Clouds on reflective skin
Europe, Netherlands, Utrecht, Utrecht, Centre, Rabobank HQ (slightly cut from L & R)
The neo-modernist glass facade of the HQ (the 'old' part) of the Rabobank (Articon - Fichtinger/Bak, 1983). The blue reflective glass outer layer with its geometric patterns hides the load-bearing part of the facade - stacked and punctured concrete pre-fab slabs.
This is number 898 of the Minimalism/explicit Graphism album.
And number 203 of the Urban Frontiers - since this is the brutalized part of the old centre of Utrecht. During the development of this zone, even traditional waterways (grachten) were filled in and built over - it was a spectacular example of what in the day was called 'city vorming' (city creating). The choices of the time are deplored now and on some spots 'grachten' are being brought back.
Clouds on reflective skin
Europe, Netherlands, Utrecht, Utrecht, Centre, Rabobank HQ (slightly cut from L & R)
The neo-modernist glass facade of the HQ (the 'old' part) of the Rabobank (Articon - Fichtinger/Bak, 1983). The blue reflective glass outer layer with its geometric patterns hides the load-bearing part of the facade - stacked and punctured concrete pre-fab slabs.
This is number 898 of the Minimalism/explicit Graphism album.
And number 203 of the Urban Frontiers - since this is the brutalized part of the old centre of Utrecht. During the development of this zone, even traditional waterways (grachten) were filled in and built over - it was a spectacular example of what in the day was called 'city vorming' (city creating). The choices of the time are deplored now and on some spots 'grachten' are being brought back.