Horizons Nouveaux

Weissenhofsiedlung Haus Le Corbusier

2011-10-03T07:41:00.000-07:00

Pierre Jeanneret & Le Corbusier, Weissenhof-Museum Stuttgart, 1927

Istanbul

2011-09-28T10:23:00.000-07:00

Mercedes Benz Museum Stuttgart

2011-08-29T13:57:00.000-07:00

Karneval der Kulturen

2011-08-25T15:54:00.000-07:00

French Alpes 2011

2011-08-06T15:59:00.000-07:00

Kathreiner Hochhaus by Bruno Paul

2011-07-17T16:28:00.000-07:00

Architekt: Bruno Paul 1928-30, Berlin Schöneberg

Feature on Initials DC's album -10°C

2011-07-02T01:43:00.000-07:00

I had the pleasure to contribute some bass and background-singing when Frankfurt-based musician Intitals DC came to record his Album with Jules Etienne in Berlin. They composed 9 fantastic Pop-Songs, full of great harmonies, surprising changes and interesting texts.

I am also very proud to have my first photograph on an album-cover.

Have a listen to the album, you will like it. Also consider buying it, do you remember, we used to buy CDs in the ancient times, it's still a good way to support the artists and to have a proper peace of art in your hands.

Photoshooting Antje

2011-06-21T02:32:00.000-07:00

I bought some new, transportable lights and started making portraits. Lucky me, my first model is Antje Prust, actress and director at the theatre. She also makes music with me in my new project, the Coconuts Club.

My Photos at Fashion4home Showroom

2011-06-13T04:49:00.000-07:00

finally went to see my photos on canvas at the fashion4home-Showromm at Haus des Reisens (Weekend-building) at Alexanderplatz. They look really cool in extra large and with nice design-furniture. Special thanks to the girls from f4h for the warm welcome. if you want to buy one, check it out here: http://www.fashion4home.de/jules-valeron, it's not expensive!

With the Lala By at Berghain Kantine

2011-06-09T02:56:00.000-07:00

Last week i performed with the Lala By-family at Berghain Kantine. As usual it was kind of a dark, mystical theatralic performance, this time we looked particularly good because of the beautiful masks created especially for this event by Guillaume Airiaud. It was a night to remember, especially as we will now take a longer break and don't know when we will be performing again. Here are some pics from behind the scenes:

the master of the masks: Guillaume Airiaud

Make-up by David Lenhardt

The creator of the Lala By: Steev Lemercier

Jules Etienne e Le Volpi live

2011-05-19T12:57:00.000-07:00

This is our new beautiful flyer, designed by Nathalie Nienkemper. I like it very much, you might see it somewhere in town these days.

Jules Etienne e le volpi will be playing 2 gigs in the coming weeks:

28/05/2011

at Kunsthaus Kreuzberg/Bethanien
Mariannenplatz 2 D-10997 Berlin
start round 20.00

it's a Sommerfest with a lot of bands, art, food and drinks, we'll be playing for the first time on an open air stage! more info here

21/06/2011
at Schalotte
Fête de la Musique
Behaimstraße 22 D-10585 Berlin
start round 18:00

For those who don't know us yet:

We are a european folk-pop band based in Berlin. Jules Etienne (voc, guitar) founded the band in 2010 with Yanneck Salvo (pianet, voc) and Jules Valeron (bassguitar, voc), in 2011 Maryz Blue (cello, voc) joined the band, now called "Jules Etienne e le volpi"(...and the foxes).

The songs can be described as diary music, intimate stories told with warm voices and bittersweet melodies. You might like us if you listen to Kings of Convenience, Nick Drake or Simon and Garfunkel.

give it a listen.

Oh and the new EP "Scars and Bandages" is on its way..

See you at Haus Bethanien or at Schalotte!

Yours,

Jules Valeron

Schicke U-Bahnstationen an der U7 und U9

2011-05-04T14:28:00.000-07:00

Konstanzer Strasse

Adenauer Platz

Schloßstrasse

Bicycle

2011-04-30T12:30:00.000-07:00

Éclair Rouge

Müggelturm

2011-04-25T03:24:00.000-07:00

1961, construction directed by Jörg Streitparth, Siegfried Wagner und Klaus Weißhaupt

Hide & Seek

2011-04-15T18:11:00.000-07:00

Interview and Photographs on Canvas with Fashion4Home

2011-04-05T07:43:00.000-07:00

Since a few weeks some of my photos from Cuba and architectural motives are available on large canvas via Fashion4Home at very reasonable prices.
They also made an interview with me which you can check out here.

