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Friday Mystery Place – vol 9

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As I’m in the middle of reorganizing all my image storage onto a pair of Drobo arrays, this week’s mystery place (this wasn’t a slide), is a day later than usual.  Hopefully, the suspense did not cause you any undue stress, so here’s this week’s puzzler…

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Where are we?

This is a rather interesting looking building that is of a very particular architectural style.  If there are any among my readers who are architects, they will recognize the architecture, and, likely, name the architect.

  • Where is this building and what is its function?
  • Who is the (rather famous) architect?

Good luck!!

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12 responses to “Friday Mystery Place – vol 9”

  1. dunelight Avatar
    dunelight

    I don’t know..is there such a thing as Prairie Modern? Deco is My Daddy? It is a fab building, that’s for sure.

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    1. jansenphoto Avatar
      jansenphoto

      There is such a thing, and you’re pretty close, as it’s definitely one of the influences.

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  2. MsAdventure Avatar
    MsAdventure

    I know nothing about architecture but as someone with an interest in dating buildings (archaeology graduate) I would date it to the 1990s?? Sort of a throwback to Brutalist in terms of shape and symmetry, but with more modern materials and small, sunken windows. I’m puzzled.

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    1. jansenphoto Avatar
      jansenphoto

      Think quite a bit earlier… Brutalist would have been a descendant of this style, which is rather specific to the country, in which this building stands.

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      1. MsAdventure Avatar
        MsAdventure

        Well, thanks to your mystery, I have learnt a lot about early and mid 20th century architecture today that I knew nothing about before. I love learning new things. I still don’t know who designed the building in your picture (sorry) but it’s similar to some of the ones I’ve seen that are by Le Corbusier and Angiolo Mazzoni… is that the right time period?

      2. jansenphoto Avatar
        jansenphoto

        Time period is close and you’re on the right track

  3. Holly Woodward Avatar
    Holly Woodward

    It looks like the Omniversum in Den Haag, but I don’t think that is correct.

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    1. jansenphoto Avatar
      jansenphoto

      You’re in the right country

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  4. justbluedutch Avatar
    justbluedutch

    This is the Town Hall in Hilversum in Netherlands.The Architect is Willem Marinus Dudok.
    This remarkable and in many ways unique structure, whose first sketches were made in 1924, is considered the masterpiece of brilliant but anti avant-garde architect’s career.

    Dudok’s dictum is “The monumental is the purest expression of the human sense of harmony and order”.

    Your mystery slide has been a great fascination to me & my husband ,we enjoy solving it & He’s really into Architecture.
    Great post!

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    1. jansenphoto Avatar
      jansenphoto

      You’re absolutely correct! Yes, Dudok developed a unique style that evolved from the Deco movement. He also developed entire neighborhoods in Hilversum.

      His style of architecture is still used these days.

      Glad to hear you and your husband are enjoying these posts.

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  5. fellnervisions Avatar
    fellnervisions

    I’m glad to see someone figured this one out…! I remembered the building and the architect from my “architectural history” classes way back in 1974…when I saw your post yesterday. I figured that I have an “unfair advantage” being trained as an architect, so I remained silent!

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    1. jansenphoto Avatar
      jansenphoto

      George, I knew that if nobody had figured this out, you would have been the source for the answer. Yes, Dudok is an interesting architect who had the opportunity to put his vision in place on a city-wide scale.

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