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The Storting building (Norwegian: Stortingsbygningen) is the seat of the Storting, the parliament of Norway. The building is located at 22 Karl Johans gate in central Oslo, Norway. It was taken inaugurated on 5 March 1866. It was designed by the Swedish architect Emil Victor Langlet.
Following the establishment of the Parliament of Norway in 1814, which had happened at a private home belonging to Carsten Anker in Eidsvoll, the newly established legislature started meeting at Christiania lærde Skole at Tollbodgaten and Dronningsgate.
From 1854, the legislature started using the grand hall at the Royal Frederick University.
However, proposals of an own parliament building had arisen. The parliament voted down a government proposal to create such a building in 1833, but in 1836, the work to establish a permanent building started.
The government decided to build in the Palace Park, and this was passed by the parliament. However, instead the government chose to purchase the current lot instead. This was approved by parliament in 1857.
The next discussion was related to the architecture. Several proposals were made, and twelve of these have been preserved.
A design competition was initiated in 1856, and this was won by the architects Heinrich Ernst Schirmer and Wilhelm von Hanno. However, the Storting decided to reject the proposal because it looked too much like a church.
Instead, a proposal from the Swedish architect Emil Victor Langlet was chosen with 59 against 47 votes on 18 May 1860.
Construction started on 3 August 1860, and the cornerstone was laid on 10 October 1861. The building cost 957,332 kr. The parliament moved in on 5 March 1866.
Initially, the building was too large for the needs of the legislature, and several other government agencies, including the Office of the Auditor General of Norway, the National Archival Services, the Mapping and Cadastre Authority and the Director of Canals were also housed there. As the parliament has expanded, these various agencies have moved out.
During the German invasion of Norway on 9 April 1940, the Storting relocated and held two meetings, once in a cinema in Hamar and once at Elverum Folk High School (Elverum folkehøgskole).
The remaining meetings during World War II were held abroad.
During the war, the building was taken over by the German forces, and at first used as barracks.
Later, Reichskommissar Josef Terboven with administration moved into the building. The Lagting Chamber was refurnished, with the ceiling lowered and the interior redecorated with mahogany panels and funkis style.
From 1951 to 1959, a four-story office building was built at the back of the building. The courtyard was filled in, and the chamber expanded. This work was led by architect Nils Holter (1899-1995).
The building is built in yellow brick with details and basement in light gray granite. It is a combination of several styles, including inspirations from France and Italy. A characteristic feature of Stortingsbygningen is the way the plenary chamber is located in the semi-circular section in the front of the building, as opposed to the building's centre. The back side of the building mirrors the facade of the front, with the meeting chamber of the now-abolished Lagting legislative chamber. The interior of the building is also designed by Langlet.
Villa Mairea in Noormarkku, Finland
Villa Mairea was designed by Alvar and Aino Aalto and completed in August 1939. The Aaltos designed this house as a home for their friends Maire and Harry Gullichsen. Harry Gullichsen was the CEO of the family company A. Ahlström Oy. Maire Gullichsen was a collector and a patron of the arts.
a. jespersen og søn, nyropsgade, copenhagen, 1952-1955.
architect: arne jacobsen.
jacobsen's early essay in the curtain wall, the jespersen office building in copenhagen, has lost its original facade.
if you believe, as I do, that the lessons of the masters are unaffected by time, "new and improved" is not a real option.
jacobsen's ultra light weight escape stair in the shape of a glass tube is still here, though, and as dirty as ever.
jacobsen is an inescapable presence in copenhagen, he is equally in your street and in your kitchen drawer. at times, that may induce a kind of blindness which subsequently places the details of his buildings in danger...I doubt this house is even listed.
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A snippet from Wikipedia:
"Another important work is the extension of the Gothenburg Courthouse Extension building which Asplund started on 1913 and finished 1937 - it shows his transformation from neo-classical to functionalist architect, a transformation in parallel with other European modernists like Erich Mendelsohn."
Regentropfen an der geschlossenen Blüte einer Funkie _ _ TimeOut in Hungary - Foto #454 of1043(H1309)
anna kirke, 1911-1928.
architect: p.v. jensen-klint (1853-1930).
the anna church was built in three stages in a dirt poor working class neighbourhood in outer nørrebro, copenhagen, over a period of 17 years. it is the first of jensen-klint's three copenhagen churches and the most charming in its modest size and ingenious urbanism.
the photo shows one of the gables in the now familiar hanseatic neo-gothic style next to a functionalist housing block completed only some ten years after the church. the ugly windows are not original but the exposed yellow brickwork is and shows the lasting influence of klint's thoughts and buildings on Danish modernism.
