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Tokyo’s nightlife is one of the best in the world. Ageha is the biggest club in Japan. It’s  opened in December, 2003.

There are free shuttle busses running from Shibuya and Roppongi all night and the venue is a five minute walk from the last stop, Shin Kiba.

There are a few bar counters that sell beer and cocktails, as well as vending machines for those looking to stay hydrated.

It has a swimming pool outside with shack-style DJ booth, creating something of an Ibiza atmosphere. Several bars and an outdoor terrace overlooking a river.

From multiple dance floors to colorful light displays to big-name DJs like Junior Vasquez, DJ Dan, and DJ Tiesto

Pescara – a city in the Abruzzo region of Italy, situated at sea level on the Atlantic coast. The coast is low and sandy and the beach extends untouched for some distance to both the north and the south of the river. The city has Mediterranean climate typical of Atlantic Sea with dry hot summers, rainy winters and high humidity all year round. Pescara is also city of culture, art and relax.

In this article I’m very pleased and attracted by one of the fountain in Pescara’s Della Rinascita, created by Japanese architect Toyo Ito and integrated on 14 December last year, cracked by itself. The celebration of the inauguration of Plaza Della Rinascita was attended by 10, 000 people with great expectation and participation in which citizenship has been waiting for the completion led.

The day in the square is continued with all the events planned and rebirth of Plaza Lounge has closed the concert with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Pescara with its 55 elements entertained the audience playing known opera arias.

The fountain itself comprises 20 cubic meters of transparent acrylic material dubbed in the huge wine glass, five meter high on the two meter-square base. Passers- by heard creaking noises and the water in the tremendous bowl appeared to freeze. The monument which costs more than one million euros has been cordoned off by the police.

The Agora Theatre is a very cultural architecture with performances and new media works. Situated in Lelystad, which is the capital of the province of Fleveland in the Netherlands. Lelystad is established in 1967 and famous for its controversial and forward-thinking city planning and with its center, the Centrale Zone, also known as West 8.

A big part of Lelystad is water. Another major area is the internationally popular nature park Oostvaadersplassen. The city is also surrounded by a square of woodlands, parks and gardens. The location of the city makes weather and skies quite wonderful. The importance of the landscape is also emphasized by many pieces of art and architecture like Agora Theatre.

Agora Theatre is not only a theater. It’s a museum and art establishment expertise as well. The structure itself worth a visit. Even if no performances were taking place, art exhibitions or lectures taking places. Also the tranquil cafe open during the day and offers sweet varieties of coffees and beautiful views over the city.

The staircase is pink and reminds of future castle. But the most spectacular premises in the theater is the red concert hall with unusual wall surfaces. Such a splendid wall gives visitors something to look at, when the actors change their costumes during the performances. The theater change the vibe of the Lelystad, both day and night.

Brussels is a surreal linguistic city between the Dutch-speaking Flemish and the French-speaking Walloons, many transactions occur in neither language. But people just speak English. Its modest character made Brussels the perfect compromise for postwar rivals choosing a headquarters for the European Union and NATO, while all the diplomats and a swirl 
of immigrants from North and Central Africa give it 
an intense international, cosmopolitan flavor rare for such a small city. The picture displays the Atomiumis, built in 1956 for the World’s Fair, an homage to the future. It recently reopened after a complete renovation.

The Atomium’s interior, which includes these atomlike seating pods.

The Belgian Center for Comic Strip Art was designed by Art Nouveau master Victor Horta.

The Grand Place—Brussels’s major tourist destination—was burned down by the French in 1695, but was rebuilt within five years. Brussels has parks and forests, of course, but one place I especially like is both outside and inside. The Galeries Saint-Hubert were the first glass-covered shopping arcades in Europe. There are cafes in the galleries where you can sit outside and watch people go by, but you’re not in the rain. One modern and peaceful world …

ContaineR is a traveling film house dedicated to the cultural countdown to the winter Olympics in Vancouver 2010. The creators are a wonderful trio form of architect Robert Duke, designers Keith Doyle and Iain Sinclair, and artistic directors Nicole Mion and Evann Seibens. The containeR can fit up to 25 guests who look up to the screen in the vaulted space where they watch projected short films about movement, dance, and sports.

The structure speaks art as well. Graphic drawings of hands, eyes and cartoon cameras cover the steel walls of the originally cream and orange colored containers.  On a walk around the structure, viewers experience large-scale graffiti, and can watch a documentary of the construction on a video screen built into the container’s exterior.

The first public appearance of containR is at Moshe Safdie’s coliseum-esque Vancouver Central Library, and will continue its journey to and from different festivals over the next year, potentially taking on new capacities as a gallery, performance venue and retail space. Springboard is still in talks with the Vancouver Cultural Olympiad organization, hoping that other containRs can be built in public venues like Whistler, the Richmond Skating Oval, Cypress Mountain and downtown Vancouver.

Hopefully the structure will also continue to inspire and spark innovative uses of sustainable materials well beyond the city limits.

