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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Restored and remodeled by the Spanish modernist architect Antoni Gaudi in the years 1905–1907, Casa Batllo is now one the most overlooked buildings by the tourists who visit Barcelona. Although Casa Batllo is a museum now, Gaudi designed it for for a wealthy Barcelona Aristocrat.
The local name for the building is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), and indeed it does have a visceral, skeletal organic quality. 
Casa Batllo’s roof has been compared to a reptilian creature, the backbone of a gigantic dinosaur, the dragon killed by St. George (Sant Jordi being the patron saint of Catalan).
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
1. Nameless Tower
2. Cerro Torre, Patagonia, Argentina
3. Saint Matterhorn, Zermatt, Switzerland
4. Las Torres, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia
5. Bugaboo Spire, Columbia-Kootenay, Canada
6. Mount Roraima
7. Mount Thor, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
9. Prekestolen, Kjerag plateau, Forsand, Norway
10. Las Torres de Vajolet, Italian Alps
11. Agulha do Diabo
12. Shiprock, New Mexico
13. Spider Rock
14. Dead Horse Point
15. Meteora, Greece
2. Cerro Torre, Patagonia, Argentina
3. Saint Matterhorn, Zermatt, Switzerland
4. Las Torres, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia
5. Bugaboo Spire, Columbia-Kootenay, Canada
6. Mount Roraima
7. Mount Thor, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
9. Prekestolen, Kjerag plateau, Forsand, Norway
10. Las Torres de Vajolet, Italian Alps
11. Agulha do Diabo
12. Shiprock, New Mexico
13. Spider Rock
14. Dead Horse Point
15. Meteora, Greece
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