Tuesday 20 November 2012

ILO (BIT), Geneva


The ILO building (BIT) is a structure of its time. It is a massive structure that looks like a series of cells in a beehive. This is a good analogy because the ILO is the United Nation´s work organisation covering all aspects of the work environment.

Friday 13 July 2012

Below the battlements


It is a continual source of amazement how Luxembourg can fit in so much history in such a small space.

Tuesday 26 June 2012

Cologne (Köln): Church, Rail, and River

Cologne is an extremely popular tourist destination, making its hotel rooms some of the most expensive in Germany. It is a fine city, created by its cathedralriver, and railway. One oddity is that the massive cathedral was in fact completed AFTER the railway arrived in Cologne. Ancient and modern are not always so easy to discern.