Day 346 - Photography: architecture, The Hague, Netherlands (2)

The Hague is the seat of the government in the Netherlands.

When I was in The Hague last weekend, I visited the ministry of Finance. The ministry is located in a building that has been renewed in 2011 by Dutch architects Meyer en Van Schooten. They won the PSP award for this project.

I love the colored wall and the court yard. Here are two of my photo's.

The Hague, ministry of Finance - photo" 2VORM, all rights reserved

The Hague, ministry of Finance - photo" 2VORM, all rights reserved

Day 345 - Photography: architecture, The Hague, Netherlands

Last weekend I had a photo class in The Hague.

We first went to the new business district to do some architecture photography. As it was a bit foggy, it was a challenge to make interesting photo's.

Below you see one of my photo's.

The Hague - photo: © 2VORM

Day 324 - Underwater holiday: sleeping between the fishes

Yeah,  I love this hotel room. It's floating in the sea, like an island. And what like most about it, is that is has an underwater bedroom where you can admire fishes and other sea life.  And of course there is also room for sunbathing and lounging: on the top floor.

Want to know where you can find this amazing hotel room?
It is located in the Manta Resort.

Day 307 - Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch

Today I visited the Stedelijk Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch, a town in the southern part of the Netherlands. The Museum moved recently to a new building, in the city centre. I really love the architecture. The photo below is taken in the corridor that leads you to the museum store.

Day 287 - Typography and kerning: the roof of the new bus station in Amsterdam

The Central Station in Amsterdam is under construction.

One of the largest projects is building of a new roof on the bus station that is situated the train station. The roof is made of glass and it is decorated with the word 'AMSTERDAM'. The letters are mad of colored glass (orange and red).

Yesterday I read an article about this roof on Typographica. The article describes a few worrisome facts, such as the fact that the spacing between the first A and M is 5 windows, whereas the space between the final A and M is only 4 windows...

Want tk know more about it? Read the article here or take the train or bus to Amsterdam to see it with your own eyes.

Anyway, I like this roof and do not mind abut the kerning...

Day 264 - Architecture: the new Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

As you probably know, the Rijksmuseum has been closed for reconstruction. 

Two weeks ago I visited the museum. The collection is amazing, but the architecture is really beautiful. Especially the atrium. As you can see on the photo's below, the atrium is made of glass. 

Photo's by 2VORM, all rights reserved.

Day 252 - Paris Design Week 2013: Vertical Garden and more

Today is the first day of the Paris Design Week 2013.

One of the projects that can bee seen is L'Oasis d'Aboukir, a vertical garden created by Patrick Blanc.
Patrick Blanc is not only a botanist, he is also the inventor of the Vertical Garden.

 L'Oasis d'Aboukir is 25 meteres high (5 floors) and it is made from 7,600 plants.

Photo's by Patrick Blanc

Day 248 - The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

Today I took a day off. I went to Amsterdam to visit the Rijksmuseum. As you probably know the museum reopened recently, after a reconstruction that took several years.

I loved the architectiure, in particular the roof construction. Here are some photo's.

Photo's by 2vorm, all rights reserved

Day 246 - Experimenting with evening photography: the Atomium in Brussels

From time to time I go out in the evening to take photo's.
I like to experiment with my camera.

Here are two photo's I took in Brussels, from the Atomium.
As I had to hold the camera in my hand, it wasn't easy to make sharp photo's.

What do you think of these? The little lights that reflect in the 'balls' seem little birds.
I like them!

Atomium, Brussels - photo: 2VORM, all rights reserved

Atomium, Brussels - photo: 2VORM, all rights reserved

Day 233 - Miami Beach, art deco

From Key West, I travelled to Miami Beach. 

Miami has a beautiful art deco district. I loved the façades of the buildings (mostly hotels) and the colors in which theu are painted. 

Here are two exemples.

Photo's by 2vorm, all rights reserved. 

Day 227 - Strijp S - Piet Hein Eek restaurant

Yesterday I shared some photo's of the entrance of the studio-shop-gallery with you.

Today, I'll show you some photo's of the cafe-restaurant. I love the way it is decorated, in particularly the beautiful lamps. What do you think of it?

If you are in the neighborhood, visit Strijp S. It's worth it!

PHE restaurant - photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved

PHE restaurant - photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved

PHE restaurant - photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved

PHE restaurant - photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved

Day 226 - Strijp S: Piet Hein Eek Studio

As I told you yesterday, I visited the studio of Piet Hein Eek.

The studio is housed in a former industrial building. In this building Piet Hein Eeek has also his 'atelier', a gallery, shop and cafe-restaurant.

The photo's below give you an impression of the entrance of the studio and shop.

Piet Hein Eek - photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved

Piet Hein Eek - photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved

Piet Hein Eek - photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved

Day 179 - 3d presentation AMFI students Amsterdam at Trouw Gebouw

Yesterday and today the first year students of the Amsterdam Fashion Institute presented their brand concept at the Trouw building in Amsterdam.

Trouw is the name of a Dutch newspaper. In 2009, after Trouw has moved, the building has been transformed into a club, exhibition space and restaurant.

Here's an impression of the building.

Trouw Gebouw - photo by 2VORM

Logo Trouw Gebouw - photo by 2VORM

Entrance to the exhibition room - photo by 2VORM

Day 170 - Typography: Photograghical alphabet Type the Sky

It's not new, it was designed in 2007, but as I like it vey much I like to present you
Type the Sky

Type the Sky is a photographical alphabet, created by Lisa Rienerrmann.
It consist of sky 'snippets that are framed by houses.

Want to see more of her work? Visit her website!

Day 133 - Photography: Behind the edge, patterns and structure in architecture

Luigi Bonaventura, photographer, made a wonderful serie of photos from the fronts of hotels at Jesolo Beach, Venice. The title of this serie is Behind the edge.

Instead of just taking photos of the hotels, he searched for structure and patterns and tried to show them in an 'architectural' way. By doing so his photos look unreal. It seems as if the hotels are abandoned: the balconies all look the same, there are virtually no traces of the guests that occupy the rooms.


All photos via http://www.luigibonaventuraphotography.com

Day 116 - Photography: Fictive buildings by Filip Dujardin

Filip Dujardin, is a Belgian photographer.

He takes photos form different types of buildings.
With these photos he creates his own architecture.

Here are two of the fictive buildings he designed.

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Day 88 - The colorful building of the Dutch Institute for Sound and Vision (2)

Yesterday I told you a little about the architecture of the Institute for Sound and Vision in Hilversum, the Netherlands.

During my visit, which I recommend (!), I took the following photographs inside the building.

Dutch Institute for Sound and Vision
 Photo: All rights reserved by 2VORM

Dutch Institute for Sound and Vision
 Photo: All rights reserved by 2VORM

Dutch Institute for Sound and Vision
 Photo: All rights reserved by 2VORM

Day 87 - The colorful building of the Dutch Institute for Sound and Vision

The building of the Dutch Institute for Sound and Vision was designed by architect Piet Eling.

The project, that was completed in 2006, resulted on the outside in a colorful building.
On the inside sunlight streams through the colored glass and transforms it into a cathedral.

The institute is one of the largest audiovisual archives in Europe.  It contains more than 750.00 hours of television, film, radio and music (1898-today).

Het pand: van grond tot gebouw

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Day 83 - Climbing endless stairs...

Jiyen Lee, a Korean artist, created an amazing and dazzling serie of collages.

In these collages he creates a world of endless stairs.
People go up and down,
there is no beginning and no end
it is unclear which way they are going,
there seems no way out of this labyrinth...

Photo's via http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/jiyen-lee-stairs-collages