I'm a visual person. And I look for the details: in paintings, in clothing, in interior design, in food preparation and in....that's right, architecture. If you notice the details and not just the overall scheme, you can see the hand of individual crafts people at work. These details can be whimiscal or funny or sad or very personal. They make architecture human and approachable. Here are some of my favorites from Germany and Denmark.
I'm especially in love with mosaics. These were from a tunnel in the old section of Copenhagen, up high and at first, not very noticeable. But I was so glad that we spotted them and I stood there a few minutes, entranced.
And notice the lines on this building; their slant, their color and how they draw your eye up.
And this made me giggle: it's four intertwined tails of four dragons. That's not so funny, but it is when you realize that this is atop the Stock Market (Borsen) in Copenhagen. Was that to be a statement about capitalism?
And do you notice what is happening with the building in the center? See how the roofline and the windows have an upward slant? I wonder how the windows fit in the winter and if cold drafts come whistling in?
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