London II - Modern Architecture

2011-03-21T15:26:00.000-07:00

As promised some photos of pretty buildings i discovered in London.

Sampson House in Hopton Street built 1976-79 by Fitzroy Robinson & Partners (now Aukett Fitzroy Robinson)

London College of Fashion in John Prince's/Oxford Street

Centre Point 101-103 New Oxford Street built by Richard Seifert from 1963 to 1966

London

2011-03-19T15:56:00.000-07:00

I'm back from London and will start blogging regularly about my musical and photographic activities, but also about what inspires me and i will also be sharing some songs i've been working on over the past months, so stay tuned!

I went to London with my Band Jules Etienne as we got invited by Howard and Lucy from "The Local" to play at the the "Slaughtered Lamb".
We played a really good show, drank some pints and i enjoyed walking around this dynamic city. It felt good to see so many colored people, old majestic buildings and well-dressed ladies and gents. To feel traditional british flavour and the energy and high pace of London town. Had a great time - and glad to be back in Berlin!
Here are some impressions, more architecture photos will follow soon.
Cheers!

Jules Etienne and his guitar on the way to the gig

James Ashby & Sons Ltd.

Mist I

Red door and exotic tree

Central St Martin

In the Backyard

Renard

Jules Etienne and Sherlock H.

British Car

Waiting

No Passport (but that's another story and i don't want to talk about it)

Mist II

Stars of CCTV

Upcoming Concerts

2010-10-09T05:55:00.000-07:00

Lemercier & the Lala By
11/10 Monster Ronson BERLIN

Jules Etienne
18/10 Pony Bar HAMBURG
03/11 ZDF MORGENMAGAZIN
19/11 Sowieso BERLIN
20/11 Dazzle Danzclub BERLIN
27/11 Balcony TV HAMBURG
29/11 Joe's Bar BERLIN

People passing by I

2010-10-08T02:52:00.000-07:00

BCC Berlin

2010-09-19T07:20:00.000-07:00

At this year's Tag des offenen Denkmals i finally had the opportunity to visit and photograph the BCC (Berliner Congress Center), built between 1961 and 1964 by GDR's chief architect Hermann Henselmann. Admire this timeless beauty of eastern germany's architecture.

Friedrichswerdersche Kirche - Who Knows tomorrow

2010-09-19T06:59:00.000-07:00

Stumbled upon this great exposition with installations by african artist Yinka Shonibare MBE in this church built by Karl Friedrich Schinkel between 1824 and 1831. The exhibition is on until 26th of september.

Lemercier & the Lala By at Schwuz

2010-08-11T07:32:00.000-07:00

As you might have already heard I am really happy to integrate the Lala By - Project of Steev Lermercier.
I am playing the bass within this artistic 10-people-group, and i'm playing it loud!
It's so much fun to play with all these different people with proper drums, 2 guitars, percussions, background-singers...
The first concert i will be playing will be at Schwuz Kreuzberg on friday 20th of August. We will be diguised as antique greeks and we'll play a cover version of a famous turquish song.
The music is dark and loud, have a listen on myspace
start around 1 p.m, hit me up for guestlist

Kreuzberg

2010-07-24T08:12:00.000-07:00

Jules Etienne Tour Dates and cover-song-contest

2010-07-18T04:47:00.000-07:00

We will play again at the fantastic "Ä" Bar in Kreuzkölln coming wednesday (21.07.).
They have great atmosphere, cheap beer, nice people, Tischfussball..
And it's Free Entrance!
We have also launched a cover-song-contest:
you can ask us to play our version of a song you like and if we like it too, we will play it at one of our next concerts!

come, it's gonna be fun!

ICC Berlin

2010-07-13T14:10:00.000-07:00

Photoshooting Jules Etienne

2010-06-30T13:05:00.000-07:00

We had a lovely evening in a nice, green oasis in Neukölln/Rixdorf, shooting photos for upcoming promo-activities. Thanks to Juliette Clémenceau for the photos.

Kottbusser Tor

2010-06-30T13:03:00.000-07:00

Lemercier & the Lala By at HBC, june 12th 2010 on the Behance Network

2010-06-16T03:44:00.000-07:00

Lemercier & the Lala By at HBC, june 12th 2010 on the Behance Network

News june 2010

2010-06-02T05:01:00.000-07:00

I'm working on a new album with Jules Etienne. The Project is called "Minivague" and we have been recording around a dozen of songs over the past weeks. Some of them are almost finished, you can find 2 demos here
It's electronic, experimental and darker than what you might have heard from me so far. More to come soon.

