Nautilus House, Naucalpan, Mexico
by Javier Senosiain of Arquitectura Organica
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20 Reinhardstrasse 
The newly added penthouse apartment of Christian Boros.
Boros Collection
The bunker was originally built in 1942 by Nazi architect Albert Speer as part of the Germania project. After the end of World War II, being in what would become the Soviet sector, the Russian army used it as a prison for captured German soldiers. After the fall of the Iron Curtain the building was used to store bananas, oranges, and other fruits imported from Cuba by East Germany. With the fall of the Wall, East Berlin became the centre of the city's party scene and The Bunker became one of the hottest places for wild techno raves and gay S&M parties. The last one being held in 1996. Since then, the bunker had stood empty.
In 2004 architects Jens Casper, Petra Petersson, and Andrew Strickland of the Berlin-based firm Realarchitektur began the renovation. This summer it opened to the public.
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Pitti Palace
Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Brian Sewell on the last of the Medici.
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David Hicks via The Peak of Chic
Imagine if David Hicks had painted the wall section beneath the dado rail the same colour as the section above. Dreadful, no? And yet, this is something I have been seeing lately, rooms done with bright white dado rails. Either remove the dado rail or limit the dominant colour to the area above. Unless of course, one likes the idea of having one's room wearing a white belt. No? I didn't think so.
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this, it references Alain de Botton and John Ruskin. And, it is wonderful.
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These beauties hail from Vicksburg, Mississippi.
There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go. - Tennessee Williams
The Magnolias, circa 1877.
1022 Crawford Street
4103 Highway 80
View of the courtyard garden from the veranda.
Belle Fleur, circa 1874.
All properties from Broker South.
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Zaha Hadid - the uncompromising poster girl for genius.
The perfect client would have her to build the space - and have me to decorate..
Fifty miles south of London there is an alternative universe with an atmosphere very reminiscent of San Francisco's Haight Asbury. Brighton is a Regency seaside town that caters for day trippers as well as its large student population. The highlight is undoubtedly the Royal Pavilion. A confection of Gothic chinoiserie, built onto a pre-existing building by Henry Holland, designed by John Nash for HRH George, Prince of Wales. Now dimly and hauntingly lit to preserve much of its original and elaborate furnishings.
Unfortunately, but understandably, interior photographs are not allowed.
