Tag: architecture
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Iconic Mid-Century Modern Home For Sale
Pierre Koenig was one of the most iconic architects of the mid-century modern movement, which focused on functional designs, harmony with nature, geometric lines, and the use of steel and glass. Koenig’s final project, a gorgeous geometric home in Santa Monica known as the Schwartz House, has been listed for sale at $4.55 million usd /…
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Amadeus Mozart Last Castle To Be Auctioned Off
According to many musical fans and our friends at toptenrealestatedeals.com, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is often considered the greatest musical genius to have ever lived. With over 800 works including operas, symphonies, and concertos, he defined the classical period and inspired later composers including Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. His music continues to be performed all over the…
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In The Studio With Conceptual Artist Margaret Innerhofer
A behind the scene look of the conceptual artist’s solo show SHADOWLAND It is the first Saturday of Upstate Art Weekend and I am standing in a chemistry classroom of a former public school looking at inverted works, listening to Gregorian chants meets Jimmy Hendrix inspired music, and feeling that I am falling into a trance. In…
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Eames: Iconic Husband & Wife 20th/21st Century Designers
The next time that you sit down to a table in a local restaurant for a nice meal with friends, rest in a waiting room, or even thumb through an Ikea catalogue (apologies to those that ‘yuck’ on that idea)—take note of the furniture that stands before your eyes…have you ever given it more thought…
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Top 8 Places to Visit: The Most Beautiful Destinations Around the World
Our planet is incredibly beautiful! On every continent, even on the tiniest island lost in the vast ocean, there are striking places, meeting which leaves a long-lasting memory. Gritty fjords and impregnable cliffs of northern cities, idyllic corners of tropical coasts, clouds on the tops of mountains and flowing rivers in deep canyons, man-made and…
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Landmarks of Ancient Yemen added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List
Paris, January, 2023 – The World Heritage Committee meeting in an extraordinary session on Thursday inscribed the Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib (Yemen) on the List of World Heritage in Danger. The Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib, is a serial property comprising seven archaeological sites that bear witness to…
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Historic Architect Edmund Burke Shaped Look Of Today’s Toronto
Since 1793, when the Town of York, the second capital of Upper Canada, was founded, Toronto has been an important economic and political hub. The first governor of the Town of York, John Graves Simcoe, believed that this town would become a powerful industrial metropolis, and when Toronto became one of the top financial centres…
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Ukraine: How UNESCO Supports Odesa’s Heritage & Cultural Life
Paris, 30 August 2022 – At a meeting with UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay at the Organization’s Headquarters, Oleksandr Tkachenko, Ukrainian Minister of Culture and Information, announced that his country will request the inscription of Odesa on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. For its part, the Organization will deploy new measures to protect Ukrainian cultural heritage, particularly in…
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“Kardashian Penthouse” Hilton-Bentley Miami Available For Stays
The AAA 4 Diamond award winning Hilton Bentley South Beach recently debuted a newly renovated 3000 sq. feet penthouse suite with gorgeous wrap around views overlooking the ocean and the beautiful southern tip of South Beach, where the ocean meets the bay at South Pointe Park. This two story suite is complete with two master…
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Why Helsinki’s Innovative Circular Olympic Architecture From Seventy Years Ago Will Be Renewed
Although the smallest city to have hosted the summer Olympics, Helsinki’s functionalist structures were conceived as versatile recreational venues and have been preserved to become modestly emblematic of successful circular design 70 years later. With functional design and sustainably-driven innovation as core priorities for Helsinki’s future, the city and the partners undertaking renovation work to…
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Travel To Sustainability Pioneer Tongsai Bay
On a regular basis The Silo informs you about companies who do their part in changing our world to a better place. Green Pearls® Unique Places is dedicated to the Tongsai Bay in Thailand and recognizes the amazing work that created a sustainable tourism industry there nearly four decades ago. How it all began In…
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Johnny Depp’s Los Angeles Penthouse Collection Threatened By Divorce
What once was a successful pairing between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard has changed course and their dirty laundry is playing out in real time all over the world. Whether real or as a way to get each back into the limelight and boost their careers, the court case has proven to be entertainment on…
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Porsche Tower Condos Allows Owners To Take Cars Up In Elevator
New York City is home to over 70 of the world’s billionaires, but when they want to get away to decompress, many shed their suit and tie for a guayabera, white slacks and boat shoes and head to South Florida for the white sand beaches, fine dining, yachting and golfing. Some have been heading to…
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Beautiful Minecraft Coffee Table Book Features Stunning In Game Built Art
