Timothy Reynold's Blog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Redding is located in the Sacramento Valley in the shadow of Mt Shasta and is the county seat of Shasta County. It now has a population of approximately 107,741 due to recent annexations. Redding CA real estate is always in demand because of being close to Shasta Lake. Rain falls abundantly in the [...]
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
(Santiago Calatrava standing next to a model of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in Dallas. Photo by Daniel Driensky) The DJC in Oregon posted an article yesterday comparing Vancouver’s bridges with Portland’s, and the effect these structures have on their communitys’ livability. Since the Trinity Trust has hired Vancouver’s planner, Larry Beasley, this is a [...]
Marvelous Architectures (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
La Gare do Oriente (in Lisbon, Portugal) designed by Santiago Calatrava.
Super Punch (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Uncle Dapper plush monster by the incredibly prolific Melita Curphy. It'll eventually go on sale for $20. And a few more links: 1. Lifehacker says Microsoft's security tools are good enough. 2. Outrage in Australia because Britney Spears lipsynched at a concert. John Mayer had a good line : If you're shocked that Britney was lip-syncing at her concert and want your money back, life may continue to...
Google Sightseeing (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Continuing our exploration of the work of Santiago Calatrava, we visit some of his more notable buildings, beginning with an in-depth look at the magnificent Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències – the City of Arts and Sciences in his home town of Valencia. With construction ongoing since 1996, the complex consists of five main [...]
What's on in Barcelona (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
6. Climb up the magical Montjuïic Montjuïic is perfect for a leafy stroll with great views, but hard to reach so i s less populated by tourists. Scattered across the landward side are buildings from the 1992 Olympic Games, including Santiago Calatrava's Olympic needle, while facing the sea is the lighthouse and vast cemetery. The Castell de Montjuïc was the burial place for the medieval...
Architecture Revived (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Vasco da Gama Mall in stands across the Gare do Oriente station in Lisbon Portugal. It includes 200 stores, a theater, and a large food court. The building is part of a large project for Lisbon by Santiago Calatrava. The glass barrel vault reflects the form of the Gare do Oriente, a slightly organic Spanish form. It also expresses the same strictly organized symmetry and opposition of light versus...
Google Sightseeing (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Santiago Calatrava is a renowned Spanish architect whose work we’ve admired in the past on Google Sightseeing. We’re going to take a more in-depth look at his innovative work in two areas, beginning today with bridges. One of Calatrava’s earliest bridge commissions helped cement his international reputation for civic engineering, the Bac de Roda bridge in [...]
Brainicane (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Photo: Iwan Baan/courtesy Balmori Associates The New York based landscape and urban design office of Balmori Associates is busy; after the High Line in New York (view slideshow) amongst many projects, the studio recently designed the “Garden That Climbs The Steps” in Bilbao, Spain. An elegant mass of different colours and textures is literally climbing up [...]
Indian Food Rocks (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Four years ago, I asked to be driven 100 miles north of our home in Chicagoland to see my favorite building in this entire world, as a birthday gift. It did not disappoint. It was even more magnificent than its pictures suggest. Milwaukee Art Museum Burke Brise Soleil There is more to this pic than a wider angle of the previous pic. Yes, it moves. It's the Quadracci Pavilion , part of the Milwaukee...
Paul Adams Photographer (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
I have just spent a week in Seville and on my list of must sees was The Alamillo Bridge, designed by architect Santiago Calatrava. Wow, fantastic structure, reminded my of a predatory insect even though the original concept was of a running figure. The supporting concrete pylon is at an angle 58 degrees and is 142 [...]
Touching Base (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Later this month, Médiacité , a new shopping and entertainment center with some exciting green features will open up in the center of Liège, Belgium. Located nearby the new train station, Gare des Guillemins by Santiago Calatrava , Médiacité will help rehabilitate the central city economically and culturally. With sweeping lines, advanced materials and environmentally...
ArchitectureChicago PLUS (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Two more events for the October calendar - And in this corner, going up against Jason Payne at UIC and Christian Veddeler at the AIC, Roderick Bates will being talking about the work of his firm, Kieran Timberlake, at Archeworks, Monday, October 19 at 6:00 p.m. Then on Saturday, October 24th the Pleasant Home Foundation will offer a rare interior tour of Joseph Lyman Silsbee's May Chapel at Rosehill...
My[confined]Space (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Took this shot on my trip in Valencia, Spain: this is the south facade of “El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe”, in the “Ciutat de les arts i les ciències”, by Santiago Calatrava. Valencia originally appeared on My[confined]Space on October 14, 2009.
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
You know that giant hole at 400 N. Lake Shore Drive where the Spire was supposed to rise and tower over the city? Well don't expect it to be back-filled just yet. Despite construction being halted a year ago and the developer being sued this past summer, Spire architect Santiago Calatrava says the project is not dead. He asked for "patience" about the Spire -- he pointed out that one of...
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