Design Details No. 9 - Railings, Display Cases/ Niches, Handles and Shadows at the Neues Museum, Berlin...

A few images of railings, display cases/ niches, handles, and shadow details from the Neues Museum in Berlin, completed a few years back by David Chipperfield Architects...

Some additional images from the museum can also be found in the latest posting on the Kuwait School blog...

- Railings - 

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- Display Cases/ Niches -

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- Handles (& a Hinge) -

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- Shadows -

The Barcelona Pavilion in Detail - Barcelona, Catalonia...

A few additional, my five pence worth, of photos to the myriad of images that are daily taken of Mies' Barcelona Pavilion. Here I tried to emphasize some of the details and detailing of the pavilion, and document views that are not usually featured in most related publications... 

Layered reflections... 

 A generic (couldn't help it - it had to be done)...

 Enclosure and beyond... 

 Pond reflections... 

 Stone reflections... 

 Stone Wall Details... 

Above & Below: Stone tile details...

 The 'back' of the pavilion...

A wooden cleat securing a sliding chrome door...

Indirect light... 

Gray marble, black carpet & red velvet curtains... 

Above & Below: White Barcelona stools... 

 Above & Below: some of the vernacular context seldom included in most photos of the pavilion

Abandoned Garage, Kuwait...

A few photos from an abandoned garage in Kuwait, located on a site next to the, now demolished, Al Salam building, a stone-throw away from SAM Street...