2013-05-19T02:04:56-04:00 http://archinect.com/news/article/55300085/the-architecture-of-london-2012-official-olympic-sponsorship Nam Henderson 2012-08-14T19:31:00-04:00 >2012-08-14T19:41:22-04:00 <img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/mg/mg8y8byd7mnqp5eh.jpg" width="514" height="343" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>Give Coca-Cola points for architectural originality. It has built what looks like a series of red and white plastic blocks that have just been hit with buckshot and are exploding into shards. What is this thing? It is the Coca-Cola Beat Box, a &ldquo;building that you can play,&rdquo; as the company&rsquo;s many young docents will exuberantly explain.</p></em><br /><br /><p> David Segal took readers on a tour of the corporate&nbsp;sponsorship&nbsp; pavilions at London's Olympic Park. Mr. Segal found&nbsp;corporate self-promotion run amok. Along with a range of architectural follies.</p> http://archinect.com/news/article/21744523/moravia-s-architectural-landscape Nam Henderson 2011-09-26T00:49:00-04:00 >2011-09-26T10:30:10-04:00 <img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/ec/eciiqkglqalorqo8.jpg" width="514" height="343" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>But what most attracted me was the architectural landscape of South Moravia &mdash; its surprising profusion of castles and chateaus, built between the 12th and the 19th centuries, many of them designated by Unesco as sites of cultural significance.</p></em><br /><br /><p> Evan Rail visits the region of&nbsp;Moravia the lesser known cousin of Bohemia, in the Czech Republic. Along the way he encounters the 19th century architectural follies of the&nbsp;Liechtenstein family, discovers&nbsp;Moravia&rsquo;s Baroque castles and manages to reference&nbsp;the philosopher Gaston Bachelard.</p>