Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is due to interview Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on the X social media network on Monday in an event that could inject more surprises into the turbulent U.S. presidential election.The interview, scheduled for 8 p.m. Eastern Time (0000 Tuesday GMT), could provide the former president an opportunity to seize the limelight at a time when his campaign is seen as sagging.His Democratic rival for the Nov. 5 election, Vice President Kamala Harris, has erased Trumps lead in opinion polls and energized Democratic voters with a series of high-energy rallies.The interview on Musks social media platform could allow Trump to reach a different audience than the conservative faithful who attend his rallies and watch his interviews on Fox News. However, similar events on the platform have been plagued by technical problems.Am going to do some system scaling tests tonight & tomorrow in advance of the conversation, Musk wrote on the platform, formerly known as Twitter.The interview will be hosted live using Trumps official X account, his campaign said on Sunday. Trumps access to his account, @realDonaldTrump, was restored a month into Musks ownership of X after being suspended by the platforms previous owners following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on Congress by his supporters.Trump frequently posts on his Truth Social social media platform, which was launched in February 2022. He has returned to X only once since his access was restored with a post in August 2023 appealing for donations and showing his Fulton County jail mug shot.Musk could prove to be an unusual interviewer. The worlds richest person backed Democratic President Joe Biden in 2020 but has tacked rightward since and endorsed the Republican following the attempted assassination of Trump in July.Musk, who heads electric car company Tesla Inc, also started a fundraising organization to support Trumps campaign. The political action committee is now under investigation in Michigan for possible violations of state laws on gathering voter information.Trump, a longstanding critic of electric vehicles, shifted gears after Musks endorsement.Im for electric cars. I have to be, because Elon endorsed me very strongly. So I have no choice, Trump said at an early August rally.United Auto Workers President Shawn Fein, campaigning in support of Harris, called Trump a sellout.The Biden administration has worked to popularize electric vehicles through tax breaks and other support as part of its broader goal of reducing carbon emissions blamed for climate change.Republicans in Congress have opposed those subsidies. Senator J.D. Vance, Trumps vice presidential running mate, said the Biden policy merely subsidizes rich people who purchase the cars.Advertisers have fled X since Musk bought it in 2022 and subsequently reduced content moderation that has resulted in a dramatic increase in hate speech, civil rights groups have said.In the meantime, the entrepreneur has been involved in a swirl of additional controversies. He has falsely accused Biden and the Democratic Party of opening U.S. borders to undocumented immigrants in a ploy to boost the number of potential Democratic voters. Non-citizens are not allowed to vote in federal elections.Musk in November 2023 endorsed an antisemitic post on X that said members of the Jewish community were stoking hatred against white people. He defended himself, saying the user was speaking the actual truth. Musk has also attacked the Anti-Defamation League, a nonprofit that works to fight antisemitism, accusing it, without evidence, of being responsible for a drop in advertising on X.Richard Cowan and Andy Sullivan, Reuters

Promotion: California firm House&Robertson Architects is set to construct a new lot for Paramount in Hollywood that will provide the film studio with four additional sound stages, large enough to house full-scale sets for its major motion pictures.The project will see the art deco buildings of LA's former Technicolor and Metro Pictures headquarters refurbished and supplemented with several office buildings and state-of-the-art production facilities to become the Echelon Television Center.The Echelon Television Center will house four new sound stagesJust off Santa Monica Boulevard, the lot will accommodate four massive new sound stages to supplement the existing 30 stages in the main Paramount lot, which originally opened in 1926 and is located just a few blocks away.The design "blends sound stage and production facilities for the ultimate studio lot", House&Robertson Architects said.Spread across two buildings and 15,000 square feet on the southern side of the property, the sound stages were designed by project architect Jingwen He in close collaboration with a team of technical specialists to "ensure acoustic performance in every single component in the building system".Two sound stages will share one buildingInvented with the advent of "talking pictures", sound stages have to be soundproof so that no outside noises can interfere with the filming going on inside."From an architect's perspective, the scope of work for soundstage building is way beyond design and space planning," He told Dezeen."Soundstages are the heart of the studio operation, and their technical quality and availability are key factors for a production company choosing a studio."The HVAC system will be soundproofed to reduce noiseHoused in two blocky, warehouse-style buildings with 40-foot ceilings, the Echelon Television Center stages were designed based on an ambient noise study and a vibration analysis report to achieve an NC 25 rating for indoor noise levels also standard for churches and recording studios.Insul-quit, a proprietary sound-absorbing blanket designed for Hollywood standards, will be used to wrap all of the interior walls and ceilings.Even the HVAC system will be acoustically lined and operate at a low velocity, while two additional layers of insulation under the floor minimise noise and vibration from the parking garage below.Reinforced concrete rolling doors will provide truck accessMotorised reinforced concrete rolling doors with built-in sound traps and acoustic seals provide truck access, so that sets and equipment can be transported to the stage.A grid system, installed just above the soundstage floor, supports lighting fixtures, microphones and other equipment needed for filming.The technical crew can access these utilities from above via a wood-frame catwalk with removable guardrails and floorboards that provides a path through the building's web of trusses, reinforced by masonry columns.The redeveloped lot will be set just off Santa Monica BoulevardLarge horizontal structural members create a wide-open uninterrupted floor plan to accommodate everything from major motion picture sets to TV shows with a live studio audience, although moveable acoustic wall partitions can be used to divvy up the building if needed."The iconic space is pretty versatile," He explained. "Free of in-between structural obstructions, it's capable of hosting miscellaneous Paramount special events like gatherings and celebrations, art exhibitions, masquerades etc."To find out more about the sound stages and the Echelon Television Centre, visit the project website.Partnership contentThis article was written by Dezeen for Perkins Eastmanas part of a partnership. Find out more about Dezeen partnership contenthere.The post House&Robertson Architects designs "the ultimate studio lot" for Paramount appeared first on Dezeen.

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One of my ultimate dreams is to be able to own a summer or vacation house in an area surrounded by nature. At the rate my life plans are going that will remain a dream but it doesnt hurt to look at all the well-designed summer houses, specifically the ones in Europe. Most of these use sustainable materials and are built to be part of the natural landscape so those are major plus points. Designer: Jesper Kusk ArkitekterAt Flle Strand in Denmark, they built the Strandvejen 35 Summer House, a tiny space measuring just 46 square meters and inspired by the fishermans houses that you can find in the area. Well, of course, a more expensive and spacious version. Its actually made up of three small buildings that are overlooking the bay of Kal and with all the spaces optimized so that 7 guests will be able to sleep there. You get all the basic spaces that you need in a house like sleeping areas, a kitchen, and of course a beautifully designed shower area. The windows and walkways located around the house have also been turned into loving areas and they used sliding doors to separate the various interior spaces. Since the location is surrounded by nature, they have incorporated it into the over-all design. You have skylights and high ceilings to ensure a healthy indoor climate while the large windows show off the beauty of the surroundings which you can enjoy while sitting on the built-in benches and sofas. The house was built using locally sourced materials, mostly wood and then using Danish oak to clad the facades and roof. This way the overall CO2 footprint is reduced and in fact, they are placed in the Danish voluntary low-emission category. The Strandvejen 35 Summer House lets you commune with nature while inside the comfort of your sustainably built space. The post Summer house in Denmark is inspired by fishermans houses in the area first appeared on Yanko Design.

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