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• Volvo Ocean Race - from Capetown to south India

  Friday, Nov 28, 2008 4:33AM / Standard Album
  42 pictures / 1192 views / 10 comments

  some impressions from the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race from Cape Town to South India. The Volvo Ocean Race is a sailing race in several legs around the world .
  For more information and more pics click here.
  

• Birth of a Skyscraper - Opernturm

  Saturday, Jul 19, 2008 4:43AM / Standard Album / Opernturm
  31 pictures / 2275 views / 26 comments

  As I promised, I took the first pics of the construction site of the Opernturm (in english: opera tower) and I'll add some more from time to time.
  This got to be a  long term project, because the laying of the foundation stone was in August 2007 and the construction may last till 2009!
  At the moment they work 24/7 which is essential to the success to the construction. So the plattform around the elevator and supply wells will move upwards continously so that the nucleus will be poured in one piece...
  
  Update: On 15th Dec. 2007 they almost finished 5th storey of the scyscraper and 2nd storey of the entrance building
  
  Update: 09. Feb. 2008: third storey of the basement building completed...
  
  Update: 24. Feb. 2008: Start of another storey for the basement building
  Thread about the project on the Deutsche Architektur Forum (german architecture forum) with a lot more pics and information (in german)
  Also the Strabag (the construction company) webcam archive for the construction site - check it out!

  Update: 03. March 2008:
  Architect: Prof. Mäckler, Frankfurt
  Project Developer: Tishman Speyer
  Added animation of the completed project.
  Completion estimated for 3rd quarter of 2009

  Update 15. March 2008: 5th storey of the basement building completed and the next already started.

  Update 31. March 2008: Two storeys of the basement buildings got windows.

  Update 19. April 2008: Basement builsing almost completely fitted with windows. The highrise is growing.

  Update 31. Mai 2008: More than 50% of the storeys already constructed! As I read in a newspaper they only need four to five days for one storey!!!
  
  Update 15. July 2008: Already 122 m done!
  

• Frankfurt hoch vier

  Saturday, Jun 7, 2008 6:31AM / Standard Album / Frankfurt
  16 pictures / 1780 views / 9 comments

  More about this big construction site you'll find here and in this blog entry.
  
  31. May 2008: In the meanwhile the project got a new name and is called "City Palais" now. Opening of the mall is scheduled for spring 2009...
  
  

• Budapest April 2008 - Day 4

  Sunday, Jun 1, 2008 3:20AM / Standard Album / leisure
  28 pictures / 1245 views / 8 comments

  I already gave you a summary about my trip to Budapest at the end of April. As promised the pics of the fourth and last day in Budapest.

• Budapest April 2008 - Day 3

  Sunday, Jun 1, 2008 3:09AM / Standard Album / leisure
  44 pictures / 947 views / 12 comments

  I already gave you a summary about my trip to Budapest at the end of April. As promised the pics of the third day in Budapest, mostly taken on a boattrip in the evening.

• Budapest April 2008 - Day 2

  Sunday, Jun 1, 2008 2:40AM / Standard Album / leisure
  32 pictures / 892 views / 5 comments

  I already gave you a summary about my trip to Budapest at the end of April. As promised the pics of the second day in Budapest, mostly taken on a roundtrip with my colleagues.

• Budapest April 2008 - Day 1

  Sunday, Jun 1, 2008 2:32AM / Standard Album / leisure
  52 pictures / 1300 views / 7 comments

  I already gave you a summary about my trip to Budapest at the end of April. As promised the pics of the first day in Budapest.

• My Frankfurt 6 - around train station and fair

  Saturday, May 31, 2008 9:45PM / Standard Album / Frankfurt
  21 pictures / 678 views / 3 comments

  random shots in Frankfurt  - enjoy

• My Frankfurt 5 - A Sunday Morning Walk

  Saturday, Apr 19, 2008 6:04AM / Standard Album / Frankfurt
  28 pictures / 1168 views / 11 comments

  Some pics I took on an early sunday morning at the end of march 2008 mainly in the Eastend of Frankfurt while waiting to help him with the refurbishment. Some of them I posted already on this blog entry.
  
  It is amazing how silent and peaceful a city can be...
  

• My Frankfurt 4 - Frankfurt East End

  Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 5:55AM / Standard Album / Frankfurt
  32 pictures / 1934 views / 2 comments

  Pictures from a site visit with some of my colleagues in the East End of Frankfurt, a former industrial quarter which is still in a phase of transition and offers several investment opportunities...

• My Frankfurt 3

  Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 3:45AM / Standard Album / Frankfurt
  8 pictures / 863 views / 8 comments

  a sequel of my photo albums with random shots in Frankfurt.

• My Frankfurt 2 - A Sunday Walk

  Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008 5:52AM / Standard Album / Frankfurt
  23 pictures / 1551 views / 12 comments

  Some random pics I took at last Sunday at a visit of my chinese friend in Frankfurt. We had some delicious thai curry with rice for a late lunch and went for a walk in the warm sun of the afternoon. Later on we also found some time to learn a bit chinese.
  
  Sorry, but the order of the pics got messed up somehow .
  

• My way to work

  Sunday, Feb 24, 2008 3:11AM / Standard Album / Frankfurt
  13 pictures / 1032 views / 22 comments

  Just some pics on the way to work 

• My Frankfurt

  Monday, Feb 11, 2008 2:27AM / Standard Album / Frankfurt
  31 pictures / 1533 views / 29 comments

  Just some personal impressions from Frankfurt - I'll add some more from time to time...

• winter walk

  Monday, Jan 14, 2008 2:48AM / Standard Album / leisure
  37 pictures / 1072 views / 15 comments

  Today I took the opportunity of the fairly good weather to take a long walk to clear my mind a bit. As ever I had my cam with me. So I uploaded some of the pics. 

• Winter 2007/08

  Monday, Dec 24, 2007 11:14PM / Standard Album / weather
  34 pictures / 1356 views / 2 comments

  Some random pics I took outside in my hometown - enjoy them