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Helsinki, Finland 2024.
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Arne Jacobsen's Petrol Station
Danish architect Arne Jacobsen's old petrol station from 1938 is still operating, and the sea view you get when filling up your car is just as good as back then.
The petrol station was nicknamed Paddehatten, the Mushroom, because of its ellipse-shaped canopy roof.
The reinforced concrete building was faced with white Meissner tiles - signalling purity and cleanliness.
A functionalist masterpiece
By this simple means Arne Jacobsen managed to build an impressive structure - one that was later to be considered among his finest functionalist masterpieces.
The petrol station was designed, under contract to Texaco, as a new standard model. But the model was never put into production. It is now a class A historic monument.
To this day, the petrol station remains the only one of its kind, fully intact and virtually unaltered since its erection in 1938. Only the petrol pumps are recent additions.
Villa Mairea in Noormarkku, Finland
Villa Mairea was designed by Alvar and Aino Aalto and completed in August 1939. The Aaltos designed this house as a home for their friends Maire and Harry Gullichsen. Harry Gullichsen was the CEO of the family company A. Ahlström Oy. Maire Gullichsen was a collector and a patron of the arts.
munkegårdsskolen, munkegaard school, søborg, denmark 1948-1957.
architect: arne jacobsen, 1902-1971.
the recent jacobsen uploads were all the result of a bicycle ride just north of copenhagen a while back. you can easily pass twenty or thirty of his buildings on a tour like that and if the weather is on your side, I can only recommend it.
on my way home, I decided to do a little trespassing and entered the building site of dorte mandrup's extension to jacobsen's munkegaard school. along with søholm I, the school is jacobsen's finest project from the 1940's and like the other buildings from that troubled decade, it shows the architect at his most humane, most humble, most sensitive to place and tradition, but also at his most inventive.
the school took long enough to complete for the shell to carry all the characteristics of his 1940's projects, while the detailing and interior design contain some of his best work from the 1950's - just think of those plexiglass loudspeakers... the tension between the two is part of the continued attraction of this place and you can imagine how worried I was to see many of the classrooms completely gutted.
but dorte mandrup's extension is unusual for being built beneath the original school, keeping it as intact as possible while supplying the facilities deemed necessary to teach kids in the 21st century - all of it lit from above through lightwells in jacobsen's courtyards. inevitably, that makes the whole school a building site.
I have yet to see the completed project. I don't exactly envy the architects having their work shown permanently next to jacobsen's masterpiece. who wouldn't look clumsy, bloated, even histrionic next to something as natural and terse as this? but if anyone alive in denmark can pull it off, it is dorte mandrup and her office. I promise to bring a camera once I get a chance to visit.
this quiet corner, seemingly untouched by construction, shows how each classroom can be read almost as a separate building. it has its own courtyard for outdoor teaching and generous windows including a skylight. and there is a sense of scale here which makes you feel that, in fact, you have just the right size for this world. how many buildings do that today? imagine how all this translates into a feeling of belonging with the children who arrive here from the protected world of home and kindergarten.
today, experts in teaching shake their heads at jacobsen's design and laugh overbearingly, presenting their well-argued theories of why things must change. in ten years time, new experts will arrive with new theories to supplant them and new demands for change - or maybe I am being optimistic, they could already be here. every time, someone has to stand up and defend this building. I hope - and believe - we'll find that is what the new architects have done.
check out dorte mandrup arkitekter.
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Lokis: "Welcome, newcomer, Funki!"
Funki: "..."
Venji: "We are pleased to have you."
Funki: "..."
Chibi: "Why doesn't he say something?"
Milady: "Because he doesn't have a mouth."
Sp3: "Hey, you don't make fun of our fellow Dark Worlder or I'll stab you!"
Tortu: "That's right! sorry, Milady."
Milady: "You don't need an excuse to stab something, Sp3."
Architect:
Built in: 1938-1939
Builder: Malmö Yacht Klubb
Hamnpaviljongen, (The Port Pavilion), formerly a summer restaurant, has been a popular destination for many locals. In 1996 the last restaurant closed and the building became an office building.
The building has been developed in various phases. The oldest part in functionalist architecture was built between 1938 and 1939 as the clubhouse for Malmö Yacht Club. The building in the former marina was then partially built on stilts in the water. In 1960-1961 the marina was filled and the building, which then came to stand completely on land, was extended in order to accommodate the restaurant Hamnpaviljongen.
Hamnpaviljongen is a good example of simple Swedish seaside functionalist architecture.
