Tag Archives: Ecuador

An Ecuadorian Home Made From 900 Lego-Like Blocks

April 18, 2013   Uncategorized
Modular construction is as old as settled civilization and as ubiquitous as Lego, but it's less than common to see an architect literally reinventing the brick, as Jose María Sáez and David Barragán have. The pair of Ecuadorian architects are the subject of a recent profile in Dwell, where they discuss how they built a sprawling home out of 900 identical concrete blocks, designed and fabricated specifically for the project. More »
    


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An Ecuadorian Home Made From 900 Lego-Like Blocks

April 18, 2013   Uncategorized
Modular construction is as old as settled civilization and as ubiquitous as Lego, but it's less than common to see an architect literally reinventing the brick, as Jose María Sáez and David Barragán have. The pair of Ecuadorian architects are the subject of a recent profile in Dwell, where they discuss how they built a sprawling home out of 900 identical concrete blocks, designed and fabricated specifically for the project. More »
    


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New iPad launches in 30 countries this month starting May 11

May 8, 2012   Apple
As noted by MacRumors, Apple is getting ready to launch the third-generation iPad in 30 additional countries this month beginning with 23 countries on May 11. Among the countries included in this Friday’s launch is Brazil, where Apple currently assembles some of its iPad 2 and iPhone 4 units at a Foxconn plant in Jundiai. China is still not [...]
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iTunes Store rolling out across Latin America, Match in Brazil

December 13, 2011   Apple
We’re getting several reports this evening from our great readers in Latin America that the iTunes Store is beginning to roll out all over. The countries that we’ve heard about so far include Peru, Dominican Republic, Chile, Panama, Venezuela, Argentina, Ecuador, and more.  It also sounds like Brazil is getting their first taste of iTunes [...]
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