World's Largest Mosaic

Two brothers revealed a painstaking reconstruction of Britain's largest Roman mosaic that took them ten years to complete. Bob and John Woodward used 1.6million tiny pieces to produce their copy of the Orpheus pavement. Now the 47ft square pavement is being auctioned and it is expected to fetch £25,000. The mosaic depicts the ancient Greek music master Orpheus and lyre resting on his left knee, his hunting dog alongside him and a myriad of beasts all around him. The work is on display at Prinknash Abbey, near Stroud, but the lease has come to an end and its owner - who does not wish to be identified - has decided to sell. Iona Sale, who is publicizing the event for auctioneers Chorley's, said it had been challenging putting an estimated sale price on the mosaic - because no-one had ever attempted such a feat before. (Link)

Amazing Houses with Beautiful Roof's‏

A house is a home, building or structure that is a dwelling or place for habitation by human beings. The term house includes many kinds of dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures. In some contexts, "house" may mean the same as dwelling, residence, home, abode, lodging, accommodation, or housing, among other meanings. The social unit that lives in a house is known as a household. Most commonly, a household is a family unit of some kind, though households can be other social groups, such as single persons, or groups of unrelated individuals. Settled agrarian and industrial societies are composed of household units living permanently in housing of various types, according to a variety of forms of land tenure. English-speaking people generally call any building they routinely occupy "home". Many people leave their houses during the day for work and recreation, and return to them to sleep and for other activities.
But houses can amuse us.

The World’s Smallest EcoHome — Includes A Lounge, Shower, Kitchen And A Double Bedroom

You are looking at the world's smallest EcoHome (completely carbon-neutral home) — looks more like a cube than anything else. The designer of this amazing piece of art has managed to squeeze a lounge with a table and two chairs, a 4ft-wide double bed, a full-size shower and a kitchen into this 10 feet cube. It also includes a solar panel roof to generate electricity for potential owners — they could rake in £1,000 per year by selling energy back to the grid. The designer has considered looks and comfort as well as the environment. He said: It is surprisingly comfortable. The ultra-green home uses a host of low-energy products. The kitchen features an energy-efficient fridge, induction hob, re-circulating cooker hood and sink/drainer – allowing people to get cooking while staying green. The Cube is made up mostly of wood and other carbon-emission-free materials. It also contains green appliances, ultra-efficient LED lights and Ecodan air source heat pump to recover heat from extracted air. If the Cube gets registered for the Government of UK's feed in tariff, it would be free from utility bills and will be able to raise an annual income of around £1,000 — pretty amazing NO??