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Die Langen Foundation ist eine 2002 gegründete private Kunststiftung. Sie widmet sich der Kunstsammlung von Marianne und Viktor Langen. Die Stiftung unterhält ein von dem japanischen Architekten Tadao Ando entworfenes Ausstellungsgebäude auf dem Gelände der ehemaligen NATO-Raketenstation bei Neuss.
...die vom russischen Architekturbüro SPEECH entworfen wurde.
Hier ein Auszug aus dem Museumsführer:
"Das Museum für Architekturzeichnung liegt auf dem Gelände des Pfefferbergs in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg. Das Areal wurde 1848 für die Brauerei Pfefferberg erschlossen und weist eine wechselvolle Geschichte auf.
Seit 1990 haben sich in den meist unter Denkmalschutz stehenden Gebäuden Kultureinrichtungen, Galerien und Künstlerateliers angesiedelt.
Gefärbter Beton und Glas bilden die Fassaden des Gebäudes, eine Kombination, die unter verschiedenen Aspekten kontrastreich und vielschichtig ist.
Sowohl die plastische Gestaltung des Betons als auch seine Herstellung und der konstruktive Einsatz sind bemerkenswert und prägen neben der Kubatur das außergewöhnliche Erscheinungsbild des Museums.
Die geschlossene Gebäudeoberfläche ist dekoriert mit stark vergrößerten Fragmenten architektonischer Skizzen in Reliefform. Die überdimensionierten Linienzeichnungen verweisen auf die Nutzung des Gebäudes als Ausstellungsort und Archiv.
An vielen Stellen im Inneren des Museums kehren die Gestaltungselemente der Fassade wieder und manifestieren den Designcode des Hauses; diesem Prinzip folgen auch die eigens entworfenen Türbeschläge..."
This house was undermined by a flood a handful of years ago. Slowly the house collapsed with its belongings still inside. Located in rural Brown County, Ohio a few miles north of the Ohio River.
San Francisco Square in the Historic Center of Quito.
From left to right, in the San Francisco building, you can see the doors of the Chapel of Cantuña, the Chapel of Villacísla, the main church, the convent and the museum.
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The Church and its chapels (La Iglesia de San Francisco), which were considered sacred places.
Together, Church and Convent encompass three hectares including 13 cloisters (six of them major), three churches, and a large courtyard. In total, about 40,000 square meters of construction. San Francisco follows the classical typology of medieval monasteries. The main Church is the guiding axis and from there the cloister galleries extend: the refectory, the chapterhouse, and winery. These define a quadrangular courtyard, with the four respective pandas, or galleries: that of the chapter room, the refectory, the converts, and the mandatum. In addition to the basic dependencies of a convent, there were areas devoted to health care, education, crafts, a garden, and even a jail (to maintain strict discipline). The kitchen and dispensery operated in the cloister of services.
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Walking from the Old Town’s narrow colonial streets into this open plaza reveals one of the finest sights in all of Ecuador: a sweeping cobblestone plaza backed by the mountainous backdrop of Volcán Pichincha, and the long, whitewashed walls and twin bell towers of Ecuador’s oldest church.
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The Public Square (Plaza de San Francisco) was a purely urban space, demarcated and connected to various public activities (teaching, market, water supply).
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Sad part of our History.
In pre-Hispanic Quito, the current lands of the Church and Convent of San Francisco were occupied by the royal palace of the Inca Huayna Cápac, before the advance of the armies commanded by the Spaniards from the south and the impossibility of defending the city the indigenous general Rumiñahui arranged the total destruction of it. In the city fire the palace was destroyed and buried under a huge amount of rubble and garbage. One of Rumiñahui's soldiers was the great-grandfather of the indigenous Cantuña, who as an eyewitness to the events had full knowledge of what was buried in the place. The construction of the church and convent of San Francisco began around 1537, just three years after the Spanish foundation of the city, with the completion of a provisional temple that was maintained until 1550, when construction of the current building began and which was completed around 1680. Although the building was officially inaugurated in 1705.
Karfreitag: Das Kreuz
artist: Robert Longo
"When heaven and hell change places"
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Hall art foundation Derneburg
Supporting the 'Temple of the Winds' folly in The Neale, Co. Mayo, Ireland are the foundations of a castle built c. 1776 that was never completed. This image was taken the morning before my previously-posted star trails shot of the exterior.