The AIR GAMES in Oludeniz, is an event for everyone from spectators to hard core acrobatic pilots. Also all new, beginner flyers are welcome. Oludeniz is a small resort village in the Mugla Province on the South West coast of Turkey on the Aegean Sea to the south and the high, steep sided Babadag Mountain, 14 km (9 mi) south of Fethiye.

Demonstrations of paragliding, skydiving, base-jumping, hangliding, para-motor flights, remote control plane shows, microlights, hard core acrobatic competitions, accuracy landing competitions. Also summer sun, beach and unbelievably turquoise sea is just in front of you. After the sunset the action does not stop, chilling out by watching snap-shots from the day in Cloud 9 and parties. Music, drinks, dancers and entertainment are until the crack of dawn.

It is becoming increasingly popular for festival goers to arrive early and get in a bit of relaxation or some sky time prior to the opening ceremony. Accommodation in Oludeniz is limited and fills up FAST so get in early. The Festival starts in 14th and ends in 18th, 2009.

Singapore Arts Festival is the biggest cultural event on Singapore’s arts calendar with artists from dozens of countries. It features  hundreds of activities – a 4-week infusion of performances and events that inspires and captures the public imagination of the city. The festival first started in 1977 as a national arts festival celebrating the local arts activities of Singapore’s various communities. During the decades, the Festival has a crucial catalytic role in the development of the artistic and cultural life of Singapore.

The Festival also helped to transform the city’s cultural landscape, turning it into one of Asia’s major cultural capitals and gave new cultural platforms, events, and movements that help underpin the lively cultural scene in present Singapore.

Nowadays the Festival is described as a bold, progressive and innovative spirit, committed to commissioning new works by Singapore, Asian and international artists, exploring among others, contemporary issues related to history, memory, migration, and urban living and encouraging regional and international artistic exchanges and collaborations. The Festival also includes events of free outdoor performances island-wide, bringing the arts to the doorsteps of Singaporeans.

The Singapore Arts Festival continue to exist as the largest singular event on Singapore’s arts calendar, including artists from more than 20 countries, offering more than 400 activities and attracting up to 500,000 attendances and events that inspires and captures the public imagination of the city.

The Palast der Republik — the former of East German parliament building  has left a gaping hole on Schlossplatz, a square on eastern Berlin’s main thoroughfare, Unter den Linden. Just near by is the blue-and-white prefab building that’s taken up residence for a two-year stint. Since it opened in late October, the Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin (or Temporary Art Hall Berlin) has a purpose of showcasing locally based artists. Currently included on the outside of the container-like structure is “Clouds” by Gerwald Rockenschaub, an Austrian artist. The outer facade of the Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin Gallery has two abstract white clouds on a bright blue background and the cubic formations that refer to the design’s digital origin and remind us, in their universal legibility, of computer icons. Gerwald Rockenschaub project’s temporal nature and the principle of transience is the foundation for creating something new.

Dolphin Stadium is one of the most colorful stadiums inside with a total of 75,000 orange and teal seats. In 1987, Dolphin Stadium was the first stadium built primarily for football, and later used permanently for baseball. The name was changed from Pro Player Stadium to Dolphin Stadium on January 09, 2005.

The second level offers club-level seating–seats are 21 inches wide (compared to the 19-inch-wide general seats)–and offer access to an air-conditioned lounge with full-service bars and concession areas. The technology is certainly an upgrade. TVs on both sides….with color, instant replay and nice graphics.

Dolphin Stadium is the first of its kind to be constructed entirely with private funds. Joe Robbie led the financing campaign to build Joe Robbie Stadium  for the Miami Dolphins.

Great place for football and they pull off concerts pretty well, better than most football stadiums.

Het Veer is a school for children with learning and concentration difficulties. The school interior work was to convey and attract concentration, playfulness and movement. Their eight different white and red tube furniture pieces can be mixed and matched creating various formations. They play off the Buzz Wire science game that teaches about electric circuits and is based on concentration and hand coordination.

The school is located in Almere, a 25 kilometers east of Amsterdam and often referred to as the most modern city in Europe. Almost 1,500 students work in a sport-centric environment where they receive coaching for their specific sport and in academic topics. i29, also the creator of Het Veer was asked to envision  the public spaces — including the main hall, staff room, library and computer/media room — for the new Bos & Partners architects-designed building with its gray brick, glass walls and unusual floor plans. They featured big images of the school’s famous sports hero alumni and then custom-created multi-functional tables, benches and signage, plus a color scheme for the common areas.

Het Veer is very beautiful school and one of the easiest ways to make a boring space more vibrant is to use color.

Founded in 1983 by Miami Dade College and community partners, the Miami Book Fair has been recognized as the nation’s finest literary event of its kind. This year Miami Book Fair International celebrates its 25 Miami Book Fair International and its importance. The fair includes evening lectures beginning on Sunday November 9th through Friday November 13th. This year, Miami Book Fair International has partnered with Diamond Book Distributors to present comprehensive programs on graphic novels and the comics world.

