“Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.” – Frank Gehry “a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.” “We shape our buildings: thereafter they shape us.” – Winston Churchill” “When we build, let us think that we build forever.” Read more…
Walking along Bratislava’s Old Town (stare mesto) it is hard not to stop and be in awe of the details in most of the buildings. “Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.” – Frank Gehry “Even a brick wants to be something.” – Louis Kahn “Beauty is Read more…
Church of the Annunciation. The pulpit of the Church of the Annunciation. The Blue Church (Church of St. Elizabeth) The Blue Church (Church of St. Elizabeth) – the pulpit. St. Martin’s Cathedral. Inside St. Martin’s Cathedral. A beautiful stained glass inside the church. St. Martin’s Cathedral pulpit. Bratislava, Slovakia – Read more…
Visiting some of Budapest churches. St. Stephen’s Basilica. Inside St. Stephen’s Basilica. St. Stephen’s pulpit. St. Matthias Church at the Fisherman’s Bastion. Inside St. Matthias Church. St. Matthias pulpit. Jak Chapel at the Vajdahunyad Castle premises. Jak Chapel at the Vajdahunyad Castle premises. Budapest, Hungary – April 5 to 7, Read more…
Budapest, Hungary’s capital city, has some of the most beautiful buildings in Europe. A reflection of the country’s rich and varied history and that of the peoples who have lived – and ruled – there. Baroque buildings from the time of Queen Maria Theresa are the dominant force, but classicism, Read more…