Architecture from "the LAND of the BLUE EYES"
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
www.pinterest.com/bertramsca/zakopane-in-the-sierras/paul...
Architecture from "the LAND of the BLUE EYES"
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
www.pinterest.com/bertramsca/zakopane-in-the-sierras/paul...