November 30, 2009
· Filed under Architecture, Hotels
holidayarchitecture.com is the online directory for architecturally outstanding houses and hotels - and the new partner for Guiding-Architects. At holidayarchitecture.com you will find architecturally outstanding houses and hotels for your next vacation.
Recommendations from the Guiding-Architects network for hotels and other accommodation will be published on holidayarchitecture.com and linked with offers for guided tours at these places. holidayarchitecture.com was launched in 2007, and since 2009 the site has also been published in English.
The site is independent and free. All published hotels and houses are selected according to criteria of the highest quality.
“We are architects ourselves and started to collect information about interesting spots for our holidays.”, Jan Hamer, founder of holidayarchitecture.com, describes the beginning of the project. Meanwhile, hotel operators and owners of holiday homes are lining up to have their location published.
www.holidayarchitecture.com
Posted By: gugiding-architects.net
November 23, 2009
· Filed under Architecture, Art, Berlin, Culture
The New Museum (Neues Museum) in Berlin, part of the Unesco World Heritage Museum Island, built by Andreas Schlüter in 1856 was heavily destroyed in World War II.
After 40 years being a ruin it is now renovated in an extraordinary way by David Chipperfield. About 4.000 visitors a day are fascinated by the Nofretete (Nefertiti) bust, the Greek and Aegyptian collection and the respectful restoration of the only museum with an original interior of the German Historism in the 19th century. The New Museum finally opened on 16th October 2009.
The reconstruction of the New Museum is only a part of the general renewal of the Museum Island. In 2010 David Chipperfield will add a contemporary entrance building: The James Simon Gallery. Here will start the new underground „archeologic pathway“, which will connect the four museums with a distinct thematic approach to each institution.
The first new building in the neighbourhood of the island by Chipperfield was the Art Gallery „Am Kupfergraben“, finished in 2007.
„Ticket B - Architectural Guided Tours in Berlin“ offers from now on special tours to the urban development of the Museum Island with short inside visits in parts of the museums in cooperation with the Foundation „Preussischer Kulturbesitz“.



Posted By: ticket-b.de