Mesmerising glow

Thats Valankulam for you!!!! Well thought UK bypass. Flyover railway crossing on Sungam - UK(Ukkadam) bypass Road. No need to travel through Townhall hectic traffic to reach destinations like junctions for Palghat/Pollachi, Eachanari. This is a time saver taking just 5-10 min to reach those junction.

Bored of Coimbatore.......Advantages: Go Spidey Go!!!!
1) Just like a Cauvery River Bridge connecting srirangam temple in Trichy, this may become a time passing hangout for evening walkers, chatters, bird watchers. No crow after 7 pm though.Joggers kindly excuse, you need to run for life, if lorries, scorpio, sumo travel via this in low speed of 80kmph.

2) With wonderful view of green patches round the valankulam, those who are bored of Coimbatore, but likes to travel a lot on weekends, can take their vehicle and start from Gandhipuram, then thru flyover to Ukkadam, take right into townhall, comeback to Gandhipuram. And another round, until fuel gets over :)

3) Pleasant Stay at Police Station guaranteed, when anywhere in the city you are asked for papers by policemen and you surrender your "Hindu Newspapers". ["Be Careful"..I am telling to myself]

Special Footwear

Courtesy : Mr.Sunder and Mrs. RejuSunder

House of the 20th century

Falling Water remains a favourite example of how design can creatively integrate a site and a building.

One would never imagine that a house can become an architectural icon of a century. Architectural excellence is often associated either with monumentality or structural innovation. A house, many tend to think is not something that can measure up to becoming a wonder. Falling Water or Kauffman’s residence belies all these notions. This modern house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright is hailed by many as the house of the 20th century. It was voted as “the best all-ti me work of American architecture” by the American Institute of Architects in 1991.
Falling Water was built between 1936 and 1939. Kaufmann, Sr., a departmental store Moghul commissioned Wright who was aged 70 then to build this weekend house. While the client expected a design that will look at the waterfall, the architect came with a radical proposition of taking the water fall inside the house.

Unique feature
Not only does one see the water from outside, one gets to hear the flowing water from many parts of the building. This wish of the architect was achieved by building cantilevered balconies which allowed for water to flow beneath. The house appears to float over a waterfall and is perched like a boulder in the landscape. This building still remains a favourite example to show how design can creatively integrate a site and a building.

The building has its own share of problems. The cantilevered balconies developed some cracks and there were leakages. The client dubbed this building as “raising mildew”. The contractor felt that the design had inadequate reinforcement and secretly added more steel without the knowledge of the architect. However, the structure stood for many years and was used till 1963. It was later converted into a museum and extensively renovated recently .

courtesy : The Hindu