13th door.

Gingerbread houses.

Does anyone know where the tradition to build gingerbread houses for christmas comes from? And and is common in most countries even. This year you had the chance to send your masterpiece to the architecture museum for “The best gingerbread house” competition. And not only kids were participating! I didn’t end up voting, but I hope we will know soon who had won. Here are some of my favorites. Someone even made the death star from star wars out of gingerbread cookies, too much spare time maybe.. haha

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Did you miss a door?

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2nd   3rd

4th   5th   6th

7th   8th   9th   10th

11th   12th

 

It’s all a facade.

Today I hope that I can show you that facades are not superficial and marble at all. They tell you a lot about the history of the house and the people living in it. Or at least it helps your mind imagine how it looks and feels like inside.

So who might be the owner of this house? Are his/her clothes as grey and washed out as the facade? Or is the inside full of spots of colors like the flowers to the wall?

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Who is Rosa? Do the wallpapers inside show all possible patterns of flowers and birds? Are all tables covered with white laced place mats?

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Only someone important could have a high tower/house like this. Maybe a mayor. A lawyer. Someone who wants to have an overview of everything.

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Let your imagination free. What do you think that happens behind those curtains?

 

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By the beautiful sea.

Human vs Nature.

Human vs Nature.

While my mom was visiting me last week, she pointed out a couple of times that it’s so funny to see how people here “built around nature”. I thought that was a very interesting thought and a great idea for a post! Since then I had the chance to snap some pictures of exactly that; human vs nature.

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Rocks in a harbor. Aren’t you afraid to park your boat there? Do we really need a harbor at this specific location? I guess so..

 

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Seems like the border of the property behind the fence goes through the tree. I have to laugh every time I see this

 

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But nature doesn’t hold back either. Plants grow where they want to grow. I hope the people living in this house can still enter it in 3 years..