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Tag Archives: renzo piano
See Basel: A City Artfully Designed to Please
Keen to take a city break that’s chock full of eye candy treats by some of the world’s greatest modern architects, designers, and artists? Go to Basel. I was blown away by all the fascinating stuff I got to behold during my few days there. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Basel, Basel City Break, Design, Germany, Graffiti, Museums, Shopping, Switzerland, Travel
Tagged 20th century design, ARCHITECTURE, Arnold Bocklin, Art, Basel, Basel City Break, Basel Fine Art Museum, Basel in Weil am Rhein, Basler Papiermühle, Beyeler Foundation, braque, bruce nauman, Cézanne, Charles Eames, city tour, cubism, design, eames, fine art, Fondation Beyeler, Frank Gehry, George Nelson, German Expressionism, germany, Graffiti, Herzog & de Meuron, Holbein, Isamu Noguchi, Jean Tingugely, Katharina Fritsch, Krištof Kintera, Kunstmuseum Basel, Laurenz Foundation, Léger, modern architecture, modern art, Monet, Münchenstein, Museum Tinguely, museums, pablo picasso, paper mill, paper museum, Paul Chan, picasso, Rattenkonig, Ray Eames, renaissance art, renzo piano, Rhein, Richar Serra, Robert Gober, rudolph suter, Schaulager, sculptor, street art, swiss, swiss design, swiss symbolism, switzerland, Travel, travel blog, vitra, vitra campus, Vitra Design Museum
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Ancient Frescos and Fresh Mountain Air in Trento, Italy (CheapOair)
With a newly opened museum designed by star architect Renzo Piano; a distinctive sparkling wine with a rich tradition behind it; an exquisite regional gastronomy that’s big on flavour; and of course a stunning backdrop of snowcapped mountains, the lively … Continue reading
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Posted in CheapOair, Drink, Food, Italy, Shopping, Travel, Wine
Tagged alpine, alps, Castello del Buonconsiglio, design, dolomites, Drink, Food, Italy, methodo classico, MuSe, MuSe Science Museum, museum, northern italy, Palazzo Roccabruna, renzo piano, restaurants, science museum, Shopping, sparkling wine, spumante, Travel, Trentino, Trento, trentodoc, wine, Италия, イタリア, 意大利
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Tasty Tales from the Italian Ham Highway: a-MuSe-ing and Bubbly Trento
After an all too short sojourn in Friuli (God, I hope I make it back there before too long), I hit the autostrada heading west to the region of Trentino for an overnight stay to see what sort of wonders its scenic city of Trento had to offer. With a newly opened museum designed by a star architect; a distinctive sparkling wine with a rich tradition behind it; and an exquisite regional gastronomy that’s big on flavour, locally sourced ingredients and seasonality – the answer I soon discovered was A LOT! Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, Design, Drink, Food, Italy, Restaurants, road trip, Shopping, Tasty Tales from the Italian Ham Highway, Travel, Wine
Tagged al vo', alpine, alps, antica birreria pedavena, beer, bellaveder, Blanc de Noirs, Bollicine su Trento, brewery, bubbles in Trento, cantine ferrari, Castello del Buonconsiglio, chef alfio ghezzi, design, dolomites, Drink, ferrari, ferrari spumante, ferrari wine, Food, hotel, Hotel America, Hotel America Trento, hotels, Italy, lager, Lager Chiara, locanda margon, mach, methius, methodo classico, michelin star, microbrewery, MuSe, MuSe Science Museum, museum, northern italy, Palazzo Roccabruna, Perlé Nero Pinot Noir, pizza, pizzeria, renzo piano, restaurants, science museum, Shopping, sparkling wine, spumante, Tasty Tales from the Italian Ham Highway, tavern, Travel, travel blog, travel blogger, Trentino, Trento, trentodoc, wine, wine festival, Италия, イタリア, 意大利
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