Entrevista com o arquiteto Bruno Barbato - B2V

<div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553305558262573138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimYUA6bukgmFWwnDvJjj6P6Zqe3VXoeDcnpd1PUiOVy2SUdW97Wey_A-0iA8jr0cXZbloA-MMEYQh2doAZIIyecbLN_mreA-9zEPtUNqTydQ-Sb6jYe3oMPpCPnfhIg_65d5CxtQAYm1a8/s320/C%25C3%25B3pia+de+brumaribru+cunha.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 161px; height: 320px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bruno Barbato</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Geneva"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">bbarbato@gmail.com</span></p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">www.b2v.com.br </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">twitter: @bruno_barbato</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">55 11 7861 6118</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></blockquote><blockquote>Quando foi que você decidiu seguir na carreira de arquitetura?</blockquote></span></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Na verdade não teve um ponto em que eu decidi ser arquiteto, foi acontecendo naturalmente. Acho que eu posso dizer que foi um conjunto de experiencias que me levaram a optar pela arquitetura. </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> Quanto tempo esta na área?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Profissionalmente, 5 anos trabalhando na área .</span></span></b></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> Onde voc</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">ê</span> </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">começou sua carreira? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div> <b><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Comecei projetando a casa dos meus pais em Cunha! Alias uma experiência que me ajudou muito a entender um pouco do que seria arquitetura, como poderia misturar a técnica com a criatividade.</span></span></b></span></div></b><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> Teve algum projeto em especial que você gostou mais de fazer?</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Eu costumo dizer que o projeto que eu mais gostei de fazer é o que eu estou fazendo no momento. O envolvimento na criação e o desafio me fazem buscar cada vez mais novas soluções e querer evoluir no meu trabalho .</span></span></b></span></div> </b><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Você se inspira em algum profissional? Já se inspirou em alguém?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Muitos, fico horas e horas pesquisando arquitetos e soluções arquitetônicas antes de começar um projeto. Acredito que projetar é uma evolução de conceito.</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Hoje eu tenho </span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">admiração</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> por dois grandes mestres da arquitetura Rem Koolhas do grupo OMA e </span></span><!--StartFragment--><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Enric Miralles</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> que eu pude vivenciar suas obras, quando fui estudar em Barcelona.</span></span><!--EndFragment--></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Como foi sua experiência em Barcelona?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> <!--StartFragment--><span style="font-family:Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Fui para Barcelona em 2005 fazer um curso de novos materiais para </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">arquitetura</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> na universidade </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">UPC</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, pois acredito que uma das evoluções da </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">arquitetura</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> modernista é </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">exatamente</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> saber utilizar materiais e texturas em contraste com a luz, para criar ambientes mais confortáveis e quebrar um pouco a impressão de uma </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">arquitetura</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> fria que o modernismo carregava. Com certeza, Barcelona é uma cidade incrível, com uma </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">arquitetura</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">incomparável</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, que mistura desde igrejas góticas até obras modernistas históricas como o Pavilhão de Barcelona de </span></b></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mies </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">van</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> der </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Rohe</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><!