Archive for 'Short Takes'
Pictures of the Week- Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans
The Saline Royale (Royal Saltworks) is a historical building at Arc-et-Senans in the department of Doubs, eastern France. It is next to the Forest of Chaux and about 35 kilometers from Besançon. The architect was Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1736–1806), a prominent Parisian architect of the time.
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Pictures of the Week- La Tourette
Sainte Marie de La Tourette is a Dominican Order priory on a hillside near Lyon, France designed by architects Le Corbusier and Iannis Xenakis.
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Picture of the Week- Esparon, France
The village of Esparon is a small village located south of France. The town is located in the department of Gard of the french region Languedoc-Roussillon.
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Picture of the Week- Irish Round Tower at Glendalough
Irish round towers (Irish: Cloigtheach (singular), Cloigthithe (plural) – literally “bell house”) are early medieval stone towers of a type found mainly in Ireland.
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MAKE THE CONNECTION 2013: Proceeds to benefit The Architectural Foundation of San Francisco
Make the Connection is an annual mixer that brings together professionals from the architectural, construction, engineering, facility management, green building, interior design and marketing communities in Northern California for an evening of conversation and cocktails. Presented by AIA, IIDA, IFMA, SMPS, and USGBC.
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Short Takes: The Bridge to Yaxchilan.
Most people don’t know that the longest bridge in the world, until 1377, was not in Rome, China or the Middle East. It was in the Central American Mayan city of Yaxchilan.
