I am liking the patterns. The twisted tower is still strange to me. It is like a knitting needle stuck in a bundle of soft wool. It sticks out, and somehow does not belong. Interesting, but ugly. As for the bridge, yup, saw it. It is such fun. When you fly in and you see that it is the bridge to nowhere, when it ends at the little island where the tunnel begins.... Nice walk. Thanks for taking me along!
Hmmm, I tend to mostly agree about the Turnng Tower. I’d always seen it from afar during other visits to Malmö. I’d note the building and find myself saying: there’s the tower — so perhaps it does have a function of sorts.
Seeing it close up on the latest visit, I found it was kinda uglier than I expected. There’s something about white metal rusting in the damp sea air that speaks possibly of a poor choice of material/color. And seeing its warts up close, I didn’t fall in love with it.
I did try to work with it in terms of snapping some abstract shots, only one of which I shared here. Maybe I needed a view “from” the tower to be sold on it, who knows.
I am not sure what the function is exactly. A large amount of square feet, but like you, I worry about materials which are not suitable for the circumstances.
There have been many misguided attempts by architects who are not local and don’t understand the local conditions. Liebeskind did the urban planning for Ørestad a section on the edge of Copenhagen. He kinda forgot how windy it gets over flat land, and the wind tunnels are created when you set houses in straight lines with an elevated train down the middle. It is the coldest I have been in my life. But Liebeskind ain’t from there, so how would he know?
Calatrava, designed a rusting twisted tower… in cold Scandinavia. Same guy who built a bridge in Venice with a glass surface, forgetting the fog and humidity there. It nearly killed people, it was so slippery. Beautiful designs, just the wrong environments.
Great series of photos, KB. I’m intrigued by the image of the numbered green doors each with an identical bike outside. Townhouses? Also, the bnw photos by the water….excellent (especially the one of the family and the one with the bike).
I was very drawn to those green, numbered doors myself. When I was editing the images (some time ago) I did search online to see what as up and I think it was some sort of hostel-hotel or the like.
So glad to hear you enjoyed the mist at water’s edge shots. It was one part bummer for the lack of a view and two parts thankful for some fun atmosphere instead.
Really nice landscape and architecture images! I had to click on that one image to confirm those were two people out on the water doing a kind of surfing? Amazing.
Another excellent set. Some fab abstracts. The bridge, although barely visible, really adds to the shot of the couple looking out to sea over the railings.
The closest I've come to Sweden was the other end of that bridge on a family holiday years ago. We looked, we considered the extra miles of driving, then changed our minds. A bridge too far, so to speak. It would have a very long an almost impossible task. To drive from Bogense on the northern coast of Funen to Copenhagen, spend the day looking around the city then drive back was enough of a challenge. Traversing the bridge would have probably been the 'straw that broke the camel's back'. It's nice to see, here, what we missed!
The 'eye of Sauron' presiding over the bicycles is great. I'm intrigued by the guys on 'surf' boards that seem to be almost levitating.. how do they work?
I can appreciate your turning back and leaving the bridge for another time when you drove to visit Copenhagen. It takes quite some time to drive over (tunnel plus bridge) and then into town (if going to Malmö) — AND it’s pretty durn expensive.
As for those guys on those crazy boards, I saw this type of elevating board before and looked up what the heck but it was some years ago and I forget the details. It looks pretty wild, though.
I am liking the patterns. The twisted tower is still strange to me. It is like a knitting needle stuck in a bundle of soft wool. It sticks out, and somehow does not belong. Interesting, but ugly. As for the bridge, yup, saw it. It is such fun. When you fly in and you see that it is the bridge to nowhere, when it ends at the little island where the tunnel begins.... Nice walk. Thanks for taking me along!
Thank you for your comment!
Hmmm, I tend to mostly agree about the Turnng Tower. I’d always seen it from afar during other visits to Malmö. I’d note the building and find myself saying: there’s the tower — so perhaps it does have a function of sorts.
