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From my collection, hand carved in solid Mahogany. Inspiration came from a 10th century piece in the National Museum in Oslo.
A glimpse of Kalasatama Metro Station in Helsinki, captured straight out of the Canon 5D Mark II, untouched, no edits or retouches. The contrast between the cold, industrial lines of the metro architecture and the soft pink sky felt almost cinematic—a reminder that beauty often finds its way into the most unexpected places.
A delightful small Arabia Finland Emilia plate with a pattern designed by Raija Uosikkinen in the 1960s.
The Helsinki Music Centre is a concert hall and a music center in Helsinki. It was designed by LPR Architects who won the competition to design the site.
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A surreal twist on a familiar place — this 360° panorama taken with the Insta360 X5 transforms the quiet neighborhood of Husvik in Tønsberg into a miniature planet. Towering evergreens rise from the center like guardians of the sphere, while the bright blue sky wraps the scene in serenity. The sun peeks through, casting light on the grassy textures and rooftops, creating a dreamlike balance between nature and home.
Fun Fact
The "tiny planet" effect is created by projecting a 360° image using stereographic projection, turning landscapes into spherical worlds. It’s a popular technique for showcasing familiar places in an unfamiliar way — and works especially well with scenes that have strong vertical elements like trees or buildings.
Our family "get-away" from the pressures of urban life.
6000 feet elevation in the Feather River headwaters area of the
high Sierra Nevada Mtns of northern California. About 45 miles
north of Lake Tahoe.
We call it Zakopane in the Sierras, after the alpine village of the
same name in the Tatras Range of Europe's Carpathian Mtns, on
the Polish/Slovakian border.
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Yesterday, I posted a photo of the Iceberg Project under construction in Aarhus, which I took back in July 2015. Now a modern landmark in the harbor, the Iceberg’s sharp, angular design has transformed the area into a symbol of contemporary Danish architecture. Today’s post is another shot from that same year, featuring a lone fisherman on the quay. He seems lost in thought, cigarette in hand, with the striking lines of the Iceberg Project forming the perfect, modern backdrop to his quiet moment by the water - Aarhus, Denmark
Whether it's fly fishing the Wood River, dirt biking in the Sawtooths, or searching for deep powder on Mt. Baldy, it's just hard to beat Sun Valley. We used to say.... "Ketchum, we can't even find 'em...!!!"
About 90 years old, I bought this lovely piece in Bavaria about 30 years ago. Beautiful old hand painted hunt scenes in larch wood.
It is a current archeological belief that the Vikings of the North also conquered and settled the frigid NW of current day Russia. Called "the Rus", they fought Slavic forces to the south and east, eventually controlling all the way to Kiev.
We see today, in restored architectural examples in places like Novgorod, decorative pagan symbols very similar to those on the stavkirke of Norway and Sweden.
This particular symbol is called an OKHLUPEN. As far back as the 13th century AD, in the Dvina River region near Novgorod, builders of wooden structures used an entire larch (larix) log as a roof ridge beam. Carvers would climb to the top and using a hand ax, carve a ram, stallion, or rooster/hen's head from the root ball of the log. This animal was meant to protect all those living under it's protection from fire, pestilence, flood, and famine.
Is your style of architecture German, Scandinavian, Russian, Polish, Baltic?
For a thousand years the borders have changed, with great regularity. The Viking influence from 750AD until the 13th century... the Hanseatic Federation and their influence as trading cities... Sweden ruled over much of the Baltic and North Sea for hundreds of years, as well as the Rus, the Poles, the Ukrainians, the Prussians, the Teutonic tribes, Bohemia, and Austro-Hungarians.
But anthropologically what has remained constant, well... taking into consideration invasions and movements of tribes and large groups... are the people. Above is a university study showing the prevalence of blue eyed peoples and the density of same.
And this indeed was the challenge and opportunity for our world-reknowned architects to come up with a style unique to this part of the world from which my Family comes. We very much love the 19th century alpine style known as Zakopane, named after the podhale village of the same name along the Polish/Slovak border. From this wonderful core of design with it's unique and dramatic alpine roof lines, we have embellished the architectural accoutrements and come up with what we refer to as .... Architecture from "the LAND of the BLUE EYES". Adding to that is inspiration from architectural gems in the Sierra Nevada Mtns of northern California. Vikingsholm, considered to be the finest rendition of Nordic alpine architecture in North America, on the shores of Lake Tahoe.... the Maybeck creation at the Hearst Compound called Wyntoon on the McLoud River, Rainbow Lodge in the Yuba Canyon, Thunderbird Lodge at Incline, and of course.... SugarBowl on the top of Donner Summit.
From the Viking days... carvings and portals as seen on the magical Stavkirke (Stave Churches) at Urnes, Heddal, and Gol in Norge, to the roof details of the Novgorod/north DVINA River Region of NW Russia, to the wonderful chip carvings of the Hutsells and Goral people of the Carpathian Mtns, Scandinavian rosemal'ing, magnificent doors from the Baltic area, bauernmalerai from Prussia and Bohemia, exposed hand hewn logs of Mecklanburg, and of course beautiful natural stone throughout the entire region.
Please enjoy the trip with us as you review many of the pictures in this Photostream. Nice to have made so many friends so far on a truly global scale. Thank you for the 10,000 views so far in just two weeks....
