Domènech's most "complete interior" is the 1908 Palau de la Música Catalana, a stunning concert hall miraculously shoehorned into a small lot at the junction of the old city and the new.
The exhibition, which runs until Sept. 23, features more than 200 drawings by Mies and his staff, photos, a 1954 model of the Seagram Building and plans for some of the architect's buildings in Chicago, including the Lake Shore Drive Apartments (1951) and the stunning Crown Hall (1956) on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology.
His personal assistant liberally distributed business cards, and at one point I happen to know he even told staff not to worry abou the non-suited geeks in the stunning reception hall, which is more used to seeing suits and ties.
Chan still has his moments, like a stunning pool-hall fight after he's been taught that "What's up, my nigger" is the way to engage the locals in conversation, nicely choreographed to James Brown's Night Train.
In St. Andrew Square the Royal Bank of Scotland, built as a town house in 1772 74 for Sir Lawrence Dundas when he was the member of Parliament for Edinburgh, is a fine example of an 18th-century mansion and has a stunning Victorian banking hall (1858).
Meanwhile, on an island in Hamburg, their stunning Elbphilharmonie concert hall has just had its topping-out ceremony.
Vithalla is a large temple complex featuring a stunning 100-column hall, a large chariot-shaped shrine and several mandapas.
In past years, these have included screenings at geothermal swimming pools, as well as premieres at Harpa, the city's architecturally stunning new concert hall (the largest in Scandinavia).
Start at the stunning Paris city hall -- the point a small band of soldiers under the charge of Captain Raymond Dronne reached just before midnight on August 24, the day before the liberation of Paris.
We're halfway through the show by the time they meet, and Hall looks stunning.
