Height: 26 stories

Distance between buildings: 46 feet apart.

structure: steel skeletal frames rest on a 21 foot grid and are uniform in their design.

program: originally designed for 860 to contain 90 three bedroom apartments and 880 to hold 158 one bedroom apartments. Many of the units have been combined to enlarge living spaces.

getting there:
bus 157 – get off at Chestnut/Lake Shore bus stop

opening hours: this is a residential complex and thus only available for viewing from the exterior.

website: www.860880lakeshoredrive.com

website: sifangartmuseum.org

opening hours: scheduled to open in October 2013

program: museum complex with galleries, tea room, bookstore, and a curator’s residence

area: 30,000 sf

opening hours:
tours
Monday-Saturday 11am, 12:30pm, 4:30pm
Sunday and public holidays 11am, 12:30pm

Gross Area: 12,500 sqm
Net Area: 11,300 sqm
Site Area: 400 acres

Building Height: 14.5 m (partially embedded into the sloping landscape)

Number of storeys: Two operational levels + grape reception roofdeck (external)

Structure: Concrete structure with pre-cast elements where the structure is exposed and in situ cast concrete where the structure is buried underground, i.e. retaining walls. The boundary link between above and below-grade servicing structures is given visual expression through a continuous linear skylight.

Materials: Materials of building echo the materials used in wine production – steel, oak and glass.

Cladding: Corten Steel shingle cladding to all principal vertical elevations.

Sustainability: The partly buried structure, as well as the concrete framing of the building, maximises its thermal mass to maintain a constant internal environment and the optimal thermal conditions required for the ageing of wine. The wing where the tanks are housed is naturally ventilated to allow CO2 to escape during the fermentation process.

Widescale integration of photovoltaics is anticipated into the design of the roof, spreading over the three wings to maximise the surface for capturing energy.

Production Capacity: One million bottles of red wine per year.
Storage Capacity: 6,000 barrels of 225 litres, and 750,000 bottles.

website: www.bodegasprotos.com

admission cost: 10 € for a 1.5hr wine tasting tour, pre-bookings essential

opening hours: everyday, check website for tour times.

website: www.stahlhouse.com

opening hours: varies depending on the day – check website for hours – booking is essential

admission cost:
$60.00 Total for 1 person / 1 car
$35.00 Each for 2 or more persons / 1 car

Area: 2600 Sq. Ft. + 1500 SF C.P. & Covered Area

Cost: €150m

website: www.louvrelens.fr (French Only)

opening hours:
Wednesday to Monday: 10am – 6pm
closed Tuesdays

admission cost: free till end of 2013 (there may be charges for temporary exhibitions)

tips:
get there early to avoid the queues, and make sure you get an audio-guide (which are also free)
It is possible to do a day-trip from London on the Eurostar.

getting there: Line 1 – exit at 省体育馆 station

surface area: 9.300m2

library website: www.deboekenberg.nl

opening hours:
Monday 11:00 17:00
Tuesday 11:00 20:30
Wednesday 11:00 20:30
Thursday 11:00 20:30
Friday 11:00 17:00
Saturday 11:00 16:00
Sunday 12:00 16:00 (Sep / April)
closed on public holidays

getting there:
Route public transport From Rotterdam Central railway station, take the metro direction Spijkenisse. Get off at the stop Spijkenisse Centrum. Take the stairs down and walk to the bus stops. Take bus 105 direction Rozenburg. Get off at bus stop First Heul Brugstraat. A few meters away you will see a large glass pyramid. This is the Boekenberg, your final destination. It is also possible from Spijkenisse Centrum metro station to walk to the Boekenberg. You walk from the metro to the bus stops. From this point you will see a park. Walk towards the park and stores it in Schepenpad. Walk straight ahead until you come across a motorway. This is the Raadhuislaan. You cross over and goes to the town hall to the left passage. You will cross again and go directly to the right Marrewijk Laan. Follow the road until you see a large glass pyramid. This is the Boekenberg, your final destination. The distance from the metro station to the Boekenberg is running. In about 15 minutes.

architectural drawings:

Site Plan

Ground Floor Plan

Longitudinal Section

Cross Section

• Single tie arch rib straddling the bridge deck
• Diamond shaped steel box arch rib which provides an efficient design while enhancing slenderness and providing for the projection of architectural uplighting
• The use of full depth precast concrete deck slab units to simplify construction and minimise environmental impact

Length: 169 m
main span: 96 m
end spans: 36.5 m

construction cost: £20 million

note: In 2008 due to the failure of one support hanger, and stress fractures found in a second support cable stay, the bridge was closed and replacement of these connectors was required.

