1. Eiffel Tower
designed by the french architect Gustave Eiffel for the Universal Exhibition of 1889.

At first this structure made of steel generated a lot of controversy because it notably modied the parisian scenery. Nowadays it is the symbol of France and the city of Paris.
It has 300 meters high and in the tower there is a restaurant, a museum and many nshops. His weight is calculated in 10.000 tons.

2. Liberty statue
It is one of the most widely used symbols of the american culture and the United States. It is a gift that the people of France gave to the city of New York in 1886 ( 100 years after the North American independence).

It was built in Paris and designed by Gustave Eiffel. Iit was dismantled and transported in ships to the Liberty island,in the Hudsonriver, New York. It´s approximately 46 meters high and his weight is calculated in 225 tons.

3. Taj Mahal
built in the Indian city of Agra, on the banks of the river Yamuna. The construction started in 1654 and it was created in honor to the favorite wife of the Moslem emperor ShahJahan of the mongolian dynasty, who died after she gave birth to her 14 th. son.

This great building convines elements of the Indian, Persian and Islamic culture. It is said that approximately 20.000 workers were employed to create this fabulous place.

4. The Pyramids
They are the most magnificent and emblematic monuments and without question, the icon most associated with the Egypt.

The Pyramids were tombs for the Pharaohs of Egypt. One in particular is best known and the most closely associated by the general public with ancient Egypt. It is the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), the largest in Egypt, located on the Giza.

Within those four, Liberty statue stands alone in located island, to get there you got to cross the ocean. If you’re exhausted and need some rests get your self into New York Hotels.

Instead of that Barcelona also famous as one of the biggest European soccer (football) club. Home of the champion. Offering lots of attraction, Barcelona was one of old city in Spain, some comparing it equal to Paris in French. Has the same city characteristic like Paris, from historical places, fashion, Latin sports, and of course luxurious Barcelona Hotels.

Home of the rising football stars Lionel Messi, Barcelona has its own attraction. Both in sports and its memorable Latin places.

• The landmark of Bregenz is the St. Martin’s tower . Once built as storehouse, it was reconstructed in 1600 into a watch tower. Its baroque onion-shaped roof covered in wooden shingles is considered the largest in Central Europe.
• Only remains of the wall are what is left of the former fortress “Hohenbregenz“ – today’s Gebhardsberg Ruins , giving the ensemble of inner courtyard and church a picturesque touch. From the restaurant you can enjoy a magnificent view of the lake and the Rhine Valley.
• The city parish church St. Gallus in Bregenz. In the 18th century it was rebuilt according to the design by the baroque constructor Franz Anton Beer, an especially beautiful example of Lake Constance baroque. One of the herdswomen on the altar sheet “Adoration of the Kings” has the features of the Austrian empress Maria Theresia.
• The Red House in Dornbirn is the landmark of the city. It was built in the early 17th century and is one of the last baroque houses of the Rhine Valley in Vorarlberg. Wooden beams, painted ox blood red with outdoor staircase and bull’s eye window panes.
• The Renaissance palace in Hohenems (16th century) was once inhabited by the Counts of Ems. Through clever marriage politics they were related to the Italian Medici family.
• The ruins of the former Altmonfort castle are located near Weiler. It was destroyed in the 15th century during the Appenzell Wars.
• The basilica in Rankweil (15th century) rises majestically above an island hill. In 1986 it was sanctified as site of miracle-working powers.
• The massive Schattenburg Castle in Feldkirch was seat of the Counts of Montfort from the beginning of the 13th century to the end of the 14th century.
• The medieval city ensemble in Feldkirch enchants with its pergolas, city towers and solid walls.
• The Counts of Montfort also owned property in Schlins: today’s Jagdberg Ruins, which host open-air events in summer.

Sightseeing
• Kunsthaus Bregenz , built by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. The cube covered in glass shingles represents a continuous dialog between the building, lake and sky.
• Festival and congress hall Bregenz, workshop theater and expansion, built by Helmut Dietrich and Much Untertrifaller. A diagonal “spine“ combines the old festival theater with the new workshop theater, the ensemble room and the lakeside foyer.
• Children’s Center Braike in Bregenz, built by Roland Gnaiger/Gerhard Gruber, a Kindergarten which was awarded the Architecture prize in 2002.
• Building complex Mildenberg in Bregenz, built by Carlo Baumschlager and Dietmar Eberle, unusual facade with red bricks.
• Vetterhof Lustenau , a farmhouse, built by Roland Gnaiger (guided tours by appointment).
• Port building Rohner , Fussach, built by Carlo Baumschlager and Dietmar Eberle, a house that is part of the landscape.
• Cube Wolfurt , built by Lothar Huber, Andreas Cukrowicz, Anton Nachbaur-Sturm, an unusual event center.
• Terminal V Lauterach, built by Hugo Dworzak. A futuristic office building with conference rooms.
• Hotel Martinspark Dornbirn, built by Carlo Baumschlager and Dietmar Eberle. A green airship with vaulted walls floats over the entrance to the designer hotel.
• Fire brigades station in Dornbirn, built by Wolfgang Ritsch. A functional, light and simple construction. Glass, steel and the colors of the fire brigades: black, red and silver.
• Building complex Ölzbündt in Dornbirn, built by Hermann Kaufmann, simple wooden architecture.
• Building complex Atriumhaus in Dornbirn, built by Roland Gnaiger/Udo Mössler, wooden construction with atrium, fountains at the house and a magnificent garden.
• Vorarlberg media house Schwarzach, built by Ernst Giselbrecht. A strictly geometrical, 110 meter long, flat-roofed box.
• Cultural stage Götzis , built by Hubert Bischoff. Compact and elegant.
• Office building Frick Röthis, built by Reinhard Drexel, with window shutters that appear like eye lids.
• Cemetery extension Batschuns/Zwischenwasser, built by Marte.Marte.
• Bridge in Feldkirch , built by Martin Häusle, Gabriele Seifert and Götz Stöckmann. The modern bridge over the Ill impresses with its interplay between concave and convex, movable and fixed lines.

