Petrinha's Barca

[Corb]

How long have you been in Barcelona, Petrinha?

 

[Petrinha]

Tnx Tomo

Corb, was there for a week, but since half of my time was footie related, i was literaly runnig to see as much as i can and try to enjoy (especially artistic places) while doing it

After Barca spent 5-6 days in Andalucia, those pics will find place here too one day ...

 

[Super Pippo]

Nice photos once again Petra.

Though when will you stop this teasing and post the modern buildings pics you promised?

 

[Petrinha]

Well, of course i am a teaser + wanted to put them at the end ... cronologicaly, but dunno, maybe id follow Gaudi inovative thinking and put it in between of my exhibition
Anyhow, when i do it i expect u to fill us in more about the Forum building, Agbar, Fira etc, okay?

And yeah wanna hear more about Foster's Nou camp studies pretty plsss pretty Pippo

 

[Petrinha]

Okay Sergi, will take a lil break from my dear Art Deco buildings and put up some of the modern i managed to see for ya. I just know the basic so from now on u take over the lecture, u asked for it


Richard Meier's Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona - MACBA, opened in 1995.

Herzog & de Meuron: The Forum Building
- triangular in shape, 180 meters on each side, 25 meters in height, located within the triangle - Diagonal, Rambla de Prim & Ronda Litoral. It's the symbol of the controversial 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures.

Toyo Ito: Torre Fira, 2009.

Few more spots next time

 

[Leroy]

Looking through these pictures has brought back some fantastic memories. Thank you very much for sharing Petra.

 

[Super Pippo]

Well, of course i am a teaser + wanted to put them at the end ... cronologicaly, but dunno, maybe id follow Gaudi inovative thinking and put it in between of my exhibition
Anyhow, when i do it i expect u to fill us in more about the Forum building, Agbar, Fira etc, okay?

And yeah wanna hear more about Foster's Nou camp studies pretty plsss pretty Pippo

Sorry Petra, missed this. For sure I will later

Your photos are good, and the forum building I liked so much, was literally next door to the hotel I stayed in when in Barcelona, our room overlooked it and the sea even, was very interesting. Its room is actually a pond, looks crazy, but at the nights from the higher buildings, the setting sun refelects off it and causes it to glow, very cool effect.

 

[Petrinha]

Tnx i am more into old old complexed story connected things and know much more about them then modern ones, so cool u will do it when grab the time

Forum building is fascinatinggggggg, i saw them kinda in a rush as was in lack of time so just told my barca friend to take me to the modern stuff and literaly drop me out to see it a bit and take pics lol, so we did it one day for few h, was crazy as was rainy suny day ... later went to Montjuic and Miro, didn't have time for the Pavilionnnn, don't kill me, i have a feeling it's your fav coz of it's simple shapes each architect d like.
Next time definitely. I chosed Miro as he is one of my fave artists.

Also am sad i couldn't see all these modern buildings during the nite, i heard it's niceeee + the effect u said about. Damn, i wanna go back !!

 

[FCBarca]

Looking forward to checking out some of this architecture I missed the last time I was in Barcelona...We'll be there this August for 3 days and perhaps back in December for a match

 

[Petrinha]

Looking through these pictures has brought back some fantastic memories. Thank you very much for sharing Petra.

U r welcome, happy to remind u of some nice times in BCN

Looking forward to checking out some of this architecture I missed the last time I was in Barcelona...We'll be there this August for 3 days and perhaps back in December for a match

Good for u Happy to give u some architectural tips Ahh i know, i always miss something there and still sooo many things to see, i juts need time, time and only time ... ok and some extra cash


Some more:

Frank O. Gehry: Peix d'or & Hotel Arts, Vila Olimpica, commisioned for the Olimpics in 1992. The sculpture of the fish looking to the sea is made of stone, steel and glass with its shiny metal plates changing colour depending on the sunlight

I think Gehry did Guggenheim in Bilbao, ahhh love his creativity and that piece of art


Rebecca Horn - Barceloneta beach tower - L’Estel Ferit - meaning 'the wounded star or the injured comet' (ohh what a name love this tower, such a romantic touch), commissioned for the Olimpics too.It conjures up images of an old lighthouse which is no longer in use or needed. The sculpture consists of four steel cubes stacked one above the other. The material used is iron, glass and light on a big concrete base which makes a 2.4 metre high tower. Inside the bottom cube are sea related things that are lit up at night.

Ricardo Bofill - W Barcelona Hotel, looks so Dubai hotels alike

 

[Corb]

Where are you from Petrinha?

 

[Petrinha]

Where are you from Petrinha?

Croatia.

 

[Corb]

Croatia.

I've been there few years ago.

 

[Petrinha]

Niceee Where?

 

[Corb]

Niceee Where?

Almost everywhere. Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Rijeka, Vukovar... and many other places I don't remember the name.

Some places still being damaged because the war.