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Architecture
Santiago overview
In Santiago, Chile, Sky Costanera, the highest man-made lookout point in South America, opened in August 2015 at the top of the Gran Torre Santiago building at the Costanera Center (Avenida Andrés Bello 2425, Providencia, Santiago, Chile; phone +562 29169200, www.skycostanera.cl/en/start). At 300 meters, Gran Torre Santiago is the second-tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere.
Slovenian architect museum
In post-WWI Ljubljana, Slovenian architect Jože Plecnik designed and built many city landmarks in a neoclassic Greek style. Six works have been nominated for UNESCO World Heritage status, including, in Ljubljana, his promenade and bridges on the Ljubljanica River, the National & University Library, the Church of St. Francis, the Church of St. Michael and the Garden of All Saints in Žale Cemetery.
Fast Skytree Ticket
With the new Fast Skytree Ticket, a visitor to the 2,080-foot-tall Tokyo Skytree (1 Chome-1-2 Oshiage, Sumida, Tokyo 131-0045, Japan; phone +81 570 550 634, www.tokyo-skytree.jp/en) who is a nonresident of Japan now can bypass the line to the elevator to the building’s viewing Tembo Deck, 1,148 feet up. The Skytree is the world’s hightest freestanding broadcast tower.
Architecture in Denmark
The Danish Architecture Center’s new webguide helps you plan your own architectural walking tours through Copenhagen, Odense, Aarhus and Aalborg. There are 14 tours in all. Visit www.dac.dk/guide, choose the ones you like, print them out and you’re ready to go!
For info on Denmark, call the Danish Tourist Board at 212/885-9700 or visit www.visitdenmark.com.
Parisian Architecture through the ages
7-day/6-night walking tour of 2,000 years of Parisian architecture, hosted by author Rachel Kaplan (“Little-Known Museums In and Around Paris”) and architectural historian Arthur Gillette, Sept. 10-17 and Oct. 23-30, ’04.
Among highlights: Gallo-Roman baths, gladiatorial arenas/Art Nouveau district of Hector Guimard/Modernist buildings of Le Corbusier and Mallet-Stevens/buildings designed by Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel, Christian Potzemparc, Philippe Starck and Renzo Piano/meetings with leading French architects/optional tours to Villa Savoye and Vaux-le-Vicomte. $2,750, land.
Revisiting Myanmar – the difference a decade makes
by Jacques & Jeanine Prosper; Ballston Lake, NY
In the fall of 2002, we toured Myanmar, visiting Myitkyina, Yangon, Mandalay, Bagan, Kalaw, the Pindaya Caves and Inle Lake. We had a wonderful time.