jdlaing Posted July 17, 2016 Share #1501 Posted July 17, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Was Hannes Meyer the architect? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 17, 2016 Posted July 17, 2016 Hi jdlaing, Take a look here "Do you know this building?" Game Thread. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pop Posted July 17, 2016 Share #1502 Posted July 17, 2016 Was Hannes Meyer the architect? Yes, indeed, Hannes Meyer was the architect of those buildings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted July 17, 2016 Share #1503 Posted July 17, 2016 (edited) Hello Philipp, A clarification of my Post #1499 above: The "1910" I was writing about was the time period of the style of the numbering on the basin. Not the actual number that is written on the basin. Best Regards, Michael Edited July 17, 2016 by Michael Geschlecht Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted July 17, 2016 Share #1504 Posted July 17, 2016 Yes, Michael, that's what I thought you meant. The classicist style of the façade of the tall building is attributed to his assistant, one Christ, who was to build at a later time the Museum of Art in Basel. Will someone now name the building? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted July 17, 2016 Share #1505 Posted July 17, 2016 I"ve never heard of Hannes Meyer until now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted July 17, 2016 Share #1506 Posted July 17, 2016 Hannes Meyer was better known as a professor of architecture. A few years after building the building I have shown here he was called by Gropius to the Bauhaus in Dessau to become professor and about one year later succeeded Gropius as director of the Bauhaus. Edit: In 2015, there was an exhibition in the Bauhaus in Dessau on Hannes Meyer: http://www.bauhaus-dessau.de/the-coop-principle-hannes-meyer.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted July 18, 2016 Share #1507 Posted July 18, 2016 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Genossenschafthaus der Seidlung, Friedorf. Edited July 18, 2016 by jdlaing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted July 18, 2016 Share #1508 Posted July 18, 2016 Genossenschafthaus der Seidlung, Friedorf. That's correct. Congratulations, as this was quite an obscure one. Over to you. The Cooperative which still owns the settlement has a set of very nice photographs taken by Theodore Hoffmann, Basel, in 1924. The architect had them made for use in his documentation of the project in the journals. These are scans of original prints made by the photographer: https://pop-ch.smugmug.com/Freidorf/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
war Posted July 18, 2016 Share #1509 Posted July 18, 2016 That's correct. Congratulations, as this was quite an obscure one. Over to you. The Cooperative which still owns the settlement has a set of very nice photographs taken by Theodore Hoffmann, Basel, in 1924. The architect had them made for use in his documentation of the project in the journals. These are scans of original prints made by the photographer: https://pop-ch.smugmug.com/Freidorf/ Thanks for posting this. Meyer is one of the unsung heroes of the Bauhaus. Most architectural students here don't know of him. He went to the Soviet Union whereas most of the other "famous" alumni ended up in the States thankfully and created our Modernist Movement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted July 18, 2016 Share #1510 Posted July 18, 2016 Thanks for posting this. Meyer is one of the unsung heroes of the Bauhaus. Most architectural students here don't know of him. He went to the Soviet Union whereas most of the other "famous" alumni ended up in the States thankfully and created our Modernist Movement. You're welcome. Meyer was forgotten even in Dessau, for some time. The exhibition I mentioned above was part of a program to bring him back, and the photographs by Hoffmann have been placed on SmugMug for the convenience of the curators of that exhibition. Freidorf is part of the Swiss heritage, and it's very comfortable to live in. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted July 23, 2016 Share #1511 Posted July 23, 2016 Genossenschafthaus der Seidlung, Friedorf. As I've said above, this is the correct answer. According to the rules of the games, it's now your turn to post a picture of a building for other members to guess (or google). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted July 23, 2016 Share #1512 Posted July 23, 2016 Let,someone else post Pop. Or you post another. I'm away from my library for two more days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted July 23, 2016 Share #1513 Posted July 23, 2016 So while jd is working on his, how about this one? For the sake of simplicity, let's make the correct answer the building from which the picture was made (the window) - since if you know any of the buildings within the frame, you can probably figure out the shooting location easily. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/161026-do-you-know-this-building-game-thread/?do=findComment&comment=3083839'>More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted July 23, 2016 Share #1514 Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) Hello Stuart, Could this be a City somewhere not too far East of the Greenwich Meridian?Best Regards, Michael Edited July 23, 2016 by Michael Geschlecht Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted July 24, 2016 Share #1515 Posted July 24, 2016 Yes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted July 24, 2016 Share #1516 Posted July 24, 2016 But is it also south of Greenwich? This looks very Parisian to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted July 24, 2016 Share #1517 Posted July 24, 2016 You are not wrong... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted July 26, 2016 Share #1518 Posted July 26, 2016 Hello Andy, Sorry about the "Stuart". Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
war Posted July 27, 2016 Share #1519 Posted July 27, 2016 Was this photo taken from inside a stairway? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted July 28, 2016 Share #1520 Posted July 28, 2016 Yes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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