We are fans of public art and architecture. Especially with kids in tow, its hard to get them to pay attention inside an art museum never mind be quiet.
Persevering with art and architecture travel though does pay off – we’ve got one child who chose to continue art as an elective in school and another that is fascinated with architecture.
Street Art
- Street Art in Cork City Ireland
- Street Art in Beijing China
- The Global Angel Wings Project in Los Angeles, California
- The Funk Zone in Santa Barbara, California
- Street Art in Shoreditch, London, England
- Street Art in Sao Paolo, Brazil
- Street Art in Valencia, Spain
Public Art
- The Selaron Steps in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Born Wild on the French Ski Slopes
- The LOVE sculptures of Robert Indiana
- Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota
- Mt Rushmore in South Dakota
Art Museums and Galleries
- Swarovski Crystal Worlds near Innsbruck, Austria
- The MAD Museum in New York City
- The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden in Minneapolis, USA
- The Hakone Open Air Museum
- Yves St. Laurent’s Jardín Majorelle in Marrakech, Morocco
Architecture
- The Imperial Library in Vienna, Austria
- St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland
- Medieval architecture in Carcassone, France
- Art Nouveau in Barcelona, Spain
- La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain
- The small towns of the Costa Brava, Spain
- Gaudi’s factory town at the Colonia Guell near Barcelona, Spain
- The Gherkin Building in London, England
- Highgate Cemetery in London, England
- Marlborough House in London, England
- The Harpa Concert Hall in Reyjkavik, Iceland
- The corrugated steel buildings in Reyjkavik, Iceland
- The Burj al-Arab in Dubai, UAE
- Good Hope Plantation in Jamaica
- The Union Church of Pocantico Hills, Westchester, New York
- Architecture at the Guggenheim Museum, New York City
- Botanical architecture at the New York Train Show
- The Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone, Wyoming
- Rough Point Mansion in Newport, Rhode Island
