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The spectacular St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century to commemorate a military victory. It is easily the most famous sight on Red Square. History St. Basil’s was built to commemorate the capture of the Tatar stronghold of Kazan in 1552, which occured on the Feast of the Intercession of the […]
July 4, 2011
Main Street Attractions More than just places for business or chokepoints for traffic, the central streets of cities are social arteries that blossom with life in summertime By Crai S. Bower for MSN Local Edition Columbus, Miss., at night: The town of 26,000 people realizes the importance of not rolling up the sidewalks at night, […]
July 1, 2011
This 6,400-square foot home is half-buried in a grassy slope in East Hampton, NY.Photo: Adam Friedberg When Bob Stansel and Tammy Marek were planning their new luxury home here, they didn’t want to overwhelm the neighbors. So they buried half of it. On the property, Japanese maple and copper beech trees sit near a planted flat-roofed […]
June 15, 2011
By Morgan Brennan, Forbes.com May 24, 2011 When the U.S. economy was riding high for most of the 20th century, it would have been impossible to imagine a foreign city–especially one in a Communist country–with more of the planet's very richest than New York, home of old-money Wall Street. But that indeed is the case. Today […]
June 15, 2011
U.K. Heiress Buys America's Most Expensive Mansion By Julie Chung and Candace Jackson, WSJ.com Jun 14, 2011 This 57,000-square foot Los Angeles home, listed at $150 million, was sold to a 22-year-old U.K. heiress.Photo: Realtor.com The long-running drama over the sale of the highest-priced home in the U.S. appears to be heading to its finale. […]
June 11, 2011
নেটে ঘুরতে ঘুরতে নানান সময় নানান ধরনের মজার ছবি চোখে পড়ে। এর কোন কোনটি হয়তো সুন্দর, রহস্যময় বা উদ্ভট। কখনো ইচ্ছে করে সবার সাথে তা শেয়ার করি। এরই ধারাবাহিকতায় আজ আপনাদের সাথে শেয়ার করছি টুথপিক দিয়ে তৈরি করা অদ্ভুত কিছু শিল্পকর্মের ছবি। ১। ট্রেন১৯২০সালের ট্রেনটির ৫৮ × ১৮ × ১৩ সেন্টিমিটার মাপের এই মডেলটি তৈরি করতে […]
May 8, 2011
আমার সোনার বাংলা, আমি তোমায়ভালোবাসি।চিরদিন তোমারআকাশ, তোমার বাতাস, আমার প্রাণে বাজায় বাঁশি॥ও মা, ফাগুনে তোর আমেরবনে ঘ্রাণে পাগল করে,মরি হায়, হায় রে—ও মা, অঘ্রানে তোর ভরাক্ষেতে আমি কী দেখেছি মধুর হাসি॥কী শোভা, কী ছায়া গো, কী স্নেহ, কী মায়া গো—কী আঁচল বিছায়েছবটের মূলে, নদীর কূলে কূলে।মা, তোর মুখের বাণীআমার কানে লাগে সুধার মতো,মরি হায়, হায় […]
April 25, 2011
Noble tree is a favorite material for the work of many sculptors. What age is growing, standing still in the same place, waiting to be used for artistic work… These beautiful, wooden sculptures are fabulous as woods described in so many stories. Wizards, forest fairies, Mogli… living in the woods, and in this case are […]
April 24, 2011
Water Cube Beijing China 2004-08 Design : Peddle Thorp and Walker – PTW with Arup photos © Arup_Ben McMillan National Aquatics Centre – Water CubeBeijing Olympics 2008 VenueETFE bubble-pattern façade – Architecture Competition win 2003 The National Aquatics Centre, also known as the ‘Water Cube’, will be one of the most dramatic and exciting sporting […]
April 15, 2011
World's Tallest Stuff: Burj Khalifa,Dubai The honor of tallest building in theworld goes to the Burj Khalifa, which soars above downtown Dubai at 2,716.5 feet. Its 160 stories arefilled with offices, 900 private residences, the Armani Hotel, afour-story fitness complex and an observation deck on the 124th floor. Since itopened, the Burj Khalifa has dwarfed all former “world's […]
April 15, 2011
Amazing Architecture: MelbourneRecital Center and Theater Company These modernstructures being designed and built in cities around the world may be some ofthe most spectacular architecture you’ll ever see. The Melbourne Recital Center and Theater Company complex opened earlier this year and is helping torevitalize Melbourne’s gritty Southbank neighborhood. The exterior features acombination of angles, two-dimensional textures and […]
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