Next up on the list of travel to-do's.....BMW World and Ocktoberfest!
Late last year, BMW opened the Welt (as in "BMW World"), a new showroom-cum-museum in Munich. Designed by Viennese provocateur Wolf D. Prix of Coop Himmelb(l)au, the €100 million behemoth is fronted by a vortex of entwined steel and glass called the Double Cone. The structure seems to literally suck visitors inside, and a new book about the building's creation is equally irresistible. BMW Welt: From Vision to Reality includes 256 pages of photos, which document the construction of the 1,000-room edifice from start to finish. The pictures are as gritty and raw as the building is clean and polished. Better yet, at $125, the book's a lot cheaper than the latest M3—or a trip to Munich.
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