Gehry, Foster etc.

Gehry, Medienhafen, Duesseldorf photo by Frizztext

Frank Gehry, one of the most famous architects (top ten) also built a group of buildings in Duesseldorf, Germany, Medienhafen

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 – 1951), Austrian-born philosopher, professorship in philosophy at the University of Cambridge (1939 – 1947), he once wrote: “One can easily imagine a language consisting only of orders and messages in battle, or a language consisting only of questions and an expression of affirmation and negation. And countless others. To imagine a language means to imagine a life form.” What we can say about languages (of peer groups, companies, nations), we also can analyze in architectures. There are unfriendly, domineering, egocentric, daunting buildings – and there are friendly, inviting, questions admitting ones…

title=”Reichstag Berlin by Tobi_2008 / Hans Vaupel on Flickr, sent to my group BLOG IT!
The Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany with the Reichstag dome. Constructed by Norman Foster.

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Architect of the OLYMPIA-PARK, Munich: FREI OTTO
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the famous roof-construction by Otto Frei, Olympia Stadion, Munich 1972, photo by frizztext

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