The Kennedy family has become synonymous with glamour, politics, leadership, and social service for the past half century and forged an iconic legacy in American History. The recent death of Senator Ted Kennedy, age 77,hasgiven us the opportunity to not only reflect upon the work achieved in American politics by Senator Ted Kennedy, but the legacy of the Kennedy family. The Kennedy families political involvement has revolved around the Democratic Partyand has seen them involved in social policy that has helped shaped America reflecting their values of equality and civil rights for all no matter what ones class, wealth, ethnicity, gender and sexuality.
Caroline Kennedy, daughter of John F. Kennedy serves on the boards of numerous non-profit organizations and heavily involved in fundraising for the public schools of New York.
Christopher G. Kennedy, nephew of John F. Kennedy, American businessman who has provided leadership in business and economic development, clean energy and environmental design and the importance of providing affordable education.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver(July 10, 1921 – August 11, 2009), sister of John F Kennedy, founded the Special Olympics in 1962 and in 1968, she helped Ann McGlone Burke popularize the Special Olympics movement across the U.S. She was heavily involved with charity worked, which included work with juvenile delinquency, women’s rights and protection against violence and a vocal supporter of the pro-life movement.
She is also the mother in-law to the Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
.Rory Kennedy(born December 12, 1968), the youngest of the eleven children of U.S. SenatorRobert F. Kennedy. formedMay Day Media, a non-profit organization that specializes in the production and distribution of films with a social conscience, based in Washington, D.C. Films that she has directed and produced include American Hollow (1999), Different Moms (1999), Epidemic Africa (1999), The Changing Face of Beauty (2000), America: Up In Arms (2000), All Kinds of Families (2001), Healthy Start (2001), Pandemic: Facing AIDS (2003), A Boy’s Life (2004), Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable (2004), Homestead Strike (2006), Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007),Thank You Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House (2008), The Execution of Wanda Jean (2002), Sixteen (2002), Hidden Crisis: Women and AIDS (2002), Together: Stop Violence Against Women (2003),The Nazi Officer’s Wife (2003), Girlhood (2004),Xiara’s Song (2004), Street Fight (2005),Yo Soy Boricua (2006), Coma (2007).
Rory Kennedy advocates for several social activism organizations and sits on the board of numerous non-profit organizations.
The family has suffered a series of tragedies, sometimes called “the Kennedy curse“, including the assassination of John and Robert, the controversial Chappaquiddick incident, and four aircraft crashes.
The Kennedys are an extrodinary family who over the last 50-60 years have helped shaped America through their values of equality, the need for a social conscience and the importance ‘to give back’ to the community in which you live.
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Located in the unparalleled grandeur of mountain scenery with outstanding facilities Malaghan Ridge, is one of the many luxury properties available in Millbrook.Malaghan Ridge is a fine example of New Zealand architecture at its best, showcasing the natural materials of its Province, Otago, with stunning affect.
“Clad in Otago stone offset by wooden internal joinery (exterior joinery is aluminium), the home enjoys superb indoor/outdoor flow, with numerous outdoor terraces for all-year-round sun and a completely secluded inner courtyard with open fire for relaxed summer entertaining or apres-ski conviviality. Enjoy a relaxing, soothing spa after a day on the slopes or soon-to-be completed 27 hole championship golf course.”
www.millbrook.co.nz
Millbrook is strategically located closely to the world famous adventure capital of the world, Queenstown. Where locals, adventurers and tourists from all over the world visit to pursue their extreme adventure activities. The home of AJ Hackettsbungy jump, Queenstown is also known for zorbing, hiking, skiing, snowboarding, paragliding, jet skiing, jet boating, white water rafting, world class golf courses and many more!
The exclusive Millbrook Reserve hotel and its luxury properties surrounding one of the worlds top 5 golf courses has already been honored with awards throughout the globe.
Awards
House of the Year Award 2006
Winner of the 2006 Registered Master Builders national House of the Year award, it also took out top honours for energy efficiency.
Luxury Travel and Style Magazine - Gold List
Millbrook placed 4th in the magazine’s list of best overseas golf resorts, behind the likes of Scotland’s legendary St Andrews course, Pebble Beach in California and the Banyan Tree in Phuket, Thailand.
Travel and Leisure Magazine (USA) - World’s Best Awards
Millbrook was Recognised in the 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008 “World’s Best Awards” by US Travel and Leisure Magazine as one of the top 25 hotels in Australia, New Zealand and The South Pacific, and in 2005 and 2009 as one of the top 500 hotels of the world.
Qualmark Five Star Rating
Qualmark, New Zealand tourism’s official quality mark, rated Millbrook as exceptional’ in its star rating system and praised the resort highly, with specific reference to appearance, physical beauty and cleanliness.
