The art of destroying a beautiful house with paint....

The summer house built in 1980 was, on the outside, originally painted in black color, including the two supporting beams (a rather important architectural detail !).

The interiors were once covered with quality pine ..floor, walls, ceiling !

Waste of money, waste of paint....and irreversible. 

Here a little "left-over" as a reminder of the beauty of pine

Konserthuset....

1935, by Nils-Einar Eriksson

Casa da Sorte....

photo: 1966, by Garcia Nunes

1963, by Querubim Lapa (tiles)

1963....

Majornas Missionsförsamling, 1963, by Rune Lund

Hotel Ritz....

photo: M. de Castro

Tiles by António Louro de Almeida (?). Building, 1959, by Porfírio Pardal Monteiro and Jorge Ferreira Chaves

Querubim Lapa....

Lisboa, 1956, entrance to "A Rampa" by Conceição Silva

AB Volvo Corporate Headquarters....

Göteborg, 1984, by Romaldo Giurgola (photo: GP)

Fábrica Kores....

..Lisboa, 1955. Photo: Cisneiros de Faria

Victor Palla and Bento D`Almeida....

..at CCB, Lisbon, April 11 - June 18

Prekariatet....

Aéroport Nice Côte d’Azur....

Windows of Eze....

Bike city Amsterdam....

..Heemstedestraat

Brutal....

National Theatre, 1976, by Denys Lasdun 

The eye in the sky....

Balance....

2007, by WRB

Rua Augusta....

(click to enlarge)

In the second half of the 1980's. Plenty of traditional shops have disappeared since.

Brick modern....

Cristina Branco at Stora Teatern....

Mars 24, 2017

Dominating a wonderful voice register....sometimes on the road to perfection.

Bernardo Couto - portuguese guitar

Bernardo Moreira - contrabass

Luís Figueiredo - piano

Chameleon House....

(click to enlarge) photo: D. Higgins

2017, Coachella Valley, by Doug Aitken (installation)

Quinta dos Azulejos....

photo: Global Images (click to enlarge)

20th Century Women....

Greta Gerwig, Elle Fanning, and Annette Bening in Santa Barbara

Got the Californian feeling....but the 1970`s (?), were just not there. Life is as unpredictable as the next decade, and that´s the nice thing about "our" story. Liberating to see an aging movie star without traces of plastic surgery. Elle Fanning (?) ....a star on the rise ! A very good independent film by Mike Mills.

Hjortens Udde....

..today

The ice girl....

Embankment....

Göteborgs Konserthus....

1935, by Nils-Einar Eriksson

Sameblod....

Elle Marja (Lene Cecilia Sparrok) stuck between two worlds, and steady like a mountain.

Racism has always a history....especially when elevated to science with state participation. Very dark clouds in Sweden's history and the best film from these latitudes for some years. Directed by Amanda Kernell.

Power Station....

Galeria UP....

Lisboa, 1933, by Jorge Segurado (disappeared)

Wonder what the young woman at the door was thinking ...?

A Rampa....

Lisboa, 1956, by Conceição Silva (disappeared)

Thames....

Canela....

33 Earlham Street (excellent coffee)

Chelsea Fire Station....

..50 years later with some changes in color and shape.

Architectural....

..consistency

Tate Modern....

Elvis Costello at Konserthuset....

Konserthuset, Februari 23, 2017   photo: GP

I remember Costello from the early 1980's. Never really understood his music, and always had the perception that the music and the singing, sometimes, went separate ways ? Anyway....after a bit more than two hours alone on the stage, you have to surrender to this great performer. I was far from understanding all his lyrics, but I had the feeling that he meant what he was singing....(his very deep-British sense of humor, not to forget).

Best in show: Watching the Detectives (and the TV-screen)

Tiles....

Colours of Chelsea....

..Bywater Street

Sérgio Godinho no Roy....

Gotemburgo, 18 de Fevereiro de 2017

Tantas décadas e vai seguindo sem namoricos comerciais ! Depois de quase 32 anos, muito prazer....e até à próxima.

Mount Street....

..Printers