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Having participated in the Photo24 Challenge recently, myself & Tim Scott decided another trip into London would be a great idea. This time I only took my little Sony RX100 mk3 & iPhone with me as the thought of carrying my Canon 5d mk4 & associated lenses in 30 degree heat for the day was just too much. Ultimately, this was the right decision & whilst at times the image quality & ability to get certain shots that the Canon would have given me proved frustrating the small bag & weight far outweighed this. We arrived in London at 10.15am & headed straight to The Barbican for some brutal architecture shots, then made our way across London taking in various sites along the way, ending up in Brick Lane for a curry at 7.30pm.
Bierpinsel is the work of Ralph Schüler und Ursulina Schüler-Witte an architect couple who also designed the brutalist ICC Conference Center in Berlin-Westend. The original concept that came from the couple was that of a tree shape, but I don’t think this idea is there today. It looks more like a crazy Lego creation than anything else. Either way, it took four years to build it, between 1972 and 1976 and, according to the legend, it got its nickname due to the amount of free beer that was served on the opening day.
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This flash trip to Paris (decided at 10am, in the car by noon, back the next day) had a nice juxtaposition to it: the immediate occasion was the eco-event near the Arc de Triomphe, but our ever ongoing treasure hunt had a architectural theme: brutalism. So, plants and concrete. Countryside and city. All rolled into less than 24 hours.
The first brutalist building on the list was the Centre National de la Danse, built in the late 60s, designed by Jacques Kalisz, by order of the then (communist) mayor, who wanted to break with traditional building styles. It is literally falling apart, but still very much in use. It had an interior partial make-over, but the 'listed building conundrum' might play a part on the exterior: because it's listed, you have the obligation to keep it intact, but at the same time you aren't allowed to do anything. :-)
More brutalist architecture to come.
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Brutalist architecture designed by architects Engelbrecht Rice Griffin. Mark Engelbrecht and John Rice were also architectural educators at Iowa State University when I was naive student there. Des Moines, Iowa.
Having participated in the Photo24 Challenge recently, myself & Tim Scott decided another trip into London would be a great idea. This time I only took my little Sony RX100 mk3 & iPhone with me as the thought of carrying my Canon 5d mk4 & associated lenses in 30 degree heat for the day was just too much. Ultimately, this was the right decision & whilst at times the image quality & ability to get certain shots that the Canon would have given me proved frustrating the small bag & weight far outweighed this. We arrived in London at 10.15am & headed straight to The Barbican for some brutal architecture shots, then made our way across London taking in various sites along the way, ending up in Brick Lane for a curry at 7.30pm.
These are my first location shots for my project on 1950's to 1970's Brutalism.
(GOING BACK AND RE-SHOOTING WITH A WIDE ANGLE)
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Pilgrimage Church of Mary (Gottfried Böhm, 1963-1972). The church's jagged roofline and cross against the sky. See fumbling introductory comments here.
Having participated in the Photo24 Challenge recently, myself & Tim Scott decided another trip into London would be a great idea. This time I only took my little Sony RX100 mk3 & iPhone with me as the thought of carrying my Canon 5d mk4 & associated lenses in 30 degree heat for the day was just too much. Ultimately, this was the right decision & whilst at times the image quality & ability to get certain shots that the Canon would have given me proved frustrating the small bag & weight far outweighed this. We arrived in London at 10.15am & headed straight to The Barbican for some brutal architecture shots, then made our way across London taking in various sites along the way, ending up in Brick Lane for a curry at 7.30pm.
Pilgrimage Church of Mary (Gottfried Böhm, 1963-1972). View of the pilgrimage route, with line of cylindrical pavilions (the pilgrims' hostel rooms) forming a sheltered loggia. See fumbling introductory comments here.