San Francisco Bay's islands are going green, first with the renovation of Alcatraz, and now with the major redevelopment of a completely sustainable city on
Beloved architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, is finally the subject of a biopic film, to be directed by “Driving Miss Daisy’s” Bruce Beresford. The film, called “Taliesin” after his studio, will cover a brief portion of his life, which involved the murder of his mistress Martha Cheney.
This project is located on a narrow and sloping plot, on the edge of a village. The way the house had to be laid out wasn’t easy since the regulations and neighborhood limits were restricting. To avoid a very long and narrow house, the project is split in three parts, on semi levels using the natural slope.
The Yukon Suspension Bridge is situated on the historic South Klondike highway which links the cities of Whitehorse and Skagway and follows the historic Klondike Gold Rush trail of the late 1800’s. The Interpretive Centre is located near the summit of White Pass on the spectacular Tutshi Canyon and tells the story of the prospector’s journey over the historic Chilkoot Pass to Lake Bennett and Dawson City. The centre also gives insight into the area’s natural history, explaining the local landforms and indigenous plant and animal life. The interpretive centre is a seasonal operation with the major customers coming from the Alaskan cruise ships landing at Skagway during the summer months
This ancient and illustrious wine country is the place where the old world charms of Spanish wineries now blend flawlessly with ultramodern architecture, and Viura is a perfect example of this. Although it is set in the middle of the traditional village, next to the 17th century church, Viura’s architecture, is a true departure from traditional form: a series of concrete cubes, one on top of the other, that seem to rise out of the ground. The architecture successfully links the interior to the exterior landscape; floor to ceiling windows throughout and private terraces ensure that there is always a view of the village, the Sierra de Cantabria or the church. Clever use of partitions, glass and sophisticated lighting add to the ambiance and fun. Materials and techniques have been brilliantly used together to create avant-garde work of art, strikingly different to its environment but nonetheless blending in to its surroundings.
