Monday, February 24, 2014
A Lamp Project
It started with a large piece of driftwood I found on the beach. After taking it home I watched it resting in the garden for a few months until one day the idea came to me to turn it into a floor lamp.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Great Architecture: The Reichstag, Germany's Parliament
The pictures below were taken last summer, but I am just now finally now getting organized enough to post them. I had the good fortune last July to take a guided tour of this great building.
The Reichstag building is a wonderful mixture of old and modern, situated in the heart of Berlin. It has survived having been burned down, looted, and then being (mostly) abandoned for decades. This is where the German parliament met from 1893 to 1933. Having been damaged by a fire in 1933 it stood mostly empty for six decades. After the reunification of Germany in 1990 the building was thoroughly reconstructed under the direction of British architect Norman Foster. Since 1999 it serves once again as the seat of Germany's parliament.
The Reichstag building is a wonderful mixture of old and modern, situated in the heart of Berlin. It has survived having been burned down, looted, and then being (mostly) abandoned for decades. This is where the German parliament met from 1893 to 1933. Having been damaged by a fire in 1933 it stood mostly empty for six decades. After the reunification of Germany in 1990 the building was thoroughly reconstructed under the direction of British architect Norman Foster. Since 1999 it serves once again as the seat of Germany's parliament.
Looking up to the cupola from the parliamentary chamber.
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