</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/susaloon-elii-architects/38197/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/susaloon-elii-architects.jpg" title=""> </a> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>Following its novel renovation of Madrid apartment <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/didomestic-elii-architecture/30598/">Didomestic</a>, architecture firm Elii took on a similarly quirky makeover of another flat in Spain's capital. Susaloon features flexible folding furniture installed throughout in a bid to maximize available space.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/susaloon-elii-architects/38197/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="38159"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38159"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/architecture/"> — Architecture </a> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/ctbuh-best-skyscrapers-2015/38159/">CTBUH names Best Tall Buildings of 2015</a></h1> <div class="clearfix"> <span class="pull-left"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/author/adam-williams/" rel="author">Adam Williams</a> - June 24, 2015 </span> <a class="picture-count" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/ctbuh-best-skyscrapers-2015/38159/pictures"> 5 Pictures </a> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/ctbuh-best-skyscrapers-2015/38159/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/ctbuh-top-4-2015-.jpg" title=""> </a> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has revealed the winners of 2015's Best Tall Building competition. Comprising four categories: Americas, Asia and Australasia, Europe, and Middle East and Africa, the awards highlight some of the best new skyscrapers around the globe.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/ctbuh-best-skyscrapers-2015/38159/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--news-byte" data-article="38151"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38151"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/human-organs-on-chips-win-design-of-the-year-2015/38151/">Human Organs-on-Chips wins Design of the Year 2015</a></h1> <div class="clearfix"> <span class="pull-left"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/author/adam-williams/" rel="author">Adam Williams</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/human-organs-on-chips-win-design-of-the-year-2015/38151/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/human-organs-chip-design-of-the-year.jpg" title=""> </a> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>A micro-device lined with living human cells able to mimic the function of living organs has been declared the overall winner of the Design Museum's Design of the Year Award for 2015. </p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/human-organs-on-chips-win-design-of-the-year-2015/38151/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="38083"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38083"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/architecture/"> — Architecture </a> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/riba-2015-national-awards-winners/38083/">RIBA selects Britain's best new buildings</a></h1> <div class="clearfix"> <span class="pull-left"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/author/adam-williams/" rel="author">Adam Williams</a> - June 22, 2015 </span> <a class="picture-count" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/riba-2015-national-awards-winners/38083/pictures"> 31 Pictures </a> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/riba-2015-national-awards-winners/38083/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/riba-2015-national-awards.jpg" title=""> </a> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has revealed the winners of its 2015 National Awards. While <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/riba-national-awards-2014/32609/">last year</a> was dominated by massive projects like the Shard and the Library of Birmingham, this year is marked by an increase in housing projects, which make up a quarter of the overall winners.</p><p></p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/riba-2015-national-awards-winners/38083/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="38076"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38076"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/architecture/"> — Architecture </a> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/framework-house-us2500-cambodia/38076/">$2,500 home built for low-income Cambodians</a></h1> <div class="clearfix"> <span class="pull-left"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/author/adam-williams/" rel="author">Adam Williams</a> - June 19, 2015 </span> <a class="picture-count" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/framework-house-us2500-cambodia/38076/pictures"> 4 Pictures </a> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/framework-house-us2500-cambodia/38076/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/framework-project-cambodia.JPG" title=""> </a> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>Building Trust International, Atelier COLE, and Habitat for Humanity Cambodia have collaborated on a project to create affordable housing for low-income Cambodians. The result, dubbed Framework House, is a sustainable home that is built primarily from bamboo and wood, and it costs just US$2,500 to build.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/framework-house-us2500-cambodia/38076/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="38077"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38077"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/architecture/"> — Architecture </a> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/1500-west-georgia-buro-ole-scheeren/38077/">Büro Ole Scheeren envisions stacked box high-rise for Vancouver</a></h1> <div class="clearfix"> <span class="pull-left"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/author/adam-williams/" rel="author">Adam Williams</a> - June 18, 2015 </span> <a class="picture-count" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/1500-west-georgia-buro-ole-scheeren/38077/pictures"> 8 Pictures </a> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/1500-west-georgia-buro-ole-scheeren/38077/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/1500-west-georgia.jpg" title=""> </a> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>China-based architecture studio Büro Ole Scheeren (led by the architect responsible for Beijing's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/cctv-headquarters-defy-gravity/22615/" target="_blank">CCTV</a>) has envisioned a mixed-use highrise for Vancouver, Canada. The firm aims to make 1500 West Georgia stand out from what Scheeren dismisses as the city's "generic" existing towers, with a novel form that features a series of extruding horizontal and vertical boxes.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/1500-west-georgia-buro-ole-scheeren/38077/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="38039"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38039"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/architecture/"> — Architecture </a> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/tapered-towers-zaha-hadid-gold-coast/38039/">Zaha Hadid-designed towers proposed for Gold Coast</a></h1> <div class="clearfix"> <span class="pull-left"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/author/adam-williams/" rel="author">Adam Williams</a> - June 16, 2015 </span> <a class="picture-count" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/tapered-towers-zaha-hadid-gold-coast/38039/pictures"> 3 Pictures </a> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/tapered-towers-zaha-hadid-gold-coast/38039/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/zaha-hadid-gold-coast.jpg" title=""> </a> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>Zaha Hadid has designed two new towers for Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The matching towers rise to a height of 44 stories and, if the project goes ahead, will be built to a budget of US$600 million.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/tapered-towers-zaha-hadid-gold-coast/38039/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="37996"> <div class="article-top" data-article="37996"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/music/"> — Music </a> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing-customized-flutes-unique-sound/37996/">3D-printed flutes hit the right notes</a></h1> <div class="clearfix"> <span class="pull-left"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/author/adam-williams/" rel="author">Adam Williams</a> - June 16, 2015 </span> <a class="picture-count" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing-customized-flutes-unique-sound/37996/pictures"> 3 Pictures </a> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing-customized-flutes-unique-sound/37996/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/3d-printed-flutes.jpg" title=""> </a> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>Researchers at Australia's University of Wollongong (UOW) have created a number of 3D-printed custom flutes that can play microtonal tunings otherwise unachievable with standard flutes, thus opening up a whole new series of tones to flute players. The same research could also lead to instruments which are easier for disabled people to play.</p><a target="_blank"></a><a target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing-customized-flutes-unique-sound/37996/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="38011"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38011"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/architecture/"> — Architecture </a> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/cinder-cone-treehouse-skate-bowl-washington/38011/">Twin treehouse boasts its own skate bowl</a></h1> <div class="clearfix"> <span class="pull-left"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/author/adam-williams/" rel="author">Adam Williams</a> - June 15, 2015 </span> <a class="picture-count" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/cinder-cone-treehouse-skate-bowl-washington/38011/pictures"> 13 Pictures </a> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355/http://www.gizmag.com/cinder-cone-treehouse-skate-bowl-washington/38011/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627171355im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/tiny-treehouse-stake-park.jpg" title=""> </a> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>Though tiny houses and treehouses often pack impressive amenities, it's a safe bet that few have the Cinder Cone treehouse beat when it comes to having a good time. 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