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Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Impressions of this lively city by guest feature author Candice Kohl include Candomble, Baina do Acarages, the water, streets, Cairinhas, architecture and lots of beach time.
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Embrace Nature - Stress-Free Design Homes designed for peaceful living often blur the boundaries between indoors and out. Here are tips for eco-friendly, nature loving home design.
Fallingwater - Masterpiece of Architect Frank Lloyd Wright - Mill Run, Pennsylvania Explore Fallingwater, the greatest masterpiece ever designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, with a brief history of Fallingwater, photos of Fallingwater, information on visiting and touring Fallingwater, and links to related Web sites.
Stormwater Management - Preventing Floods How can we provide safe, efficient drainage of storm water to prevent flooding and soil erosion? The links on this page provide tools and techniques for civil engineers, architects, and city planners who are concerned with storm water and watershed m
Water sprites and ancestor spirits: reading the architecture of Jinci
Jinci, or the Memorial Shrine of Jin, perhaps the most unconventional shrine complex in China, occupies a verdant site near the remains of ancient Jinyang, ......(Continue Reading) Water water - use of water in architecture
Water has always been part of architectural design since Roman times. The gardens of the Golden House during the reign of Emperor Nero featured water as ......(Continue Reading)EMBT: school of architecture, Venice, Italy
For this project for Venice's new school of architecture, Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue emphasise notions of informality and fluidity, conscious ......(Continue Reading)Moving Horizons: The Landscape Architecture of Kathryn Gustafson and Partners
Over 30 international projects by Gustafson and Partners are portrayed in Jane Amidon's book Moving Horizons: The Landscape Architecture of Kathryn Gustafson and Partners, Birkhauser, 2005, [euro]6...(Continue Reading)The stuff of life: throughout history, human progress has generally been the result of attempts to control water, but beyond this mastery, our relationship
Following the inauguration of Berniai's Fontana dei Quauro Fiumi in the mid seventeenth century, it became customary for themore privileged inhabitants ......(Continue Reading)
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