By: LEE
The ramps are important source of the journey you experiencing this memorial. The scenery you'll experience on that promenade is richly designated.
View ArticleBy: fetapapa
Thank you Noxis for the insight. Actually this is a major reason for citizens not to trade-off on privacy. Marco you make two interesting points. About the apology, we do not know if the subject was a...
View ArticleBy: james
As always with zumthor a beautiful, poetic building. Finding it hard get past the £9,000,000 price tag though.
View ArticleBy: anoze4trubbl
Oh wow! 9mil up in smoke to commemorate people who went the same way. Maybe I'm out of step with the western world …have been too long in "developing" countries (the ones that used to be called "third...
View ArticleBy: Frank
This is a conversation/talk between Toni Hildebrandt and Peter Zumthor: http://rheinsprung11.unibas.ch/fileadmin/document…
View ArticleBy: Douglas Peterson
The walkway is beautiful and tasteful but the burning chair seems like a contradiction to the memorial itself.
View ArticleBy: Toby
Nice use and development of a tension structure. Would like to see more examples of this. More than just awnings and shade umbrellas I say...
View ArticleBy: Marco
As we've come to expect from Zumthor, another poetic and tectonic architectural exploration. However, I doubt whether the subject itself has ever mattered more than being an easy appology for an...
View ArticleBy: Red Pill Junkie
The 'cocoon' looks like a toppled obelisk. A subliminal commentary against the patriarchal society that condemned these poor women, perhaps?
View ArticleBy: Steve
It's hard to comment on the architecture without experiencing it - but it is appropriate to comment on the photography which is intended to communicate the architecture. This article is almost the...
View ArticleBy: Thi
In reply to <a href="https://www.dezeen.com/2012/01/03/steilneset-memorial-by-peter-zumthor-and-louise-bourgeois/#comment-924595">Marco</a>. Couldn't agree more.
View ArticleBy: wayne maxwell
What a beauty, the contrasting materials give off a feeling of lightness and strength.
View ArticleBy: Andrew Meredith
In reply to <a href="https://www.dezeen.com/2012/01/03/steilneset-memorial-by-peter-zumthor-and-louise-bourgeois/#comment-924643">Steve</a>. Thank you for your comments regarding the...
View ArticleBy: martini-girl
I'm not sure I can agree with everyone on this. The obelisk on stilts is awkward. The ramps to the openings too long - it's as if they designed the structure and then realised they forgot that they...
View ArticleBy: Chugach
Appears to be one beautiful snow fence installed, purely by coincidence I'm sure, right in front of the Globus II Radar Station. Even the pilings and general construction techniques harken back to the...
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