website: www.secc.co.uk

getting there:
Train: Exhibition Centre station – Six trains an hour (around every 10 minutes) from Central station (Platform 17 is on the lower level) – journey time three minutes.
Bus:
First Bus 62 service operates each day, approximately every 10 minutes, adjacent to the SECC site. This service runs from Argyle Street to Glasgow city centre and returns via St Vincent Street, West George Street and Union Street.
The 100 Riversider service runs from George Square (north) in Glasgow city centre to the SECC, then Riverside Museum and return, every 30 minutes.

website: www.agora-lelystad.nl

Building area: 7000 m2

architectural drawings:

floor plans

website: www.sportfondsen.nl

opening hours:
Monday – Friday from 08:00 to 22:00.
Weekends from 09.00 to 17.00

admission cost: from €4.70

website: www.villa-mediterranee.org

admission cost: free to permanent exhibit

getting there:
METRO M2 : Bougainville / Sainte Marguerite Dromel Off: Joliette
Departures every 5-6mins – From 5am to 22:45 Sunday to Thursday (last departure at 0:40 on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and evenings match at the Velodrome stadium).

BUS : Fort St. John / Tourette Cathedral
Bus Line 49: out via The Reformed Belle May, St Jean-du-Desert Basket – Centre Bourse terminal every 15 minutes – From 6h to 22h every day of the week Line 60 extension ( date of current service in January). Departure of Our Lady of La Garde, Vieux Port – Fort St John Terminus every 15 minutes – from 7 am to 19:30 every day of the week
Bus Line 82: Check Pharo, Old Port, Joliette then one of two, or Terminus Terminus St Charles Arenc / T2 every 15 minutes – From 6h to 22h every day of the week
Bus Line 582: Out of Centre Bourse – Every 45 minutes – From 0:45 to 20h (time to be confirmed)

TRAM Q2 : Foch-Blancarde / Euroméditerranée Gantès
Stops: Republic – Women, Joliette All about 5 minutes – From 5:30 to 0:30 every day of the week

address in Japanese:
〒017-0031 秋田県大館市上代野字八幡岱２９番地４

Structure: wood frame, steel frame

Scale: 2 stories

Site Area: 110,250.67m2

Building Area: 21,910.65m2 + 1,792.88m2 (annex)

Total Floor Area: 23,218.40m2 + 1,378.54 (annex)

height: 52 meters

dome size: 178 meters by 157 meters

website: www.jukaidome.com (Japanese)

depth: 3500 steps in 13 stories extend 30 m (100 feet) into the ground

Size: 5,800 m2

Cost: 187m Norwegian Kroner / 25m Euros

admission cost: 144DKK

opening hours:
Monday 10am-9pm
Tuesday to Sunday 10am – 8pm

Getting there:
Metro – Kastrup Metro Station. Head east down ”Alleen” until you get to Den Blå Planet. Kastrup Metro station is on the M2 line and trains run every couple of minutes in both directions.

sustainable elements in include:
preference for recyclable or reused building materials
natural ventilation (through the four corner towers – the stack effect pulls air in naturally from under the seats)
LED thetre lighting fixtures

website: www.theshed.nationaltheatre.org.uk

websites:
www.onnurips.org (Korean Only)
www.english.onnurips.org (English)

Site Area: 344.57

Total Floor Area: 191.24

about:
This is a private museum exhibiting the work of Kakudo Goami (funded and owned by Kanji Kato, a dentist by trade in Higashi Hiroshima, and student of Goami).

access:
open to the public.

website: www.cairns.qld.gov.au

Size: GFA 1415m2

cost: $4.7 M

Environmental principles applied to this project:
ESD initiatives include solar panels for feedback into the energy grid, stormwater harvesting tanks, mixed mode air-conditioning systems, low energy light fittings throughout, low water usage fittings, long life cycle efficiency materials and construction, solar treatment to all windows, naturally ventilated circulation corridors and shaded exposed thermal mass internally.

construction cost: approx €30 million

website: www.zentralmoschee-koeln.de (German Only)

admission cost:
currently tours of the building site can be arranged through www.zentralmoschee-koeln.de (German Only) at a suggested donation cost of €7-10 per person

As parliamentary offices, it is part of the secure campus of the Palace of Westminster, and not open to the public. It is possible to see past the security guards into the glazed courtyard on the Victoria Embankment side. To visit the interior, look out for opportunities in London’s annual late-September ‘open house’ weekend (www.londonopenhouse.org).

