How big can you imagine an open air gallery to be? Well, here you are… 13, 785 sq. km [5130 sq. miles] of painted walls, havelis, palaces and forts in the vast expanse of the desert of Rajasthan in India. Town after town, street after street, home after home has been painted with frescoes depicting [...]
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Painted towns of Shekhawati: Colors in sand
Posted in Architecture, Culture, Historic Preservation, Peoples' Places, tagged Architecture, Art, Cities, Culture, Entertainment, Frescoes, Heritage Hotels, Historic Preservation, History, India, Interiors, Life, Museums, Painter, Paintings, People, Photography, Places, Preservation, Rajasthan, Reuse, Time, Towns, Travel, Videos on February 12, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Green and Intelligent: the roads do converge
Posted in Architecture, Green Architecture, News Ink, tagged Architecture, Awards, Business, Cities, Conservation, Culture, Dubai, Energy, Gensler, Green, Intelligent, International, news, People, Places, Preservation, Technology, Thoughts, Time, United Kingdom, United Kingdon on February 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
United Kingdom- Gensler’s design for Herman Miller’s international headquarters, also called Village Green, has been short listed for Corenet’s 2008 Sustainability award and is the first building in the UK to receive both BREEAM (excellent rating) and LEED (gold) accreditation. The 20,000-square foot facility is located in Chippenham, England. Several notable details that make Village [...]







