Architecture and Design

"My passion and great enjoyment for architecture, and the reason the older I get the more I enjoy it, is because I believe architects can effect the quality of life of the people." - Richard Rogers

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Saint Petersburg, Russia | samarova_m

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Cottar's Bush Villa in Maasai Mara, Kenya.

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Most Beautiful Church Ceilings According to Architectural Digest | PART II

1. Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato in Genoa, Italy.

2. St. Cecile Cathedral in Albi, France.

3. St. Stephen's Cathedral in Passau, Germany.

4. Abbey Church of Stift Melk Benedictine Monastery in Austria.

5. Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière in Lyon, France.

6. The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, Italy.

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Most Beautiful Church Ceilings According to Architectural Digest | PART I

1. Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford, England.

2. Exeter Cathedral in Exeter, England.

3. Holy Savior Cathedral in Isfahan, Iran.

4. Peterborough Cathedral in Cambridgeshire, England.

5. Chapel of King’s College at Cambridge University in Cambridge, England.

6. The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, Russia.

7. Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire, England.

8. Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain.

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Most Amazing Libraries in the World

21. Sainte Geneviève, Francia

22. Apostólica Vaticana, Vaticano

23. George Peabody, EE.UU.

24. Nacional de Francia

25. Elmer Holmes Bobst, EE.UU.

26.  Utopia, Bélgica.

(source: Architecture Digest)

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Most Amazing Libraries in the World

11. Clementinum, República Checa

12. Pública de Nueva York, EE.UU.

13. Yangzhou Zhongshuge, China

14. Municipal de Stuttgart, Alemania

15. Palacio Nacional de Mafra, Portugal

16. Cuypers, Países Bajos

17. Codrington, Reino Unido

18. Del Estado de Victoria, Australia

19. Facultad de Económicas, Austria

20. Congreso de EE.UU.

(source: Architecture Digest)

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Most Amazing Libraries in the World

1. Tianjin Binhai, China

2. Real Gabinete Portugués de Lectura, Brasil

3. Universidad Humboldt, Alemania

4. La Fabrica, Italia

5. Monasterio de El Escorial, España

6. José Vasconcelos, México

7. Central de Seattle, EE.UU.

8. Trinity College, Irlanda

9. State Library of South Australia

10. Real de Dinamarca

(source: Architecture Digest)

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“The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries” photographed by Massimo Listri. PART II

1. Klosterbibliothek Ottobeuren, Ottobeuren, Germany

2. 3. Klosterbibliothek Wiblingen, Ulm, Germany

4. Herzogin Anna-Amalia Bibliothek, Weimar, Germany

5. Stiftsbibliothek Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

6. Stiftsbibliothek Admont, Admont, Austria

7. Strahovská Knihovna, Prague, Czech Republic

8. Real Gabinete Português de Leitura, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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“The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries” photographed by Massimo Listri.

1. Cover of “The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries” by Massimo Listri.

2. Stiftsbibliothek Kremsmünster, Kremsmünster, Austria.

3. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Rome, Italy

4. Biblioteca Statale Oratoriana dei Girolamini, Naples, Italy

5. 6. Biblioteca Joanina, Coimbria, Portugal

7. Biblioteca do Convento de Mafra, Mafra, Portugal

8. Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland

9. Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris, France

10. Klosterbibliothek Ottobeuren, Ottobeuren, Germany

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Guillermo Michel Renteria Constructs an Oceanfront Retreat in Mexico, more specifically Punta Mita.

source: Architecture Digest

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Three-bedroom residence a few blocks from the heart of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. 

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PHOTOGRAPHY: Church Altars by Cyril Porchet

Swiss photographer Cyril Porchet’s final year show included this awesome series of the most opulent Baroque church altars he could find in Spain, Austria and Germany.

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Casa Ventura / Tatiana Bilbao

Photos © Rory Gardiner

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Good wood - exotic, wonderful and pretty unusual… The ‘IK Lab’ is an art space on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula and was designed by Santiago Rumney Guggenheim, great grandson of art collector Peggy Guggenheim. 

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PART 2 Claudia Schiffer's Tudor Mansion in England via Architectural Digest

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PART 1 Claudia Schiffer's Tudor Mansion in England via Architectural Digest

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THINK PINK via Architerctural Digest