Wordless Wednesday
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Tag: sandstone
Sandstone Details
First Sunday colour collage of the year! It’s one colour only and I immediately thought of pink sandstone. It was hard to leave out things, there are so many sandstone buildings in our area hear. Värikollaasit #443
A Window with an Art Nouveau Detail
And that is the whole house from the front with the sandstone set off beautifully by the white paint.
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Institutional Building
Built little more than 135 years ago, this building has served as a place for people with disabilities due to age, illness or congenital conditions. The level of care depended on the spirit of the time, some times were better than others. It is now being transformed into residential apartments. Some building will stay, some are being demolished.
The house facade, a combination of clinker in two colours, dates the building. The geometrical patterns are typical of the late 19th century as are the sandstone frames around the windows.
The walled up windows have been so for ages, most of the glass panes have been broken, I’ll keep watching what will remain.
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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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The faces of the Mannheim Palace
Aino’s colour suggestions this week were these:
and I immediately thought of the photos I had taken at the Mannheim Palace.
Sandstone windows
In our area sandstone is widely used in houses, sometimes for the whole building but often as a contrasting material. It is used as a frame for windows from the ornamental to the mundane to utilitarian.
Linked to Monday Window.
Sandstone faces
Colour collage inspired by these colours:
More collages with similar colours are linked to Värikollaasit.
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