As I promised yesterday, I show you now Jaipur’s main attractions; Hawa Mahal and the City Palace. From Wikipedia:“Hawa Mahal (translation: “Palace of Winds” or “Palace of the Breeze”), is a palace in Jaipur, India. It was built in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh, and designed by Lal Chand Ustad in the form of […]
Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal is one of the official seven world wonders and it is considered a must-see. Several friends that had already visited the place had told me that it is indeed a beautiful building and site, but also very touristic. I agree with them. It is beautiful and of course very interesting to learn about […]
Pune, part 13: Vishrambaug Wada
Vishrambaag Wada is described at Wikipedia as “a fine mansion” situated at central Pune’s Thorale Bajirao Road. It was the luxurious residence of Peshwa Bajirao II, the last Peshwa of Maratha confederacy, in early seventeenth century. The same one that built Shaniwar Wada and that I showed you on a picture: the horse rider statue. […]
Pune, part 10: Central Pune’s architecture
Walking through Central Pune, the area of the Peths (neighborhoods) and Wadas (court yarded houses), you see quite a lot of nice architecture. Or maybe I should say: “…what obviously once used to be beautiful architecture…”. Since practically everything seems in some state of (urban) decay and neglect. For photographic reasons I see the charm […]
Crumbling buildings
Since the people in Mumbai vary from extremely poor to extremely rich, the housing situation varies as much. From no home (living on the street) via living in a slum to owning an entire private skyscraper and everything in between. Also there is the heritage of the colonial era when the British ruled, which […]
Manila part 12; Miscellanious
Most of my time in Manila I spent alone, plus some stolen moments with Frits and a few dinners with Frits’ colleagues: Frits, Voon Wong and Alfred Voon Wong and Alfred Marc Frits Marc and Norman Frits and Michelle Michelle Voon Wong and Alfred It was nice meeting y’all! The last observation that I […]
Still loving Marina Bay!
I know, I ve posted about the area where we live several times already. Marina Bay, Raffles Place, the CBD…..after two years we still love walking around here. Some recent pictures as an hommage to our neighbourhood: The Double Helix aka DNA bridge. Also favourite of joggers, rollerskaters and people on bikes. The design of […]
The Pinnacle@Duxton
Walking around Tanjongg Pagar, when going dancing@Studio UP or eating crepes@Keen on Crepes, I often noticed this huge complex of towers next to the low shophousebuildings. One time I decided to google it and check it out. It turned out to be the Pinnacle Building, a so called HDB (public housing)project, that was […]
Shophouses in Singapore
A while back I devoted a post to the so-called ‘shophouse’ architecture. It is one of the older architectural styles here, with low-rise on the visible street side. On the ground floor a shop and on the higher floors the living area. They are not very wide, but usually very deep. There can be […]
Parkview Square Building Singapore.
Wandering through Singapore I came across a very remarkable building. A skyscraper that would not look out of place in Gotham City (Batman’s hometown). I am talking about the Parkview Square building, a characteristic, slightly megalomaniac building. Because of it’s sleek, Art Deco-style and ornamentation I thought it was a building from the early 20th […]
