Category: architecture
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Cité Internationale de Lyon: Part 2
Beside the hotel, the Cité Internationale has residences, a major conference center, a number of restaurants (including a Mexican-themed restaurant !), a multiplex cinema, a small casino and the Museum of Contemporary Art (Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon or mac-lyon). This art piece shown above is placed in the walkway that run through the entire cité.…
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Cité Internationale de Lyon: Part 1
I attended a 2-day business meeting in Lyon towards the end of April. It finished on a Friday, so Sue came to join me for the weekend to explore this city. Neither one had been here before and there is a lot to see and eat. The meeting was held at the Hilton Lyon and we…
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The Cube – one of my workspaces
The Cube is the brand new building that houses my employer’s research and development deaprtments, many of which were previously scattered in various parts of Europe. My office is not in the Cube but I spend several days a week in here. These pictures make the place looks like an evil, sinister laboratory where zombies break…
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I ♥ NY: High Above Bryant Park
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNvgpJdc8R8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0] Before I left NYC, I visited an ex-colleague who works in an office that overlooks Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan. His office, facing east on the 31st floor has floor-to-ceiling glass window. Chrysler building, NYC Library, Empire State building, and Bryant Park’s ice-rink in Christmas are all in full view. The vista is breathtaking.
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Temporary Home Sweet Home
Here are some pictures of the interiors of my temporary home – living/dining room, kitchen, a small bedroom and a finished attic with a bed, and a foyer. The house has one of those typical European staircase. Another tenant lives below me and the landlord (a couple with 2 dogs) occupy the ground floor with…
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I ♥ NY: Cityscape Video
This video of Manhattan cityscape created by time-lapse photography (I presumed) is fantastic – movement of the crescent-shaped moon, pulsing street traffic, the smoke, airplanes landing and taking off, and the sunrise. I believe the view is that of upper Manhattan and the Bronx with La Guardia Airport at the back. But before you view the…