... on the rim of a precipice and the already stunning architecture is enhanced by this extraordinary location. If you walk along the road you can catch a charming view of the monastery and the valley immediately ...
... is an open air museum of wooden architecture from the Karelian region, and it displays extraordinary examples of churches and rural buildings, but it is not endowed with real life. There are museum staff ...
... a visit to an open-air museum on the history of architecture.
As I took a rest after many hours of uninterrupted walking my eyes tried to analyse the scene. A rationalist block painted a pale yellow ...
... architecture. Apart from the white used in religious buildings, there are other colours that can hardly be found anywhere else, ranging from pastel hues to surprisingly bold colours. For instance, the ...
... power houses, gasometers, the list was long. That architecture worked an uncanny effect on me: it talked of economic history, social implications, lifestyle, human suffering, disease, exploitation, wealth ...
... although, to be true, I felt that its full appreciation would have required a better understanding of military defence architecture. However, I let the mighty stone walls and the vast courtyards talk for ...
... mountain architecture and Art Nouveau decorative patterns. Then, in the town centre, stood the most impressive buildings, i.e. the historic Fürstenstein sanatorium, now called Polonia, the Zameczek and ...
... its elegance in architecture, nature and atmosphere.
In spite of its crown of alpine peaks, the climate is mild and palm trees, just to name a species that one wouldn't expect to find in an Alpine town, ...
A friend of mine was called by her translation agency to serve as an interpreter during a workshop in the town of Dalmine. The University had invited three renowned architects to a brainstorming session ...
... most striking transformation being in the height of buildings. Now they have all but obliterated every trace of local architecture, if ever there had been anything worth preserving of the old towns.
You ...
... and people from the four corners of the world. The architecture of the central districts is very uniform, with rows of stately homes meant to give an impression of elegance, wealth and sobriety to a city ...
... patterns and styles. Some pieces were meant to be used as exterior decoration and I, being a fan of architecture, couldn’t have found this more interesting.
The second museum was dedicated to the works ...
... who could afford the luxury of travel, namely the upper classes, hence the flamboyance of certain railway architecture.
I’ve always been fond of stations. I don’t know whether this is because they are ...
... of certain central European artistic currents. After all I was here to be inspired by novel things: this architecture was remarkable not only because of its beautiful ornaments of floral designs or ceramic ...
... lined white beach on one side and Cape Three Points, the southernmost place in Ghana, on the other. The manor house, guarded by ramparts and cannons, smacks of northern European architecture, being in ...
... health-care establishment without really fitting in.
However, since I took an interest in architecture, I had revalued this place. Buildings of all sorts are interesting testimony of their epoch, even ...
... view on its superb Plaza Mayor that I enjoyed from my hotel window. The tiny balcony on the third floor was incomparable and let me appreciate this masterpiece of Baroque architecture from unusual angles. ...
... weather on Saturday was glorious: a perfectly clear Autumn day made Vienna’s monumental architecture shine to unusual splendour. I set out early for a DIY sightseeing tour. My previous visit to Vienna ...
... architecture and the beautiful display of various goods. I bought excellent Turpan raisins and grabbed some food for my long train journey to Beijing.
It was time I headed to the railway station to change ...
... were set up over the marshy land.
Tashkurgan looks very Chinese, sporting ridiculous architecture, disproportionately wide boulevards for no traffic at all, and the usual cold feel. However, its soul ...