Das "Grosse (Wiener) Nachtpfauenauge" landete am fruehen Abend auf einem riesigen Blatt der Hosta `Guacamole´ (Funkie) in unserem Garten. Zuerst dachte ich, es sei eine Fledermaus, so torkelte dieser riesige Falter durch die Luft. Dieses Weibchen hier hatte eine Fluegelspannweite von ca. 12,5 cm, die Art (Saturnia pyri) ist der groesste Schmetterling Europas (105 bis 160 mm Flügelspannweite). Die Art zaehlt zur Nachtfalterfamilie der Pfauenspinner (Saturniidae) und ist in ihren Populationen stark ruecklaeufig. Sie haben keinen Saugruessel und nehmen dadurch keine Nahrung auf. Ihre Lebensdauer beträgt nur 10 bis 14 Tage, ich war so gluecklich dieses imposante Exemplar vor die Linse zu bekommen. Leider war aber der linke Hinterfluegel beschaedigt, vielleicht hat er deshalb so getorkelt. _ this "Giant Emperor Moth", also known as "Viennese Emperor Moth" landed on a leave in our garden, it is the biggest butterfly in Europe (105 - 160 mm wingspan). _ Please note 1st comment (pic)
in one of the many myths about utzon, he meets arne jacobsen some time in the late 1950's. utzon asks about current projects and jacobsen, a pipe smoker, takes out a box of matches, placing it on its flat side on the table. I am doing a school, he says. he then proceeds to turn the box on its long side, adding, and a city hall. finally, he turns the box on its short side and says, and a hotel.
sas royal hotel, copenhagen, 1955-1960.
architect: arne jacobsen, 1902-1971.
jacobsen's glass boxes of the second half of the 1950's made his name internationally. today, they feel more derivative than his other works: gorden bunschaft from s.o.m. and eero saarinen come to mind, somewhat overshadowing the many personal and original aspects of the buildings. certainly, the abstract language of this first wave of commercial modernism suited jacobsen's classicist temper well and his early lessons in classical mouldings helped him produce delicate curtain walls with the tiniest aluminium mullions known at the time.
this photo does not do full justice to the shallow relief of the SAS facade as the low winter sun casts long shadows from the 18 mm mullions. you will just have to trust me.
at the time, SAS royal was admired as a modernist gesamtkunstwerk. jacobsen's office did all interior design, down to carpets and cutlery. much remains in production, most famously the egg and the swan chair. the hotel itself has been gutted, though, and it is something of a sport today to tour it and discover the corners where the original interior has been left untouched.
Former Jernkontoret office & building materials storage (now CARTER boutique & café) in Aarhus.
Architecture: C.F. Møller & Kay Fisker, 1935
The furniture designer and architect Finn Juhl designed and decorated his house in Ordrup at the age of thirty. Completed in 1942, Finn Juhl’s house is now considered one of the most successful functionalist single-family houses in Denmark. Very few houses by Finn Juhl exist today: while he was a trained architect, he mainly achieved fame as a furniture designer. Finn Juhl’s sculptural furniture designs are represented throughout the house. In keeping with Finn Juhl’s vision, the house is a place where architecture, design and art come together in a harmonious totality.
The Finn Juhl House stands next to and is a part of the Ordrupgaard Art Museum.
ordrupgaard.dk/en/ (website also in English)
Coffee, writing in the sun and making sandwiches…
* Top/Dress from Cowboys and Angels (used to be in Canberra but is now closed. *throws head back and wails at the sky*. I wore a skirt with this public FIY.
* Cardigan from Giordano
* Metalicus waist tie from another dress
* Tights from Coles
* Clogs from Funkis
* Earrings by Marco Gianni from Bijoux Jewellers
* Scarf from… a pile of scarves in my cupboard.
I adore Friday afternoons. It’s the best time of the weekend.
What are your plans lovely one? I’m having a quiet dinner this evening and a raucous girls night out tomorrow with karaoke and dancing!
Love Carly
ibstrupparken housing, first stage, gentofte, denmark 1941.
architect: arne jacobsen, 1902-1971.
the many villas from his early years in architecture and the banks and city halls from his later career suggest that jacobsen was an expensive, elitist architect. I am sure he was both, but only when given the opportunity. when commisioned to do housing - which is always on a budget - he took just as much care and delivered just as distinguished results.
ibstrup park is typical of his housing projects in the way jacobsen manipulated traditional typology for modernist purposes and exceptional for being a wartime job.
denmark was occupied by germany at the time and there is a sensationalist aspect of a jewish architect working in his own name within the borders of the third reich that we probably shouldn't leave unmentioned. I have written briefly about denmark's peculiar situation during the second world war elsewhere. jacobsen's even stranger position did not last, of course, and he survived the holocaust by sailing in a row boat to neutral sweden (I have his winter coat from his exile right here - that is how small denmark is).
when after the war, jacobsen won a german award for his architecture, he said in his acceptance speech that this was only the second time he had experienced such an interest in his person from germany. a rare glimpse of a wry sense of humour from an otherwise very private artist.
