The Happier the Hotelier, the Happier the Guest!
Posted in Architecture, Carribean, Hotel Design, Hotels, Suite Talk on Oct 6th, 2008
If you yearn for a romantic escape to a tropical Caribbean Island paradise, your quest has ended. Hix Island House rewards you with a luxurious retreat amidst rustic Zen-like architectural elegance.
Offering refreshingly unique comfort for body and soul, Hix Island House is located in a 13-acre natural refuge of native trees, tall grasses, birds and [...]
Posted in Architecture, History, Hotels, Unusual on May 28th, 2008
That’s a good idea: Open an architectural monument for a stay! Then you can enjoy the look and feel of the creation of the architect.
The Davidson House in Buffalo, US, a design of America’s foremost Arts and Craft movement architect Frank Lloyd Wright is open for a stay with a minimum of 2 nights.
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Posted in Architecture, Art, Netherlands, New York City, The Hague, USA on Mar 20th, 2008
Titled Whitney Museum to Receive $131 Million Gift, Carol Vogel of The New York Times reports that Leonard A. Lauder, chairman of the Estée Lauder Companies and, according to Forbes magazine, with a net worth of $3.2 billion in 2007, said on Tuesday in a telephone interview that his art foundation would give the [...]
Posted in Architecture, Istanbul, Street Art, Turkey on Mar 19th, 2008
Burberry Shop Istanbul Photo shopped
I am futzing around with Adobe Photo shop for quite some time now. Only after obtaining CS3 my computer doesn’t hang as much any more. Today I got a bit more grip on lens correction. The result is the above photo which is as I had it in mind when I [...]
Posted in Architecture, Art, Canada, Design, Germany, Things to do on Nov 18th, 2007
ROM CRYSTAL napkin sketch
On june 2, 2007 The official opening of the ROM extension was celebrated. The what extension? The Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Who’s Crystal?
Okay okay I’ll try to explain.
The ROM is not Read Only Memory, but the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada. The Piano is not Renzo Piano, but a real piano (see [...]
Posted in Architecture, Design, Dutch Design, Marketing, News, Promotions on Nov 8th, 2007
Via Bert Brussen from Trouw
On initiative of the Christian Democratic Party CDA, Dutch Parliament has instructed the Dutch Ministers (who reside in The Hague, hence the “The Hague” reference in the title as a metaphor for Dutch government) to study the possibility of an artificial island in the Northsea between Rotterdam and IJmuiden. IJmuiden is [...]
Posted in Architecture, Design, Hotel Design on Aug 8th, 2007
Inside use
Graphic Concrete, Ltd is a privately-owned Helsinki based Finnish company. Its Finish name is Graafinen Betoni, Oy.
Its product is based on an invention by architect Samuli Naamanka.
It works as follows:
Apply a retardant to a special film in the pattern of your desire. Put the film on a still wet concrete slab. Let the concrete [...]
Posted in Architecture, City Marketing, Design, USA on Jun 19th, 2007
Thanks to Gothamist we know that there ar plans for a playground designed by Frank Gehry for the NYC Battery Park, the “Birthplace of NYC”. An excellent example of city marketing I would say.
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