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China, Silk Road - Jiayuguan Pass
Among the passes on the Great Wall, Jiayuguan is the most intact surviving ancient military building. The pass is also known by the name the "First and Greatest Pass Under Heaven", which is not to be confused with the "First Pass Under...
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Music History - Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 Listener's Guide Music History
Rachmaninoff's piano concerto No. 2 is one of his most well known pieces, but did you know that Rachmaninoff struggled with depression and writer's block before being able to write this lovely piece of music? We look at the history...
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Watch: World’s tallest bridge opens in China. It's nearly 9 times higher than the Golden Gate Bridge
New ReviewAt 625 metres above the Beipan River, the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge is more than two times taller than the Shard in London.
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European leaders hold emergency summit to save Iran deal
EU foreign ministers hold emergency meeting as Europe tries to steer US and Iran back to nuclear diplomacy.
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'We're the black restorers': Meet the volunteers saving the wooden churches in northern Russia
"We jokingly call ourselves 'black restorers' because what we do no one else wants to do," Alexander Saprykin told Euronews. Pointing at the dilapidated logs of the "drums" — the special roof of the St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Church...
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Architecture festival: China short-listed for 94 awards
Chinese projects are shortlisted in virtually every one of the 39 categories of prizes at this week’s awards.
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Watch: Saints take to the skies from Paris' Notre Dame cathedral
Sixteen saints have taken to the skies from the spires of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral. The copper statues were removed from its roof by a 100-metre crane for restoration work, as part of a €6 million project to renovate the cathedral....
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Sustainable 45-metre observation towers opens in Denmark
A 45-metre hour-glass observation tower has opened in a Danish forest. The Camp Adventures Forest Tower — built in the Gisselfeld Castle Forest, about a 50-minute drive from Copenhagen — is now the highest point in the Zealand region,...
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Making waves: Europe's first underwater restaurant opens in Norway
Europe's first underwater restaurant opened on Wednesday, with more than 7,000 diners already booked in to eat among the fishes – at a cost of €380 per head. The restaurant, sitting at the tip of Norway's southern coast and partly...
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Gingerbread City opens its gates to take a look at the future
The imaginary city made of gingerbread and designed by some of the most innovative UK practices invites visitors to experience contemporary architecture and design at London's Victoria and Albert Museum . The annual exhibition put...
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Taiwan now home to 'world's largest performing arts centre'
Taiwan is now home to the sprawling National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts, which is said to be the largest performing arts centre in the world. Also known as Weiwuying, it houses four theatres — a concert hall, opera house, play house...
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Cementing the future: the EU's ECOBINDER project takes a hard look at concrete
Chemical engineers, materials scientists and environmental experts are hard at work attempting to develop cement not only with better insulating properties, but also more cheaply, efficiently, and environmentally friendly. How, and to...
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Watch: Locals push to save Europe's largest wooden building from ruins
Locals and historians alike are hoping that this century-old wooden building in Turkey can be salvaged. The building, which is the largest wooden structure in Europe, has decayed to ruins. Built as a casino and hotel in 1899, the...
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Spain’s new UNESCO world heritage site
The UNESCO list of world heritage sites has a new addition. After Spain's medieval city of Medina Azahara was added on Sunday. The site had remained buried for a thousand years until its discovery at the beginning of the 20th century. It...
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New Monet exhibition in London explores the use of buildings in his work
French Impressionist painter Claude Monet is perhaps best known for his landscapes in his native France. Now, a new exhibition at London's National Gallery is exploring another of his favoured subjects - architecture. It aims to show how...
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Europe's largest wooden building at risk of collapse
The Prinkipo Greek Orphanage is the largest wooden construction in Europe and the second largest in the world. Located in Büyükada, one of the nine Princes’ Islands off the coast of Istanbul, it was built in 1898. The building housed an...
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Witness the Sharjah Light Festival
The city of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates is aglow for its annual Light Festival. The eighth edition this year celebrates science, creativity and heritage. For 11 days, 24 international light artists beamed their talent and...
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Nazi bunker made into museum by Ground Zero architect
One of the biggest bunkers built by the Nazis has been turned into a museum. The Tirpitz bunker in dunes on the west coast of Denmark were built in 1944. Denmark’s Crown Prince officially opened the Tirpitz Museum on Thursday. Exhibition...
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The Pompidou Centre in Paris celebrates its 40th birthday
The Pompidou Centre in Paris is instantly recognisable. It is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The iconic building with its radical architecture was designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers. It was opened to the public on January...
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An app for tourists to Berlin to view the buildings of modernist architect Walter Gropius
A smartphone app is bringing to life the world of the modernist architect Walter Gropius – one of the founders of the Bauhaus art school. Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus in 1919. Browse the Harvard Collection. https://t.co/hTsCSJdHiE—...
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Wilshire Grand Centre skyscraper in Los Angeles set to defy earthquakes
An iconic skyscraper will be one of the tallest in the world when it’s completed in the next few months. But it’s already making headlines not just for its height but also for it’s state-of-the-art earthquake proofing. The 73-storey...
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EU set to open new ‘320m’ HQ as governments tighten belts
The EU district of Brussels is, like the weather, grey and dreary. So what better to spruce it up than a colourful new building? Except this new meeting place for EU leaders comes at a price; a whopping 320 million euros. Commissioned in...
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The Mosaic Tile House in LA tells a love story in colour and ceramics
Every surface is a canvas for artists Cheri Pann and Gonzalo Duran, who have covered the walls and floors of their home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Venice with all sort of mosaic tiles, figurines, broken plates and even coffee...
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Italy: Bringing the eco-beast back from the brink!
Can buildings once dubbed ‘eco-monsters’ become models of ecological-sustainability? Apparently they can! In Genoa, Italy, a complex, nicknamed ‘the washing machine’ due to its facade made up of concrete slabs with empty circles, is a...