--EndFragment--></span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> Que projeto que você considera um ícone na arquitetura, em São Paulo?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Com certeza o MUBE de Paulo Mendes da Rocha. É um lugar incrível que prova que a arquitetura se manifesta na organização espacial e nas proporções inesperadas.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">E fora do pais?</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div> <b><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Fora do pais eu fiquei impressionado com o parque Guell, com sua arquitetura orgânica de Antonio Gaudi, e </span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Josep Maria </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Jujol, arquiteto e designer de Barcelona.</span></span></i></b></span></div></b><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div></blockquote><span style="font-size:130%;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> Quem você mais admira na área? </span></span></div><span style="font-family:Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size:11pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Le Corbusier ,a</span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> pesquisa que realizou envolvendo uma nova forma de enxergar a forma arquitetônica baseado nas necessidades humanas revolucionou a cultura arquitetônica do mundo inteiro.</span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">..</span></span></b></div> </span></span></span> <!--EndFragment-->

Entrevista com o arquiteto Bruno Barbato - B2V

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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">O Sandos Hotels & Resorts foi inspirado pelos seus valores naturais e culturais, suas formas, cores e texturas. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Foi projetado para ser integrado na paisagem e reduzir o impacto ambiental.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Ele fica em Tenerife, nas Ilhas Canárias, Espanha.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjlxjC6EDaJLyi3UrjclUajeaHkwp5EPKTEXtdgh4VEu6WfnDEtbe91ERoS9uwqMEllFk_gGYBIJo3oMVK5qtVNqI2A8p5hNjeQpPMoxkx3Iwr3jfuktd3IprLBvUJZt9v071ktdCSTsOI/s1600/hot_242_b_1276534786607.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553095035717594818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjlxjC6EDaJLyi3UrjclUajeaHkwp5EPKTEXtdgh4VEu6WfnDEtbe91ERoS9uwqMEllFk_gGYBIJo3oMVK5qtVNqI2A8p5hNjeQpPMoxkx3Iwr3jfuktd3IprLBvUJZt9v071ktdCSTsOI/s320/hot_242_b_1276534786607.jpg" style="display:block; 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'The Holiday' With A Twist

<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">'Tis the perfect time to confess that one of the reasons I moved to England was that I was hoping to <i>live in</i> or <i>next to</i> this...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSq2M3egXaE5-oZ3v4WoEOHRlJnURmB-z-zi5WZmrnwttRjPNDwy7OrK816yR3CmIN4lfktsQPUJdvPMkcPS2m-7aRc11Mu0qXgfZmsPGT6BM1xZT9hHFdIP0DE29l9JHctxtk4hBjPE/s1600/Holiday3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSq2M3egXaE5-oZ3v4WoEOHRlJnURmB-z-zi5WZmrnwttRjPNDwy7OrK816yR3CmIN4lfktsQPUJdvPMkcPS2m-7aRc11Mu0qXgfZmsPGT6BM1xZT9hHFdIP0DE29l9JHctxtk4hBjPE/s640/Holiday3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iris's Cottage from 'The Holiday'<br />[from Chalk & Talk <a href="http://chalk-jenny.blogspot.com/2010/06/holiday.html">Blog</a>]</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Do you remember this cozy cottage from the film, 'The Holiday' (2006)? I have visited Shere in Surrey several times [<a href="http://happyhomemakeruk.blogspot.com/2010/08/crazy-quaint-shere.html">here</a>], where portions of the movie were filmed, but I've never seen this house. (Otherwise I'd be writing from there now)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's not too late to rent this delightful romantic comedy starring Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet to put you in the holiday mood. In a nutshell, their characters swap homes for Christmas - Winslet flies to Diaz's modern Southern California home while Diaz tromps off to Winslet's English country cottage. A classic chick flick.