Category: architecture

  • Petronas Towers & Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur

    Some of you who knew me from New York probably think, judging from the posts here, that since we left for Switzerland, we travel a lot and do not spent much time on work. While it is true that I (Chris) get more vacation days per year now, workload is certainly heavier than before. So…

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  • Bookcafé in Alexandra and the Vigadó, Budapest

    Bookcafé in Alexandra and the Vigadó, Budapest

    Inside the branch of Alexandra bookstore located inside the now-defunct Paris Department Store (Párizsi Nagy Áruház, Andrássy út 39) is one of the more beautiful café in Europe. Click here for our post on the bookstore. After entering the Alexandra Bookstore on the ground floor you’ll find a pair of escalators which bring you up to the…

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  • Alexandra Bookstore, Budapest

    Back in fall 2014, we spent a long weekend in Budapest, Hungary.  We have a couple more posts on this city before we put up photos from our Malaysian trip. While strolling along Andrássy út (Budapest’s Fifth Avenue), we came across this building with a rather impressive facade. The combination of art nouveau motifs and…

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  • Four Seasons Hotel at Gresham Palace, Budapest

    In October, I(Chris) attended a business conference in Budapest at the Four Seasons Hotel. Sue joined me and we stayed for a couple of extra days to see the city. Neither one of us has been to Hungary before. . The meetings were held in this historical Art Nouveau building in the center of Budapest. …

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