The Californian Umbrellas

The California Life

The Eco Project «UMBRELLA» (Los Angeles, California) has received the first $5,000 from LA Cleantech Corridor and Green District Competition. Participants of competition should offer concepts of transformation of the central part of a mega-city in the present generator of hybrid technologies and green innovations.

An Unusual Californian UMBRELLAs

Project UMBRELLA developed by architects by Constantin Boincean, Ralph Bertram and Aleksandra Danielak, represents group of solar evaporators in the form of umbrellas-mushrooms which collect and recycle city sewage then again return on a streets by evaporation and condensation, promoting formation of a net of picturesque green public visual environments.

The vision of «the Corridor of High-Tech Eco-Technologies» — the multipurpose zone which will capture more 2,000 acres of land nearby of Los Angeles — have introduced about seventy participants — ecologists, architects, designers, experts in a visual environment, engineers, town-planners. UMBRELLA has been chosen, as the most professional and harmonious decision promoting the further development of an aesthetic and harmless urban environment.

Authors of the Eco project and organizers of competition hope that organic forms of UMBRELLA will serve as good stimulus for the further development of Los Angeles eco-design infrastructure.

Thus, each UMBRELLA becomes the coordination center for social events and actions and will be connected with the colleagues-twins by means of the City Net, including, new type of transport.

Sacramental State of the USA

The State of California differs in moderately hot summer, in the warm winter and an abundance of sunny days in all months of year. It's the fertile earth with sea coast, mountain landscapes, orange groves and vineyards.

The Californian Features

But California it not only a cinemas kingdom and fruit garden of the US. Today, the East and the Western coasts — not simply geographical concepts. These words reflect the whole complex of the problems characterising tendencies of development of economic and political life of the country. This feature indirectly affects work of California moving services and traveling companies (in respect of booking of hotels and purchase of air tickets).

The majority of the Californian firms works for military department of the USA. California therefore name «the State in the State» and «the nation artificial intelligence». However the panorama of California will be incomplete if not to tell, what exactly here has arisen wide anti-war movement for nuclear freezing.

Besides, in this State — the considerable quantity of motor transport, civil planes and — the greatest quantity of students of universities and colleges, in comparison with any other State of USA. The educational system of California consisting of set of colleges and universities, is the largest in the USA. In system of the California State University is more than 20 colleges and the higher schools in which is trained more 300 thousand persons. In nine campuses (university campuses) lives more than 165 thousand students. The California State University is the largest in the USA.

Among fifty US California takes a leading place by quantity of national parks and green reserves. It's unique state in which unique huge trees of a sequoia grow. Besides, if you move to Los Angeles, you move to a cult place of California.

Despite huge mountain territories of California, economic life of the State is concentrated in valley where are located four of twenty largest cities of the USA: Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose and San Francisco. The riches of California are based on variety of natural natural resources and eco-friendly technologies.

Since 1990, California — the most populated State of America

The biggest national group in California are Mexicans, in state also lives a large quantity of Chineses and the Japanese peoples (these diasporas basically are concentrated in Los Angeles and San Francisco).

Chinatown in San Francisco also is great and totals of inhabitants about 30 thousand, being the biggest Chinese diaspora outside of Asia. Besides, in California is about 242 thousand American Indians — more, than in other states of America, except for Oklahoma. Billy’s San Francisco movers guarantees unforgettable Californian trip.

Between 1940-1980 in California was phenomenal increase in population and economy gain. It's natural that such huge jump in population has generated set of social problems which are at present the most essential cares of the government of the State.

I ♥ State of California!

Luxury Train will connect Las Vegas to Los Angeles

In the USA have found a way to involve in a gambling of naive inhabitants: by the end of 2011 the X Train Company plans to start manufacture of magnificent train-casino, thus this train will connect Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Travel limit: 480km (approximately 5 hours of a trip).

Full Spectrum of Conveniences

From that scanty information which is accessible at present, it is possible to understand, that the train will make 5 trips/Week. Number of trips only in case of the big agiotage of clients will increase. Certainly, a train will equip with all accessible entertaining services, such as: cosy apartments, magnificent restaurants, Internet rooms, and other rooms for relaxation. Besides it, in a train there is a sports bar for fans of totes. Travel cost is quite accessible ~ only $99 one way.

In general, despite the universal tendency to an interdiction or restriction of number of similar gambling institutions, gambling's still feel quite confidently, thus game magnates or start to invest in special economic zones, or think out unusual ways of earnings.

The X Train Report

Area of entertainments in Los Angeles

Building of a 54-storeyed tower in the centre of Los Angeles has ended. Hotels Ritz-Carlton Hotel both Residences and Marriott have opened the doors for visitors in a building designed by bureau Gensler.

Tower by L.A. LIVE

Tower building has finished project L.A. LIVE which assumed erection of the whole area for sports and entertainments, more sq.m. half-millions In a complex are located by the total area: TV-studio, restaurants, cafe, cinemas, bowling, clubs, an innovative musical museum.

Tower structure

The first 22 floors of a new tower are given Marriott, four following — to hotel Ritz-Carlton Hotel and all the others, to the top — to premises (Ritz-Carlton Residences). In the bottom building is placed two external "decks", with pools, bars and other services are equipped.