Jules Etienne and the Monsantos continue to be busy, we played a great gig at Basso Gallery yesterday with the lovely Cocteaux. Here are some photos from Steev and Neda.

The next dates for Jules Etienne & the Monsantos:
19th june - Lagari, Neukölln
21st july - Ä, Neukölln
4th august - Schokoladen, Mitte (with Martin Tetzlaff)

some other projects in the pipeline like concerts and festivals in Hamburg, recording in the studios of Deutscher Rundfunk, all still to be confirmed..

French singer/songwriter Initials DC put the "song of steve and jaime" on his myspace, a song he recorded with Jules Etienne at KottKott-Studio featuring me on the bass. Check it out, it's a fantastic Ohrwurm!

Selters

2010-04-28T06:39:00.003-07:00

Selters, originally uploaded by Jules Valeron Photographe.

Rummelsburg

2010-04-28T06:39:00.001-07:00

Rummelsburg, originally uploaded by Jules Valeron Photographe.

2010-04-28T06:38:00.001-07:00

DSC_9026, originally uploaded by Jules Valeron Photographe.

Futuro 13

2010-04-28T06:37:00.001-07:00

Futuro 13, originally uploaded by Jules Valeron Photographe.

Radio and Concerts

2010-04-19T04:37:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Jules Etienne was invited to Unsigned at Radio Fritz so we went to Potsdam/Babelsberg to play some songs. It went pretty well and we hope that a lot of people heard it and will support us, for example by coming to the gig
tomorrow at Zur Möbelfabrik, Brunnenstrasse 10, Berlin Mitte.
Here's the recording from the radio Show:

Jules Etienne at KenFm - Fritz Radio 18.04.2010 by julesvaleron

Here are some photos from our sunday-excursion:

And on saturday we will celebrate 1 year of Coconuts-Power.

Approximately at the same time last year we had our first rehearsal with today's lineup: Sandro, Jules Etienne, Valeron and Vera. We had some great concerts that summer before Vera went to discover the world and left us boys back in Berlin. Fortunately she came back a few weeks ago and we are happy to play our reunion-gig coming saturday (24.04.) at Beakers, Prenzlauer Berg.

Freelance Whales: "Generator 2nd Floor"

2010-04-09T13:27:00.000-07:00

Coup de coeur: just discovered this excellent band and i can't stop watching this wonderful live-version!

Jules Etienne @ Junction Bar

2010-04-07T13:33:00.000-07:00

I'm happy to be on stage again with Jules Etienne coming sunday, the 6th of April at Junction Bar in Kreuzberg. The concert starts at 9 p.m. with Martin Tetzlaff solo, and then it's gonna be Jules Etienne singing his folk-pop-songs, acompanied by Yanneck aka Quarion at the pianet and myself at the bass.

For those who don't know Jules Etienne yet, check out this nice article that the music magazine Intro wrote about his Debut-CD "Short Stories".

We will also be performing at Fritz-Radio's Ken Fm on Sundy the 18th of april, so stay tuned and hope to see you an sunday!

New Website

2010-04-04T04:47:00.000-07:00

After weeks of trying different templates i have finally found a simple solution to create my new, personal website, JulesValeron.com.
You will find new photo-portfolios, the Coconuts-CD and photo-prints to buy, concert dates and much more.
I will also put up some unreleased demos regularly, most of them results of jam-sessions with Jules Etienne. Starting today with "Connexion" from march 2008.
I will continue with the Blog, which will be more for the news, reviews, previews and so on, the website being more static.

1 year of Coconut-Vibrations

2010-03-27T07:45:00.000-07:00

Approximately one year after I started the Coconuts project we are back with the original Lineup as our globetrotter-bassist Vera is back in Berlin.
It feels really good to have her back and our sound is getting very close to where i want it to be.

We will celebrate 1 year of Valeron & the Coconuts on the 24th of April at Beakers in Prenlauer Berg.

Then we're planning to play some acoustic sets in parcs and other outdoors locations and organize our own events. Right now i'm looking for an acoustic bass in order to be independent from amps.
Watch out!

Vernissage at West Berlin Gallery 06.03.2010

2010-03-15T07:18:00.001-07:00

The Vernissage for my Foto-Exhibition "Cuba - The Sunny Side of Socialism?" at West Berlin Gallery was wonderful!
I spent an excellent evening with family and friends. Received a lot of positive feedback for the photos and even sold one off the wall to a Hollywood producer.
The Coconuts-gig went fine and I am very happy that our former bass-player Vera has decided to play again with us.

