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Chile covers 756,950 square kilometer of land (292,258 square miles). It never gets wider then 240km (150 miles), but it is over 2,800 miles long. It is almost twice the size of California. Chile also includes two islands: Juan Fernandez Islands and Easter Island. Chile is a land of diverse landscape. It does have a relatively nice climate, even though there are some harsh climates in the Andes Mountains. These mountains cover a third of the country and there are more then fifty active…

Flamenco is an art of great persistence. Its traditional form is truly battle-born and has surpassed centuries of being shunned, social-hierarchical marginalization, and political retribution. Despite originating in Andalusia amongst socially marginalized groups of people, today flamenco is recognized as a national symbol of Spain. Initially it seems difficult to understand how the music of social and political catharsis could transform to a larger national symbol and tradition. But, looking at…

It can be perceived that empathy to the environment and people can be related to buildings or a city. One of the examples that can be considered as key embodiment of such empathy is in downtown Los Angeles architected by Frank O. Gehry, i.e., the Walt Disney Concert Hall. An intelligent strategy of inclusiveness and hybridization is led by the micro and macro design of the Walt Disney Concert Hall. With its skyscrapers stretching to the side and with the central business district, on the edge…

Simplicity vs. Complexity The relationship between simplicity and complexity is a very common discussion that takes place in architecture. Architects are usually inclined to look at either simplicity or complexity separately. There are not many architects who study both of them together as a whole. Some architects or philosophers believe that there is a fine line between complexity and simplicity, while others believe that simplicity and complexity are interchangeable. Simplicity and complexity…

enabled BS to develop a branch network in Catalonia. At the time of the bank’s 100th anniversary in 1957, BS was the seventh largest bank in Spain. In 1986, Emilio Botı´n Jr. was appointed president. For years, Spain’s seven biggest banks (BS, Banco Bilbao, Banco Vizcaya, Banco Popular, Banesto, Banco Central, Banco Hispano Americano) entered into ‘gentlemen’s agreements’; few banks wooed customers away from rivals; instead, banks expanded into regions where few people had bank…