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These towers are warped, they are crooked, they are interlocking and full of nooks and corners. They are really impossible and, in their impossible reality, shape the image of the new Düsseldorf harbour: the three buildings designed by Frank O. Gehry at the side of the harbour basin, the ‘Neuer Zollhof’, form a unique ensemble – an architectural masterpiece of its own kind.
The Gehry buildings, as they are called in Düsseldorf, were completed just before the turn of the millennium and have become the modern landmark of the state capital. Just as the old castle tower a few hundred metres downriver is and will remain the traditional and popular landmark of the former seat of the court.
Thus, Frank O. Gehry, Californian superstar in the global world of architecture, has left his unmistakable marks in Düsseldorf. The manifold components of the three buildings give rise to questions and explanations, catch the eye and arouse curiosity, again and again. Gehry’s harbour ensemble has become the one most frequently admired, discussed and photographed building in the city.
Graced with an open airy feeling on a grey overcast afternoon in Melbourne and an amazing roof that looks like a blanket being unfurled across a big bed. This is the main terminus for country and interstate trains in addition to serving all suburban lines within metropolitan Melbourne.
The RV THOMAS G THOMPSON on the Columbia River in the shipyard at Swan island in Portland, OR to load equipment for our next cruise. We take oout our small boat to test out the new engine. Research Vessel THOMAS G THOMPSON sails for the University of Washington, School of Oceanography out of Seattle, Washington. For more information: www.ocean.washington.edu/story/RV+Thomas+G+Thompson
Nothing is so inspiring as seeing big works well laid out and planned and a real engineering organisation !
Completed in the mid-c13th, the West Front has one of the most impressive collections of medieval sculpture in the western world. Hewn from local limestone around 300 of the original 400 medieval statues remain.
They appear quite differently today to how they looked in the Middle Ages, when much of the Cathedral was painted inside and out in bright colours.
Two six-winged Seraphim flank Jesus in the Judgement Day centrepiece at the top of the West Front. They are supported by apostles, angels and saints.