When Ricardo Bofill built the residential complex La Muralla Roja on the Costa Blanca in 1973, his modest aim was to “renew or even revolutionize ways of life with the help of new building forms.” One apartment in this surrealist gem is for rent.
The Manta Resort off the coast of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, has a special suite guests: A bedroom below the water’s surface with large windows for great glimpses of the ocean and its inhabitants.
Mickey Mouse, 90 and the first cartoon star, is one of the cast of characters featured in The Art of Storytelling at CaixaForum (17 July – 11 Nov) with original drawings and storyboards from the Disney Studios.
Slots were yesterday! Only five percent of visitors to Las Vegas admit to gambling these days. Instead, the city now pulls in show fans, for whom a spectacular new arena is being built: The MSG Sphere will seat 18 000 and be encased entirely in LEDs, transforming it into a gigantic digital globe.
In August, colorful circles adorn the roofs of Huangling village, China. They are, in fact, the baskets in which the farmers dry their crops: mainly orange kakis, bright-red chillies, and yellow chrysanthemums and corn kernels.