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A few yummy scenes / eye candy from 'The Holiday' (via <a href="http://cotedetexas.blogspot.com/2008/07/holiday-houses_15.html">Cote de Texas</a>):</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5r12zkH95PPdsGJkM8TPVXtKpdGxYzQBW8TZnEjdMlwPHF6sIPyJzsTfILADyrpr1MfTHCFpVgHoE9TsAzqkpmH3j_SKyCleKuClWS7dY9-zlZ95IiWiUjccbMy1Fj6TYzrMsG3HC0U/s1600/Holiday9.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5r12zkH95PPdsGJkM8TPVXtKpdGxYzQBW8TZnEjdMlwPHF6sIPyJzsTfILADyrpr1MfTHCFpVgHoE9TsAzqkpmH3j_SKyCleKuClWS7dY9-zlZ95IiWiUjccbMy1Fj6TYzrMsG3HC0U/s640/Holiday9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNwfYeUwLpSxHVs_UPgslSklzXaLI5MknIhIW1wa1dxjZQTee3XHdYQNTudzVEiBOD-1isi4G3Ofe2f4hO8z_XWZASEY9U65NJIkmUrt61dwoAqCVwDd2_qIgVI-m-RsHsJRMpkTLewQ/s1600/Holiday6.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNwfYeUwLpSxHVs_UPgslSklzXaLI5MknIhIW1wa1dxjZQTee3XHdYQNTudzVEiBOD-1isi4G3Ofe2f4hO8z_XWZASEY9U65NJIkmUrt61dwoAqCVwDd2_qIgVI-m-RsHsJRMpkTLewQ/s640/Holiday6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2UfMCsCPgFcssKwl8Z2olYXgap3ob50R-IxprxKkqOdPmfTnVQxwqUQIbYMFwYSNPcGp9eQWCMOn1v1KFzLBl1GlfOmSS-T-dF25PR40VuPJqa9XZuwKVSlIRub8wX93IcNWJAXcKzI/s1600/Holiday8.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2UfMCsCPgFcssKwl8Z2olYXgap3ob50R-IxprxKkqOdPmfTnVQxwqUQIbYMFwYSNPcGp9eQWCMOn1v1KFzLBl1GlfOmSS-T-dF25PR40VuPJqa9XZuwKVSlIRub8wX93IcNWJAXcKzI/s640/Holiday8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcI_z1ktn4-w621ewDBTGtxg0EhAFFtpnGkaA3dpO4X1o3xzlmPp4dbYT2BFKkJHqgL1TyrkQhWgiLqQBDTXzFHn7f0PLFtXgnAaKy9jaH-Te29XwdxWSOk8OMOfcIpI-rGT9zmPWm4c/s1600/Holiday30.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcI_z1ktn4-w621ewDBTGtxg0EhAFFtpnGkaA3dpO4X1o3xzlmPp4dbYT2BFKkJHqgL1TyrkQhWgiLqQBDTXzFHn7f0PLFtXgnAaKy9jaH-Te29XwdxWSOk8OMOfcIpI-rGT9zmPWm4c/s640/Holiday30.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8nHe5mKlxic2aL0faZokOBiNnrqgR4bNw8H8ed9pI7DNB_9c_QNCZr-hfMN2Re7a8Z9tzd3B-Mb9jsW41O58NDCPLt9AkKT0y8EpnvL_vbOUIQ5Bs5Md95Bx5PllVJr095uLVrLG8bw/s1600/holiday4.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8nHe5mKlxic2aL0faZokOBiNnrqgR4bNw8H8ed9pI7DNB_9c_QNCZr-hfMN2Re7a8Z9tzd3B-Mb9jsW41O58NDCPLt9AkKT0y8EpnvL_vbOUIQ5Bs5Md95Bx5PllVJr095uLVrLG8bw/s640/holiday4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This last photo makes me laugh because I really did sleep in my big parka and scarf just last week! These old homes are so cold and drafty. If I could knit myself a nose hat, I would. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now for some photos from the movie set in Shere. I believe a lot of these photos are from the DVD's Special Features. All photos below are from <a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/2010/12/05/kate-winslets-english-cottage-in-the-holiday/">Hooked On Houses</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97_4OgjSu0YJcNxFRt9ePsUv8-yq59m8JfQVzbwKn2v8GHJkrC1GseZxhDQuFDgP7h9yLsUfr9uTzhgyNYgdf9QqS1pMj6oxiStp3DJLZLbRF4gC_978fDgL7oEva_2kwmIdLjyPIutI/s1600/Holiday10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97_4OgjSu0YJcNxFRt9ePsUv8-yq59m8JfQVzbwKn2v8GHJkrC1GseZxhDQuFDgP7h9yLsUfr9uTzhgyNYgdf9QqS1pMj6oxiStp3DJLZLbRF4gC_978fDgL7oEva_2kwmIdLjyPIutI/s640/Holiday10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blowing Fake Snow For Wintry Scenes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This is the High Street in Shere. If you go for a visit, you'll see the yellow door on the right for The Lucky Duck Tea Room. The pub in the movie, The White Horse, will be up ahead on your right, past the stream with ducks. No need to bring in the Hollywood snow right now - there's plenty of it!</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ready for a little twist? Here are more photos of my <i>old, charming </i>17th Century cottage, <u>in the making</u>...