Tag: #Monday Window

Spite Windows

I wasn’t initially planning to take photos of the house next to that arch in Neckargemünd, east of Heidelberg. But I had to learn that the karenicity runs strong even in some Germans. While I was trying to find a good angle for a photo (and was quite chuffed to get the triangle of the house exactly in the opening of the arch) I was approached by a lady with a piercing voice: “Are you photographing MY house?! Are you, tell me, are you?!” I explained that I was taking pictures of the arch but as it was quite a nice house I might also photograph the house. She drew a deep breath but before she could say anything I explained in my calmest voice that I was perfectly allowed to do so from the street. She huffed a little bit and puffed a little bit and I took pictures of the house and the windows. I mean – what do you expect if you have a beautiful house standing next to an antique cultural artefacts?

Beautiful windows, aren’t they?

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In the Meadows

Friedensreich Hundertwasser was an Austrian artist and architect who had a very distinctive and easily recognisable style. One of the houses he designed is in Bad Soden am Taunus, west of Frankfurt, and it’s called “In the Meadows”. Although he stated that straight lines are “godless and immoral” many of the windows are straight, they certainly are here. Anything else would be too expensive I think.

More information about Friedensreich (which, btw, means “rich in peace”) Hundertwasser can be found here (now with the proper link).

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The Windows of My School

These are the windows of the classroom in which I teach. It’s actually quite a big room, the window side is at least 6 metres but because of the foreshortening in the picture it looks cramped. Outside the window it is green, a slope of grass, but not as green as at the other side of the building.

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