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Aug03

Canyon de Chelly

Canyon de Chelly is a national monument, located in northeastern Arizona within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation. The canyon preserves ruins of early indigenous tribes, that lived once in the area. The monument covers 339 square km and encompasses the floors and rims of the three major canyons: de Chelly, del Muerto, and Monument.
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Aug02

Sankeys

Sankeys is one of Manchester‘s most internationally known clubs. Consistently voted in the top club charts in DJ Magazine, it is a club for those whose weekend soundtrack of choice is house and techno. Sankeys is an amazing venue with an amazing atmosphere which attracts a varied crowd, for hosting Tribal Sessions on Friday/Saturday nights. Recently renovated, inside Sankeys there is a bar lit with soft red lighting and past this a small seating area which leads through to the main dance floor. It is not the largest, and can get quite crammed, but this just adds to the hyped up feeling of the night. There are a couple of raised platforms where you can observe the scene unfolding but this view is normally obscured by the masses of dry ice that’s pumped onto the dance floor.
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Aug02

The Rolex Learning Center in Lausanne, Switzerland

It is located in the campus of EPFL Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. The design of the building is made by the internationally acclaimed Japanese architectural studio SANAA. The Rolex Learning Center is  a laboratory for learning. There is  a library with 500,000 volumes opened to both students and the public. The building is situated over 20 000 sq meters and offers a wide variety of services – libraries,social and study spaces, relaxation outdoor places, cafes and restaurants. Its ingenious design provides undulating slopes and terraces surounding beautiful “patios”.


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