Kevin Hui of pushpullbar architecture + design forum and 4site architecture shared these travel photographs. He recently completed a 16 day / 66 building trip through Germany, Sweden, and Denmark, accompanied by Andrew Maynard of Andrew Maynard Architects. The photographs include: Mercedes Benz Museum by UN Studio, Museum of Modern Literature by David Chipperfield, Dupli.Casa by J Mayer H, Sammlung Goetz by Herzog & de Meuron, Treptow Crematorium by Axel Schultes Architekten & Charlotte Frank, Cottbus Techincal University Library by Herzog & de Meuron, Wolfsburg Cultural Centre by Alvar Aalto, and Phaeno Science Centre by Zaha Hadid. Follow the break to see all eight featured photographs.
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Very nice Kevin, wish there were more to browse.
Which building was your favourite of the trip?
I was lucky enough to tag along with Kev and Andy for the Germany segment. I really enjoyed Sauerbruch Hutton’s – Brandhorst Museum in Munich also, a wonderful building, both externally and internally.
Cant wait to see some full sets on pushpullbar. Party on.
Shot with an I phone? the framewoke is ok, but the photo quality really poor…
The aalto shot is awful in every way…
Is that just free advertisement for mr Hui?
That is because I only sent them low res shots in an email during the archi-marathon to engage in a conversation with them as they said on twitter they wanted to see something. They have never requested any higher resolution pictures. These are only 8 out of the 2500 or so shots taken during the 15 days.
Well, i guess if archdaily wanted me to send pictures from my trips i would do so…
Nothing agaisnt you, but i don’t really get the point of this article, you have to admit that apart from the poor res quality, these are not amaysing pictures… cool trip though
Anyway thanks for ansewring
The purpose of architectural travel is to see what the projects are really like in real life, behind the highly staged professional published shots.
The purpose of pushpullbar.com’s travel forum, apart from travel information, is about photos taken by ‘mortals’ of these famous projects and how they really look. Sure you can’t judge a project from photos but it certainly gives those who have never been a better glimpse behind the glitzy shots.
If you would like to see ‘amazing’ photos of these projects, just look on archdaily or do a google for them. You will find plenty of architectural porn to your satisfaction.
I am actually very surprised but glad that archdaily is interested in seeing and publishing photos that are not the usual glamour shots, which seems to be the way architecture is to be consumed these days, especially in most architecture schools.
Go, travel and see these for yourselves people.
There are some amazing buildings on that tour. It would be great to see more high quality images.
By the way, check out the tweets from @andrewmaynard and @swank_e during our travels which finished less than a week ago for commentaries.
http://twitter.com/andrewmaynard
http://twitter.com/swank_e
I hate to toot my own horn here but all of my photographs in Europe are most certainly the antithesis of the “Highly Staged Professional Published Shots.”
Seeing as I can get results that look well, less amateurish (while only spending minutes at each project) is a clear testament that care and dedication are exponentially more important than time spent at a given work.
The statement that you are interested in showing buildings as “mortals” see them seems to be shorthand for “I’m okay with sloppy images.” I see no reason why lack of time must equate lack of greatness.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/st_ludwig/
Sorry my shots are crap. They were never intended to be published nor be sold. I didn’t lug around my DSLR and didn’t do any post processing.
I am sorry that archdaily decides to publish these few shots and I am sorry for sharing this to the rest of the world.
Don’t be fakely sorry Kevin. I don’t blame you, I just don’t get it that’s all.
And I won’t be sorry for reacting.
I would ignore the stupid comments Kevin. I for one am happy to see the shots. Glad to see you and PPB get some pub on Archdaily. Back to what us mortals do…
Kevin,
I’d ignore the stupid comments. The fact that these are “raw” shots to describe places you visited and share is the point. I know from the work you have produced, architecture and architectural photography, that you do fantastic stuff. I know, atleast, that if you had the time to process these a bit and shot with your normal camera you would have but as you were posting these “on the fly” it was about sharing as you went (as I know you were probably packing very light). Obviously the two gentlemen critical of the shots are more concerned with the picture quality than the exploration of the actual places and architecture. I’m also guess, by a comment you made, that you never really intended these shots to be posted like this and it was done by request?
Overall I think the guys with issues on the shots should check their ego at the door and put the whole thing in context… just my 2 cents :)
No I don’t think you get it.
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