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Dutch World reflected..in glass

Or: the 'sky'is the ceiling?

Architecture & Art: from "Berlage"

Last week I showed here on my blog , some details from photo's I made of the inside from a building in Amsterdam named: "The Beurs van Berlage", This building is designed by the Dutch Designer Architect, named: "BERLAGE".

Some Blogreaders were asking me to show more,

so here it is.....More of Berlage...enjoy,

Above Left: The ceiling in black and white,

Above right: The glasshouse (for the orchestra) inside the building

Do you See? The Reflected SKY in Glass!

Right! The Sky ís indeed the ceiling!

The Black and white -non colour- is captured by me of course,because the natural colours are orange/Yellow & even green and grey/white/black.

Watch the coloured photo's below

Above; seen from above, from the balcony : an overview,

see the 'white wings' ( seen through glass) used to arrange the acoustic,

for the orchestra, which is weekly practising inside the glasshouse .

Above: Looking up at the (sky) ceiling ,

the brickstones are here in their natural colour:

orange and yellow .Look carefully because the architect,

"Berlage": he used more colours inside the building!

Above: On the ceiling a modern stellage for the hanging lamps,

I really like the lines , its an "art of itself"inside an art building...

Above: And here you see from above the lamps....

I like the shape of the square neon lamps,

Its both: awfull and art like this looks together...

.....and of course more of the inside of building

Above; Inside the building " another room" where public can watch a show,

Above : Somewhere inside the building....,

even the pipes are painted in the same colours of the stones,

-maybe to hide them?- its all a piece of art,

but you must watch carefully to see all the details....

its very arty every part of this building.

Above: a hall with artistic patterns typical for Berlage , he even used coloured stones for the patterns on the floor and even for the walls. its all great art.

Where is this endless hall ending??????

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When you feel like reading more about the architect named:

'Berlage " or when you like to know more about "The Beurs van Berlage" in Amsterdam ( The Netherlands) : please scrolldown to the post below this post ...

click there on the links ,to read everything about "Berlage & The Beurs of Berlage"

Thank you and I hope you Enjoyed watching this all, as much as did!

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Wishing you a creative "World" and

Thank you for your comments,

Greetings from JoAnn

Sky "Reflected" through acoustic glass....

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The sky seen "Reflected"through acoustic glass?

Photo above; The Beurs van berlage Amsterdam (photo http://www.joannwalraven.com/)

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What you see on the above and under pictures is glass designed for acoustic reasons:

In 1990, architect Zaanen and builder Eekhout built a glass concert hall in this room for the Dutch Chamber Orchestra. The orchestra now has perfect acoustics while the concert-goer can enjoy the beauty of the original room. The construction of this glass hall was a first for the Netherlands, as the glass plates are partially self-supporting. The building of the "Beurs van Berlage" is later again renovated under the coordination of a wellknown Dutch building-company : "Hillen & Roosen "

Above Photo: Inside "the Beurs van Berlage" (photo by http://www.joannwalraven.com/)

The Beurs van Berlage was built by Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856-1934) for the Municipality of Amsterdam. Construction started in 1898 and was completed in 1903. It was Berlage’s first really large commission – and it would make him world famous. In 14 steps through the building The building was constructed on a reclaimed tract of land alongside the Amstel river, where trading ships used to moor. More about the Beurs van Berlage click here: http://en.beursvanberlage.nl/beursvanberlage/14stappen/14stappen_01.html

History ,About The Beurs van Berlage

http://en.beursvanberlage.nl/index.php

Picture:. The former Main Hall

*The Main Hall..........., was used not only for trading in commodities (such as copper, coffee and cotton), but also as the venue for large parties and political events.
The room communicates an intandse feeling of rest. This originates from the balance Berlage created between the colours (especially the blue and yellow), the materials (brick, sandstone, granite, iron and wood) and the architectural form.
.........................The brick walls of the Corn Exchange Room are not red, but yellow. The sawtooth roof, with all its windows facing north, has a different colour, too. Berlage designed it this way in order to allow the corn traders to properly inspect the corn samples. If they still didn't trust what they saw, they could step out into the courtyard (situated immediately behind the Main Hall, but later covered by a roof and now used as an office) in order to view the sample in daylight. The Toorop Tableaux depict the various stages that corn went through from when it was harvested to when it was consumed as bread.

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More information of.... The " Beurs van Berlage"
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Beurs van Berlage is a building on the Damrak, in the center of Amsterdam. It was designed as a commodity exchange by architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage and constructed between 1896 and 1903. It influenced many modernist architects, in particular functionalists and the Amsterdam School. It is now used as a conference venue. and is constructed of red-yellow brick, with an iron and glass roof and stone piers, lintels and corbels. Its entrance is under a large clock tower, while inside lie three large multi-story halls formerly used as trading floors, with offices and communal facilities grouped around them.
The aim of the architect was to reject the styles of the past. To the modern eye, the design may still appear a little fussy, but at the time, most apparent were its sweeping planes and open plan interiors. It has stylistic similarities with some earlier buildings, for instance St Pancras station, but there the functional train shed was disguised by a neo-Gothic facade.

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