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San Simeon outdoor pool
The outdoor pool at San Simeon epitomizes the site’s southern Spanish Renaissance and gothic style. Construction is primarily of poured concrete, embellished with European antiguities and facsimilies thereof. Despite going top-dollar all the way, the result verges on kitsch. Still, it must have been a kick spalshing around in this hilltop pool.
More photos to come [...]
Posted: April 3rd, 2008 under architecture, further afield.
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Pool at Hearst Castle
Just a photo today, as we head south a little bit, to Hearst Castle near Cambria. This is one of the opulent indoor pools.
Posted: December 20th, 2007 under architecture, further afield.
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Pelli Clarke Pelli / Hines: “a sense of lightheartedness”
The Transbay Joint Powers Authority board approved the proposal of the Houston-based Pelli Clark Pelli / Hines group for the design of the new Transbay Terminal. (See photos of the three finalists here.) The tower envisioned in the group’s design soars to 120 stories high. The PCP/H proposal had previously won the favor of [...]
Posted: September 21st, 2007 under architecture, getting around.
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Transbay Terminal designs
I got over to City Hall yesterday to see the models and visualizations of the new Transbay Terminal (on view for that one day only). The general outlines of this have been reported elsewhere, although we still seem to be waiting for a full and careful consideration of the plans. The plans were commissioned by [...]
Posted: August 9th, 2007 under architecture, getting around.
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