And Pictures from Barca

Although I realize the term is now (more or less) complete, I thought I'd just follow through and keep posting a few things . . . here are some photos that I took on our trip to Barcelona:


Herzog + De Meuron's "Edifice" building at the Forum - a light well

Panorama from the roof of Casa Mila

Barcelona Pavilion

Barcelona Pavilion 2

Sagrada Familia Column Capital

... Tourist Guy, immersed in Barcelona's experiential industry

Pictures from Palermo

Hey, here are some photographs from our recent trip to Palermo:


View from nature reserve near Palermo

Doric Temple at Segesta

View from top of Cathedral at Monte Reale

Ornate capitals from cloister of Monte Reale Cathedral

Cathedral in Palermo

In the fore-court of the Cathedral at Palermo

Meanwhile, back home, Liebeskind tries to kill Torontonians

The dancing lady

I thought that I would post my take on the dancing lady . . .

Modernist Mausoleums on San Michele

Especially for those who weren't able to make it out to San Michele I thought that I would post some photos. I was particularly fascinated by these modernist mausoleums. They contrast directly with my experience of mausoleums in Canada that usually seem to resemble either beaux-arts bureaucratic buildings or british telephone booths. . . . some really seemed fascist, others seemed of that post-fascist style of the 50's and 60's, including echos of Carlos Scarpa.

Some more pictures from Le Giudecca

Here are some pics that I took at the Giudecca