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		<title>Palazzina Grazzi on the Grand Canal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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For his first hotel designed in Italy, French designer, Philippe Starck, scored the Palazzina Grassi. The newest hotel in the heart of Venice, Italy is located on the Grand Canal, right next to the famed Palazzo Grassi. The façade is a classical 16th-century shell, behind which generations of noble and haute-bourgeois families lived and several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renamed Burj Dubai Opens as Burj Khalifa</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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On January 4, 2010 the tallest structure in the world was opened with fireworks and fanfare. One of the biggest surprises was the last-minute announcement that the name of the tower was changed to Burj Khalifa in honor of the Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates. What was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michelberger Hotel set to Open in Berlin</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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Hotel veterans might say newcomer Tom Michelberger is playing at being a hotelier which would be fine by him as “play” is a central theme to his brand new hotel.
The “first” Michelberger Hotel is set to open in September near the Oberbaum bridge over the river Spree in Berlin, Germany. The entire team behind the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rafael del Pino Auditorium-Madrid, Spain</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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When Spanish architect, Rafael de La-Hoz Castanys was asked to design an auditorium located in the old garden of the palacete built by Salaberry in 1907, he took the context of the location very seriously.
Based on the garden that previously existed in the same space, the Rafael del Pino Auditorium in Madrid, Spain is transparent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MUMUTH Performing Arts Center-Graz, Austria</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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Architecture for the arts can be a very tricky undertaking, yet when done successfully, can be fulfilling for the architect and for the public.
There is a fine line between a building overpowering the art and a design that enhances the art. Ben van Berkel of the renowned Dutch architecture firm UNStudio loves to walk that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jumbo Hostel-Sweden</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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There are many unique hotel concepts around the world. From the one room mobile Hotel Everland that is transported to different rooftops around Europe to the rooms inside massive concrete drainpipes of Dasparkhotel, hoteliers are finding innovative ways to create a unique hotel experience.
Just opened on February 15, 2009, the Jumbo Hostel is the latest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aloft is arising</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler Hurst</dc:creator>
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Things in Tempe are looking up.
aloft, the first Tempe hotel in nearly ten years, will open February 5, 2009, nearly seven weeks ahead of schedule. Geared toward the high tech-traveler, it&#8217;s a place where fancy meets simple right where it makes the most sense.
Featuring WiFi, online check-in, iPod-compatible speakers throughout the property, TVs with laptop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Room Mate Grace &#8211; New York</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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Grace: Creative, multicultural, charismatic&#8230;
So their web site states. But they left out unique, cool and hip. A good idea, as in today&#8217;s marketing world, those words have become cliché and Grace is most definitely not cliché. It is, however, unique, cool and hip in the very real definition of those words.
Located on 45th Street just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manchester Civil Justice Centre</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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Those crazy Brits are always giving buildings nicknames: Gherkin, Cheese Grater and the Shard. The Civil Justice Centre in Manchester, England is no exception, dubbed the &#8216;filing cabinet of justice&#8217; because its cantilevered floors resembling pulled out drawers.
The building offers a striking presence to the Manchester skyline at 16 stories punctuated with six green and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Francisco: A World Of Experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hamett</dc:creator>
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San Francisco is one of those cities that is whatever visitors want it to be. Once referred to as the Paris of the West, a better description might be the world of the west. Visitors can circle the globe by way of Chinatown, Japan Town, North Beach, the Russian hub and the Mission. Castro remains [...]]]></description>
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