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Category Archives: Travel
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Door handle at Mont-de-Huisnes German war cemetery, Normandy (built 1967).
Mont-de-Huisnes, Normandy
This German war cemetery, Mont-de-Huisnes, Normandy, 1967, is very beautifully detailed. From the grass roof one has a view of Mont-Saint-Michel rising like a mystic city from the sea. Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge (Peoples Association for the Care of German War … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Crompton, Travel
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Palladio 500 Anni: La Grande Mostra
The exhibition (LINK) celebrating the quincentenary of the birth of Andrea Palladio currently at the Palazzo Barabaran da Porto in Vicenza (until January 6 2009 and then transferring to the Royal Academy of Arts in London) is a stunning collection … Continue reading
Olivetti Showroom
Carlo Scarpa was commissioned to design the Olivetti Showroom in 1956 and the work was completed over the next couple of years. The site was awkward, long and thin, and at about four meters high, hardly able to support a … Continue reading
Posted in Carlo Scarpa, CiA, Interiors, Italy, Precedents, Sally Stone, Travel, Venice
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Wasser
Some pictures from Germany this summer: Above: Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart (completed 1984). Spalling of stone associated with metal fixings. Above and below: Museum of Modern German Literature, Marbach am Neckar (completed 2006). Movement caused by water penetration/frost? At Marbach am … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Mitteleuropa, Travel
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and…and…and…and…
Venice Architecture Biennale 2008: A Movie See also our earlier review.
Tales from the woods
One of Five Columns for the Kröller-Müller by Ian Hamilton Finlay, 1982. The suspected remains of a WWII airman discovered in a jungle region of Papua New Guinea have turned out to be the moss-covered branches of a tree… (BBC … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Travel
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Basilika, Trier
The building now known as the Basilika in Trier, Germany was actually the throne room of the Emperor Constantine and formed part of a wider palace complex when the city was a capital of the Roman Empire. The footprint of … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, CiA, Dominic Roberts, Mitteleuropa, Precedents, Travel
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An English pursuit
Postcard from The Museum of Modern German Literature, Marbach am Neckar, Germany. Architect: David Chipperfield. Batsman: Ivan Roberts. Bowler: Harry Miller.
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Friends & Acquaintances, Mitteleuropa, Travel
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Antler-shaped building
Berlage’s St Hubertus hunting lodge (1914-1920) built near Otterlo for the Kroller Muller family. The building, with its tower for spotting prey, sits on the edge of a lake in the Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe one of the must-visit … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Travel
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On tour
Most of us will be on tour in August. We’ll try to post, depending on availability of wireless access on German campsites.
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Travel
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Muzio v Ponti
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Giovanni Muzio’s Ca Brutta (1923) faces Gio Ponti’s Palazzo Montecatini (1936) across the junction of Via Fillipo Turati and Via Moscova in Milan. The buildings were completed within fifteen years of each other and display different … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Gio Ponti, Giovanni Muzio, Italy, Milan, Precedents, Travel
Tagged cabrutta, milano, montecatini, muzio, ponti
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