Restorative Architecture
no responses - Posted 11.27.07
The National Museum of Singapore has a dome. This contains many panels of stained glass. These panels have been erected since the building was constructed in 1849. In restoration works, these glass panels were detached, cleaned and restored. Age, weather and gravity caused deterioration and these were repaired by ...continue

Magazine News Wordpress Theme
66 responses - Posted 11.27.07
Magazine News is a beautiful three-column, widget ready, adsense ready, news / magazine style premium WordPress theme. The theme works straight out of the box and features custom category, search, and author pages and a host of other nice features and design touches which really help give this theme it’s ...continue

Optimism in the Age of Global War
no responses - Posted 11.23.07
Art biennials are becoming an important fixture in the global art arena and seem to be sprouting up in the most unlikely corners of the world. Before this phenomenon began, there were three key biennials: Venice (founded 1895), Sao Paulo (founded 1951) and Istanbul (in 1973). The Istanbul Biennial, which is ...continue

The Only Manga Museum in the World
2 responses - Posted 11.22.07
Kyoto, famed for its geisha girls and global warming protocol, is also home to the only museum catering to manga, i.e. Japanese comics of wide-eyed heroes and heroines. The Kyoto International Manga Museum opened in November 2006 in a refurbished primary school and houses approximately 200,000 manga books and assorted ...continue

Mumbai Architechture - Gateway of India.
no responses - Posted 11.20.07
The Gateway of India is in Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay. As its name suggests, it is a Gateway that tourists must visit. It is an arch like building that looks like a hollow house. It is made of basalt and concrete. Due to the evolution of land ...continue

Giel Blankestijn
1 response - Posted 11.17.07
Giel Blankestijn is a quickly rising abstract digital artist. At only 20 years old, this Netherlands native is redefining many peoples perspective on non-traditional art mediums, showing that a mouse and monitor can be just as expressive as a paintbrush and canvas. About Giel Website: http://www.gielblankestijn.be Location: Netherlands E-mail: N/A AIM: N/A Featured Work All work shown ...continue

The Museum of Broken Relationships
1 response - Posted 11.12.07
A large, imposing ax. Furniture smashed to pieces by said ax. A wooden leg. Gall stones. A wedding dress, and a Vespa scooter. This seemingly random collection of objects share one thing in common; they're all exhibits in the recently-opened Museum of Broken Relationships in ...continue

Feng Shui at the world’s tallest twin towers
no responses - Posted 11.04.07
Let Feng Shui bring you barrows of luck and money. Feng Shui are Chinese words for Wind and Water. It is the practice of using spatial arrangements to accomplish harmony in the environment and thus bring you good health, wealth and happiness. Feng Shui needs co-operation from architecture design, interior ...continue