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MLB seeks to bring a game to Grand Teton, drawing criticism over construction in a national park

The mountains of Grand Teton could become the backdrop for a Major League Baseball game. The proposal is only on the table for now, but it has already drawn opposition from local officials and environmental groups because bringing baseball there would require building — even if only temporarily — a field inside one of the most important national parks in the United States.

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A horse grazes in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
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The perfect, affordable home: The utopia that architecture has been promising for a century

One of the industrialized, sustainable Tini homes by the Delavegacanolasso studio.

In 1927, the American architect and inventor Richard Buckminster Fuller proclaimed an idea that sounded like a joke: the possibility of owning a house for the same price as a car. Thus, the Dymaxion house was born: it had a hexagonal aluminum frame as light as a tent, and was designed to be manufactured on an assembly line, just like a Ford.

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 The exterior of Futuro House, designed by architect Matti Suuronen, in Marion Bay, Tasmania. Owned by David Walsh and Kirsha Kaechele. Photo provided by the Futuro House Archives. With their Tini Living homes, the architectural firm delaVegaCanolasso has managed to fast-track construction and get a handle on costs. 
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