{"id":120,"date":"2007-10-01T20:50:07","date_gmt":"2007-10-01T12:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/?p=120"},"modified":"2021-06-08T19:57:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T11:57:53","slug":"exploring-bhutan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/exploring-bhutan\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the Hidden Kingdom of Bhutan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bhutan-642-685x1024.jpg?resize=343%2C512&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1129\" width=\"343\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bhutan-642-scaled.jpg?resize=685%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 685w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bhutan-642-scaled.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bhutan-642-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1147&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bhutan-642-scaled.jpg?resize=1028%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1028w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bhutan-642-scaled.jpg?resize=1371%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1371w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bhutan-642-scaled.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bhutan-642-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C598&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bhutan-642-scaled.jpg?w=1714&amp;ssl=1 1714w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><figcaption>Traditional craftsmen restoring a temple in Bhutan&#8217;s Gangte Goemba<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Hong Kong, 1 October 2007\u00a0<\/strong> &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Thomas Schmidt, AIA<\/strong> of <strong>Sepia Design Consultants Limited <\/strong>returned from a\u00a0two week research trip through the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan.  The architect analyzed and documented a variety of Dzongs and other forms indigenous architecture &#8212; including the ongoing\u00a0renovation of the historic Nyingma temple in <em>Gangte Goemba<\/em>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schmidt noted, <em>&#8220;Bhutan is absolutely magnificent; it really exceeded all of my expectations.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/em>He further observed, <em>&#8220;Bhutan has been so isolated for centuries, the indigenous architecture there is pristine, unique, and relatively untainted by outside influences &#8212; I&#8217;m happy I was able to see this before this country changes as it becomes a more international travel destination.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong, 1 October 2007\u00a0 &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Thomas Schmidt, AIA of Sepia Design Consultants Limited returned from a\u00a0two week research trip through the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,61],"tags":[103,56,19,102],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-sustainability","tag-bhutan-architecture","tag-sepia-design-consultants-limited","tag-thomas-schmidt","tag-travel-sketches"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgwalJ-1W","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1412,"href":"https:\/\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions\/1412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}