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Saint Bavo Cathedral, Haarlem The Netherlands.
Joseph Cuypers designed this great neo-romanesque cathedral from 1895-1930.
The cathedral is a feast of architecture and art.
Spijkenisserbrug, Spijkenisse/Hoogvliet, The Netherlands.
Built (1977) from segments of the old Moerdijkbrug (1936, by Penn & Bauduin).
IBIS Hotel Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Design(2012): Han van den Born (KCAP Architects).
GIMPed by me.
(L) "De Rotterdam". Design (1998): OMA.
(R) "Las Palmas" . Design (1951): Van den Broek en Bakema. Renovation and addition of the ellipse (2003): Benthem Crouwel Architects.
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
To me, it looks like the assembly of a plane's cockpit went slightly wrong.
Carolus Vocational Education Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Design (2004): AGS Architects.
Set yourself a challenge: go out on a very stormy day and make the most of it.
DSM Offices in Sittard, The Netherlands.
Artwork by André Volten.
Offices built in 1991.
Redesigned in 2010 by Cepezed, Fokkema & Partners Architects and Lodewijk Baljon Landscape architects.
Now: empty... and transformed by me using GIMP.
A fire escape at apartment complex "The Cohesion Cobana", Rotterdam.
Design (2017): Rijnboutt.
Modified using GIMP.
lo Storto ( "The twisted one"), Torre Hadid ("Hadid Tower"), Generali Tower.
Design (2014): Zaha Hadid Architects
The Milanese also like to nickname their skyscrapers.
"The elastic perspective" ("Het elastisch perspectief")
Design (2013): NEXT architects
Carnisselande, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Easter day 2. Let's visit another church.
Chiesa Beata Vergine Immacolata, a brutalist feast, designed by Giuseppe Pizzigoni (1961).
Longuelo, Bergamo, Italia.
Perpendicular, interrupted strips of bricks form the facade of Goes town hall. They play a role in the complex energy management system of this building.
Design (2001): Rudy Uytenhaak.
"Limelight" by Jelmer Noordeman cleverly disguises the not-so-pretty parts on the Zuidplein shopping center roof.
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Provincial House of South Holland, The Hague, Netherlands.
Design (1973): Frits Peutz.
Redesign (2022): Kraaijvanger Architects.
This is a tiny village on the east coast of Greenland, at the end of the world.
It only exists in silico, but is based on the charming village of Ittoqqortoormiit.
Soon to be (partially ?) demolished due to construction failures: Nelson Mandela Bridge, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands.
Architect: Johan Bak (1992).
Reshuffles by me using GIMP.
Leuve Pavilion, part of the Rotterdam Maritime Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Design: Moederscheim Moonen architects (2017).
A relatively new building in a style that I'd call Soviet-inspired prefab.
But I like the shapes and the way the light plays around with them.
Could the shapes be inspired by tyres?
Bicocca (the former Pirelli factory grounds), Milano, Italia.
I found very little info, not even the architect's name.
Building started in 2018, and it's owned by a company named società Caltagirone.
Staircase at Lenbachhaus, München, Germany.
Original design (1887): Gabriel von Seidl.
Redesign (2009): Norman Foster.
Once a shiny star at Expo 2015, The Tree of Life created by Orgoglio Brescia (a consortium of local businesses) and designed by Marco Balich, appears to be waiting for better times.
The Expo park is The huge park is being redeveloped as MindMilano, an innovation park, but mostly still looks quite desolate.
Building of the Cooperative Wholesale Association "Chamber of Commerce" (Coöperatieve Groothandelsvereniging De Handelskamer), in short HAKA-Building.
New pragmatism to the max.
The building was designed (1931) by Hermann Friedrich Mertens and Jacobus Koeman, and was one of the first to be made from cast concrete.
Prins Clausbrug undergoing a major overhaul.
Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Design (2001): Ben van Berkel (UNStudio).
The curtains do something magical to the space.
Lübecker Dom, Lübeck, Germany.
Building started in 1173 by Heinrich der Löwe, and largely rebuilt after WW II.
The Hague town hall, The Netherlands.
Designed (1986): Richard Meier.
To celebrate M.C. Escher's 125th birthday, studio VOLLAERSZWART (Madje Vollaers and Pascal Zwart) created this mural, inspired by Meier's building and Escher's works.
The endless stairs by Olafur Eliasson (2004). He calls this work 'description'.
KPMG building, by Otto Steidle (2002/3).
München, germany.
Het Binnenhof, the houses of parliament in the Netherlands, are undergoing major restoration and renovation works. The Hague, The Netherlands.
I assume these walls were meant to improve the acoustic qualities of the building.
Olympiapark München, Germany.
An impressive light and complex structure.
Design (1966): Behnisch & Partner.
Roof design: Frei Otto.
Staircase at Museum De Fundatie in Zwolle, The Netherlands.
Design (2010): BiermanHenket architecten.
Traveling on a tallship, we had to wait until the Erasmus Bridge was repaired, so we could go underneath at 1 A.M.
Erasmus Bridge, Belvédère Building and The Rotterdam. Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
That's the name of this viewpoint at Rozenburg, the Netherlands.
Design (2017): Mothership, Rotterdam
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It really does exist, but it bears only some resemblance to this GIMPed version in this virtual landscape.