A architecturally beautiful day!
It was an on-the-spur-of-the-moment decision to visit Bauhaus Archives w Gunil and Soo. The place is really lovely and its difficult to believe that many of the modern buildings built nowadays have been conceptualised from as early as 1900s…Many of the furniture that we use today (and found in Ikea) have been created in 1920s by Bauhaus architects. No wonder the Bauhaus is so famous..Imagine a futuristic glass building in 1929. This is exactly what they built for the German Pavilion in Barcelona.
We then roamed Tiergarten and ended up at the Solar Bar. It is housed in one of the few tall building in Berlin so you can imagine the view we had of Berlin from the top. The cocktails were expensive though, so we settled for the classic beer. This brand is very tasty!
Lovely day with great company (:
Bode Museum
Since its a Thursday where National Museums are free 4 hours before the closing time, I visited Bode Museum (:
The museum was designed by architect Ernst von Ihne and completed in 1904. Originally called the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum after Emperor Frederick III, the museum was renamed in honour of its first curator, Wilhelm von Bode, in 1956.
In order to achieve the appearance of a building rising from water the architect arranged the three-winged building around several interior courtyards so that the exterior facades immediately bordered the banks of the river Spree. A dominating dome and two opulent staircases lend the building a stately air which is underlined further by the decorative elements such as the monumental pilasters, demi-columns and window surrounds.
Sources: Wikipedia, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
