posted by Deborah Hay on 27 July 2009
When it opened in 1997, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao was instantly embraced as an architectural masterpiece. Frank Gehry’s curvaceous structure in iridescent titanium, a magnificent showcase of contemporary art, began drawing a million visitors a year to Spain’s northern coast. Bilbao itself, however, was a grimy reflection of its industrial past. The Nervion River, which bisects [...]
posted by Deborah Hay on 17 June 2009
At seaports all over the world, shipping containers – those long, steel boxes used to transport everything from pajamas to car parts –sit on loading docks, abandoned. Demand for them has declined, and on those occasions when they are needed, it’s less expensive to buy new ones than to ship the empties back to their [...]
posted by Deborah Hay on 22 April 2009
Coffee farmers are finding solutions that are profitable, responsible, and eco-friendly.