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Jan19

NAUM MONASTERY

Sveti-Naum-Monastery

The monastery of St. Naum is located on the southeast side of Lake Ohrid, in the immediate vicinity of the Macedonian-Albanian border. The original Naum’s church was dedicated to the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel. Archaeological excavations and surveys of Naum’s monastery revealed that the present church was built on the foundations of the original church in the period between the XVI and XVII centuries.
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Jan19

The Lemuria Resort, Seychelles

Lemuria Resort

The Lemuria Resort is 5-star De-luxe Resort, situated only 5 minutes away from Praslin airport. With an idyllic location the spa and golf resort provides its guests the highest standard of luxury and comfort. The lush vegetation and the sandy beaches make for a beautiful holiday destination.
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Jan18

Jeju Art Museum

jeju art museum

Jeju (Jeju-si) is the capital of Jeju province in South Korea and the largest city on the island of Jeju. Because of its natural beauty the island feels like a backdrop for many artists and designers. The Jeju Provincial Art Museum is one of the gathering point. Situated within the Halla Mountains, the museum plan is designed as a circulation loop, creating exterior and interior exhibition space. The program of the museum is planned for research, conservation, exhibition, education, and exhibition.
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Jan17

Ariau Amazon Towers Hotel

ariau amazon towers hotel

Ariau Amazon Towers Hotel is located 35 miles from Manuas, Brazil at the confluence of the Rio Negro and Ariau Creek. The hotel is constructed at the height of the rainforest Canopy. The towers are attached to 4 miles of sturdy wooden catwalks. Ariau hotel is built among Amazon treetops and offers a great circular dining room of polished tropical woods, a bar like an eagle’s nest, a honeymoon suite built 110 feet up a mahogany tree, and friendly monkeys, macaws, sloths, and parrots. Photo by: davims
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Jan17

Umbrellas Show

umbrella-show

Over 400 red umbrellas gathered in the city of Talca, Chile next to the new pedestrian mall structure. The event is simple – a visual impression of the inhabitants of a city, which it is uncommon to see daring displays in public spaces. The project was based on the autonomy of the form, space, schedule, construction and structure.
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Jan17

Honeycomb

honeycomb

Honeycomb’ is located in a commercial complex building that includes a movie theatre, shops and a skate rink in Shenzhen, China. The restaurants is mainly for young couple and families, people from 20 to 35 years old. During the weekends there are a lot of couples and families in this complex. This restaurant has a lot of private rooms to accept all those people.
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Jan17

Quinta Restaurant

quinta restaurant

This restaurant is also a bakery and offers visitors enjoyment of nature’s changeable and irreverent environment during their stay. The location is Azores Island, Portugal, where existing surroundings, allow for the present and human experience’s concept and language evolution to be revealed.
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Jan17

Bug Dome

bug dome

Bug Dome is a small covered dome for underground bands, poetry reading, and discussions, inspired by insects. The building is constructed in wasteland of a ruined building site in-between the Shenzhen City Hall and an illegal workers camp, intended to reveal the human connection with nature. The architectural control has been given up in order to let the nature step in. The materials of which the cocoon is made of are bamboo, wood, gravel, recycled concrete.
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Jan14

Camp Under The Snow

winter camp

Although it is colder and windier outside, but the air is crisper, the views clearer, the animal tracks easier to see. While most of us wait the summer period for a well-organized camping, for hikers, skiers and snowshoers to camp outside during the winter is the best part. There are five spots in the Northeast America ideal for the hardy lover of snow and cold. Accommodations range from lean-tos to campsites for your weather-ready tent, from modest cabins to rustic lodges. The first of five wonderlands for winter camping is in north-central Maine. And there are cabins equipped with gas or kerosene lamps and wood stoves. There are a main lodge, where meals are served, a bunkhouse and seven cabins, each with a wood stove. 
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Jan14

Caddo Lake

caddo lake

Caddo Lake is the only naturally formed lake in Texas, Louisiana with trophy bass, canoeists twisting, interlocking bayous among the most challenging to navigate. Its 26,000 acres are cherish by the environmentalists as a rare wetlands environment. Caddo is more of a large bayou, composed of many smaller waterways. It is home to over 200 species of birds; hundreds of kinds of mammals, reptiles and fishand countless plants.
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