tulips near st. augustine's.
there's a lot of very singular places & spaces in wiesbaden, obviously, as there are in every city on this earth. when i stroll through wiesbaden i'm on the lookout for these special places - a modern building surrounded by plant life, old villas overgrown with wisterias, tulips jumping out of nowhere next to churches and abstract architecture. and especially in spring i'm out to find ALL the blossoms. and it's always so wonderful to witness how wiesbaden shines a resplendent light again in all this gorgeous spring glory. it comes to mind one word, again & again: singularity. because this city is beautiful, is interesting and it surprises time & time again.
here are the aforementioned wisterias i found on this particulalr walk through wiesbaden. absolutely dreamy.
the building this plant is growing on is one from 1892 built by friedrich rock.
it's a kind of magic, right? ( click the link for some serious earworm material courtesy of queen ;) )
idk what you guys see here, but i see an e and a reversed s in the front ( could also be e2 ). BUT, i see e & s which together forms the word es, which translates into the english word it. is there a connection to the evil clown that terrorizes those kids in one of stephen king's more famous novels? see, behind every detail you will find lots of questions. and the answers, we will probably never know. what i also don't gather together anymore is, where i found this building. i downright forgot 😅
i also forgot where i stumbled upon these flowering beauties, but i guess this is irrelevant, considering that the main attraction is simply the massive amount of blossoms! ( which, after researching for over 30 minutes, i can't even determine... would someone tell me please why i put so much research into something that basically spits out zero results? another question that can't be answered satisfyingly... )
anyways, enjoy these delicate no name beauts.
the facade of the hessian ministry for interior. good shit. clean shit.
very interesting post-modern building. these are the sophos headquarters. sophos is a company that develops IT security products.
the building is from 1988 and was the work of ATP frankfurt ( formerly novotny mähner assoziierte ).
i really like this building because the entry facade looks like a portal to another dimension. in general this building sends out some serious space future vibes.
reflections.
continued my path into the direction of the schlachthof area. there are some really nice graffiti you can find around there.
uncle sam is always watching you.
this one's rather simple, but i loved the pastel colour usage and the dots.
someone sprayed a rock and it looked really out of place, like in a surrealistic painting.
some ravens, sharks, skulls & moths. and a shopping trolley. perfect depiction of the whole area, tbh.
moving on to the more polished parts of the schlachthof area. hessenchemie headquarters. ( 2014, grabowski.spork ) and in the back the connect building ( by the same architecture firm, 2015 ). i really like the rounded corners of this space and the cool upper deck that probably provides a really nice view on the area.
a brand new building on the left ( no infos can be found yet, lol ) and in the back the abbvie office complex ( from 2014, i think ).
some lovely pastel lilacs.
random sculpture next to a car dealer.
some part of the facade of the local energy supplier ESWE.
these wonderfully rose-coloured bushes could be found directly next to the ESWE headquarters. they are actually hawthorn ( but a pink variation! ).
a better look at these sheer beauties.
new green on transparent glass.
more tidbits of the energy supplier's building.
these innocent white ladies are garland spiraeas - there were a true delight to take photos of 😍
couldn't get enough of them ❤
these were about to break open. love the variegated leaves ❤ it's siberian dogwood.
an old lilac bush with bright purple blossoms ❤
the new justice & administration complex in wiesbaden, with several courts inside, is pretty impressing. it was completed in late 2009/early 2010. ( KSP jürgen engel architekten )
i really like the warm-coloured elements on the windows here.
the main building.
this mirror glass covered building is actually pretty cool, but very hidden behind trees. did not photograph well. i haven't found any infos on this, except that these days it houses a training center.
this is the connect building i mentioned earlier, up front. the number details were what caught my eye here. it's a co-working space that houses several small companies.
upon returning home i stumbled upon this little cutie inside the fountain facilities of the reisinger anlagen.
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