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...California was supposed to look? The small site is in a raggedy neighborhood; the budget was not great ($4.8 million); students and faculty yearned for a physical sense of community. Gehry's solution is a small miracle. Using his customary sorts of raw materials--galvanized steel, plywood and stucco--he has virtually invented a new form of late-20th century urban classicism, simultaneously gritty and dignified...
...restaurant, with its aquamarine walls and two cases displaying Skala's fantastic mechanical constructions, has the feel of tropical-sea shallows. The downstairs performance hall's orange stucco walls sprout giant polypores and bear soft bas-reliefs of such things as a nymph and an ear, evoking a dream sequence. And if you look hard enough inside one of the bars, you may even spot a palm-sized wall opening that reveals a secret crypt. Now that's underground. tel: (420-2) 96 330 911; www.palacakropolis.cz
...rarely exhibits, Skala spent five years outfitting Akropolis with his eclectic vision that examines the mystery in ordinary objects and spaces. The restaurant, with its aquamarine walls and two cases displaying Skala's fantastic mechanical constructions, has the feel of tropical-sea shallows. The downstairs performance hall's orange stucco walls sprout giant polypores and bear soft bas-reliefs of such things as a nymph and an ear, evoking a dream sequence. And if you look hard enough inside one of the bars, you may even spot a palm-sized wall opening that reveals a secret crypt. Now that...
Tucked away in the by-lanes of Baghdad's upscale Yarmouk district, the Omar al-Mukhtar Mosque is an unimpressive structure. Gray cement and concrete, it boasts no glittering dome, no grand courtyard, no elaborate stucco work on the ceiling. The loudspeakers on its single minaret are set at a modest volume, and the muezzin's call to prayer barely travels a few blocks. "We like to keep things low-key," says Abdul Karim al-Nasseri, the mosque's soft-voiced imam. "People come here for quiet contemplation...
...Bald Rock Bush Retreat expecting to check the prices and move on, but after cresting a hill on a dirt road for which my rented Ford Focus is woefully unequipped, I am instantly captivated by the stunning Spanish-style hacienda. Gorgeous flowering vines climb in manicured patterns up broad stucco walls, and peering into windows I see clean, open rooms painted in bright oranges, greens, blues and reds. I’m ahead of schedule so I opt to call it a day and settle into one of the dorm beds at the heart of the rugged, beautiful estate...