We arrived at our Riyad - it's really nice - and different!
We are staying in a riyad. A traditional Moroccan family home with all doors and windows pointing inward to the central courtyard. There's lots of carved wood and stone and great big pillars.
by Flat Stanleys
Doorway
In the Museum of the friends of Marrakesh, housed in a restored 19th century riad.
by jonwild
Riad Omar
The courtyard of the riad-turned-hotel where I stayed for four nights in Marrakech.
by JLauren
Palatial museum
The Marrakech Museum of Moroccan art and sculpture. Formerly the palace of a Government Minister, it was built in the nineteenth century and restored and reopened in 1997.
by Stringendo
Marrakech Riad
A view to the floor of our lovely riad in Marrakech. (A riad is a traditional Moroccan guesthouse)
by AdsEye
Beautiful House - Aleppo, Syria
A beautiful old house in Aleppo demonstrating the great Syrian architecture of house even this house was built 300 years ago, all in stone.
by mimad25
Evergreen Place_2
This home was built in 1794 and known as Evergreen Place. It used to be the location of the Jim Reeves Museum. Tennessee Preservation Trust has listed it as one of the most endangered sites in the state. Hopefully it will not be tore down.
Unfortunately in September 2005 this site was torn down. I'm glad I was able to photograph it before it was destroyed.
by wifeofvolsfan
Lovely home
A brilliant home on the bank of the river near Cedar Lake in Minneapolis, MN
by bryanbope
Le Don Hilton - Jersey
HDR: Le Don Hilton (also known as La Caumine à Marie Best) is an old guard house on the western side of Le Chemin de L’Ouzière, St. Ouen, Jersey, Channel Islands, Great Britain.
It is also called ‘The White Cottage’ due to its distinctive whitewashed walls and it was used as a landmark for sailors.
The property resembles a small cottage, with a solid roof of vaulted masonry.
Constructed 1765. The property now belongs to the National Trust for Jersey. It is unoccupied and available for to let for short periods.
Copyright: 2007 - Jerseyimage
by jerseyimage
taliesin west
"Designed 1937-59
In late 1937 Wright purchased land in northeast Scottsdale, Arizona, where he and his young apprentices took on the task of building Taliesin West as a winter "camp." The complex of buildings included residential spaces, theaters, a shop, and an architectural studio and drafting room.
From its inception, the buildings at Taliesin West astounded architectural critics with their beauty and unusual form. In it 1956 report Architectural Record called a visit to Taliesin West "an experience in color, light, and time . . . Most of all, the building is an experience in time: approach terraces, the steps, the long walk under the pergola, the penetration into the heart of the building itself: all these form a subtle sequence of varied spaces, scales, and shapes . . .Perhaps never since the baroque period has the element of time been used so skillfully in realizing the enchantment of an intricate work of art."
Wright continued to add buildings and make changes to the site for twenty years. Taliesin West served as Wright's winter home, architectural studio, and campus for the Taliesin Fellowship."
by shawnwall
turf house
this is part of the Glaumbær turf house located in Skagafjordur, north of Iceland. People lived in houses like this up until late 1800 and in some remote places even longer. It´s made of turf and rocks with wooden front and kept our ancestors warm in the long and cold winters we used to have here. This is now a museum
by lolla_sig
Pristine Island floating huts
Another shot of the floating rooms of Pristine Island. The sky opened up after many days of rain and was lucky to be at a location as pretty, clear and clean as this.
Cochin, Kerala, India.
by ezee as hell
colors of oberammergau.
the bavarian town of oberammergau, as seen from the alpine peak "ettaler mandl". mind you, it took me two hours to climb up that mountain, so please see large view! (430mm leica lens in a panasonic lumix fz20)
by ragazzo bavarese
Home sweet Home
A typical danish interior from the 1920's.
We are at the private of a seamens home/hostel.
by fredesorensen
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