Walking on the roof of the Oslo Opera House at night.

The dark, shiny interior of the Nantes Courthouse, designed by Jean Nouvel in year 2000.

Alphamuro is a shelving system where the shelf supports serve also as bookends. Designed by Jasper Morrison in 1996 for Alias.

The basic exterior of Les Bains des Docks in Le Havre, by Jean Nouvel, offers only abstract glances of the wonderful interior.

The Bird in the Bush stackable cups have a good balance of poetry and geometry.

This translucent polycarbonate box serves as entrance hall in this warehouse converted into a public events venue along the Bordeaux riverside.

This concrete panels facade for an extension by Édouard François of the Hôtel Fouquet’s Barrière in Paris, is based on a cast of an original Haussmann facade design.

Le Refuge by Stéphane Thidet was one of the installations in Nantes for the Estuaire 2009 event.

An inverted periscope is part of the wonderful square renewal of the Célestins Square in Lyon, that includes also vivid greenery, a pool fountain, wood flooring, and an underground parking.

The view through the periscope is puzzling…

…and we could not help but go seven floors downstairs to see a moving sculpture in action.
Place designed by: Michel Desvignes
Parking designed by: Jean-Michel Wilemotte with Michel Targe, architects - Daniel Buren, artist
Year: 1995
Visited: April 2009
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A 500ml water bottle by Muji: a new essential accessory to show off at the gym.

At the Swiss Expo.02 arteplage of Yverdon-les-Bains it was possible for any couple of people to get married for one day and exchange vows with glowing sticks.

The Pfaffenholz Sports Complex, one of the first renowned work by Herzog and De Meuron, is quite hard to find while crossing the Switzerland-France border in Basel.

A townhouse in Berlin has the architect's firm branding at eye level.

The Oceanic ballpoint pen, from the Tombow design collection, is a leap into the 90s.

A photovoltaic plant implemented on a metaphysical huge canopy in Barcelona Forum 2004.

The V building facade of the VM Houses, featured in #10709, is a small disappointment when seen for real.

The Glass Hall of the Tokyo International Forum, by Rafael Viñoly, is a must-see architectonic space.

Empty white bookshelves placed underground commemorates the book burning of 1933 in Berlin. Memorial by Micha Ullman opened in 1995 in Bebelplatz.

At first sight the Kunsthaus in Bregenz by Peter Zumthor just looks like another contemporary building made of glass and steel, but it is not.

The Monolito at the Foro Italico in Roma, a single block of Carrara marble 17.4 meters high, shines again in the sunset light after an endless restoration.

Lost in a wood in south-east Berlin suburbs, the Baumschulenweg crematorium is an impressive and inspiring building.

The wonderful lettering used in the complex Les Bains des Docks by Jean Nouvel is now a font available for download.

The Lairesse pharmacy in Amsterdam has something more interesting than the green lighted interior.

Puppy, the topiary dog by Jeff Koons, in Bilbao since 1997.

The Whale housing complex is THE landmark of the Eastern Docklands in Amsterdam.

After ten years artist Mimmo Paladino and musician Brian Eno work together for an exhibition at the Ara Pacis Musem in Roma.

The CableBox by BlueLounge in use. Amazed by how it was able to fit all those plugs, cables and power adaptors.

10.000 changing-color light globes at the Circo Massimo in Rome for the Notte Bianca. A wonderful view, night and day.

Visiting Nebesa, a Slovenian mountain resort on the edge of "heaven".

Not enough internet buzz about the stunning Valentino exhibition at the Ara Pacis Museum in Rome. This is our contribution.