When you say Switzerland, the first thing that will come to my mind is the Alps, beside the chocolate, watches, and the banks of course! Now here is the bad news…
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Leave the Alps alone
Sep
House is an island
Mar
Developers have turned a house into an island in China after the owner refused to move out. The villa now stands alone in a 30ft deep man-made pit in Chongqing city, reports Jinbao Daily. The Chongqing Zhengsheng Real Estate Company wants to turn the area into a £40m ‘Broadway’ square, including apartments and a shopping [...]
Not everything stays in Vegas
Mar
Fireworks go off seconds before the implosion of the Stardust hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 13, 2007. It was imploded to pave the way for Boyd Gaming Corp.’s $4.4 billion mega resort complex, Echelon Place. If it isn’t steel or concrete, it’s being removed from the shuttered Stardust hotel tower.
Grand Canyon deserves respect
Mar
I had seen the concept images, and never thought it would ever be built. When I saw the news tonight, I was shocked. They did built the so-called “sky walk”. I have been to Grand Canyon’s both south and north rims couple of times, and every time I was mesmerized by the beauty of it. [...]
Housing project in Los Angeles
Feb
Situated in an area of downtown Los Angeles, California fast becoming one of the largest homeless populations in the country, Skid Row Housing’s 43,000 sf Rainbow Apartments examines the role of creating a space of transformation within an extreme socioeconomic and urban context.
Autonomous Transportation System
Feb
Photo: A computer rendered image of the S.A.T. Project running through an airport lounge.
According to the UN, by 2030 about 5 billion people are expected to live in cities. Together China, India, and Brazil are projected to have as many urban inhabitants as the entire developed world (Hinrichsen, 2002).
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