Category Archives: architecture

amansara(l) 3

amansara. siem reap, cambodia

21 Feb Filed under architecture, cambodia, places. No comments.
amansara(l) 2

amansara. siem reap, cambodia

21 Feb Filed under architecture, cambodia, places. No comments.
amansara(l) 1

amansara. siem reap, cambodia

20 Feb Filed under architecture, cambodia, places. No comments.
kyoto station 11

kyoto, its station, and the mighty atom

24 Nov Filed under architecture, japan, kyoto, places. No comments.
claska 7

claska

24 Nov Filed under architecture, design, japan, kyoto. No comments.

the claska is newly refur­bished but pre­serves the vaguely 60s — 70s retro pas­tiche of its orig­i­nal con­cep­tion. it’s a lot of fun to stay here. a very quirky place, with ‘Mr Dog’ the dog salon on the ground floor. a dj play­ing elec­tro funk mixes in … Read More →

shinjuku 09 558

shinjuku, tokyo

22 Nov Filed under architecture, japan, places, tokyo. No comments.

 

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kyoto

18 Nov Filed under architecture, design, japan, kyoto, places. No comments.

the screen is a delight­ful place to stay in kyoto. the staff are beau­ti­ful in every sense, very for­eigner user-friendly, and sit­u­ated in a quirky lit­tle shi-shi antique shop street. nearby is bikkuri donki — sur­prise don­key. is the don­key sur­prised? is the don­key a sur­prise? do … Read More →

tokyo-09 13 - Version 2

tokyo days:one

1 Nov Filed under architecture, japan, places, tokyo. No comments.

the road to hell is paved with good inten­tions as my mum used to say. the inten­tion here was to upload a selec­tion of pic­tures from tokyo day by day. well, i didn’t. ok? but look for news on the front page

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30 st mary axe

21 Aug Filed under architecture, london. 2 Comments.

with hol­land house — opened 1914, designed by the great dutch ‘father of mod­ernism’, berlage

where mighty pillars, in majestic rows,

19 Aug Filed under architecture, france, places. No comments.