The exhibition is still on another week (until the 21st of march)!

Valeron & the Coconuts live at Kaffee Burger, tuesday march 2nd

2010-02-28T05:34:00.000-08:00

We're looking forward to play at Kaffee Burger (famous for the "Russendisko") next tuesday.
We will start on time at 9 pm and hope to see you there!

Jules Etienne live at "Ä" in Neukölln on wednesday

2010-02-22T01:46:00.000-08:00

As some of you might already know i am playing bass and singing in my friend and fellow Coconut Jules Etienne's band. Together with Yanneck aka Quarion, who's playing the pianet and is my heavenly-voices-choir-partner, we are performing Jules Etienne's lovely folk-songs that melt the coldest heart.

Please have a listen at his songs and if you are in Berlin next wednesday, february 24th, come and see us play our notorious acoustic performance at "Ä", Weserstrasse 40, Neukölln.

cheers

Jules Valeron

Exhibition approaching

2010-02-17T03:11:00.000-08:00

The final phase before my Photo-Exhibition at West Berlin Gallery has started.

The press-release has been sent and I picked up some posters yesterday, you might see some in the streets of Berlin soon, especially in Mitte.

I'm busy preparing the photos for print and repeating with the Coconuts. We will also be playing on the 2nd of march at Kaffee Burger

Jules Valeron

Debut-CD "Horizons Nouveaux" out now!

2010-01-25T01:14:00.001-08:00

The Debut-CD by Valeron & the Coconuts is finally available on CD !

It's wrapped in a nice digipack with a drawing by french designer JessX, and as you can see the retro-feeling is emphasized by a vinyl-look.

It contains 12 fantastic songs with a lot of hits such as Garlic in the Pocket, ChatLala and Zanzibar, all songs played and recorded by myself and Jules Etienne at KottKott-Studio Berlin. Finest Beach-Flavoured PopMusique spiced up with proper drums, organs, trumpet, violin..

We will be selling them mainly at the concerts (10 EUR), the next shows coming up are on
march 03 - Kaffee Burger
march 06 - West Berlin Gallery CD-Release-Party, Concert and Vernissage

My Photo-Exhibition has been moved by one month and i'm now preparing the first highlight of 2010, i'm very excited about it, hope to see a lot of people around, proper invitation and more infos soon.

If you'd like to purchase the CD and can't wait til march, mail me, i'll gladly send you one (+2.- portage).

Note that for the time being it's limited to 100 copies.

Love

Jules Valeron

Photos for sale on seen.by

2010-01-08T04:13:00.001-08:00

Some of my photographs have been accepted by renowned photo-site "seen.by"and i am very delighted about that because they have a really high standard and the photos are really affordable, starting at 12.-. Check it out!

CDG

2010-01-03T02:31:00.001-08:00

CDG, originally uploaded by Jules Valeron Photographie.

Snow

2010-01-02T07:42:00.000-08:00

Karl Marx Allee in Wintertime

2010-01-01T04:23:00.000-08:00

Kreuzberg in Wintertime

2009-12-30T08:14:00.000-08:00

Cuba 2009

2009-12-15T02:32:00.000-08:00

It's been a week now since i came back from Cuba and i've finally managed to go through my 2000+ photos and make a first selection. And before the memories fade and i start thinking it was a dream i'm gonna make a little travel-summary.
Right away, it's very inspiring, almost all clichés are true and if you have the oppurtunity, go and visit the Pearl of the Caraibes, no-one knows how long it's gonna be stuck in time like this.

It's warm, there are palm- and coconuttrees everywhere.

The sea covers every tone between the blue and the green and it seems someone regulated the temperature to "just perfect".

There is Music everywhere, in every average Café in Havana there's a 5-8 man-band playing, with a looot of percussions, they have incredibly talented musicians, and when they all come together it really grooves.

The old men all wear sombreros.

Che is God, America is evil and "the Revolution" is religion.

Military and Police everywhere.

Food isn't very good besides seafood and fruits, but at least we europeans don't have to worry about how we're getting our stomach filled.
Mojito is the best fucking drink in the world!
The Architecture, especially in Havana, is splendid: Colonial, representative buildings in decay, baby-blue and rosé colours, fancy 50s chic, communistic bombast.

And the cars.. It seems like they have put all oldtimers on this island, they're everywhere and they look just marvelous.

