Historic Houses of Romania blog author at the Central School, designed by arch. Ion Mincu in 1890 in the Neo-Romanian style, Bucharest (photo: arch. Daniela Puia) Dear readers, I hope you like the His… more →
Historic Houses of Romaniawrote 1 hour ago: Architect, interior designer, watercolourist and a teacher in Lineare, the School of Drawing and Pai … more →
wrote 4 hours ago: I’m very sorry I haven’t written a blog in oh so long, but oh so much has happened. I wi … more →
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wrote 1 day ago: Prof. Moez Labidi, Professeur d’Economie a l’Université de Monastir en Tunisie, était l’un de nos in … more →
wrote 1 day ago: Lifts, or ‘elevators’ in Eastern Europe are intimidating things. They are small, they do … more →
wrote 1 day ago: It’s something we Brits have become well too accustomed to over our many years of participatin … more →
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wrote 2 days ago: “Eastern Europe as such was never “backward” and marginality is the least of the r … more →
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wrote 5 days ago: I had the opportunity to interview Mr. Rami Khoury, Director of Issam Fares Institute for Public Pol … more →
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