Israel Beyond Wars bring up a different image of Israel than the ones frequently shown by the media. It shows popular places crowded with people, innovating architecture and a continuously shanging landscape.
The Cerritos Library emerges as a challenge to the very meaning of what a library should be today. A youngster expressed her feelings by calling it “Cooler than the Mall.” Located at the center of a sprawling suburbia of over ten million people, it carries a message of multiculturalism.
The September 2012 issue of Foreign Policy about 75 cities to watch between now and 2025 is reveling. It shows that architecture plays a critical role, not only in bringing quantitative solutions for the needs of a growing population, but also in determining the life quality standards of the 21st. Century.
Why is it that libraries remain an important subject today? Public libraries are a symbol of a democratic access to knowledge. The Los Angeles Central Library is a stimulant destination for learning.
Long Beach’s beach is a long urban one. It serves mainly the local population. It is a relaxing, mostly uncrowded place, in spite of being surrounded by the 16 million people of the Greater Los Angeles. This video illustrates different segments for different interests: walking, biking, kite surfing and water sports.
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