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What IS this...giant upside down cupcake?

What IS this...giant upside down cupcake? | Human Interest | Scoop.it
All across America, the world in fact, is indescribable beauty often referred to as visions of grandeur. Many such wonders occur naturally while others are man-made. Within those made by the hands of man lies the world of architecture, which is fascinating as it features an artistic flair filled with strange, weird, bizarre, wonderful buildings. Like beauty itself, architecture is observed differently through the eyes of each beholder.

This Day in History: October 21, 1959

The building in the photo below to some might resemble a giant upside down cupcake. Unusual? Yes. Artistic? Most definitely. Not only is the building itself seen as an art form but it is home to one of the world's renown collections of art.


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Sweden to return ancient Andean textiles to Peru soon

Sweden to return ancient Andean textiles to Peru soon | Human Interest | Scoop.it
A unique collection of ancient Andean textiles will soon return to Peru, more than 80 years after they were smuggled out of the country to end up in Gothenburg city, Sweden.

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Oldest Papyrus Scrolls in Egypt Placed On Display

Oldest Papyrus Scrolls in Egypt Placed On Display | Human Interest | Scoop.it
The oldest scrolls of papyrus ever discovered in Egypt – bearing hieroglyphs that describe how the Great Pyramid of Giza was constructed, have been placed on display in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The papyri were discovered in 2013, when an international team of Egyptian and French archaeologists were exploring a cave in Wadi el-Jarf, …

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Metz Museum by Shigeru Ban

Metz Museum by Shigeru Ban | Human Interest | Scoop.it

Shigeru Ban says that in designing the idiosyncratic new construction, he was inspired by the “architecture” of traditional Chinese hats woven from rice straw.

The offices, with their large, smooth windows, were accommodated in the angular transoms of Centre Pompidou in Metz, and appear to have been pushed into the hat. These white cubes were highlighted by the flatness of the Alucobond® elements in pure white. The new 10,000- square metre centre for the arts in north eastern France does not exhibit any collection of its own but makes use of works stored at the Paris centre, which, with more than 65,000 works, owns the largest collection of contemporary and modern art in Europe.


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