Inside the very grand Kunsthistoriches Museum. Some amazing work including 'The Tower of Babel' by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, above.
Monday 17 October 2011
Vienna - October 2011
Inside the very grand Kunsthistoriches Museum. Some amazing work including 'The Tower of Babel' by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, above.
Vienna - October 2011
The Hundertwasserhaus. Unusual council housing designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser in 1983. Not my favourite building in Vienna...
Vienna - October 2011
The Secession building, built by Joseph Maria Olbrich in 1898 as the home of the Secession movement. The Secession sought to regenerate the art movement in Vienna, promoting 'art for art's sake'. Klimt and Moser were key member. Saw lots of their work in the excellent Leopold gallery in the MuseumQuartier.
Vienna - October 2011
Our hotel in Vienna, the 'Twenty Five Hours Hotel Wien'. Not the concrete bit, just the glass on top and down the side. Lovely suites, excellent staff and great views of the city from our room and also from the bar on the top floor.
Wednesday 5 October 2011
Tuesday 4 October 2011
The Lloyds of London Building - September 2011
Finally participated in an Open House weekend. The Lloyds building was an obvious choice, given its iconic status and how much I enjoyed the Pompidou when in Paris earlier this year. I also had a bit of a nose around The Sanderson (postmodern, kitsch interior, but an interesting history) and the Zog House. I'm hoping that one day, post-lottery win, I might have a Zog House all of my very own...
Wallpaper floor plan here: http://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/interactive-floor-plan-zog-house-london/4652
Guardian article here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/nov/13/interiors-do-the-split
Tuesday 29 March 2011
Paris - March 2011
Padlocks on the Pont des Arts. These were attached to the railings all along the bridge, each had one had the initials of loved ones scratched into the surface.
Paris - March 2011
The Louvre Palace, housing the Louvre Museum, and the Louvre Pyramid designed by I.M. Pei.
Paris - March 2011
The Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano designed Pompidou Centre. Amazing inside-out design, similar to the Rogers designed Lloyds Building in London.
Paris - March 2011
The view along the Seine from Pont D'Arcole, the bridge nearest the Hotel de Ville.
Wednesday 9 March 2011
Wednesday 23 February 2011
The Ruins of Detroit
Beautiful and poignant photos of decaying buildings in Detroit from a project by Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre. The image below is of the United Artists Theatre.
Read about the project and view all the images here.
Read about the project and view all the images here.
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