Tag: germany
Form Follows Velocity: Inside the Porsche Museum, Stuttgart – Part 2
Continuing with our tour of the Porsche Museum in Sttutgart … part 1 is here. Dominating Porscheplatz in front of the Porsche Museum is a striking kinetic sculpture that suspends several classic Porsche models high in the air on slender steel ribbons. This dramatic installation, visible from the street and museum entrance was created by…
Forms Follows Velocity: Inside the Porsche Museum, Stuttgart – Part 1
While we were living in Switzerland, we took a pilgrimage tour to Stuttgart to see where two of the most famous German-brand cars are manufactured – Mercedes-Benz and Porsche. Each brand has a museum of their own telling stories about their origin, growth and aspirations. Previously, we have covered the Mercedes-Benz Museum on the blog,…
Star “Deconstructivist” Architect, Frank Gehry RIP
Frank Gehry, the Canadian-American star architect, died earlier this month (December 2025) at the age of 96. We’ve come across and admired many of his iconic buildings on our travels and have featured them on the blog before; here, we’re bringing together a selection of those photos as a small tribute. Spacious and shimmering, this…
Stadtbibliothek am Mailänder Platz, Stuttgart
This is the first of a series of 4 posts on public libraries, three are situated in Europe and one in Australia. While visiting Stuttgart, after touring both the Mercedes-Benz museum (posted here) and the Porsche Museum (post to come), we decided to check out the public library that is recognized as a landmark in…