Photos of the Beyeler Museum in Riehen, Basel-Stadt.
Tag: Photos
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Tulip time
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.
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Best snapshot of 2015?
Here is an attempt to find my best snapshot per month for 2015.
January 2015
February 2015
March 2015
April 2015
May 2015
June 2015
July 2015
August 2015
September 2015
October 2015
November 2015
December 2015
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:
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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
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.
Kraftwerk Birsfelden / Power Station (1955) by Hans Hoffmann in Birsfelden near Basel
St. Alban-Tal Housing (1984 to 88) by Diener & Diener at St. Alban-Rheinweg 94 in Basel
Schaulager (2003) by Herzog and de Meuron in Münchenstein near Basel
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.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…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:School cafeteria by HHF
Gymnasium Kirschgarten
Hermann Kinkelin-Strasse 10
4051 BaselFurther 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:
Update no. 2:
Another building to see is Ackermannshof:HdM: Basel is Herzog and de Meuron City.
Central signal box
Südpark by Herzog and de Meuron.
Messe Basel
Herzog and de Meuron archive and apartment building, 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.
New in 2016: Kunstmuseum by Gantenbein and Christ.
And at night: Looks like there are LED lights in the walls. The museum opened in April 2016.
And another view of the new wing of Kunstmuseum by Gantenbein and Christ:
Opening in 2019: Meret Oppenheim building by Herzog and de Meuron.
Baloise Park:
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I am a snow bird
just got back from one week Southern Florida.
More snaps in my Flickr stream:
http://flickr.com/photos/chiperoni/.