Peter Zumthor was born on April 26, 1943, in Basel, Switzerland. He is a world-renowned award-winning architect, but he is also a conservationist. Peter Zumthor himself stated in an interview back in 2018 for dezeen.com, “Architects may be limited in their power to...
To say that the Ellie Caulkins Opera House has the heart and soul of a 27-year-old despite the years she carries on her exterior body would not be a lie or exaggeration. It is all true! Here is her story. The original building was called the Municipal Auditorium; it...
Sarah Winchester, while known as an architect, was probably most noted as an American heiress who acquired great wealth after her husband’s death. Her husband was William Wirt Winchester of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, a rifle manufacturer. In fact, the...
In honor of the 30th anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down this month, we thought we’d share some interesting facts about this historic monument. The irony of the Berlin Wall was that the idea was conceived and built by the East German administration, led by...
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, also known as Mark Twain (November 30,1835 – April 21, 1910) was a prolific American writer. He wrote classics such as “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” and “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s...