Tag: “Bond Locations”

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1. 

   James Bond's Travel Guide

   The creator of James Bond flitters through the world at the dawn of modern jet travel.

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   40 Bond st

   Ian Schragers' new luxury condominium in the heart of Noho. It was designed by the swiss team of Herzog & de Meuron, who created the new Tate modern in London.
   
   The coke bottle greeen cast glass used in the construction, is breathtaking to look at.

3. 

   A View to a Kill

   or, Standing on the Shoulders of a Giant: The Golden Gate Bridge, from the Top.

4. 

   The Basilica Cistern

   One of the largest of the cisterns under Istanbul. A giant cathedral like space full of columns it holds nearly 80,000 gallons of water.

5. 

   Thrilling Cities

6. 

   The Elrod House

   John Lautner's incredible desert house for Arthur Elrod. A massive concrete roof hung over an indoor outdoor pool with boulders in the living room makes the house feel sort of like a super modern cave.

7. 

   Rhyolite

   One of Nevada's most recognizable ghost towns. Abandoned in 1916.

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   Nepenthe

   Nepenthe literally means "the one that chases away sorrow" and it first appears in Homer's Odyssey... more loosely translated, it is the drug of forgetfulness.
   
   However, the restaurant Nepenthe feels like entering a lair of one of Bond's arch-nemesis villains.