An Architectural Journey

ARCHITECTURE LUXEMBURG, PARIS, LYON, MONTPELLIER, BARCELONA, ZARAGOZA, LILLE

22 DAYS, 4000 KILOMETER, 33 PROJECTS, SUPRISING ARCHITECTURE

START 27 FEBRUARY 2018

DAY 1

STOP AT CALATRAVA STATION LIÈGE-GUILLEMINS.

THE PARADIS-TOWER IN THE BACKGROUND

LUXEMBOURG

DIAMOND RÈSIDENCE

BY METAFORM ARCHITECTS

PHILHARMONIE LUXEMBOURG

ARCHITECT: CHRISTIAN DE PORTZAMPARC

DAY 2

MUDAM - MUSÈE D'ART MODERNE

ARCHITECT - IEOH MING PEI

ONE ON ONE

MORENO ARCHITECTURE

AND MORE..

INTERESTING THINGS ON MY WAY

DAY 3

ARRIVED IN PARIS FOR A STAY IN NOISY-LE-GRAND

TO VISIT POST-MODERN PROJECTS

FROM ARCHITECT RICARDO BOFILL

'A UTOPIAN DREAM STOOD STILL'

AFTER I SAW THE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES FROM LAURENT KRONENTAL IN A DUTCH NEWSPAPER I WANTED TO SEE THIS PROJECTS WITH MY OWN EYES

LE PAVÉ NEUF AT NOISY-LE-GRAND

LE VIADUC, MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX

ET LES ARCADES DU LAC

ALSO BY RICARDO BOFILL

THE LAST DAY IN PARIS

THE AILLAUD TOWERS NEAR LA DEFENSE

The Aillaud towers are composed of 18 residential towers, grouping 1 607 apartments, covered with mosaics of Fabio Reiti which evoke clouds and constructed in the seventies on the plans of Émile Aillaud

AND BACK TO THE FUTURE

FRANK GEHRY

FONDATION LOUIS VUITTON

DAY 6 - LYON

MUSÉE DES CONFLUENCES

ARCHITECTS COOP-HIMMELB(L)AU

CUBE ORANGE AND EURONEWS

ARCHITECTS JAKOB AND MACFARLANE

SANTIAGO CALATRAVA

TGV STATION LYON - 1994

DAY 7 - MONTPELLIER

WHAT A DAY!

PIERRES VIVES

2012 - ARCHITECT ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS

COLORFUL GLASS BALCONIES

ARCHITECTURE BY BERNARD BUHLER

BERNARD BUHLER MAINLY REALISED RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS.

THE COMMON FEATURE IS A POP OF COLOUR, USUALLY USED FOR THE BALCONIES

CITY HALL AND HOTEL DE VILLE

ARCHITECT JEAN NOUVEL

A 3-D PUZZLE MADE OF NUMEROUS LAYERS OF STEEL AND GLASS

DAY 8

ANOTHER PROJECT BY RICARDO BOFILL

YOU REMEMBER HIM FROM PARIS

THIS PROJECT STARTED IN 1979 AND WAS COMPLETED IN 2000

THE ANTIGONE DISTRICT

NEO CLASSICAL STYLE

A MIX OF PRIVATE AND SOCIAL HOUSING

SCHOOL ANDRÉ MALRAUX BY ARCHITECTE DOMINIQUE COULON

FOLIE DEVINE / FARSHID MOUSSAVI ARCHITECURE

LE NUAGE

A BUILDING DESIGNED BY A PRODUCT DESIGNER?

WHAT CAN WE SAY ABOUT THAT?

HOW ABOUT JUST KEEP ON DOING IT

DESIGNER PHILIPPE STARCK

LA MANTILLA - ARCHITECT JACQUES FERRIER

HAVE A LOOK AT THIS FACADES..

The name that identifies the project says everything: Mantilla is a lace or silk scarf worn by women, mainly in Spain, over the head and shoulders. That’s what this geometrical pattern recalls creating a figurative connection with Mediterranean architectural language. In this case this pattern takes the form of a lattice that wraps around the balconies and loggias. ( source: spacesxplaces )

LAST IN MONTPELLIER ( NOT LEAST )

SCULPTURE T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E, ( 2014 ) GUY FERRER

SOME REST IN FIGUERES

SALVADOR DALI MUSEUM

I LOVE IT!

BARCELONA

FORUM BUILDING ( 2004 )

ARCHITECTS HERZOG AND DE MEURON

HOTEL PORTA FIRA

ARCHITECT TOYO ITO

AND A LOT MORE INTERESTING

ARCHITECTURE IN THE AREA

COMMUNICATIONS TOWER

SANTIAGO CALATRAVA

Olympisch Stadion Lluís Companys

BARCELONA PAVILION

MIES VAN DER ROHE

STATUE 'DER MORGEN' - GEORG KOLBE

HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU

ARCHITECT: LIUÍS DOMÈNECH I MONTANER

MODERNISME CATALÀ

THE CATALAN EQUIVALENT OF ART NOUVEAU

ELS ENCANTS DE BARCELONA

B720 ARQUITECTOS

TORRE AGBAR BY JEAN NOUVEL

BARCELONA DESIGN CENTER

MBM ARCHITECTS

ZARAGOZA OR WHAT'S LEFT OF THE EXPO 2008

AUDITORIUM AND CONVENTION CENTRE OF ARAGON

NIETO SOBEJANO ARQUITECTOS

THE LAST WEEK I TRAVELED FROM ZARAGOZA TO LILLE, PASSING THE PYRENEEËN, PAU, POITIERS AND PARIS.

A LOT OF RAIN AND SNOW ON THE WAY, UNTIL YESTERDAY..

LILLE - DAY 20

EURALILLE SHOPPING MALL

ARCHITECT JEAN NOVEL

CROWN PLAZA

ARCHITECTS: FRANÇOIS ET MARIE DELHAY

TOUR DE LILLE - ARCHITECT: CHRISTIAN DE PORTZAMPARC

ANS SOME MORE..

ANTWERP

UMICORE - CONIX ARCHITECTS

THANKS FOR WATCHING

DIRK VERWOERD ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHER

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