Café Bar 10am – 4.30pm

getting there:
By Rail
Direct trains go from London Victoria, Brighton and Ashford to Bexhill.
There are also trains from London Charing Cross, changing at St. Leonards Warrior Square and from London Bridge or Charing Cross going to Battle. Battle is only a short taxi journey away (15 mins approx).
Visit www.nationalrail.co.uk for up-to-date train travel information.

website: www.dlwp.com

getting there:
Tram from Manhattan : Tramway Car at 59th Street & 2nd Avenue Station. Exit at Tramway Station on Roosevelt Island. Walk approximately 15 minutes south to Park. Alternately, walk north to Main Street and catch the Red Bus south. Cost is 25¢.
Subway: Take Queens-bound F train to Roosevelt Island stop. Walk approximately 15 minutes south to Park. Alternately, walk one block east to Main Street and catch the Red Bus south. Cost is 25¢.

website: www.fdrfourfreedomspark.org

admission cost: free

admission cost: $18
advanced reservations recommended

website:www.barnesfoundation.org

getting there:
SEPTA #7, #32, #38, #48, and #33 bus routes.

The house in 33rd Lane is an essay in architectural bricollage. In 1958 Bawa bought the third in a row of four small houses which lay along a short cul-de-sac at the end of a narrow suburban lane and converted it into a pied-à-terre with living room, bedroom, tiny kitchen and room for a servant. When the fourth bungalow became vacant this was colonised to serve as dining room and second living room. Ten years later the remaining bungalows were acquired and added into the composition and the first in the row was demolished to be replaced by a four-storey tower.

The final result is an introspective labyrinth of rooms and garden courts which together create the illusion of limitless space. Words like inside and outside lose all meaning: here are rooms without roofs and roofs without walls, all connected by a complex matrix of axes and internal vistas.

If the main part of the house is an evocation of a lost world of verandahs and courtyards assembled from a rich collection of traditional devices and plundered artefacts, the new tower which rises above the car port is nothing less than a reworking of Corb’s Maison Citrohan and serves as a periscope which rises from a shady nether world to give views out across the treetops towards the sea.

website: www.geoffreybawa.com

visiting hours:
9 : 00 am. – 5 : 00 pm.( last Tour 4.00 p.m)
Monday – Friday excluding public holidays.

For guided tours, please call or email the Geoffrey Bawa Trust in advance.

Note: The two rooms available are within a suite on the 1st floor. They are attached and comes with one common toilet and a Sitting room. The 3nd floor is a loggia and the 4th an open viewing deck. The rooms are given only to a single party at any one time.

opening hours:
open for Garden Tours and lunch through out the year from 9 :00 am to 5 : 00 pm daily.

Admission cost:
Garden tours only Rs. 1250/-
Garden tour + Lunch US$ 22++
Garden tour + Tea on the Terrace US$ 17 ++
Accommodation start from US$ 185 ++ ++ Rates are quoted per room per night basis , with Breakfast and are subject to 10% Service Charge and 12% Government Tax.

website: www.lunuganga.com

opening hours:
Monday-Saturday: 10am-5pm
Sunday: noon-5pm
(last exhibits entry at 3:30pm)
Thursday late nights: extended hours from 10am-9pm the first Thursday of each month
Late-night film screenings: first Friday and Saturday of each month starting in February 2013; The Hoglund Foundation Theater open until 9:30pm; last film begins at 8:30pm

admission cost: $15

opening hours:
Wednesday – Monday
11 am – 6 pm
Fridays 11 am – 8 pm
Closed Tuesdays

Open Year-Round

Guided Tours:
Mondays 2 pm
Fridays 6 pm
Saturdays 2 pm

Admission cost: $10

tip: free on Wednesdays

museum website: www.parrishart.org

getting there:

By car:
From New York City and points west, take the Long Island Expressway east to Exit 70. Turn right and go approximately 4-1/2 miles south to Route 27 East. Continue on Route 27 East for approximately 19 miles to the stop light just east of BMW Southampton. Continue left at light on 27 East, now also called Montauk Highway, and travel approximately ½ mile. The Museum is located on the north side of the road just east of Duck Walk Vineyards in Water Mill. Parking is available to the rear of the Museum building.

Public Transportation:
The Long Island Railroad, and Hampton Jitney offer regularly scheduled service from Manhattan to Southampton.

Hampton Jitney 1-800-936-0440 or 631-283-4600 or www.hamptonjitney.com
Long Island Rail Road 631-231-5477 or www.lirr.org

Note: Personal photography, without flash, is allowed in the museum’s permanent collection galleries. Photography is not permitted in galleries with works of art on loan from other institutions. No tripods are allowed.

Construction cost: EUR 4.6 million

admission cost: free

museum website: www.broadmuseum.msu.edu

area: 46,000 ft²

getting there: WBD E Circle past Collingwood D

opening hours:
Wed, Fri, Sat + Sun 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Tues + Thurs 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Mon closed

admission cost: 12 €

getting there:
By underground U1, U2, U4, U9, U14
By bus Lines 40, 42, 44