Seeing it close up on the latest visit, I found it was kinda uglier than I expected. There’s something about white metal rusting in the damp sea air that speaks possibly of a poor choice of material/color. And seeing its warts up close, I didn’t fall in love with it.
I did try to work with it in terms of snapping some abstract shots, only one of which I shared here. Maybe I needed a view “from” the tower to be sold on it, who knows.
I am not sure what the function is exactly. A large amount of square feet, but like you, I worry about materials which are not suitable for the circumstances.
There have been many misguided attempts by architects who are not local and don’t understand the local conditions. Liebeskind did the urban planning for Ørestad a section on the edge of Copenhagen. He kinda forgot how windy it gets over flat land, and the wind tunnels are created when you set houses in straight lines with an elevated train down the middle. It is the coldest I have been in my life. But Liebeskind ain’t from there, so how would he know?
Calatrava, designed a rusting twisted tower… in cold Scandinavia. Same guy who built a bridge in Venice with a glass surface, forgetting the fog and humidity there. It nearly killed people, it was so slippery. Beautiful designs, just the wrong environments.
Yowza!! 😳
Gorgeous eye candy, I think my favorite genre. Such diverse architecture there, you captured it perfectly!
Many thanks for that!! 🙏
Wonderful architectural images. I particularly love the black & whites. Looks like I need to visit Malmo.
Much appreciated, thank you!
You have a good eye with respect to architectural buildings and perspective! Well done.
Many thanks!!!
These are really great! There's such variety.
Thanks very much!!
Great set of photos! I particularly loved seeing all the amazing geometric forms in the architectural shots of the final images - wonderful!
Thanks so much!! 😊
Wonderful set! So evocative.
Thank you!!
Great series of photos, KB. I’m intrigued by the image of the numbered green doors each with an identical bike outside. Townhouses? Also, the bnw photos by the water….excellent (especially the one of the family and the one with the bike).
Hey, thanks so much!
I was very drawn to those green, numbered doors myself. When I was editing the images (some time ago) I did search online to see what as up and I think it was some sort of hostel-hotel or the like.
So glad to hear you enjoyed the mist at water’s edge shots. It was one part bummer for the lack of a view and two parts thankful for some fun atmosphere instead.
These are excellent - I love the abstract architectural images in particular.
I appreciate that, thanks so much!
Oh these are fantastic! Really drawn to the foggy water photos. Especially the bike!
Oh, thanks so much!! (I think the bike one is a top fav of mine. Glad someone else digs it. 😊)
Really nice landscape and architecture images! I had to click on that one image to confirm those were two people out on the water doing a kind of surfing? Amazing.
Thank you!!
And happy to hear you had to click-to-see with those hovering board guys. It’s so strange to watch.
Another excellent set. Some fab abstracts. The bridge, although barely visible, really adds to the shot of the couple looking out to sea over the railings.
The closest I've come to Sweden was the other end of that bridge on a family holiday years ago. We looked, we considered the extra miles of driving, then changed our minds. A bridge too far, so to speak. It would have a very long an almost impossible task. To drive from Bogense on the northern coast of Funen to Copenhagen, spend the day looking around the city then drive back was enough of a challenge. Traversing the bridge would have probably been the 'straw that broke the camel's back'. It's nice to see, here, what we missed!
The 'eye of Sauron' presiding over the bicycles is great. I'm intrigued by the guys on 'surf' boards that seem to be almost levitating.. how do they work?
Thanks so much!
I can appreciate your turning back and leaving the bridge for another time when you drove to visit Copenhagen. It takes quite some time to drive over (tunnel plus bridge) and then into town (if going to Malmö) — AND it’s pretty durn expensive.
As for those guys on those crazy boards, I saw this type of elevating board before and looked up what the heck but it was some years ago and I forget the details. It looks pretty wild, though.
I appreciate your comments! 🙏😃
the last two are fabulous!
Thanks very much!!