French Best Wines

french_wineInstead of the popular Fried potatoes or French fries, there’s also other interesting foods and drinks need to try. Today we’ll discuss about French wine. French wines are one of the biggest and finest wines on earth.
French wine exports make up 34.01% of the world market share, ahead of Italian (18.03%) Australian (10.24%) and Spanish (9.18%) wine.

French wine traces its history to the 6th century BC, with many of France’s regions dating their wine-making history to Roman times. The wines produced today range from expensive high-end wines sold internationally, to more modest wines usually only seen within France. Read more »

Bregenz – Contemporary Architecture

bregenzImpressive ruins and castles, city towers, the elegant renaissance palace in Hohenems, churches and historical buildings tell the story of long bygone times.

• The landmark of Bregenz is the St. Martin’s tower . Once built as storehouse, it was reconstructed in 1600 into a watch tower. Read more »

Modern Architecture in Vorarlberg

festspielhaus-kongresshausAt first glance the unknowing observer may think “That looks like a box!“. Simplicity is the supreme principle of Vorarlberg’s modern architecture. And functionality.

Traditional wood construction is being transformed into contemporary architecture Read more »

Vorarlberg – perfect mix of modern and traditional

voarlbergAt the corner where Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein meet lies the province of Vorarlberg. Here you’ll find a unique juxtaposition of the traditional and the modern, the rural and urban.

Vorarlberg, particularly the region between Bregenz and Feldkirch, is considered as Read more »

Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art – Geneva

mamcoRue des Vieux-Grenadiers 10
1205 Genève
Tel. +41 (0)22 320 61 22
Web: www.mamco.ch

Opened in September 1994 in a former factory, Mamco takes into account the spirit of the building it occupies. The factory’s industrial architecture of the 1950s allows for a flexible and constantly changing museum arrangement. Read more »

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum

Musee International de la Croix-RougeMusee International de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge.
Open every day from 10:00 to 17:00 (5:00pm), except Tuesday.
Closed on 24, 25 and 31 December and 1 January.
17 Avenue de la Paix
CH – 1202 Geneve Read more »

Old city of Bern

bern-Switzerland“Wow, it’s like something out of Hansel and Gretel!” exclaims the young girl looking at the cobbled streets, fairytale clocks, and a multitude of colorful arcades bursting with shoppers, diners and those, like me, just out to sightsee. She pulls her mother to one of the novelty stores wide-eyed with delight. If thinking of Switzerland makes you think of chocolate, cheese, Swiss watches and a yodeling damsel, then think again. Just take the city of Bern, for instance, the capital of Switzerland. This has to be one of Europe’s most beautiful, medieval cities. And it’s an explorer’s paradise. Read more »

St. Pierre Cathedral – Geneva

cathedrale-st-pierreThe Cathedral of St. Peter in Geneva is best known as the church where John Calvin gave his inspiring sermons during the mid-16th century is belong to the Swiss Reformed Church, but it has other attractions as well. The imposing Romanesque-Gothic church with a Neoclassical facade still dominates the center of the international Swiss city.
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Carpenter Center – Harvard

Carpenter center Harvard visual artsCarpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Harvard University
24 Quincy Street (at Prescott Street)
Cambridge
Massachusetts 02138
USA
Le Corbusier 1963

The Carpenter Center is Le Corbusier’s only building in North America, and one of the last to be completed during his lifetime. Read more »

Mario Botta

mario_bottaMario Botta (born April 1, 1943) is a Swiss architect. He studied at the Liceo Artistico in Milan and the IUAV in Venice. His ideas were influenced by Le Corbusier, Carlo Scarpa, Louis Kahn. He opened his own practice in 1970 in Lugano.

He designed his first buildings at age 16, a two-family house at Morbio Superiore in Ticino. While the arrangements of spaces in this structure is inconsistent, its relationship to its site, Read more »