Among green components of the project — the combination has flown down also a colour facade for illumination and heating distribution, system on a water effective utilisation, solar panels on a roof.

Hotel progress

“The hotel becomes not only new sight of the centre, but also will make the huge contribution to our economy”, — the mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa has informed. “It's the real engine of progress which will create thousand new workplaces and will help to return activity to our city, having rendered service of world level for a world city.”

Luxury of tower Ritz Carlton and hotel Marriot

The first skyscraper which will be constructed in Los Angeles, for almost last two decades — a 54-storeyed construction under the project of architect Genslera.

Hotel Marriot in LA

The project urged to fill emptiness in a city fabric of city centre. The skyscraper will settle down in southwest city centre.

The design decision quite satisfies to technical requirements to the project: interiors perfectly correspond to appointment of premises — inexpensive hotel, magnificent hotel, private apartments and the maximum height of building of 220 metres. This approach provides the big area for more expensive inhabited units in building top, placing more undemanding premises at the heart of a building.

Ritz Carlton in Los Angeles

Uniqueness of power supply consists that east and western facades of a building will represent similarity of irises of the eye of eyes, opening and being closed.

The house in a canyon from Kovac Architects

Project Kovac Architects located in Pacific harbour near to Los Angeles, has the structure rising uphill, and is called Hillclimber.

The modern three-storyed house in Los Angeles

This modern three-storyed house describes the lines a steep slope. Architects Kovac Architects so respond about the project: "the Simple hierarchy of a site is reflected in forms and used materials, namely, in angular ceilings, stone elements in an interior and the wood decorating both appearance and a house interior."

Modern interior by Kovac Architects

The house for the artist in Los Angeles

Studio 0.10 Architects, the architectural bureau from Los Angeles, has finished building of the house for the artist in which the art studio, and also premises for a life and entertainments will take places.

Art-studio in Los Angeles

Actually, the house consists of two houses which are connected by an internal court yard. In a two-storeyed building the garage, apartment and art studio have taken places.

Under showrooms the second building, by height three floors is given. Facades of both buildings are covered by zinc panels, frames for windows are made from Ipê wood, differing high durability, stability to influence of an environment and durability.

Private picture gallery in Los Angeles

In connection with restrictions of a place of construction, it has been decided to break demanded zones into separate parts thanks to what external territories were generated. A certain sandwich in which two houses move with a layer in the form of an internal court yard has turned out. Exhibition areas are wrapped up round a house facade, simultaneously carrying out a functional and aesthetic role, softening solidity of objects.

Photography. Olympic Games in Los Angeles

South Central Los Angeles

Design of the Californian Olympic tickets

Metro offers regularly scheduled as well as special request group tours of the artwork in the Metro Rail system. Tours are led by trained Metro Docent Council volunteers.

Los Angeles Gangs

Rowing Stadium

7 Day trip from Los Angeles to New York City compressed into 4 mins.

Olympic Village Hospital. Los Angeles 1932

Daily Programmes and Concessions

Compilation of Records and Results. Los Angeles 1932

The vagabond from Los Angeles has an own brand

Not fashionable designer or the young actress became new sensation in the centre of the Hollywood fashionable party.

The 56-year-old homeless who spends the days simply dancing on rollers has appeared sensation.

John Wesley Jermyn "lives" in Los Angeles already more than 20 years. Nicknamed “Mad Robertson” and “the Dancing Robertson” the vagabond became indispensable attribute "Robertson Bulvar" — the street which are considered as the most fashionable shopping-centre and indispensable object of visiting for all tourists and stars of cinema. Meanwhile, the biography of the vagabond is surrounded by set of legends and the hearings extended both among local population, and on the Internet, one of which is the hearing that actually John — the secret millionaire.

And, as if following the scenario twirled “a soap opera”, the Mr. Vagabond now owns own easily soiled clothes. Being for the first time presented to last month the collection of vests of a new brand "The CrazyRobertson", created by three 23-year-old designers, has been literally bought up from shelves of boutiques «Kitson» by such hunters behind novelties, as Peris Hilton. All models of clothes of this mark are stylised by images of Mr. Vagabond, including one model — a loose overall for $98 on which John is behind represented, and the inscription — "No money, no problems".

In three greatest boutiques «Kitson» in Robertson's parkway of a vest with the image of the Mr. Vagabond jeans "Victoria Beckham" for $290 or children's shoes for $50 over which design Gven Stephanie's pop star has worked are sold the same as and, for example.

The owner of a brand has created on My Space personal page for the Mr. of Vagabond. It serves as additional advertising both for their line of clothes, and for the new night club named «The Crazy Robertson». Young businessmen have spent some months, trying to receive the consent of Mr. Dzheremin now called «John Jermien», for his name use. They have discussed the design decisions with Mr. Jermien and have finished shooting photosession.

Musical Organizations. Los Angeles. Olympic Games 1932

Olympic Communication System in Los Angeles

Traffic control on Olympic games in Los Angeles

Flags and Decorations. Olympic Games