I will try to blog some more, not sure though if i will find the time.
But you will definetely see the best pictures at the West Berlin Gallery from the 5-19 february 2010, i'm actually quite busy preparing the exhibition.

Cuba, Photo-Exhibition and CD-Release-Party

2009-11-24T14:02:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow I will be drinking rum and smoking a Cigar in La Habana!
Goodbye grey and dark Berlin, hello 30 degrees, Coconut-Trees, Beaches, Music, Photos and
new inspirations.
The photos will be exhibited in a very cool gallery in Berlin starting the 5th of february next year. At the vernissage i will also be playing beach-flavoured PopMusique with my Band "Valeron + the Coconuts" and celebrate the release of our debut CD "Horizons Nouveaux".
I have to go back packing, more infos soon, but reserve the date!
J.V.

2009-11-05T03:46:00.001-08:00

Zürich Lights 1

2009-11-02T04:06:00.001-08:00

Zürich Lights 2, originally uploaded by Julien Vallé Photographie.

Zürich Lights 2

2009-11-02T04:05:00.003-08:00

Zürich Lights 3, originally uploaded by Julien Vallé Photographie.

Zürich Lights 3

2009-11-02T04:05:00.001-08:00

Zürich Lights 1, originally uploaded by Julien Vallé Photographie.

Olympiastadion Berlin

2009-09-21T01:49:00.000-07:00

2009-09-16T14:26:00.000-07:00

Kottbusser Tor, still haven't found out details about this building

Martin Gropius Bau

Shell-Haus by Emil Fahrenkamp, 1930 bis 1932

First Interview

2009-09-09T08:19:00.000-07:00

For those of you who understand french, i have been interviewed by the online-shop photo-sur-toile.com. They print photos on canvas and they interviewed me for their blog

Haus der Kulturen der Welt

2009-09-09T03:45:00.000-07:00

Mediaspree?

2009-09-05T14:21:00.000-07:00

War

2009-09-05T09:56:00.000-07:00

People passing by II

2009-08-31T14:24:00.000-07:00

People passing by

2009-08-31T09:11:00.000-07:00

nice car

2009-08-30T07:08:00.000-07:00

Funny Tourists

2009-08-29T12:38:00.000-07:00

Neuköln

2009-08-28T12:28:00.000-07:00

Robot

2009-08-26T13:02:00.001-07:00

Robot

2009-08-26T13:02:00.000-07:00

Sommerloch

2009-08-23T13:32:00.000-07:00

haven't been posting photos a lot lately. I have been focussing on making music with my band Valeron and the Coconuts performing live and lately started recording an album which should be released in september and contain some tasty pop music . working really hard on it so not taking a lot of pictures, except the following ones.

French Alpes '09

2009-08-07T10:33:00.000-07:00

Back in the city after 12 days with the family in the french alpes: fresh air, nature, sunshine, hiking and going to bed early, happy. Spent a perfect holiday, I'm regenerated and full of energy for the projects to come.

News july 09

2009-07-16T11:45:00.000-07:00

sorry for those who've been visiting the blog the last days i was quite busy with my projects:
The first complete gig of my band "Valeron & the Coconuts" (www.myspace.com/valeronmusic) at Madame Claude in Kreuzberg was a great success: lot of fun, fantastic atmosphere and very positive feedback, felt good :-) more gigs to come soon, looking forward to it.

I also started a job as "location scout", spotting nice cafés, bars etc in Kreuzberg and taking pictures which is actually quite fun, i dicover new places and get to practice to take pictures inside..

can't leave you without any architecture, it's been a while:

Beisheim Center at Potsdamer Platz, Architekturbüro Hilmer & Sattler und Albrecht 2004

Ullsteinhaus Tempelhof, Eugen Schmohl 1925-27

Frankfurt III

2009-07-05T12:58:00.000-07:00

Dresdner Bank, 1975–1978, ABB Architekten

Grossmarkthalle, 1928, Martin Elsaesser

U-Bahnhof Willy-Brandt-Platz, 1971

Hansaviertel 1

2009-06-30T13:32:00.000-07:00

Evangelische Kirche. Architekt: Ludwig Lemmer

Eternithaus. Architekt: Paul Baumgarten

Wohnhaus Klopstockstrasse. Architekt: Pierre Vago

GL in Space 1

2009-06-27T11:02:00.001-07:00

GL in Space 1, originally uploaded by Julien Vallé Photographie.

monkeys

2009-06-25T14:40:00.001-07:00

monkeys, originally uploaded by Julien Vallé Photographie.