Frank Lloyd Wright has become a legendary figure in American and International Architecture.One of the founders of modern architecture in North America, Frank Lloyd Wright embraced the use of new technology, natural materials and modern engineering of his time to create some of the 20th century’s most influential and iconic buildings. During a long and productive career spanning 70 years he designed over 1,000 buildings of which over 400 were built.
Wright developed a unique style of architecture that was inspired by the natural soundingsfound in his homeland, the United States. As well as creating buildings that were seen as radical in appearance, Wright had a rare ability to integrate them with the landscape – stemming from his deep love and knowledge of nature. It was this gift that marked him out from contemporary pioneers of modern architecture, such as Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe, and make his buildings seem in tune with our environmentally conscious era.
Wright designed the iconic ‘Falling Water’ with close friend Kaufmann, and was a project with the purpose of designing a country house to replace a basic cottage. Wright wrote to Kaufmann after his visit to the site: “The visit to the waterfall in the woods stays with me, and a domicile has taken vague shape in my mind to the music of the stream.”
The design consisted of reinforced concrete cantilevered slabs, anchored to the cliff that formed terraces hanging over the waterfall. Between the horizontal slabs were stone walls that were inspired by the cliff side below the waterfall. Each of the three levels has a terrace and an outside stairway leading to other terraces and balconies. The lines of the building were streamlined, rounded and gentle in contrast to the angular finish of Wright’s earlier structures. The stone work was built up in layers with some stones elevated to create a rough surface as if it was a natural element of the surrounding landscape.
Wright was concerned with creating an interior living space that was practical and comfortable. “When organic architecture is properly carried out no landscape is ever outraged by it but is always developed by it,” said Wright. “The good building makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built.” This was Wright’s achievement at ‘Fallingwater’.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
New York City, 1956
“the space within that building is the reality of that building”
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
New York City, 1956 (Interior)
By far the most famous of Wrights designs is the 1956 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. As the narrow Manhattan plot required the design to be vertical and not horizontal, from the beginning Wright envisaged a continuous ramp circling around the centre of the interior. Yet it took an immense struggle to see the building he wanted accepted and constructed. The design was initially accepted by Guggenheim but after his death in 1949 Wright had to persuade a dubious board of trustees that the building was viable. Several changes were made as more land was acquired and seven complete sets of drawings were made before construction began in August 1956. The building was completed in 1959, six months after Wright’s own death.
Molded concrete reinforced by steel created the plastic streamlined curvilinear forms. What Wright described as “the box” with its use of post and beam construction was completely overturned at the Guggenheim where one floor flows gently and effortlessly into another. The walls of the building were slightly sloped back to create a greater sense of space and organicflow from one level to another. Wrights organic Guggenheim design successfully brings a piece of nature into a corner of New York City.
Wright has influenced contemporary architects of today and will do for many years to come. His philosophy of making buildings seamlessly absorb into their surroundings, and his use of organic materials, structures and shapes can be seen in many of the buildings and homes that we enjoy and experience today.
“Mathias Dahlgren’s twin restaurant concept in Stockholm’s Grand Hotel provides diners with a trendy informal “Food Bar” in the Matbaren, or the more formal dining room of the “Matsalen”. Mathias’s natural cuisine is based on childhood memories and national culinary heritage, and has, according to the New York Times, raised the bar in a city with no shortage of beautiful dining rooms.”
S. PELLEGRINO
(Top 50 restaurants)
Mathias Dahlgren has delivered his signature ‘Natural Cuisine’ with distinct vision and clear gastronomic philosophy.A philosophy that incorporates the holistic virtues of food which involve discovering, tasting, experiencing, researching, understanding and writing about foods.
“Natural produce and natural taste are
essential for the natural cuisine”
Mathias Dahlgren
Set In the distinguished Grand Hotel of Stockholm, Sweden, the restaurant Mathias Dahlgren has raised the bar and set the benchmark for producing beautifully produced “natural cuisine” that will leave you wanting more!
Mathias Dahlgren gastronomic philosophy of creating exquisite “natural” masterpieces on a plate demonstrates his passion for food, and his need for discovering new produce, ideas, inspiration and experiencesthroughout the world.
Awards
Guide Micheline star award
Awarded 4 Kockarnas Kock awards
The only Swede to have won the prestigious Bocuse d’Or award.
Contact
Grand Hotel Stockholm, Sodra Blasieholmshammnen 6, Box 16424, S-10327, Stockholm, Sweden.
Rory Kennedy advocates for several social activism organizations and sits on the board of numerous non-profit organizations.
