Being one of the few main cities in Europe to escape being destroyed during the world wars, the city of Prague represents ten Centuries in the Architecture. It’s architecture reflects the long history of Europe through the medieval, baroque, gothic and art nouveau periods of architecture... a modern building that the designers wanted to call the “Aistaire and Rogers” building inspired by the famous dancing duo Fred Aistaire and Ginger Rogers. Its deconstructionist architecture and design raised a lot of controversy since it was built in 1995 but now that the emotions have cooled, the locals now call it “the dancing house” if they are on the side of those who now accept it's unique look or, “the drunk house” if your on the side of those who don’t.... hate it or love it it has now become an icon in the city and remember it could have been worse... it could have been built to honor disco instead of the elegance of ball room dancing.... we should also reflect on that even though Fred tends to get the glory for the famous dancing duo...Ginger did what he did backwards and in high heels....Monday, December 28, 2009
Dancing House prague
Being one of the few main cities in Europe to escape being destroyed during the world wars, the city of Prague represents ten Centuries in the Architecture. It’s architecture reflects the long history of Europe through the medieval, baroque, gothic and art nouveau periods of architecture... a modern building that the designers wanted to call the “Aistaire and Rogers” building inspired by the famous dancing duo Fred Aistaire and Ginger Rogers. Its deconstructionist architecture and design raised a lot of controversy since it was built in 1995 but now that the emotions have cooled, the locals now call it “the dancing house” if they are on the side of those who now accept it's unique look or, “the drunk house” if your on the side of those who don’t.... hate it or love it it has now become an icon in the city and remember it could have been worse... it could have been built to honor disco instead of the elegance of ball room dancing.... we should also reflect on that even though Fred tends to get the glory for the famous dancing duo...Ginger did what he did backwards and in high heels....
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Great shots brother. For some strange reason I am drawn to this amazing building. Keep Dancing.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason it looks like you're wearing a big red clown nose in this picture....
ReplyDeleteP.S. I'm back (If you hadn't already noticed).
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