Texsture by LENABEM-ANNA J.
Malmö Sweden
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The foundation of the oldest Renaissance castle in Scandinavia was laid in 1436 during the regency of Eric of Pomerania. He built a citadel, most of which was later destroyed. In 1537, the Danish king Christian III built a new castle, which was finished in 1542. The castle was built according to the stylistic ideals of the Renaissance. The glory days of the castle were in that period, when the royal family was often in residence. When Malmö became Swedish in 1658, it no longer served as a royal castle and the defensive functions of the castle were instead reinforced by the Swedish military forces. The fortress became outmoded in the 18th century and was instead used as a prison until 1914. The castle was extensively restored in the late 1920s. Malmö Museums took over the castle buildings, which were supplemented with a modern addition. Malmö Museums opened their new premises in 1937, which still hold some of the museum's collections.
The enormous wooden sculpture from an oak trunk of Mile Prerad
in Dortmund Westfalenpark has been around for thirty years.
The Thanks for the coexistence of people of many nationalities.
ja, der Victor, lieber Paul, war mit Recht sehr erfolgreich und konnte dieses moderne Gebäude schon in den 70er Jahren inszenieren ... natürlich nur, damit ich es dir heute zum Geburtstag schenken kann ...
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Exiting the Brant Foundation you walk through this lovely tree lined area to the street.
Happy Fence Friday
Pink-headed knotweed ( Persicaria capitate grows along the foundation and on the grout of the Casa do Cantoneiro which sits along the road to the Caldera of Faial on the island of Faial in the Azores. The flower, originally introduced to the Azores as an ornamental plant, is native to the Himalayas. It escaped cultivation and is now considered an invasive plant.
The building, originally built to house road maintenance workers (cantoneiros), has been repurposed as an interpretation center for the Caldera within Faial Nature Park (Parque Natural do Faial).
We caught some of the exhibitions at the Rencontres photography Festival in Arles. This building was hosting a display by the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz.Foundation for documentary photography
The Village Weaver is one species of 8 predominantly yellow coloured seed-eaters that flock together and with every breeding season build fresh hanging nests in a large communal tree.
Often they share that tree with 2 or 3 other species of weaver birds, making ID sometimes a challenging game.
What I loved about this particular tree was that the birds were in different stages of building, so we could truly see how they start the structure - they build the "frame" - a strong, sturdy circle first, beautifully demonstrated by this male Ploceus cucullatus in his prime :) I hope he found a mate happy to nest in what he is building :)
PS: I'd like to add, that we were at the Bird-Hide at Panic Lake, near Skukuza Rest Camp in Kruger National Park. The tree was on the other shore across the lake and I used my 500mm zoom less, had to crop very heavily and I used Topaz to slightly upscale and denoise the image, to be able to show the detail of the nest ring.
There was no disturbance of the birds; we were too far away from them, so we could watch their natural behaviour :)
National Trust Properties
Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury, HP18 0LH, Buckinghamshire
Waddesdon Manor
Built between 1874 – 1889 in the Neo-renaissance style for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild. Waddesdon Manor stayed within the family until 1957.
When the last owner died (James de Rothschild), it was passed over to the National Trust, the Manor and its contents and is now managed by the Rothschild Foundation.
Ferdinand de Rothschild wanted a beautiful building and had in mind a chateau familiar with those built in the Loire Valley. He chose the French architect Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur to do the work. Destailleur was already familiar with the type of work, as he had overseen many projects, including the Chateau de Mouchy. He also worked for another member of the De Rothschild family, namely Baron Albert de Rothschild on his Palais Rothschild in Vienna.
The wine cellars are interesting in that it contains the best of 15,000 bottles, some over 150 years old and come from the Chateau Lafite Rothschild and Chateau Mouton Rothschild estates. It is the largest collection in the world of Rothschild wines, it also has some very important labels created by artists such as Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol.
