7.6.08

Vienna: Architectural Beauty /2 : Integration by Hundertwasser


Integration by Hundertwasser
Originally uploaded by 36metres-carres

If 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.

Säulen by Hundertwasser Mirror by Hundertwasser

Hundert - Wasser

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1.6.08

Vienna: Architectural beauty / 1


Licht bei Demel
Originally uploaded by 36metres-carres

I'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....

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20.1.08

Happy New Year

Briefkästen

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.

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25.2.07

Smallest house of Amsterdam


DPP_0047
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 ;) )

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