Was just up in Thessaloniki to install for the biennial, and here's some highlights (more on the biennial soon)
on the way up the clouds were strangely phallic
we drove by an abandoned UFO,
and arrived to see the magnifcent OTE tower by Takis Zenetos Dimitriadis
one of the coolest buildings in Greece, with a rotating cafe
and very nicely facetted concrete underbelly
amazing exterior staircase
and fantastic views of the city. Each rotation takes about 1h30 so with a long drink you see the whole town (from a safe distance).
Next to the Zenetos building another weird Mirror SpaceFrame type of thing, that I have no idea who designed. Any thoughts?
detail shot
and another interesting and slightly sci-fi facade from downtown
inside the State Museum, a very nice chair, part of the Alexander Iolas collection
the very 60's officer's club. Then on the way back, a stop at the Tembi river
and a cute 50's church
on the way up the clouds were strangely phallic
we drove by an abandoned UFO,
and arrived to see the magnifcent OTE tower by 
one of the coolest buildings in Greece, with a rotating cafe
and very nicely facetted concrete underbelly
amazing exterior staircase
and fantastic views of the city. Each rotation takes about 1h30 so with a long drink you see the whole town (from a safe distance).
Next to the Zenetos building another weird Mirror SpaceFrame type of thing, that I have no idea who designed. Any thoughts?
detail shot
and another interesting and slightly sci-fi facade from downtown
inside the State Museum, a very nice chair, part of the Alexander Iolas collection
the very 60's officer's club. Then on the way back, a stop at the Tembi river
and a cute 50's church
Hi Andreas...I am searching for the architect of the "mirrored" pavillion at the Thessaloniki Fair, meanwhile it was the company Iwork for (Tetragon) that did the mirror effect when we renovated the space for the Ministry Of Culture pavillion at last years TIF.
ReplyDeletethanks sandman
ReplyDeleteTelika o Zenetos den sxediase ton pyrgo...o Dimitriadis ton sxediase...perissotera molis ta vrw ola...psaxnw!!!
ReplyDeletethanks.. to allaksa
ReplyDeleteIt was Dimitriadis indeed. I double checked too... Wow...
ReplyDeleteumm why wow? (I dont even know the work of Dimitriadis to be honest)
ReplyDeleteEtoimazw post gia ton Dimitriadi kai ena gia ton Zeneto. Tou Dimitriadi tha vgei sto blog mou, tou Zenetou sto 2Modern.com pou synergazomai. Perissotera otan einai etoima-psaxnw yliko!!!
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