Saturday, May 24, 2008

Torre Galatea

Figueras, Spain
The first things you notice are the giant egg sculptures along the roofline. Then it hits you that the Salvador Dali Theater Museum in Figueras, Spain, is no ordinary building. The museum’s tower, Torre Galatea, was named for the surrealist artist’s deceased wife, and Dali himself lived there until his death in 1989. Interestingly, the museum sits next to the parish church where Dali was baptized in 1904; he is buried in an unmarked crypt in the museum’s main exhibition hall.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Weird NJ at the Palace of Depression

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Sydney Opera House


Sydney, Australia
Designed by Danish architect Jorn Utzon with a roof in the shape of a ship at full sail, the Sydney Opera House opened in October 1973, with an inaugural performance of Opera Australia’s production of Sergei Prokofiev’s “War and Peace.” The building is also home to the Sydney Theatre Company and Sydney Symphony, and continues to be one of Australia’s most popular architectural icons.