A city within a city, Exiample is without a doubt the most original neighborhood in Barcelona, and also one of the most pleasant to live in.(Le plan Cerdà d’Ildefons Cerdà : l’extension de Barcelone) Cerdà and Gaudi shaped Barcelona for hundreds of years. Ildefons Cerdà is the inventor of Barcelona’s most famous neighborhood, the Eixample. …
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Tourists from all over the world come to admire them. These works of art are aesthetic, of course, but they are first and foremost true masterpieces of intelligence! 1-Alhambra, Spain The Alhambra of Granada is one of the major monuments of Islamic architecture in Spain, dating from the 8th century. This majestic medieval acropolis contrasts …
The pyramid of Chopes is an exceptional building. Considered since antiquity as the first of the Seven Wonders of the World, it has never ceased to fascinate. One of the greatest mysteries of the pyramid lies in its construction, whose researchers have not yet discovered all its secrets. It is without doubt one of the …
Its Used in everything from music to culinary art to high fashion, the minimalist phenomenon has taken on a life of its own. But what is behind this trend? At the beginning of the 20th century, the Viennese architect Adolf Loos, in his pamphlet against ornament, already embodies a ‘minimalist’ position, maintaining that the realities …
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From the world’s tallest structure that is the Burj Khalifa, all the way to the more miniature modestly-sized Agbar Tower, these structures have one thing in common: stunning design In many ways, Skyscrapers can trace the quest to the skies in the search to be higher back. But it’s only in the last century that …
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A temple of spirit ,Guggenheim Museum The Guggenheim Museum overlooks busy Fifth Avenue at 89th street in the center of the borough of New York City. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum was designed by one of the most important architects of the 20th century, Frank Lloyd Wright. It is interesting to explore this spectacular architecture …
Water and Architecture A very intriguing but complex topic to address in a few lines; what is certain since our first studies is that Architecture and water are almost inseparable elements of a project, often researched and often trivialized in its presence. How we can define this curious relationship certainly is less clear to us, …
The essence of collective dwelling Living together and sharing, is the essence of collective dwelling; humans have always shared their resources and the need to dwell together since the beginning of the social model that created the first stone man communities in caves. The evolution of the human species has thus carried with it in …
Feng Shui originated 5,000 years ago in China and is the discipline that explains the psycho-physical-emotional effects of the environment on human beings. It is the “bridge” that clarifies how the quality of space, in which humans live, work, and move, affects the quality of their health and life. It is the “ancient bridge” between …
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