Vorarlberg, particularly the region between Bregenz and Feldkirch, is considered as the center of contemporary architecture in Europe. “The hills are alive with outstanding architecture,” wrote the renowned magazine Wallpaper. And many a historic gem is waiting to be discovered. Nowhere else in the world do new and old architecture mesh so seamlessly, giving the region a firm foothold in both the past and the future. The state’s love of the audacious and unusual extends to its cultural scene, including the spectacular operatic productions of the Bregenz Festival on the floating stage of Lake Constance.

The story is already hidden in the name. Vorarlberg is located in front of the Arlberg. The Arlberg Mountain Range lies between Vorarlberg and the rest of Austria. The inhabitants of Vorarlberg themselves call their beautiful country “Ländle” which means small region. This is no coincidence, because in the small, most-western part of Austria, many things work out better than in other parts of the world. For example, a cultural life exists there, which flourishes in a fascinating variety off large urban structures: where tradition and innovation, old handicraft and new design, and traditional wood structures and modern architecture meet.

Center of Contemporary Architecture

Innovative architects began the development two decades ago. Their esthetic and above all economical concepts were and are pleasing: for the home builders as well as the cosmopolitan building authorities.

Meanwhile in Vorarlberg a kind of building cluster has formed: not only architects, but also craftsmen are developing extraordinary constructions. An apprenticeship with a Vorarlberg architect or craftsman is equivalent to, for instance, an apprenticeship with the cook Paul Bocuse.

Stylistically the concept combines tradition with modernity. Simplicity and economic functionality are the key and are expressed in the low energy consumption, for example. The building materials are mainly glass, steel, concrete and the domestic raw material wood.

Whoever travels through Vorarlberg will see far less ‘Lederhosen’ architecture than elsewhere. The houses adapt to the surrounding nature. The clear lines, simple facades, and material speak for themselves. The wood, as it was used for centuries here in the area, often remains untreated, so that it can breathe, exposed to the sun, wind and weather like a tree.  Sooner or later it will turn grey. The large windows face the sun and welcome in the light. The balconies are modest ornaments on the facades. 

The Carpenter Center is Le Corbusier’s only building in North America, and one of the last to be completed during his lifetime. Its wonderful collection of concrete forms bring together many of the design principles and devices from Le Corbusier’s earlier works: the ondulatoires (windows above left) from La Tourette; the brise soleils (below) originally from the Marseille unité d’habitation but angled later in Chandigarh (but here with glass for the Massachusetts climate); and the original Five Points from the 1920s ‘accentuated in a new way: as if the Villa Savoye had been exploded inside out, with ramp and curved partitions extending into the environment.’ The ramp and architectural promenade is particularly strong at the Carpenter Center.

Le Corbusier designed it with the collaboration of Chilean architect Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente at his 35 rue de Sévres studio; the on-site preparation of the construction plans was handled by the office of Josep Lluís Sert, then dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He had formerly worked in Le Corbusier’s atelier and had been instrumental in winning him the commission. The building was completed in 1962.
At the heart is a cubic volume from which curved studios pull away from one another on the diagonal. The whole is cut through by an S-shaped ramp which rises from one street and descends towards the other… The layers and levels swing out and back from the grid of concrete pilotis within, making the most of cantilevering to create interpenetrations of exterior and interior, as well as a sequence of spatial events linked by the promenade architecturale of the ramp.

It houses the department of Visual and Environmental Studies of the University, as well as the Harvard Film Archive, the largest collection of 35mm films in New England. It screens a large quantity of independent, international and silent films.
Le Corbusier never actually saw the building. He was invited to the opening ceremony, but he declined the invitation on account of his poor health.

The Carpenter Center is on the edge of Harvard Yard, and is open seven days a week from early till late, except for Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings. The open structure of the building, with a curved ramp passing through the building from one side to the other with glass walls on either side, means that in practice you can see much of the building even outside these times.
For details information please visit www.ves.fas.harvard.edu or call +1 617 495 3251.