The works of art inside the house of the very best quality, artists such as, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Boucher, Cuyp, Van Dyck, Titan and many others. Sevres ceramics, Beauvais Tapestries, first quality English Silver, carpets, books the list unending.
the French Landscape Gardiner Elie Laine. Extensive levelling of the hill was carried out, the Gardens and parks were laid out and an attempt was made to grow full length trees using chloroform to decrease the shock of moving the trees and planting them, however there are many trees in the parks and gardens that were successfully planted. Trees such as Yews, cedar, redwoods and other conifers, chestnuts, limes and maples are all successfully well bedded in.
During the reign of James de Rothschild the gardens were not the most spectacular however from the 1990’s a more up to date, using computer software for many of the colour combinations and in the gardens are many lovely statues by such sculptors as, Italian Sculptors Giuliano Mozani and Filippo Parodi, French sculptor, Jean Raon, to name but a few.
In my opinion, a great House and Garden to visit, teas and a scone well worth the wait.
Finally there have been many films made there. Here are a few examples:
Never Say Never Again
Carry On “Don’t Lose Your Head”
Ladies in Lavender
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
In 2018 there were approx. 465,000 visitors to the Manor, and was the largest visitor attraction anywhere in all of the National Trust Properties.
2 Timothy 2:19
19 But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone hwho names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), 2 Ti 2:19.
Gehry, always overdoing it... here again, at Foundation Louis Vuitton - because we all know "98 percent of everything that is built and designed today is..." I think he is just in the expensive part of the 98 percent.
The front faces the towering flood wall on West Front Street. It's the last house on street before the flood wall turns southward into a parking lot. Despite it's foundation issues and its lack of an Ohio River view, the house is beautifully decorated and the yard has some great plantings. The Ohio River Valley has a long history of devastating floods and a lot of sacrifices were made to accommodate the flood wall.
The set of Asimov's "Foundation" trilogy is my dad's...the tea set is my mom's from their wedding...and the unique retro teapot is something I picked up at a thrift store in Pittsburgh but have since passed on to a friend who appreciates vintage pieces even more than I do.
This is also appropriate because my dad got me into sci-fi but my mom got me into tea, and all three subjects were made circa the 60's and 70's.
We had a fab day today at the raptor foundation ! Plenty of opportunity to get some great images like this !
Foundation repair is a traumatic experience. Homes in the Houston (Texas) suburbs are built on concrete slabs over a clay-rich soil that expands and contracts with the seasons. Given enough years, foundation cracks are common. Using the weight of the house, cylindrical concrete piers are driven into the soil until refusal, about 16 feet (5 meters) down in 14 locations around the affected sides of the house in our case. Then the home is jacked back into level. Doors are closing properly again. Not sure our ornamental shrubbery will survive the required transplantation, but if not we'll be planting Texas natives that attract butterflies. Angel, shown here, was an industrious and pleasant worker. Thanks Angel.
Downs Road Boatyard, Blackwater River, Maldon. The Foundation provides training and apprenticeships to keep heritage boatbuilding craft skills alive: such as rigging, metalworking, engineering and woodworking. Currently the apprentices are involved in the restoration of the 'Torbay Lass' built in 1923 and one of the last Brixham Trawlers to be built. The rebuild of Torbay Lass is managed by a lead shipwright with 6 young people getting hands on experience of rebuilding a 102-year-old wooden sailing vessel. Taken with a Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1.
So, I did a thing. And that thing was redesigning SWF.
Come take a look:
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Union%20Passage/152/225/5
Special shouts to Jogi Schultz for the custom mermaid benches, as well as all the glowy white stone signs.
Building:
-co*ffee - Cubex building (kindof lol I modified it a lot to work for this project)
Plantlife:
-Cerridwen's Cauldron
-Balderdash
-3D Trees
Animals:
-JIAN
-Hextraordinary
-Inochi Botanicals
-Balderdash
-Splash Aquatics
Fog:
-Dysfunctionality
I guess I will take a picture of this lovely tree each season. Two down and two to go. To see the same tree, journey here!
Dailyshoot Challenge #ds104 - The horizon can be a strong composition element. Make a photograph that emphasizes the horizon today.
Our church mission trip took us to the village of Ch'ixtotic, in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, where we worked and worshipped with the people of the Presbyterian congregation there and helped them lay the foundation for a new church building.
Not a bad view from the worksite, if you know what I mean. This was sunrise one morning. Loved the fog hanging in the valley and the colors of the sunrise in the sky.