Twelve years ago to the day, back in the year 2009 – a Video game called #Minecraft was unassumingly released. The sandbox video game became the second best selling PC-based game in history and was bought by Microsoft for $2.5B usd in 2014. In keeping with our look back celebration, let’s check out this wonderful…
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Worlds Leading Architects Include Sir Norman Foster
Who is Sir Norman Foster? A British born architect world renowned for his ground-breaking interpretations of neo futuristic and post-modern design, that’s who. Perhaps most famously known for designing and constructing “The Gherkin” tower in London, England at a cost of 138 million pounds. This office building is sure to turn the heads of tourists…
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Electronic Opera Uses Physical Spaces To Connect Narrative With Sound
Back in 2005, composer Lewis Spratlan and I began work on an opera inspired by Louis Kahn. Kahn, who excelled in music and once considered becoming a composer, was especially cognizant of how sound works in a physical space. “Space has tonality,” he often said. Kallick, a professor of music at Amherst College, made recordings…
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Coffee Table Book Expands Art Collecting By Including Original Works of Art
Vivant Books brings to the world a very exclusive breed of coffee table book. Their Deluxe Editions are not only fine art coffee table books, but also include collectible works of art at a price most art lovers can afford. A select number of Deluxe Editions contain original artwork by the artist that is featured. Not…
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Celebrity Homes: Andy Warhol Home Sold For $50 Million USD
Montauk, New York was celebrating its biggest estate sale ever after the closing on the 5.7-acre beachfront estate at $50 million USD that pop artist Andy Warhol bought in 1972 for $225,000 USD. The most recent owner of the compound was CEO of J. Crew, Mickey Drexler, who bought it in 2007 for $27 million…
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Importance Of Indoor Air Quality Testing
Have you ever wondered whether the air that we breathe indoors can be equally harmful as outdoors? When it comes to healthy living, the air that circulates inside our house is often more crucial than the outdoor air, pollution, smog and other environmental factors. Research suggests that the indoor environments can have up to five…
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Frank Lloyd Wright Homes Were Designed For Michigan Pharma Scientists
In the late 1940s, the Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company was the largest employer in Kalamazoo, Michigan with a company emphasis on family and quality of life. It was a national leader in providing benefits to its employees including group life insurance and shorter work weeks. Also in the 1940s, Frank Lloyd Wright was the most famous…
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Who Owns Which Celebrity Mansion? Take The Quiz And Find Out
This piece quizzes you by presenting the interior of some of the most lavish celebrity homes and asking which celebrity owns the property. Look closely and think before making your choices- there are clues hidden…..somewhere.
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Human Face Carved On Pebble 15000 Years Ago
There is a paucity of Palaeolithic art in the southern Levant prior to 15000 years ago. The Natufian culture (15000–11500 BP; Grosman 2013) marks a threshold in the magnitude and diversity of artistic manifestations (Bar-Yosef 1997). Nevertheless, depictions of the human form remain rare—only a few representations of the human face have been reported to…
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Why We Have A Romantic Conception Of Reverberation
Reverberation. Why are its effects so pleasing to our ears and how is reverberation designed and controlled?
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4 Simple Situations That Call For Investing In New Residential Windows
There are plenty of reasons to consider replacing your current residential windows with new ones. All it really takes is determining that making repairs would be more costly and ultimately less satisfying than investing in new Oshawa windows. Outside of that, why else would you take on this type of project? Here are four scenarios…
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5 Most Famous Hotels In London England
Luxurious living, money and fame are things that spring to mind when thinking about hotels London. Many of them have stood the test of time and built a sterling reputation all over the world attracting many of the rich and famous. Here we’ve compiled a list of the most renowned hotels in London. Claridge’s, London…
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Armstrong’s Heartbeat As Merged Artwork Beamed To Moon
Los Angeles, CA, – Richard Clar using an earth-moon-earth (EME), or moon bounce as it is also called, radioed two very special signals off the surface of the moon where their return was received at Dwingeloo Radio Observatory in the Netherlands. Clar’s extraordinary two-part project, Giant Step and Lune sur la Lune, paid tribute respectively to…
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Toronto Is Home To Proud History And Great Architecture
Well before the construction of Ontario’s present Queen’s Park Legislative Building, Ontario was governed as the British colony of Upper Canada. After its formation in 1791, Upper Canada’s elected Legislature first met on September 17th, 1792. As no permanent structure was built to house the Legislature in Newark, now Niagara-on-the Lake, meetings took place in…
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Selling An American Comedy Icon’s UFO House
It took awhile, but eventually, Bob Hope’s UFO house sold for $13 million USD, after first being listed in early 2013 with a price tag of $50 million USD. Having gone through a couple of price cuts over the years, the most recent cut lowered the ask to $25 million USD. But with no comparable…