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Funkisbil. Gustaf L.M Ericssons Venus-Volvo.
Från Idrottsbladet 23 november 1933 hämtas: "Det här är Sveriges just nu mest omtalade bil, nämligen Gustaf L.M.-Ericssons Volvo, med dess hos Nordbergs byggda strömlinjekaross. Vagnen är byggd på ett standard chassie, men dess yttre avviker från allt som förut skådats i det här landet och även dess inre skiljer sig från allt som förut åstadkommits i karosseribyggnadsbranschen."
The functionalistic car Venus-Volvo. Manufactured by Gustaf LM Ericsson in 1933.
Photo: Okänd/ Unknown
Villa Mairea in Noormarkku, Finland
Villa Mairea was designed by Alvar and Aino Aalto and completed in August 1939. The Aaltos designed this house as a home for their friends Maire and Harry Gullichsen. Harry Gullichsen was the CEO of the family company A. Ahlström Oy. Maire Gullichsen was a collector and a patron of the arts.
ibstrupparken housing, second stage, gentofte, denmark 1946.
architect: arne jacobsen, 1902-1971.
the second stage of jacobsen's ibstrup park housing was done shortly after his return to denmark from exile in neutral sweden. once again, jacobsen offers us modernist manipulations of a traditional pitched roof brick house but the horisontal emphasis is new: an early version of an expression that would dominate housing the following decades.
the plan behind the balconies is related to kay fisker's verstersøhus. but the subtleties of flower boxes overlapping with the brick walls and windows extending over the balcony fronts create a lightness which is a far cry from how fisker used his classicist training to bring his huge block of flats under control with vertical giant orders.
there is a selfconscious lack of drama in the little architecture we have from the 1940's. I fear this makes its qualities invisible to our age.
the glassed-in basement floor adds considerably to the lightness of the building. it also allows us to see the original window profiles from 1946, predictably thinner than their replacement in the floors above.
bellavista housing, klampenborg, 1931-1934.
architect: arne jacobsen, 1902-1971.
the white international style soon felt insufficient and jacobsen tempered his modernist vocabulary with experiences from neo-classicism but his early essays in modernism remain elegant.
texaco gas station, skovshoved, denmark.
architect: arne jacobsen, 1937.
this building shows jacobsen's debt to asplund in how thoroughly all aspects of the design are worked out. jacobsen spent some summers in the 1930's with asplund.
he later said that before meeting asplund, he thought he could work out the design lying on the couch, but asplund taught him that architecture was nothing but hard work.
asplund is the true father figure of nordic architecture, yet of all the great modernists only jacobsen had a real teacher-pupil relationship with him.
jacobsen's works of the late 30's are some of the finest of his career. when germany invaded denmark, he was forced to give up his office and go into exile in neutral sweden because he was jewish. he fled in a fishing boat, like so many other copenhagen jews, from one of the small villages north of the capital.
when jacobsen finally got his career back on track in the 1950's, it was quite a different modernism he practised with an international rather than nordic outlook.
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malmö stadsteater, malmö, sweden, 1935-1944.
architects: sigurd lewerentz with david helldén and erik lallerstedt.
Manche Pflanzen, wie auch die Funkien, haben eine Oberflächenstruktur, die das Wasser abperlen lässt. Durch diesen "Lotoseffekt" werden große Tropfen gebildet, die schnell abfließen und sämtliche Schmutz- und Staubpartikel mitnehmen. Dieses Phänomen ist auch bei Kapuzinerkresse, Frauenmantel, Schilf oder Kohl zu beobachten.
Villa Mairea in Noormarkku, Finland
Villa Mairea was designed by Alvar and Aino Aalto and completed in August 1939. The Aaltos designed this house as a home for their friends Maire and Harry Gullichsen. Harry Gullichsen was the CEO of the family company A. Ahlström Oy. Maire Gullichsen was a collector and a patron of the arts.
the law courts, extension of gothenburg city hall.
architect erik gunnar asplund, 1913-1937
asplund sacrificing light for warmth by lining the windows with wood. a few meters into the building from here, he compensates with the big skylight.
lessons for students in architecture.
the asplund set so far.