Splendor in The Glass

摘要

During my tour of Vina Vik, Internet entrepreneur Alexander Vik's latest glamorous South American getaway, a manager told me the Frank Gehry-esque serpentine roof on the hotel was made of titanium rather than gold. That's because titanium, she explained, has a better thermal capacity to withstand the climate of Chilean wine country. I got the feeling that might have been the only reason.