Architect: Larry Pearson, PEARSON DESIGN GROUP, Bozeman, Montana USA
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As far back as the 14th century massive roofs of houses in the Northern Dvina River Region of NW Russia were topped with an entire larch log, its roots hanging over the pediment of the house. From the root ball Russian carpenters used an axe to carve sculptures, often in the shape of a hen or a horse. These were called "okhlupen" and had the function of protecting inhabitants of the house from illnesses, thieves, fires and evil forces. There was a saying in the north of Russia, "Kuritsa na krishe, v dome tishe." "With a hen on the roof, it's quiet at home."
Zakopane in the Sierras
Architecture from "the LAND of the BLUE EYES".
My lifelong thanks to my three Viking buddies from University of Montana... Arnstein Rustberggard of Gol, Claus Urbye of Oslo, and Jan Brentebratten of Chicken Falls (Honefoss) for teaching me how to love all things NORGE !!!
Thanks goes out to my dear friend and business associate, Herr Gunter Kugler of Bremen who has faithfully guided us through much of this building project. From his vast knowledge in wood technology, to his love for the historical aspects of construction, from the Vikings to the Hansa Federation to his knowledge of construction in wood and other natural products.... he has helped our team develop this architectural style known as "from the LAND of the BLUE EYES". I look forward to our "first Cuban" and glass of Trockenbeerenauslese overlooking the 14th....
We began with a simple Carpathian Alps design known as Zakopane Style, after the alpine village of the same name in the podhale (alpine area) along the Polish/Slovakian border. From there we added architectural accoutrements covering a historical period from 1050AD to approximately 1920, in the modern age. We have incorporated door portals and shutter carvings from the old Stavkirke (Stave Churches) of Hallingdal, Telemark, and Urnes (Norway)... to roof details from the Novgorod/upper Dvina River Region of NW Russia... to window carvings from the old Prussia/Bohemian regions...... carved doors reminiscent of the Baltics, and various other folk details from the Hutsells of Ukraine and the goral (mtn people) in Poland.
This is Phase 1 of a larger compound to incorporate inspiration from European architecture as well as many such inspirations in our own High Sierras. Sites such as Vikingsholm at Lake Tahoe, the Hearst compound at Wyntoon, Rainbow Lodge, Sugarbowl, and Thunderbird Lodge.
Architect: Larry Pearson, PEARSON DESIGN GROUP, Bozeman, Montana
Master Builder: Matt & Ted Williams, WILLIAMS CONSTRUCTION, Clio, California
This is a little porcelain plate showing a Norwegian fisherman and his sons out on the water. It was manufactured by Porsgrund Norway as part of their annual Father's Day series. The artist for this plate is Thorstein Rittun.
Remlov, A. (ed.) Design in Scandinavia: an exhibition of objects for the home, Oslo: Kirstes Boktrykkeri, 1954.
Layout & cover design by Tapio Wirkkala
recently shot around our home...
bare with me for not posting them in full here...
they are however in full... bloom on my blog
promise to post more often here as soon as my time management skills reach to handling a 24h day as if it was a... 36h one, while keeping faithful to spending moderately time on line.
So glad to have connected with some of you under my latest post :)
Thanks for the nice welcome. You are awesome for not forgetting!
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The inspiration for these window carvings in 350 year old reclaimed TEAK comes from the choir stalls in the Cathedral (Dom St. Petri) in Bremen, Germany. The hand-carved support posts are Norsk style "karveskurd" similar to the California State Architectural Site called Vikingsholm, on Emerald Bay/Lake Tahoe. Vikingsholm is considered by most authorities to be the finest rendition of a Viking Lords' schloss/manor house in North America.
The stone is Montana Basalt. The windows are German.
Thanks goes out to my dear friend and business associate, Herr Gunter Kugler of Bremen who has faithfully guided us through much of this building project. From his vast knowledge in wood technology, to his love for the historical aspects of construction, from the Vikings to the Hansa Federation to his knowledge of construction in wood and other natural products.... he has helped our team develop this architectural style known as "from the LAND of the BLUE EYES". I look forward to our "first Cuban" and glass of Trockenbeerenauslese overlooking the 14th....
Zakopane in the Sierras.
Architecture from "the LAND of the BLUE EYES".
My lifelong thanks to my three Viking buddies from University of Montana... Arnstein Rustberggard of Gol, Claus Urbaye of Oslo, and Jan Brentebratten of Chicken Falls (Honefoss) for teaching me how to love all things NORGE !!!
We began with a simple Carpathian Alps design known as Zakopane Style, after the alpine village of the same name in the podhale (alpine area) along the Polish/Slovakian border. From there we added architectural accoutrements covering a historical period from 1050AD to approximately 1920, in the modern age. We have incorporated door portals and shutter carvings from the old Stavkirke (Stave Churches) of Hallingdal, Telemark, and Urnes (Norway)... to roof details from the Novgorod/upper Dvina River Region of NW Russia... to window carvings from the old Prussia/Bohemian regions...... carved doors reminiscent of the Baltics, and various other folk details from the Hutsells of Ukraine and the goral (mtn people) in Poland.
This is Phase 1 of a larger compound to incorporate inspiration from European architecture as well as many such inspirations in our own High Sierras. Sites such as Vikingsholm at Lake Tahoe, the Hearst compound at Wyntoon, Rainbow Lodge, Sugarbowl, and Thunderbird Lodge.
Architect: Larry Pearson, PEARSON DESIGN GROUP, Bozeman, Montana
Master Builder: Matt & Ted Williams, WILLIAMS CONSTRUCTION< Clio, California.