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BRAHMS KONTOR Office Building

by Marc 03/22/2017 | 4 IMAGES IN THE BLOGPOST | 1 Comment

The BRAHMS KONTOR office building in Hamburg is located opposite the Laeiszhalle at Johannes-Brahms-Platz. It was build 1904 by the architects Werner Lundt and Georg Kallmorgen. Between 1920–1922 and 1928–1931 the original building was built up and expanded. The duo Ferdinand Sckopp and Willhelm Vortmann erected a steel construction based on American skyscrapers: the first modern skyscraper of Hamburg.
2005–2008 it was modernized, but the fine details of the orignal building has been preserved.

Chamber of Commerce of Hamburg

by Marc 03/19/2017 | 12 IMAGES IN THE BLOGPOST | No Comments

One weekend, together with Silke Tüxen, I had the opportunity to photograph in the halls of the Chamber of Commerce of Hamburg. For over two hours we were here in this classic building.

In former years the trade of the Hamburg Stock Exchange was held in the halls. Today the rooms are usually used for events. Something special are the colored ceilings in the rooms, combined with the all-round upper lights, which allow plenty of natural light to shine into each room.
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Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten

by Marc 03/18/2017 | 1 IMAGE IN THE BLOGPOST | No Comments

On one of the last winter evenings, when I came home from the office on the way to the blue hour at the Binnenalster. I quickly parked the car and went to the Lombardsbrücke with camera and tripod. From there I had already nice impressions, but on the way back, as I took the footpath down to the Binnenalster, I have seen this picture. The beautiful tree, and underneath the street lantern, which gives me a welcome foreground.

What a beautiful sight the reflection of the light house facades on the water of the Alster offers! I love these sights!

Rocher — the golden egg at the KLU

by Marc 03/09/2017 | 4 IMAGES IN THE BLOGPOST | 1 Comment

At the Kühne Logistics University (KLU) in the Hafencity of Hamburg, an architecturally remarkable lecture theater is integrated. We (Silke Tüxen and myself) immediately called it »Rocher«, because its shape and the yellow-gold facade remind us strongly of the candy. But at KLU, it is called a more profane »ygolden egg«.
KLU was founded in 2010 and offers around 200 international students an MBA program in the fields of logistics, management and company management. In the evening, it is quiet, but in many rooms there is still light, because the students have access to the university around the clock and many learn there. For more than an hour I was able to take pictures here without anyone runing through my picture.

Concert Hall Berlin

by Marc 03/01/2017 | 1 IMAGE IN THE BLOGPOST | No Comments

The concert hall in Berlin at the Gendarmenmarkt. It was only recently that we opened the most modern concert hall in Europe in Hamburg. Now I was standing in front of one of the old concert halls in the city center of Berlin. It is situated between the French and German Dom on either side of the Gendarmenmarkt.

What a fortune for me that I could be here just in time for the blue hour. The gentle lighting of the building and the beautifully colored sky. I admit, I love this light mood at the moment.

Alster Lake at the end of a week

by Marc 02/24/2017 | 1 IMAGE IN THE BLOGPOST | No Comments

At the end of a working week, the city still full of buyers who want to get the last deals or return to their cars with full bags.
I drove from the office directly into the city to enjoy once again the beautiful lighting at the blue hour.

The roads around the Binnenalster are however filled by PS strong sports cars, their driving want to catch attention. Sometimes they hit on like-minded people and then hit the accelerator. I’m just wondering!

The city center has a really nice view at this time. On the right the Alsterparvillon, behind the Asterhaus. And at the left end of my picture you can see the Hapag headquarters, which I had photographed last year in autumn.

Formerly country life — light and fire

by Marc 02/18/2017 | 20 IMAGES! | No Comments

The special feature of the Kiekeberg Museum is that the houses are on special events »inhabited« until the evening hours, which in particular offers impressive lighting moods in the winter. The houses are cold — only 2 degrees warmer than in the open air — and so you can always see steam from the cookers or smoke from the fire places.

In the early evening it becomes so dark in the houses that one can only observe the farmer family and the servants and the maids at work in the light of candles and a few fire places. Muchwork is made close to the fire, because only there enough light is available.

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