21_21 Design Sight
21_21 Design Sight is a museum in Tokyo, Japan, which opened in 2007. The museum was created by architect Tadao Ando and fashion designer Issey Miyake.
21_21 Design Sight is a museum in Tokyo, Japan, which opened in 2007. The museum was created by architect Tadao Ando and fashion designer Issey Miyake.
Without a doubt, the tale of the grand limestone chateau on Madison Avenue at 72nd Street is the one of the most bizarre in New York social history. Although the house had been commissioned by Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo, the eccentric heiress never moved into it, preferring to live across the street. There was said to be a top-floor ballroom and 2,000 electric lights, but only two bedrooms for servants. Ralph Lauren obtained the net lease in 1983 and started a massive overhaul of the building to create his Ralph Lauren flagship store.
The Tramway Gas Station is a landmark former Enco service station in Palm Springs, California.
The Sanzhi UFO houses were a set of abandoned pod-shaped buildings in Taiwan.
The Glass Pavilion, built in 1914 by Bruno Taut, was a prismatic glass dome structure at the Cologne Deutscher Werkbund Exhibition. The structure was a brightly colored landmark at the exhibition, and was constructed using concrete and glass.
Khan As'ad Pasha is the largest khan in the Old City of Damascus, covering an area of 2,500 square metres.
Gellért Thermal Baths and Swimming Pool are a bath complex in Budapest, Hungary, built between 1912 and 1918 in the Art Nouveau style. They were damaged during World War II, but then rebuilt. References to healing waters in this location are found from as early as the 13th century. A hospital was located on this site during the Middle Ages. During the reign of the Ottoman Empire, baths were also built on this particular site.
El Gölü is a large park in Tabriz, Iran. It has a square, artificial lake surrounded by sidewalks. There is also a building in the middle of the lake.
Palazzo Labia is a baroque palace in Venice, Italy. Built in the 17th-18th century, it is one of the last great palazzi of Venice. Little known outside of Italy, it is most notable for the remarkable frescoed ballroom painted by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.
Dry Bridge is a bridge in Serbia. It is a unique bridge which does not have any water surface under it.