Tucked away in the lush, green hillsides of the northwest, the Aristi Mountain Resort & Villas is a far cry from the white stucco-lined islands of the Greece you’re use to. Continue reading
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Tea House
The site is located at the lowland downstream the dam with a broad river view in front of it. The elevated tea house allows visitors to have a good view and slight wind – both are essential elements of tea drinking session. Continue reading
The Feuerle Collection
The Feuerle Collection opened on October 14, 2016. The new Berlin museum is dedicated to Désiré Feuerle’s unique collection and juxtaposes international contemporary artists with Imperial Chinese furniture and ancient Southeast Asian art. Continue reading
The Beauty of Canada’s Colorful Ice Fishing Huts
Richard Johnson is a photographer based in Toronto, Canada who has worked for 18 years as interior designer specializing in retail design and lighting. For his project “Ice Huts”, Richard has spent much of the last eight years traveling across Canada Continue reading
Hundreds of Leaves Showing The Beauty of Diversity And Imperfection
Hundreds of leaves showing that nature manufactures unique and incredibly beautiful structures. I think they look that interesting because they are not perfect and differ so much. Continue reading
Naturavive Sleeping Capsules
- The Natura Vive Skylodge is made up of three clear capsules hanging from a cliff in Peru’s Sacred Valley
- Fearless travellers can spend the night dangling precariously, 400-feet over the heartland of the Inca Empire
- To get there, you must first climb a cliff face, and in the morning, a zip wire takes you back down again
Homes in Unexpected Places
See the homes of 70% of Caracas’ residents
In Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, nearly seventy percent of the population lives in slums that seem to drape over every corner of the city.
Welcome to the world’s largest vertical slum
In the centre of the city is the Torre David, a forty-five story unfinished office tower that was in the midst of construction until the developer died in 1993, and the crash of the Venezuelan economy the following year. About eight years ago, people started moving in to the abandoned construction site, and today it is considered the world’s largest vertical slum. Continue reading
The Urban Villages of China
Over the last four decades, China has experienced rapid urban growth and massive rural to urban migration. Between the late seventies to the early 21st century, more than 300 million people moved from rural areas to cities, increasing its urbanization rate from 17.9% (1978) to 39.1% (2002) over a period of 24 years. It took Britain 120 years, the United States 80 years, and Japan more than 30 years to accomplish this. In the past few decades, China’s urban population growth has been higher than that of Asia as well as the world. In 1982, some 210 million people lived in the urban areas accounting for 21% of the total population. By the end of 2015, China had a total urban population of 771 million or 56.1% of the entire population. By 2025, it is estimated that about 70% of China’s population will be living in the cities. Continue reading