"TOWERING ABOVE ME: Torre Agbar"
Time for a photo-post again! Technically I should have posted it yesterday, but I forgot to take my memory stick with me to work.
Posting a photo a week turned out to be too much work, and would basically have turned my blog into a photoalbum as I necessarily don't have that much on my heart. Not only is it difficult to find the time to update "Photo of the Week", it's aslo quite hard at times trying to find photos that are worth while showing off. Hmm, yes, that's basically what I'm doing, though I really do draw inspiration from them throughout the week. Besides 52 weekly posts a year seems like way to many to me. Thus, I've decided to blog a "Photo of the Week" every other week (I decided against monthly updates as I think that's a bit too seldom). Now, back to business.
This week's photo was captured on holiday with mommy dearest in Barcelona two weeks ago. It's taken from our hotel-room window (Silken Diagonale Hotel), and it's of the Torre Agbar, a skyskraper (144,4 m tall) which houses a Barcelonian water company. Monserrat (a mountain near Barcelona) is said to be the inspiration for the tower, which was designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel in cooperation with the Spanish firm b720 Arquitectos, and was completed in 2005. I remember reading somewhere that the Torre Agbar is the most daring addition to the skyline of Barcelona since the building of La Segrada Familia commenced, and I must say they are right.
Towering 144,4 metres over the ground it definately stands out, and is very visible form as soon as you get higher up in the city. I find it to be very similar to the "Gherkin" in London (aka Swiss Re Building; 180 m tall), though it's more beautifully decorated with it's "plated surface in shades of reds & blues. An even though the area surrounding it seems to be characterised by being "low", it definately does not stand out like a sore thumb.
A few times a week (Friday to Saturday, according to the company's website) the tower is lit up during the evening, and it looks totally stunning! Ah, I wish I could have seen it...
Info source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_Agbar
Jeg har vært i Montserrat! Anbefales :)
SvarSlettHehe, ja stemmer det. Du og Tine på tur... akk, ja, bildene derfra ser jo så flotte ut. Kuppert, vilt landskap - hadde vært spennende å oppdage det!
SvarSlettMen hadde innmari lyst til å sjekke ut byen der Salvador Dali-museet ligger (husker ikke hva den heter), så tror definitivt at neste gang jeg er i Barcelona skal jeg ta meg tid til å oppdage "landet" litt!