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Showing posts with label Unusual modern architecture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unusual modern architecture. Show all posts
February 26, 2020

0134, 3439 SPAIN (Catalonia) - Casa Batlló - part of Works of Antoni Gaudí (UNESCO WHS)

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0134 Part of the Manzana de la Discordia (Block of Discord, but also Apple of Discord), located at 43, Passeig de Gràcia ,  in the E...
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January 25, 2020

3393 SPAIN (Castile and León) - The Millenium Dome in Valladolid

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The Millennium Dome is a space in Valladolid next to the river Pisuerga , with multiple options in regard to the activities that can ...
January 11, 2018

3242 GERMANY (Hamburg) - Elbphilharmonie

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Located on the Grasbrook peninsula of the Elbe River, the Elbphilharmonie (Elbe Philharmonic Hall) is one of the largest and most ac...
September 2, 2017

3141 FINLAND (Uusimaa) - Kiasma

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Kiasma is a contemporary art museum located on Mannerheimintie in Helsinki and opened to the public in 1998. The museum exhibits the...
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March 3, 2017

2970 SLOVENIA (Styria) - Church of Our Lady Mother of the Church in Maribor

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Attested in historical sources in circa 1145, Maribor is in nowadays the largest city of the traditional region of Lower Styria , and ...
October 8, 2016

2803, 2804 FRANCE (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) - The Church of Saint John the Evangelist in Grenoble

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2803 Grenoble - The interior of the Church of Saint John the Evangelist (1) Built between 1963 and 1965, the roman catholic Church o...
April 14, 2016

2430 SINGAPORE (Central Region) - Marina Bay Sands

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2430 Marina Bay Sands by night Opened in 2010, Marina Bay Sands is billed as the world's most expensive standalone casino prope...
September 2, 2014

0040, 1215 AUSTRALIA (New South Wales) - Sydney Opera House (UNESCO WHS)

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0040 Sydney Opera House (1) "There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece. It is one of the great iconic bu...
March 16, 2014

0166, 1034 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (Dubai) - Burj Al Arab

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Posted on 06.04.2012, 16.03.2014 The first postcard is very representative and suggestive for the current state of the emirates, comb...
July 30, 2013

0775 GERMANY (North Rhine-Westphalia) - Glaselefant in Hamm

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Founded on 1226 by Count Adolf I of the Mark, Hamm was member of the Hanseatic League , and in 15th century became one of the most...
July 17, 2013

0748 GERMANY (Hesse) - Hundertwasserhaus Waldspirale in Darmstadt

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If Die Grüne Zitadelle von Magdeburg (The Green Citadel of Magdeburg) has been started a year before the death of Friedensreich Hu...
July 13, 2013

0737 BELGIUM (West Flanders) - Dunes Church of Our Lady in Koksijde

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Koksijde (Coxyde in French) is a municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders , on the North Sea coast, nea...
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June 17, 2013

0683 SPAIN (Catalonia) - Crypt at the Colònia Güell - part of Works of Antoni Gaudí (UNESCO WHS)

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Crypt at the Colònia Güell is an unfinished work by Antoni Gaudí , built as a place of worship for the people in a manufacturing subur...
June 4, 2013

0668 SPAIN (Catalonia) - Palau Güell - part of Works of Antoni Gaudí (UNESCO WHS)

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This Palau Güell , one of the most luxurious of Barcelona , was commissioned to Antoni Gaudí by his main patron and lifetime friend, E...
May 17, 2013

0650 GERMANY (Saxony-Anhalt) - Die Grüne Zitadelle von Magdeburg

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Born at Vienna in 1928 and became, to maturity, citizen of New Zealand , Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000) is one of the best-k...
May 3, 2013

0156, 0238, 0627 GERMANY (North Rhine-Westphalia) - Der Neue Zollhof and other stuff from Düsseldorf

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Posted on 25.03.2012 and completed on 05.06.2012 and 03.05.2013 Grown on the mud and the sand of the east bank of the Lower Rhine , wh...
July 5, 2012

0269 SPAIN (Catalonia) - Casa Milà - part of Works of Antoni Gaudí (UNESCO WHS)

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In 1905, when began the construction of Casa Milà , known later as La Pedrera (The Quarry), Gaudí not finished yet the restoring of C...
May 14, 2012

0207 URUGUAY - A living sculpture for a survivor

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A gorgeous postcard, from a country less accessible, with a text carefully constructed, a special stamp and a clear postmark. Could exist...
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May 8, 2012

0198 CZECH REPUBLIC (Prague) - Dancing House

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In Prague, on the corner of the embankment Rasinovo nabrezi and the street Resslova, was until WWII a house in the Neo-renaissance style,...