Saturday, November 20, 2010

On the Steps of the Palace

 

For no other reason than because I think they are cool… here are some pictures of STAIRS!!  In looking around online I found that there is actually a whole website, stairporn.org, dedicated to pictures of them (as if that surprises anyone.  I mean, for God’s sake, I have a blog so why not one specifically for the inclined inclined).

 

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  An endless staircase in Munich, Germany by Olafur Eliasson

 

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At the Godiva store in Japan

 

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Yup, that would be a bridge made of stairs in Switzerland, measuring in at 56 meters long. Jurg Conzett and Rolf Bachofner

 

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I’m pretty sure my friend Jeremy will have these one day

 

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What I imagine is an accident waiting to happen. GET OSHA ON THE PHONE!!! Sabina Lang and Daiel Baumann

 

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The ancient Kauri log staircase of New Zealand.  “Carved from a 50 tonne section of one giant swap kauri log. … Radiocarbon dating confirmed that this tree had been perfectly preserved in the swamp for 45,000-50,000 years.  Growth rings tell us it had lived 1087 years before it fell more than 45,000 years ago.”

 

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This is actually from the Hobby Center when I went to 9-5 the other day. I have decided to entitle this one: “Orca’s Mouth at Midnight”

 

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In Maastricht, the Netherlands by Weilarets Architects

 

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Frank Gehry’s instillation at the Art Gallery of Ontario

 

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Double helix spiral staircase at the Vatican museum

 

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At the Longchamp store in New York, by Heatherwick Studio

 

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Some crazy cantilevered stairs.  These remind me of a performance of Montiverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea I saw at Houston Grand Opera years ago in which a door opened at the very top of a side wall on stage, Fredericka von Stade appeared, and with every step she took a plank would slide out for her to step on. You know, while also trying not to die and singing “Addio, Roma” flawlessly.

 

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Best. Tree house. EVAR! By La cabane perchee

 

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At the Skittles headquarters Lub d hostel in Bankok. 

 

Artist: Stephen Sondheim/ Album: Into the Woods

1 comment:

  1. Happy to revisit this one today. It made me smile.

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