Have a great weekend!

'Landscape, Architecture & Wine' Competition (only students)

I wish I could have taken part in a contest like this when I was an Architecture student. Living in La Rioja, with a fantastic vineyard landscape everywhere, is so inspiring…

(Imagen de la web arquideas)

This is a competition from arquideas, a fantastic website where you can find other contests, exhibitions and architectural news and events.

If you are a student, I recommend you to take a look at this and (why not?) take part!

Good luck!

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Fallingwater® at home!

Well, holidays are gone and a new Wednesday is coming so…

I´ve been thinking what could I do to take a break tomorrow.  And I’ve discovered something really funny to spend some time all the family playing on the floor…

Yes! It’s Lego and it’s one of my favorite architecture icon (it’s my profile’s image), Fallingwater!

It includes instructions and a complete dossier about Frank Lloyd Wright and the details of the project.

And I had no idea it existed until now!  

I’m going to order it right now, and I promise to share with you the result of our construction work.

Have a nice Wednesday!

"Construcciones Vitivinícolas"

“Construcciones Vitivinícolas Palou”

Buenos días,

Aquí os dejo una foto que me traje de un rincón del Born de Barcelona (visita que os recomiendo).

Es el rótulo de lo que ahora es una tienda de complementos y bolsos., y se encuentra en la Plaça de les Olles.

Me encantaría saber de cuándo es el rótulo y la empresa, y qué tipo de Construcciones llevaba a cabo, seguramente para las bodegas más antiguas de la zona…

En estos días, las bodegas más pequeñas, tradicionales y familiares, en Cataluña tienen un gran auge, yo me he traído alguna muestra de sus vinos, espero comentarlos con vosotros pronto…

Have a great weekend!

Today is an amazing bright and sunny spring Friday! And here is a nice and colored photo I want to share with you. It’s  from a fantastic olive products store (Olive Delicatessen del Mediterráneo) I visited in my latest trip to Barcelona.

A lot of different flavored vinegar bottles, with simple labels, lovely, aren’t they? And it is so good... yummy!

Perfect for a weekend lunch, I can't wait to taste the one I bought.

Enjoy your weekend!

Feet on the ground

When I am travelling I actually enjoy taking photos of the things that you cannot find in a typical travel guide, I can’t resist taking pictures of cute places, rare people and things like that.

Much as I enjoy discovering new cities and great sights, my favorite part of a trip is finding the charm of the small corners.

It is the same to me with the pavements of the streets I walk around for the first time. I can’t help looking at my feet every time I discover something new under them.  

Therefore, I want to show you some of those singular pavement-photos here.

What about the first one? This is a ‘paving brick’ from Aspen, Colorado, one of the ‘heated sidewalks’ you can walk along even in a snowy evening on your dry boots.

There are lots of traditional houses and cozy mountain hotels you can still discover in this old mining town, also the most luxury boutiques and jewelry stores.

I loved this amazing ski- resort and have thousands of nice photos from there, moreover of the exclusive streets.

What little things do you like to take photos of?