The German artist exhibits for the first time in the U.S.
Saint Andrew’s Church, Kiev, Ukraine (by JiPiR)
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Rome is an incredible city to visit and with so many amazing things to do, you'll be spoilt for choice once you arrive. That being said, if you're wanting - 15 Best Free Things To Do In Rome - Travel, Travel Advice - Europe, Italy, Rome - Travel, Food and Home Inspiration Blog with door-to-door Travel Planner! - Travel Advice, Travel Inspiration, Home Inspiration, Food Inspiration, Recipes, Photography
Zu Besuch in einer Schlossanlage des 19. Jahrhunderts, die Versailles zum Vorbild hat: das Neue Schloss Herrenchiemsee in Bayern.
“Piensa en positivo, sonríe en todo momento y disfruta de este fantástico. #FrasePositiva”
It was built in 1922 and was home to author James Oliver Curwood, who used one of the turrets as a writing studio.
A guide to visiting Betws-y-Coed, Wales, a pretty village in Snowdonia National Park that is popular for walking holidays.
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Ancient Ireland, Scotland and England had a fantastic folk religion that has been classed as Celtic. The way into understanding these religions is through the Druids.
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A new monograph by gestalten shines a light on the visionary works of Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill, whose bold forms often seem lifted from fantasy.
Let’s take a look at 10 Most Beautiful and Best Castles and 5 castles in the selling list in Germany.
Fortress Königstein, Saxony, Germany.
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You come to Cinque Terre for beautiful villages, stunning photography and to gain at least a stone in carbohydrates. But in those almost haunted streets, if you listen careful, you might just find yourself...
Places to Visit in Britain | Britain Travel Guide England continues to be one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. London in particular is one of the most visited cities and draws people in with its charm, history, and pubs. England’s smaller cities, like Bath and Oxford, are equally as fascinating with […]
Edinburgh - August 2013
Castle Sinclair Girnigoe, Scotland by jameslloydcole
Next to being a professional photographer, I also might be a bit of a castlephile. If that is even a thing. Over the years, I developed a soft spot for old castles in stunning places. It always makes me a bit sad when I find out that a great-looking castle is surrounded by ugly houses or modern commercial buildings.
1. Arco Magno, Italy Photographed by Simone Bramante. Reachable by a hike. GPS co-ordinates: 39.8549° N, 15.7921° E. 2. Moon Trees Dozens of so-called “moon trees” scattered around the country, grown from seeds that traveled with astronaut Stuart Roosa on the Apollo 14 mission in 1971… the arboreal oddities were almost lost to history. Want to know…
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Wie Ihr wisst, reisen wir seit zehn Jahren in den Sommerferien nach Schweden. Schon im Winter überkommt mich die Sehnsucht nach dem Sommer in Schweden – und ich kann es jedes Jahr kaum erwart…
Storage sheds (Stóra, litla skemma, hjallur) and smithy (smiðja) stand in a row attached to the old "skáli".
Designed by Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects, the Axel Towers are a collection of five circular mid-rise buildings, named after their block “Axeltorv” which occupies a site nestled between prominent medieval and contemporary districts.
Architecture is meant to fulfill both practical and expressive requirements, and thus it serves both utilitarian and aesthetic purposes. When you look at a structure, you can distinguish these two ends but they cannot be separated, and the relative weight each of them carry can vary widely. Plus, every society has its own, unique relationship to the natural world and its architecture usually reflects that as well, allowing people from other places to learn about their environment, as well as history, ceremonies, artistic sensibility, and many aspects of daily life.
Rudesheim, Germany
However, on my recent trip to the Danish capital, I realised that there is an abundance of things to do in Copenhagen for book lovers.
With followers like Ken Fulk, Bunny Williams, and Richard Mishaan, @terra_naut is among the most mysterious design forces on Instagram. Here, he talks to Town & Country about his rise.
They don't call it the City of Dreaming Spires for nothing.
Wow I made the count: This is my 7th Photo with a Bridge on my still quite young Photostream! I don't know why my best Images until now are all Bridges, maybe its just the easiest for a beginning Photographer cause they are FIRST not running away and you can take all the Time in the World shooting them and SECOND its easy to make a good composition since nice reflecting rivers and the beautiful architecture of these bridges are giving you all the Tools you need to score! But still this one is a special one. It's the Symbol of Cahors a beautiful small Town in the South of France and by the way the Town my beautiful Girlfriend grew up in. It's officially the most beautiful fortified Bridge in Europe and a World Heritage Site of UNESCO. Last but not least it even has a nice little Legend about its construction involving the Architect and the Devil who's actually still living over there! And if visitors look close enough they will even be able to see him!