Coconuts Concert / LaFraise Fashion Show at Galeries Lafayette

2009-06-20T15:55:00.000-07:00

This week was very exciting for me: on wednesday i had my first appearance on stage with my band (Valeron and the Coconuts) We were pretty satisfied and got very encouraging feedback. looking forward for our first full concert on 14th of july.

On thursday i was lucky to take pictures at the Fashionshow of LaFraise.com at the Galeries Lafayette Berlin. Great show, great evening!

Hallesches Ufer 24, Kreuzberg by Fehling/Gogel, 1968

2009-06-12T10:42:00.000-07:00

Around Alexanderplatz

2009-06-10T14:48:00.000-07:00

Weltzeituhr

Fernsehturm

Berliner Zeitung

Haus des Reisens by Roland Korn, Johannes Briske and Roland Steiger, 1969-1971

French Alpes 2008

2009-06-07T13:43:00.001-07:00

French Alpes 2008

2009-06-07T13:43:00.000-07:00

2009-06-06T10:24:00.001-07:00

IDZ (Informations- und Dokumentationszentrum der Bundesbeauftragten für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen DDR)

2009-06-05T12:32:00.000-07:00

Hessische Landesvertretung, Czech Embassy

2009-06-02T12:13:00.000-07:00

Hessische Landesvertretung/Hessian Embassy by Michael Christl + Joachim Bruchhäuser, 2001

Tschechische Botschaft/Czech Embassy by Věra und Vladimír Machonin 1975-78

Kreuzberg/Treptow

2009-05-31T14:56:00.000-07:00

New Horizons: Nikon D300

2009-05-30T09:11:00.000-07:00

It's time to take the next step, to use proper equipement and to learn some photographical techniques. I bought myself a Nikon D300.
I'm very excited, the baby feels very good in my hands, but we first have to get to know each other. After years of fooling around with easy ~~girls~~ cameras it's a challenge to start a serious relationship with a complex, mature lady :-)
here are the first shots from Wilmsstrasse, Kreuzberg

Neukölln

2009-05-27T10:38:00.000-07:00

Kronprinzenbrücke by Santiago Calatrava, (1992-96)

2009-05-26T07:04:00.000-07:00

Building Ecke Kleist-Martin-Luther-Strasse

2009-05-25T14:33:00.000-07:00

I always thought you can find everything in the internet but in fact it's quite difficult to find specific information about interesting buildings that didn't make it to the classics. I could only find one page (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=854524) stating that this building is called Philips-Haus and it was built by Paul Schwebes but when I search for the architects oeuvre it's mentioned nowhere. So if anybody out there has more information, i would appreciate.

2009-05-23T12:50:00.000-07:00

SEZ (Sport- und Erholungszentrum) by Ehrhardt "Palast der Republik" Gißke

2009-05-22T16:25:00.000-07:00

nice DDR-Style in Friedrichshain from the early 80s.

Frankfurt: Olivetti-Building by Egon Eiermann (1968-1972)

2009-05-21T11:41:00.000-07:00

Egon Eiermann is one of the most important german post-war architects. Most people know his new Gedächtniskirche at Zoologischer Garten in Berlin, but he was also a famous designer for furniture and Olivetti decided to hire the best architect of the time to show off with their new headquarter in germany

Haus der Buchdrucker by Max Taut (1924-26)

2009-05-19T12:59:00.000-07:00

Apartmenthaus Hohenzollerndamm by Hans Scharoun (1929-30)

2009-05-18T09:56:00.000-07:00

Wellenflug

2009-05-17T13:29:00.000-07:00

Haus des Deutschen Metallarbeiterverbandes (IG Metall), by Erich Mendelssohn, 1928–1930

2009-05-16T09:52:00.000-07:00

DZ Bank by Frank Gehry

2009-05-14T08:36:00.000-07:00

I like the back of the building, facing the jewish memorial. Apparently Gehry had to do some compromises and that softens his drive towards often too organic architecture.

Enclosed a citation from Adolf Behne in a postcard to the young Hans Scharoun explaining to him exactly this delicate subject.

Technikmuseum Speyer

2009-05-12T12:24:00.000-07:00

Parkhaus Grunerstrasse

2009-05-11T13:43:00.000-07:00

Tempelhof Airport

2009-05-10T11:27:00.000-07:00

I'm not too much into neo-classical, monumental architecture and god only knows what courageous buildings we missed due to the Nazi-regime. But i must admit that the world's largest building of the time is quite impressive

Dresden in Wintertime 1

2009-05-09T10:30:00.000-07:00