Since humans first stood and walked on two feet, walking has been a very reliable means of transportation, maybe the most reliable. It is true walking was more difficult in the past and that gender, social status and even fashion played a huge role. Nowadays we rely on comfortable shoes and flexible soles that can carry us anywhere. Mobile phones, headphones, traffic, faces or buildings keep us from literally watching our step and see cobblestones, for instance.
Category: Buildings & monuments
Today’s Work Is Tomorrow’s Heritage
In Bucharest lie countless examples of tangible and intangible heritage. Some characters from the past worked a great deal to make sure they leave behind a consistent and meaningful legacy, or simply put – heritage. Let us account for their effort differently. Not enriched with the means of Social Media and its participatory empowerment, 18th – 19th centuries socialising meant more awareness and survival.
Welcome to the Glamorous Hotel Waldlust
Before showing your room, let me introduce you to this glamorous place. Taking a step back in time, this Hotel was founded in 1899. With an elegant architecture, in perfect harmony with the surrounding nature, this Hotel was a famous spa destination in Freudenstadt.
More Than Golden Treasures: Heritage layers of Erfurt Synagogue Museum
Peeling off historical layers of one outstanding Synagogue right in the central Germany might lead to some surprising discoveries.
Zaha Hadid and the female empowerment of architecture in Europe
With grace, form, light and dexterity in the design of parametric projects, the most celebrated female exponent in all-time architecture believed that being anti-traditional is the key to innovation in the world.
Far From the Madding Crowd
Deep in the European part of Russia there is a church that stands as a monument of people choice. Footprints of it are stoned within the walls, discovering it - discovering country history.
So Ancient Sofia !
Built with deep-red bricks a small round church promotes Sofia as a modern city with ancient roots.