I was researching the different ways old Tudor houses trimmed out the roof edges and ran into something called bargeboards. I would never have guessed looking at that word what they were. Bargeboards reminds me of canals and mules and flat bottomed boats. Not quite what they are. Here are some examples: Since I had a bunch of my knotwork board trim I decided to use that and tie the whole house together with it. And to make the cute corbel/center posts I cut down some newel posts, added a bead and the end of a spindle. I used Minwax Ebony on the knotwork and the Dark Walnut on the rest of the boards so they'd match the trim on the bay window and the oriel window on the tower. My glue was still drying in these pics but here's one where I was able to take the painter's tape off. I like how they look, just a bit more finished. And when I do my slate roof it will come just over the edge of the boards and look even better. Before I did that I added more trim to the dormer on the removable roof. Not a lot, just around the window and some inside the gable. I think it looks pretty good at this point. I added more magnets to hold the roof on since with the dormer it has a bit more weight to it. I didn't attach the tower to the cottage this weekend, though I do need to do that soon. I'm thinking of messing with the tower walls on the edges to see if I can create an illusion of thicker walls rather than the thin oatmeal containers. I might be able to do it with some strips of balsa wood if I angled the balsa wood edges so they look like thin triangles and sandwiched the walls of the tower end between them. Have to see. But in the meantime I've been working on things for the stillroom/laboratory. I did take the clamps and rubber band off the loom so here's a look at it all finished. Since I was still thinking about the tower walls I decided I'd get some things ready for the stillroom/laboratory. I painted up some of my Shapeways purchases and with the help of a tutorial I purchased from Patricia Paul Studio on Etsy I made some magical items. I used jewelry wire and hot glue in some cases, and beads for bubbles in others. Gesso to prime the wire and hot glue and then paint and in some cases glitter nail polish, and then the triple thick glaze to make everything look shiny like liquid. I'm pretty pleased with how things turned out. I made a potion bottle with a floating cork. (Oh, I also added some shelves to the chimney for more storage.) That's one of my glass bottles that I primed with the gesso and painted. An in progress shot of my bubbling cauldron with the floating spoon. I painted the magic potion green. This is before the glaze to make it liquid looking. And I made a nearly bubbling over cauldron to go over the fire in the fireplace. So I added 'magic' to it with some sparkles and the glaze. You'd already seen the kettle with the purple potion pouring into the cauldron. I decided I wanted to use one of my potion bottles so I had some blue potion pouring into the same cauldron from a different direction. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. The still got it's lip added to the bottom container and I got everything primed and painted. It has a slightly metallic look. Most of the items on the mantle have been glued down. I had to glue the carafe of wine pouring into the goblet or it wouldn't have stayed up. The floating spoon cauldron isn't glued down because it's heavy enough to stay upright. I might leave it in that spot or move it elsewhere. I'm thinking about it. Next weekend I might have to work part of the day Saturday and the same with the weekend after that depending on how well our progress goes with the new accounting program. This is not something I'm thrilled with when I think of how much I have left to do on the dollhouse. Hopefully it'll only be half days. But I need to start adding scrolls and books and equipment to the table and shelves in the stillroom. And get the wool and supplies Keli sent me in the workroom. Same with the kitchen and the bedroom. Food and bedding respectively. And I'd like to get the tower attached to the cottage. I think I've figured out how to make the 'hallways' look so that's something. Attaching the tower means I need to get the whole cottage onto the base, so build up the base a bit, make sure all my wires are long enough to come out the back and then get everything situated. And the list grows and grows. I hear that Nancy is recovering from her surgery nicely and is home and subject to cat supervision (whether she likes it or not) so that's some really good news. How are the rest of you doing? A saltbox (Keli) Lantern (make) Clogs (Keli) & (Anna if she gets time) A still (might be able to do this with Kris's 'paper pottery') Wool cards (make) Sausages on a string Dyed wool drying (Keli) Wool bundles (Keli) Woven cloth (go through fabric stash) Drill & Route out channels for lighting wires. Finish shutters & interior trim for all windows on main cottage. First Floor Second Floor Build Fireplaces & chimneys First Floor Second Floor Cut bricks and stone for outside of lower walls and tower. (Test Magic Brik) - in progress Add brick/stone to fireplaces. First Floor Second Floor Age fireplaces First Floor Second Floor Build base for house Get cottage on base Attach Tower to Main Cottage Doorway Finishes Hall Stone? Floors. Bedroom mantle Plaster upper walls and third floor of tower. Add timber to upper walls and third floor of tower. (testing) Paint stone. Add grout to stone and brick. Ceiling beams on first floor. Ceiling beams and roof support for lofted ceiling on second floor. Dormer ceiling supports Second floor Ceiling finish? Ceiling beams and roof support for the tower. Stain purchased furniture Bedroom Kitchen Stillroom Weaving/workroom Build furniture: Make sink Make curved table for tower room Make loom Adjust tables for lab Make stool Make telescope 1/2 done Make orrey 1/4 done Make tapestry Make rush mats Make bedding Make books & scrolls Make paper pottery Stillroom paraphernalia Potions? (some bottles made) Cage with spider Cage with mice Cauldron - floating spoon? (testing) Furniture in place finalize lights. Make sconce Make candelabras Standing Candelabra 2 small Candelabras Remove candles from extra and add to stillroom table. Add flooring Plaster inside walls Create 'slate' roof Bargeboards/trim for roof gables. Create front garden Make tree? Make stream? Make lake/river to go alongside house Make stone wall to go around garden Iron front gate.
