Category: architecture

  • Petra, Jordan – part 2

    Petra, Jordan – part 2

    After seeing the famous “Treasury”, we continued with our walk through the gorge which gradually widens and open up to a vast area. I, like many people, thought that the only thing to see in Petra is the Treasury. It is the highlight of the site but there is an entire city on the other…

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  • Petra, Jordan – part 1

    Petra, Jordan – part 1

    After the business meetings in the Dead Sea Resorts, a group of my colleagues organized a visit to Petra including an overnight stay. Petra is a historical city in southern Jordan which lies in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah valley that run from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. It was about 2 hours…

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  • Gingerbread architecture, Oslo

    Gingerbread architecture, Oslo

    In Oslo, with our ticket purchased for the National Museum in Oslo, we could use them to enter the National Museum of Architecture as well. This establishment was opened in 2008. The main building was completed in 1830 as a division office for Norges Bank. It was adapted and extended by Sverre Fehn (1924–2009), who…

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  • Aker Brygge and Tjuvholmen, Oslo

    Aker Brygge and Tjuvholmen, Oslo

    Continuing with our visit of Oslo …, the Nobel Peace Center (see previous post here) is at the start of Aker Brygge. Aker Brygge is a part of the Sentrum area, just west of Oslo down town.  It is known for its piers, where eateries with outdoor tables serve international cuisine, or casual fare like…

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  • Blaak Railway Station, Rotterdam

    Blaak Railway Station, Rotterdam

    Rotterdam Blaak Station is the intercity train station nearest to my hotel. Above ground it has a flying saucer-like canopy. It is a station situated below ground for the national railway network but not part of the Rotterdam metro system. The metro stop also named Blaak is next to it. Confusing isn’t it, unless I…

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  • Cube Houses and Markthal, Rotterdam

    Cube Houses and Markthal, Rotterdam

    Cube Houses (Kubuswoningen) are a set of residential houses designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of “living as an urban roof”, i.e., high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level. It is built in the late 70’s over Overblaak Street between Blaak and Oude Haven. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house…

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