Montreal is one of Canada’s great cities and one of North America’s oldest. It offers many fun things to see and do and, of course, wonderful food to be enjoyed as Montreal is Canada’s capital of cuisine. One of the more interesting…
For fans of Frank Lloyd Wright, the Chicago area is a mecca. His home and studio in Oak Park are surrounded by many houses he designed, the Robie House in Hyde Park is nearing completion of a major restoration. But visitors following the Wright trail…
TG member PortMoresby informed me of the following story, which I think is exciting and worth sharing with everyone! London will build another pedestrian/cycle bridge over the River Thames. Looks like a beautiful project. .
Controversial architecture? – Parasol Sevilla
Since no one has come anywhere near yet, here’s a hint. The building in the picture has not moved, but it is not in the country in which it was first built, nor do its present users speak the language of the builders… Submit your guesses…
Dusk on the Tagus River, looking toward April 25th Bridge Every city’s history is reflected in its neighborhoods and its architecture, but in Lisbon’s case two important factors add to the picture. One is the incredible wealth that came to…
The new One World Trade Center beats out the Sears Tower . http://travel.france24.com/con…allest-us-skyscraper
Like the monolith in Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke’s monumental film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, “Cloud Gate” looks like an alien object dropped` onto a terrestrial landscape.
The Inca people of South America’s Andes mountains were remarkable engineers. Unlike Europeans, who used mortar to bond together large walls of brick or rock, Incas carefully shaped and chiseled stones so that they fit together perfectly!
Montreal is one of Canada’s great cities and one of North America’s oldest. It offers many fun things to see and do and, of course, wonderful food to be enjoyed as Montreal is Canada’s capital of cuisine. One of the more interesting…
For fans of Frank Lloyd Wright, the Chicago area is a mecca. His home and studio in Oak Park are surrounded by many houses he designed, the Robie House in Hyde Park is nearing completion of a major restoration. But visitors following the Wright trail…
TG member PortMoresby informed me of the following story, which I think is exciting and worth sharing with everyone! London will build another pedestrian/cycle bridge over the River Thames. Looks like a beautiful project. .
Controversial architecture? – Parasol Sevilla
Since no one has come anywhere near yet, here’s a hint. The building in the picture has not moved, but it is not in the country in which it was first built, nor do its present users speak the language of the builders… Submit your guesses…
Dusk on the Tagus River, looking toward April 25th Bridge Every city’s history is reflected in its neighborhoods and its architecture, but in Lisbon’s case two important factors add to the picture. One is the incredible wealth that came to…
The new One World Trade Center beats out the Sears Tower . http://travel.france24.com/con…allest-us-skyscraper
Like the monolith in Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke’s monumental film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, “Cloud Gate” looks like an alien object dropped` onto a terrestrial landscape.
The Inca people of South America’s Andes mountains were remarkable engineers. Unlike Europeans, who used mortar to bond together large walls of brick or rock, Incas carefully shaped and chiseled stones so that they fit together perfectly!