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“When you go to an art gallery, you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires” – Banksy
Some call it street art. Some call it graffiti. Some people love Banksy and some people hate him. His satirical artwork is on display across the world. They are sometimes humorous and sometimes, [...]
Posted by Anne Iredale on Friday, November 6, 2009 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, Art, People, Politics · Tagged Art, artwork, banksy, building, buildings, Controversial, design, graffiti, guerrilla artist, logo, London, monkeys, political, rats, street art, UK
Since mankind began, we’ve sought shelter as a place to conduct domestic and later, work life. As innovations developed, many different materials and building methods came into play, and architects got increasingly ambitious. Here’s a list of interesting architectural creations throughout the world – the good, the bad and the ugly.
10. Dar Al Hajar, Yemen
This [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 1:01 am
Filed under All, Engineering · Tagged architecture, atomium, beijing national stadium, birds nest, Bizarre, bizarre architecture, book, building, buildings, civil justice, Crooked House, dar al hajar, habitat 67, Huckleberry Finn, justice centre, kansas city public library, Manchester civil justice centre, olympics, rock formation, summer olympics, The Stone House, top 10 lists, top ten lists, TopTenz, Upside-down house, winchester mystery house, wyandotte street, yemen
If you are looking to travel and want to go back in time here are ten great historic travel destinations for the history buff on the go. From Castles to Great Walls to Pyramids here you will find 10 Historical destinations that everyone should visit. Do you have any places in mind that are both [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 1:00 am
Filed under All, Engineering, Travel · Tagged abu simbel, Al Khazneh, angko wat, architecture, athena, baroque, blarney castle, building, castle, castles, china, coliseum, egypt, england, France, great wall of china, India, Lost City of the Incas, Louvre, machu picchu, Museum, Neuschwanstein Castle, parthenon, petra, prague castle, pyramids, rome, seven wonders, stonehenge, taj mahal, Travel
In a world of bland, corporate buildings, thank goodness for those architects and designers who express their individuality. They brighten up our world. From works of art to the downright wacky, here is a list, some of which I have been fortunate to see in the flesh.
10. Guggenheim Museum – Bilbao, Spain
No list is possible [...]
Posted by Anne Iredale on Monday, March 23, 2009 at 7:35 am
Filed under All, Bizarre, Engineering, Travel · Tagged architecture, Basket Building, Bilbao, Bizarre, building, Crooked House, Dancing House, design, Guggenheim, Museum, museums, Mushroom Tree House, Ripley's Believe It Or Not, robot, Robot Building, Sagrada Familia, Salvador Dali, Spain, top 10 list, tower, Turning the Place Over