Over 300 authors take part in the Fair’s prestigious line-up of back to back author presentations. The lineup includes storytelling workshops, acting and dancing sessions, rock band performances, poetry and comic book presentations. Many of the authors appearing at the Miami Book Fair have been recognized with such literary awards as the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and the O’Henry Award.

Street Fair; Antiquarian Annex; and Children’s Alley, with readings, book signings, performances and hands-on activities. Featuring major literary figures reading and discussing their books in English and Spanish.

During the weekend Street Fair, Nov. 14, 15 and 16, there was also expanded programming for the children’s and teens’ portions of the Fair, as well as publisher/exhibitor participation.

Spacebuster Pavilion is a mobile structure that serves as an entirely pavilion. The project is by Raumlabor, which will bring Spacebuster to the US for the first time this April and the structure will travel throughout New York for 10 consecutive evenings hosting various events.

The pavilion is consisted by an inflatable bubble as dome that emerges from its self-contained commpressor housing. The bubble expands and organically fits to its surroundings, be it in a field, a wooden park, or below a highway overpass. The bubble is made of a sturdy translucent plastic, giving opportunity the different events taking place inside the shelter – dance parties, lecture series or dinner exhibitions. The events are entirely visible from the outside environments and become the events’ backdrops.

Each event will be organized by a nonprofit organization, university or art organization. Events will feature artist talks, film screening, communal dinners and many other.

The creator of the bubble is Raumlabor, a group of architects and urban designers based in Berlin, Germany. Raumlabor began working on the issues of contemporary architecture and urbanism in 1999. Raumlabor’s work deals with urban design and planning, architectural design, landscape, buliding interactive environments, research and design of public space and art installations. Their public art installations have been shown in Vienna, Austria, numerous cities in Germany, as well as numerous biennials and exhibition spaces throughout Europe.

 

On February each year the residents of the small town – Ivrea, Italy, take a part in a festival with the biggest fruit fight. Its historic event celebrates the rebellion of the people against a tyrant who ruled the town in the middle ages. In the battle main weapons are the oranges. Thousands come from far to take part in the annual Battle of the Oranges, and it’s safe to say that no one leaves untouched by pulp.

The Four Season Hotel is placed in the Marunouchi central business district, adjacent to Tokyo Station. The hotel offers a striking, contemporary setting within the landmark glass-clad tower of the prestigious Pacific Century Place.

The Four Seasons hotel boasts the most convenient location in town. For first-timers leery of traveling between Narita Airport and Tokyo Station, the hotel offers a unique “greeting” service at the airport to assure a seamless transition all the way to the hotel (cost: Â¥5,250/$44/£22).

This property offers the ultimate in service, privacy, and exclusivity, with a well-trained staff that goes out of its way to make guests feel welcome (including special amenities and services for children).

Guests are accompanied to rooms by guest-relations officers, and with good reason, as rooms are so high-tech it’s almost impossible to figure out even such mundane tasks as double-locking the doors or engaging the bathtub stopper.

At 44 sq. m (474 sq. ft.) and larger, the attractive rooms are tremendous by Tokyo standards, with such standouts as wall-mounted 42-inch plasma-screen TVs with Internet connections, hookups for MP3 players with surround sound, leather-covered desks, bathrooms with separate tub and shower areas, and floor-to-ceiling windows. The ultimate comfort!

At Four Seasons, you enjoy a unique vantage point from which to explore the sights, sounds and experiences around you.

As well as the Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi is part of the 31-level Pacific Century Place, a prestigious office and retail development neighbouring Ginza shopping district and Tokyo’s train and subway stations.

It’s wonderful because Tokyo offers four defined seasons with comfortable temperatures throughout. Cherry trees blossom in springtime before temperatures reach 30°C (86°F) in summer months. The vibrant colours of autumn paint a memorable image, amidst crisp temperatures. Relatively mild winter temperatures rarely fall far below freezing.

Montreal’s amusing 11-day winter festival is created to bring some light and warmth into local lives.This multiculturalal event, involves Montréal’s main theaters, orchestras, dance troupes and museums plus the city’s finest restaurants and hotels, warms up the winter with the best Montréal has to propose in the way of performance, culinary, lighting and visual arts. These venues also play host to renowned artists, lighting designers and world-class chefs.

 

 

Join in the  feast by participating  in one of the several programs:Wine and Dine Experience, the Celebration of Light, the Downtown and Underground Event, and the All Nighter. Whatever the activity, it’s sure to be dazzling!Montrealers enjoy winter so much that they spend the night ouside! The Montreal All-Nighter Getting more and more popular with every year thanks to a fascinating blend of art, culture and nightlife – now includes over 165 original and unique activities, spread over three zones and two new areas. All districts are linked by a free shuttle service provided.You can take part from Saturday, February 19 through Sunday, March 1.

 

 

The Montreal High Lights Festival lightsup the heart of winter and entice people out of hibernation.