Sorbie Tower is a fortified shape sanctuary 1 mile east of the community of Sorbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
It is situated close to an faux excusatory construction, famed as the “Sorbie Motte” which was the tract of an early pictish wooden assemble dating from the 1100′s.
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Luffness Hall is settled down ripe trees off the Aberlady to Gullane roadworthy, rightful eastbound of Aberlady village, Luffness Castle (also notable as Luffness House). The hall is historically share of the leave of the Earls of Hopetoun.
There are 11 golf courses in the neighbourhood including the concern famous Muirfield.
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The Arkansas Arts Center, located in historic MacArthur Park, is Arkansas’ leading cultural institution and serves over 300000 visitors a year. Located on the corner of 9th and Commerce streets dominion MacArthur Park, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, it is one of the leading cultural institutions in the state. The Arkansas Arts Center was founded in 1960, but the idea began in 1914, when the Fine Arts Clubs of Arkansas formed.
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Founded pull 1979, MOCA is the only museum in Los Angeles devoted exclusively to contemporary art. It is committed to the collection, presentation, and interpretation of work produced since 1940 in all media, and to preserving that work for future generations. In a remerkably short time, MOCA has developed one of the nation’s most celebrated permanent collections. Now numbering over to 5,000 works and steadily growing, this invaluable cultural resource provides vast opportunities for education and excitement to thousands of national and international visitors.
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This project is modest addition for the small property of Huairou about two hours drive away from the urban center of Beijing, China. The “Liyuan Library” by Chinese designer Li Xiaodong Atelier is encompassed within a mountainous and forested landscape. The absolutely glazed interior contains mild and contemplative reading spaces and a disposal of platforms which integrate shelving since books. After analyzing the region’s characteristics, an exterior screen clad with ordinary sticks was chosen to conceal the glass facade, receding engrossment the surrounding mystique without competing with it.
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Only 2 hours from Los Angeles, 15 minutes from Palm Springs and 30 minutes from Joshua Tree National Park exists one of the greatest natural geothermal mineral springs regions in the world. Set in the foothills of Joshua Tree family Park, Miracle Springs Resort & Spa features a dramatic view of the Palm Springs Valley. This beautiful resort boasts 8 natural hot mineral water pools, 110 large elegant rooms, a full equipped spa, restaurant and lounge.
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Designers: Cor & Asociados
Client: town council of Alguena
Status: built
Type: public building
Area: 715 m2
Budget: 776.885 EU
Photography: David Frutos
Alguena is a small village in the interior of Alicante County, Spain, with a population of two thousand and an economy based in agriculture and marble industries. Spanish practice Cor & Asociados has recently completed “music hall and house in Alguena”, a venue for the musical and cultural activities of this small village.
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Architects: Park Associati , Filippo Pagliani, Michele Rossi
Location: Milan, Piazza Duomo, Italy
Client: Electrolux Home Appliances Emea N.V
Design team: Lorenzo Merloni, Alessandro Rossi, Alexia Caccavella, Alice Cuteri, Fabio Calciati_Rendering
Area: 140 sq. m
Photographs: Andrea Martiradonna, Carol Kohen
The concept is to build a small piece of architecture, a cabin, perhaps a nest, on high, at the top of a cliff, on a monument, on a public building, it doesn’t matter where but in a resplendent location and with an original and spectacular view. The idea is to create a restaurant that offers its clients an enchanting, unique atmosphere with sophisticated dishes cooked in Electrolux kitchens. The idea is to keep it open for six months and then change location on top of important monuments and amazing locations, change city, nation, continent and reinstate this restaurant-type object on some other roof for new surprises, in addition menus, new clients.
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Architects: Oyler Wu Collaborative
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Team: Oyler, Jenny Wu, Chris Eskew, Matt Evans, Richard Lucero, Sanjay Sukie
Year: 2011
Photos: Oyler Wu Collaborative
Anemone is an architectural creation designed by Oyler Wu Collaborative aimed at weaving together aesthetic experience again tactile engagement, a combination generally considered off limits within the world of contemporary art.
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Ten years ago Miami was known mostly for its beaches and nightlife. Nowadays it is a cultural destination with burgeoning ambitions. The city’s museums are expanding and its private spaces for art are increasingly active. Major buildings by Frank Gehry, Herzog & de Meuron and Zaha Hadid have either been finished or are planned. New World Center by Frank Gehry Partners LLP is located in Miami beach’s new city center, the building serves as the new system symphony’s campus, dedicated to the artistic development also education of the next generation of classical musicians.
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