Tag: Photos

  • Beyeler by Renzo Piano

    Photos of the Beyeler Museum in Riehen, Basel-Stadt.

    renzo piano: beyeler in riehen
    Beyeler in Riehen
    favourite spot
    My favourite place
    renzo piano's beyeler museum
    Poppies
    Fondation Beyeler - building by Renzo Piano
    Detail
    fondation beyeler by renzo piano
    Love this transition
    Renzo Piano building in Riehen, Basel
    At night
    flowers in front of Fondation Beyeler
    More poppies
    beyeler2
    Another external view
    fondation beyeler by renzo piano
    Walkway thru the park
    split rocker @ beyeler museum
    Beyeler: worth a visit
  • Tulip time

    tulip bubble
    tulip bubble chez moi
    while i was away the tulips started flowering #gardening 2019

    Planted several tulip bulbs last autumn. Reminds me of the tulip bubble.

    At the peak of tulip mania, in February 1637, some single tulip bulbs sold for more than 10 times the annual income of a skilled craftsworker.

    Tulip Mania
    tulip mania
  • Snapshots of the day

    I took part in yesterday’s Basel Photography Meetup. The topic was construction sites. Quite a challenge. And inspiring to see what other photographers see at the same location.

    My snaps:

    baustelle

    auf der baustelle

    auf der baustelle

    My fave of the day is really for my collection of bicycle content. Velo content for the win:

    green for bicycles

  • Best snapshot of 2015?

    Here is an attempt to find my best snapshot per month for 2015.

    January 2015

    michiru

    February 2015

    #wettstein bridge after the #fasnacht cortege on wednesday evening

    March 2015

    ein brunnen in basel

    April 2015

    Vespa speedometer

    May 2015

    Chichewa for English speakers by Nathaniel Maxson

    June 2015

    naturbad riehen

    July 2015

    das leben ist besser wenn du lachst

    August 2015

    the view from my hotel room

    September 2015

    wassermelone

    October 2015

    belchen, schwarzwald

    November 2015

    Fish and chips

    December 2015

    beautiful puppy

    The method:
    I quickly scanned through my photos on a per month basis and selected a photo based on number of views or memories or both.

    History:
    See past summaries for 2014 and 2013 and 2012 and 2010.

  • Buildings to see in Basel

    I stumbled across a list of places to see in Basel (link now broken) and decided to venture out and have a look at some of the listed architecture.

    Freidorf Residential Estate (1920) by Hannes Meyer in Muttenz near Basel

    Freidorf / Muttenz
    See the full album

    Antoniuskirche (1927), near Kannenfeldplatz, Basel by Karl Moser

    I really like this church building. It feels very modern. The stained glass windows are exceptional. Highly recommended. More background info is available at Wikipedia.

    antonius-kirche
    My snapshots of Antonious-Kirche

    Kraftwerk Birsfelden / Power Station (1955) by Hans Hoffmann in Birsfelden near Basel

    kraftwerk birsfelden

    St. Alban-Tal Housing (1984 to 88) by Diener & Diener at St. Alban-Rheinweg 94 in Basel

    wildwuchs

    Schaulager (2003) by Herzog and de Meuron in Münchenstein near Basel

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    Breite Zentrum (2004), Zürcherstr. 149, 4052 Basel
    The Breite Hotel was designed by Larghi and Stula. More details on the design can be found on the hotel’s website. The hotel manager was very friendly and would have shown me a room. Unfortunately all rooms were taken due to the watch and jewellery trade fair.

    das breite hotel

    Residential Housing in a former factory (2005) by Buol and Zünd at Oetlingerstrasse 69 in Basel
    This building proved difficult to find as the former factory is located behind an apartment building in Klein-Basel withia an inner courtyard. But it is an instant fave. I would love to live in a building like this. Well worth the search time…

    oetlingerstr 69

    Apartment House in Riehen (2009) by Pedrocchi Meier Architekten at Hinterwenkenweg 3 in Riehen near Basel
    I am not such a fan of all the corners but it does look very spacious and the location is great:

    Pedrocchi and Meier3

    School cafeteria by HHF

    Gymnasium Kirschgarten
    Hermann Kinkelin-Strasse 10
    4051 Basel

    architecture in basel

    Further details:
    The city of Basel publishes this architectural guide.

    Update: new building to see in Allschwil: the corporate headquarters of Actelion by Herzog and de Meuron:

    actelion designed by herzog and de meuron

    Update no. 2:
    Another building to see is Ackermannshof:

    photo walk in basel

    HdM: Basel is Herzog and de Meuron City.

    herzog & de meuron

    Central signal box

    Südpark by Herzog and de Meuron.

    südpark basel
    messe basel

    Messe Basel

    Herzog and de Meuron archive and apartment building, Dreispitz

    HdM archive and apartment building in Basel-Dreispitz

    Another HdM construction in Basel-Stadt is the natural water swimming pool in Riehen. I really like the pool and it reminds me of old wooden lidos.

    the view from the deck

    New in 2016: Kunstmuseum by Gantenbein and Christ.

    new building in basel

    And at night: Looks like there are LED lights in the walls. The museum opened in April 2016.

    new building in basel

    And another view of the new wing of Kunstmuseum by Gantenbein and Christ:

    basel

    Opening in 2019: Meret Oppenheim building by Herzog and de Meuron.

    new building in basel
    new building in basel

    Baloise Park:

    baloise park
  • I am a snow bird


    just got back from one week Southern Florida.

    More snaps in my Flickr stream:
    http://flickr.com/photos/chiperoni/.