Tadao Ando - Vitra Seminar House / Weil am Rhein
This seminar house on the site of Vitra in Weil am Rhein / Germany was built in 1993. It was built around a yard of cherry trees as Mr Ando did not want them to be removed or destroyed. This house has a very calming atmosphere, you feel apeased right when you enter it. Amazing!More about Tadao Ando here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadao_AndoLibellés : architecture, Inspiration
Flowers in the City
Wild flowers on a window sill, simply put into bottles....Libellés : architecture, Homes in Switzerland, Inspiration, Urban; Geneva
Designer's Saturday '08: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München
This was THE highlight of Designer's Saturday '08: The entire first floor of the Mühlehaus contained this alien-like installation, imagined by the students of the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Munich. It was made from plastic strips you normally use to keep together all sorts of cables. Though they used a rather rigid materiel, the whole thing was confortable and the atmosphere very cosy and comforting. I asked about how much time was necessary for it. The project from planning and designing to the final result took 3 months, from which 6 weeks were necessary to weave the whole structure, employing 52 students full-time ! I loved this installation because it was original, very innovative, using an almost "every-day" materiel, looked utopic but was cosy and confortable despite the rigid appearance. And this could easily be produced, either as outdoor furniture, and even indoors..Bravo!! 
Akademie der Bildenden Künste München 5
Originally uploaded by 36metres-carresLibellés : architecture, Events, Inspiration
Vienna: Architectural Beauty /2 : Integration by Hundertwasser
Integration by Hundertwasser
Originally uploaded by 36metres-carresIf you visit Vienna, don't miss the house built by Friedensreich Hundertwasser. It has been built out of recycled materials and as you can see, the old has been perfectly integrated into the new.
Libellés : architecture, Inspiration, travel
Vienna: Architectural beauty / 1
Licht bei Demel
Originally uploaded by 36metres-carresI've been to Vienna recently for a couple of days. Walking around the city center, visiting the castle Schönbrunn, enjoying austrian kitchen (hmmm...Sacher cake !!).
One of the traditional Cafés is Demel, which exists under this name since 1857 and delivered the royal and imperial court with sweets and bakeries.
Inside the shop, i stumbled upon this beautiful chandelier....
Libellés : architecture, Inspiration, travel
Exhibitions...Plenty !
Springtime is approaching and this year there are many very interesting exhibitions going on in Switzerland !Julius Shulman photographe, une vie pour l'architectureThis exhibition about the american photographer Julius Shulman is taking place at archizoom EPFL/Enac at the University of Lausanne from february 21st until the 4th of april.Lovely photos taking by him of the american modernist architecture during the 1950s and 1960s.Mon-fri 9am to 6pm, sat 10am to 5pmBuilding SG, EPFL LausanneLa Quinzaine de l'architecture contemporaineThis year again, the SIA is organizing house-tours of contemporary homes and buildings throughout four cantons ( FR,VD,GE,NE). The tours take place from april 19 to 27th.For the detailed program please refer to http://www.15n.ch/ .Vitra Design Museum: Living under the Crescent Moon - Domestic Culture in the Arab WorldAn Exhibition about the arabic architecture and living culture. Taking place at The Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany from february 23rd to august 31st.More information here.This is definitely on my list ;-))Max Bill - in Honor of his 100th anniversaryThe city of Winterthur is honoring the 100th anniversary of its citizen Max Bill (1908-1984) with two exhibitions. The Gewerbemuseum is showing his architectural works, and the Kunstmuseum is honoring the artist and painter that he was. Both museums are exhibiting from january 20th to may 12th.The tourist office of Winterthur is offering an interesting "Max Bill- Package", so have a look here for more information.(Also on my 'must see' list ).Mudac Lausanne: DysfashionalThe Mudac in Lausanne will show "Dysfashional" from march 12th to june 8th. Theme is fashion, but you won't see clothes. It is about the approach of designing fashion and creates scenarios around the materials. Seems very interesting ( to me, at least ).Place de la Cathédrale 6, Lausanne. Libellés : architecture, Events
Photo exhibition "Utopia" in Carouge
exposition sur la cité du lignon ...
Originally uploaded by gva_jbA friend is showing currently his photos at "Le Cheval Blanc" in Carouge, Geneva.Julien Barro is a young architect and photographer, and is exhibiting a photo series about the Cité du Lignon.The series shows the suburb neighbourhood Cité du Lignon in Geneva, making the huge , uniform buildings almost beautiful and individual, like for example the photo of the flyer above with hundreds of like windows but actually every window is made unique by its inhabitants.Other pictures in this series show young people skateboarding, jumping etc. in this architectural context.I've loved the exhibition for the different view you can get on these suburban neighbourhoods, which mainly consist of huge buildings designed to accommodate a maximum of people, and which normally don't have an attractive appeal. This fantastic exhibition is taking place ( until end of march ) at Le Cheval Blanc, 15 Place de l'octroi in Carouge / Geneva.Go, and have a look !Libellés : architecture, Events
Happy New Year
A belated HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you !It has been very quiet around here lately, my apologies ! I was soo busy and exhausted in december, and january started on a rough way. I've been to Hamburg, Germany over the holidays, and took some nice architectural pictures. Hamburg is my hometown, and since a long time i wanted to document the various entry doors in the neighbourhoods i used to live ( Eppendorf, Harvestehude, Eimsbüttel ) and those neighbourhoods which weren't too much damaged during the war. So this time, i mainly took pictures of doors in the neighbourhood of St Pauli near the harbour. After a little research work on my side, i'll post them here.Above, you see beautiful old mailboxes, which i found in the entrance of an old, transformed soap-factury building in Hamburg-Winterhude. I love the simple design, and the workmanship which is paying a lot of attention to details.Also coming up soon, is a report of one of my very favourite architects, Hadi Teherani.Libellés : architecture, travel
Smallest house of Amsterdam
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Originally uploaded by 36metres-carres.During our weekend to Amsterdam we did a tour on boat through the "Grachten". Passing by this "Gracht", the tour-guide told us that this small red house was the narrowest house in Amsterdam, only 1.60 meters large !
Surfing a bit on the web for more information, it seems that it is a cheat and that it is actually much wider behind the front. According to the guide, somebody actually lives inside. I would love to see the interior, as it can't be that big anyway. Must be quite a challenge to furnidge a space like this.
( Hi inhabitant of this house, if, by chance, you should stumble upon this entry, please contact me ;) )
Libellés : architecture, travel
