A CASTLE IN MIAMI?!?   Photographs by FLORIDAPHOTO.COM   Apparently the moat keeps the Black Knight at bay… This is one of the most extravagant properties I’ve seen in quite some time. It’s owned by architect Charles Sieger (of Sieger Suarez), who has designed over $10 billion in real estate properties. Pure, unadulterated, insanity.   [...]

  For the last eleven years, Harry Winston has partnered with a master horologist to create an exclusive and groundbreaking timepiece that reflects an unprecedented journey of collaboration and innovation. It is known simply as The Opus. 2011 heralds the latest addition to the vaunted Opus series, the Opus 11, in partnership with legendary watchmaker [...]

LIGHTS OUT SYDNEY!   Photograph by REUTERS / TIM WIMBORNE   Last Saturday, March 26, people and businesses around the world participated in Earth Hour 2011, turning off their lights at 8:30 p.m. local time. Earth Hour was organized by the World Wildlife Fund in 2007, as a way to bring attention to energy-consumption, sustainability, [...]

Every Wednesday, the Sifter posts top-line summaries to current events around the globe. All news articles are from Reuters and BBC News.   Japan to scrap stricken nuclear reactors [BBC News] – Japan is to decommission four stricken reactors at the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, the operator says. Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) made the announcement [...]

LITTLE BIG PLANET   Photograph by MARKUS REUGELS     via Markus Reugels on 1x