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i'm still busy painting, although i've not also been spending much time on it.

watercolor is my chosen medium because it offers me the ability to express translutcent light and sparking showdow . water color is like magic for creating the feel of light.

I have no idea what to write about this picture. I just wanted to share it… let call it "KPACUBblE" if you will. That shot was taken facing western Moscow , and if I moved my camera just a little bit to the right, I would have included red square in the shot. Red square is one of the area’s newest premiere entertainment, residential and business hot spots.

Google has launched "Ocean Google Earth” or Google Earth underwater. Amazing, isn't it? At first, one might think that it would only be useful for those in the scientific and research community. But on second thought, the applications are only limited by our imaginations. In fact, it can be a sort of travel experience from home, straight from your desktop or laptop, especially with the sometimes high cost of travel, especially in this economy and, in some places, in these kinds of world we live in......................

He is influenced by the past. He has designed buildings for Disney, Central Park, and Time Square and numerous residential projects. Those being only a few of his projects his firm is known around the world. His work is generally classified as postmodern. The importance he puts on the environment and permanence of tradition defines his work. Robert A. M. Stern is said to be the first architect to use the term postmodernism. Recently he referred to his work as “post traditionalism.” He is constantly redefining himself. By using diverse use of forms he gives buildings meaning. Museum for African Art in New York was designed by him, the new museum, which is located on 5th Avenue at the edge of Harlem twenty blocks north of the Guggenheim, is the permanent quarters for this successful institution, which use to operate out of temporary spaces for the past 22 years. The museum will be housed in the lower levels of a 19-storey luxury residential tower and will provide 92,000 square feet on three floors above grade and two below. Key features of the design are a dramatic two-storey lobby at entry with a wall made of etimoe wood from Ghana that curves upward to form the ceiling. On the exterior the museum will have trapezoidal windows with bronze-painted mullions that will rise the full height of the building.

Art Deco architects sought to emphasize vertically as a symbol of modernity and progress. Strong vertical lines dominate the Eastern Columbia Building's facade and extend all the way up to the clock tower and often drew inspiration from Mayan and Egyptian art and architecture.

What is sustainability? Does it mean good design that everyone participates in, or is it the location of the building? Actually, Sustainable design means attractive, economical, social designs that affect people and the environment. It is the new movement of Eco- friendly design that uses recycled and renewable materials. These materials that are used are not harmful to the environment or to us. This movement is applied to every object that is used every day and also it is applied to every area such as architecture, fashion design, interior design, and graphic designs. However, this new movement is reviving and borrowing from ancient architecture, especially Islamic architecture. The importance of the movement is that old ancient building still remain and those ancient buildings has been standing for over 1000 years such as the Great Mosque at Djenne in Southwest Mali. This movement is indicating the importance of the environment that is surrounding the buildings, and how the environment and the people are part of the design process. In fact, the materials that have been used in the old Islamic building constructions are materials from the environment. These materials include mud, clay, bones, and palms serve the need of the people and the space based on the topography of the place and the climate, which is known for its hot, dry and humidity. These buildings still exit up till now which proves to the new designers that nothing is better than using the resources that is friendly to the environment.

The Afghan Girl
This photo was taken in 1984 by Steve McCurry for National Geographic during the war between the Soviet Union and Afghanistan national guards. She is referred to as the 'Afghan Girl' as no one knew her name. She was an unknown face in an Afghanistan refugee camp. This photo became world famous photograph. This may have been because of the way her eyes and troubled face draws viewers closer or into the photograph. It was taken in the windows of local market shops, re-produced in paintings, circulated the globe on the cover of National Geographic… and she had no idea! Steve McCurry returned to search for the girl and with the help of American eye scanning technology…he found her. Permission from her husband had to be given before another male could see, or let alone take a photo, of her face behind her burqa. Now think back to the original photograph you saw...It was taken at Maroubra Beach in 2008. By using this photograph, we learn how this picture of the ‘Afghan girl’ has been used to represent a new discourse, a protest about the treatment of refugees in Australia and other situations like abuse against Afghan women . This photograph is still changing the world we live in!

Leaving in Russia (moscow) for nearly 8 years and traveling around the world I still think it is the most beautiful Underground station museum in the world and It always inspires me as designer. The Moscow Metro is one of the oldest metro in the world, famous for its extravagant designs and innovative decorations. It is also called as "Underground Palace". There are 177 stations in the Moscow Metro, each decorated with different natural stones. The subway is not just a series of trains and tunnels. Its stations are huge works of art. Many of them are examples of socialist realist art. The trains run every minute, taking 7 million people around Moscow every day. The subway spans the entire Russian capital and now has the capacity to host the entire population of Moscow (11 million) in case of an attack on the city. The Moscow subway is made of marble and granite, each station with a different design. It’s amazing by this sophisticated transportation network that lies deep under the surface of Moscow. It is this network that has enabled Moscow to grow and become the largest city in Europe. Even in one of the globes most expensive cities, the classiest metro in the world.