A Friendly Alien by sandra46
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Description
In 2000 the London-based architects spacelab won the competition for a new museum for contemporary art in Graz, Austria. They proposed a transparent, bluish, organic shell that looked like a hovering piece of jelly. The Kunsthaus Graz, Grazer Kunsthaus, or Graz Art Museum was built as part of the European Capital of Culture celebrations in 2003 and has since become an architectural landmark in Graz, Austria. Its exhibition program specializes in contemporary art of the last four decades.
Its unusual form differs radically from conventional exhibition contexts, many of which maintain the traditions of the modernist White Cube. The team of architects used an innovative stylistic idiom, known as blob architecture within the historical ambiance of the Murvorstadt. Thus, the gigantic building affectionately called the Friendly Alien by its creators Peter Cook and Colin Fournier, in form and material, stands out consciously against the surrounding baroque roof landscape with its red clay roofing tiles.
Here you can see the reflections of both the baroque house close to it and the street on the blue skin. The protuberances are windows, which lighten the interior together with neon spirals, as you can see in my previous post.
Thank you for your kind comments.
Comments (53)
cool shot and excellent Reflections !!
FANTASTIC image!!!!!!! Really great!!!!!!!
Just marvellous! An exciting pic.
Wonderful capture and reflections!!
Looks cool. Fantastic colors and reflections.
Superb colours and reflection Sandra!
Incredible building! I missed your previous post. I'm going to have to check it out!....Oh! I did see it! Now it makes sense. I didn't know what I was looking at before. WOW!
Wonderful reflection! Colouring is great too.
oh wow - this is realy a eyecatcher Sandra
Beautiful shot. Would love to visit that place.
This really is amazing Sandra, I love the blue color and the reflections. Thanks so much for providing us with so much info on it.
quirky and extremely beautiful
Very cool shot
cool photo fx, superbly taken sandra.
Now thats something you don't see every day.. Nice capture Sandra.
what an outstanding an unique structure
Love it superb work !!
A very colorful capture and description. Super reflection. Dana
Wonderful shot my friend, marvelous colors, lighting and reflexions friend, loved it!
super job
Wonderful and very interesting image!
Magical capture!
Fantastic shot.
Take me to your leader! It does look like a spaceship or perhaps a futuristic submarine. Superb POV. Odd but wonderful image.
amazing shot and also creation from the artist.5++.
So vivid colors, wonderful shot my friend :)
Cool capture sweets.
Stunning museum ! I like the reflection in the glass : it adds some depths to the picture. Certainly a very special place to see !
Un 'immagine aliena davvero !Un bel colpo d'occhio , Sandra !