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlHZRw0ZvzrCB4WmGaWpcnC9dFRDc3lt7omA6WmIEGmY-O17E8rdvC4tciExRKVUkDaUWQ41uRMpriTNxVeWD16OCP3fENN48up7aq3XwTFfOvhpZ9XnA-kmdAPNQqU1ujjb6m9WRVW4/s1600/Holiday11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlHZRw0ZvzrCB4WmGaWpcnC9dFRDc3lt7omA6WmIEGmY-O17E8rdvC4tciExRKVUkDaUWQ41uRMpriTNxVeWD16OCP3fENN48up7aq3XwTFfOvhpZ9XnA-kmdAPNQqU1ujjb6m9WRVW4/s640/Holiday11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBqXAy-qoPZH4evAvSlz5kJBdJMhSBUZ9-YIB74J6ZgjK3ntmaW-VpDrbaqpSx_Gx7vMQYJauWPJM2ozSrPAFXD_cSBUSw6qrOMyRX1JoLqP-qwFPTnh9YAU-dPR9qLb_5MHfFQA-LsE/s1600/Holiday12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBqXAy-qoPZH4evAvSlz5kJBdJMhSBUZ9-YIB74J6ZgjK3ntmaW-VpDrbaqpSx_Gx7vMQYJauWPJM2ozSrPAFXD_cSBUSw6qrOMyRX1JoLqP-qwFPTnh9YAU-dPR9qLb_5MHfFQA-LsE/s640/Holiday12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLrNan8_JPfrWnp2pNEeVY_VFSK4PmSkPYMvArkq5Bkjeug4erpd7CPv57zW0OaWuqOdyvWFUQ8IfJw1HnwwSsVoL4TLT8giRhb8splw4jsMrHj6s7OhY09RqbGySSsuCTRn_asRRnCY/s1600/Holiday13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLrNan8_JPfrWnp2pNEeVY_VFSK4PmSkPYMvArkq5Bkjeug4erpd7CPv57zW0OaWuqOdyvWFUQ8IfJw1HnwwSsVoL4TLT8giRhb8splw4jsMrHj6s7OhY09RqbGySSsuCTRn_asRRnCY/s640/Holiday13.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVaTBiUGQYEKm3Uc-ZpLB8slYDzaDPML5fkM5rF7BCKu8Mn5Wq7FITnfpUoLLCvy8tBPOHkrCTVm2aFPddbwFZPyxhJPocNIBAxw-9CpJ_3N27kn1ciwMXgFXsBrlsxvuNpbXrCUB_N8/s1600/Holiday14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVaTBiUGQYEKm3Uc-ZpLB8slYDzaDPML5fkM5rF7BCKu8Mn5Wq7FITnfpUoLLCvy8tBPOHkrCTVm2aFPddbwFZPyxhJPocNIBAxw-9CpJ_3N27kn1ciwMXgFXsBrlsxvuNpbXrCUB_N8/s640/Holiday14.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3z_Lgwy8jiSQeezkqvED_2FNWEM9iOQTGPzac6IZOrVrG13uIQxDeAubPNeRfMh12zaMd_MAox9gcnIfloDXz7fxjtgOi-l2xwLFuYSyvGrcpaPc6rTi3QL5IswLw4zhnu6CTa9CwCR8/s1600/Holiday15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3z_Lgwy8jiSQeezkqvED_2FNWEM9iOQTGPzac6IZOrVrG13uIQxDeAubPNeRfMh12zaMd_MAox9gcnIfloDXz7fxjtgOi-l2xwLFuYSyvGrcpaPc6rTi3QL5IswLw4zhnu6CTa9CwCR8/s640/Holiday15.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Unbelievable, I know - a bit of a heartbreak. Thrown up in just a few weeks in a field (and since torn down). Now I  know why I couldn't find that cottage! But here's the good news. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is a cottage in the Cotswolds for rent that may have been the inspiration for this movie.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFTV9g9aN0EgBJzM_qPnS-3CvhJHu3a630HD9JO8_AJbwt6R0N-dAzRmi0pxTqhwqrkzcCaax-xewpAlJCR-aLnSWwhm53pFLmfM8WGQ5gQrwCHgfxfaliQ5MwghBBYAVyFuYfPJUbxs/s1600/Holiday20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFTV9g9aN0EgBJzM_qPnS-3CvhJHu3a630HD9JO8_AJbwt6R0N-dAzRmi0pxTqhwqrkzcCaax-xewpAlJCR-aLnSWwhm53pFLmfM8WGQ5gQrwCHgfxfaliQ5MwghBBYAVyFuYfPJUbxs/s640/Holiday20.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.slatters-cottage.co.uk/self-catering-cotswolds-luxury-cottage.htm">Slatter's Cottage, Cotswolds</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_jqAlmH_6Tw-Ya4n9iz5QjyEuYsIvPNOXSJCRqOqgrRuUyWn9NFDg26NkjWqH3TQNPC297-owwVaCxokIEORDRkCjWaS02yzwklTmFHf_kSu5-4FI88fAdeNOdn-_RrYvIl9Ogx2IIT4/s1600/Holiday22.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="513" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_jqAlmH_6Tw-Ya4n9iz5QjyEuYsIvPNOXSJCRqOqgrRuUyWn9NFDg26NkjWqH3TQNPC297-owwVaCxokIEORDRkCjWaS02yzwklTmFHf_kSu5-4FI88fAdeNOdn-_RrYvIl9Ogx2IIT4/s640/Holiday22.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Lounge and Bedroom 2 are similar to the movie<br /><a href="http://www.slatters-cottage.co.uk/self-catering-cotswolds-luxury-cottage.htm">Slatters Cottage</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And the other good news is I know I can hire a movie crew to build me a charming 17th Century English cottage one day :)</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkK31VAdwd14T6LlbHwyGs8T2qniha5EZyF2xKLvydKza0WhQBfF6mVf5vZwlf3KRKwrC4LUkiGxoZoKOLgNfTN31UY-FkX-eO_g9ZiX3m-lXKoKMXttjhiKr7eG0HMWYU9bkCmqXL0f4/s1600/Holiday16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkK31VAdwd14T6LlbHwyGs8T2qniha5EZyF2xKLvydKza0WhQBfF6mVf5vZwlf3KRKwrC4LUkiGxoZoKOLgNfTN31UY-FkX-eO_g9ZiX3m-lXKoKMXttjhiKr7eG0HMWYU9bkCmqXL0f4/s640/Holiday16.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iris's Cottage, 'The Holiday'</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anywhere.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(P.S. For more television & movie homes, visit the interesting <a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/houses-onscreen/">Hooked On Houses</a>)</span></div><br />XO Laura<br /><br />Related Posts: <a href="http://happyhomemakeruk.blogspot.com/2010/08/crazy-quaint-shere.html">'Crazy Quaint' Shere</a>, <a href="http://happyhomemakeruk.blogspot.com/2012/12/film-locations-holiday-bridget-jones.html">Film Locations: The Holiday & Bridget Jones </a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div>

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