Recent Posts Tagged With 'architecture'

• Pink Saturday

  Posted on Saturday August 9th, 2008 at 07:14 in Color, architecture, pink, marrakech, walls, derb

  No great difficulty searching for pink photos in the archives from Marrakech!Flowers on the courtyard table.This is my first attempt at Pink Saturday, hosted by How Sweet the Sound which I heard of via Pink Purl. A subtle wall in an elegant house in ...

• Shadow Shot Sunday/From the Archives

  Posted on Saturday July 26th, 2008 at 21:03 in architecture, wood, plaster, bahia place, derb

  A visit in June to the Bahia palace where the light hits the plasters work and the fruit trees are reflected on the carved wood.Two more of the same..............An extra shadowy one...........Derb Djedid just outside our front door with no one there...

• Looking up in Morocco

  Posted on Saturday July 5th, 2008 at 06:26 in architecture, morocco, marrakech, claudia schmid

  These are lovely thumbnails of pictures Claudia took all over Morocco. Go to flickr.com and look up Claudia Schmid to see lots more pictures from Morocco and other parts of the world....

• Light Falls........

  Posted on Saturday May 24th, 2008 at 10:41 in architecture, maroc, shadows, bahia palace

  ................on a House on Rue Prince Moulay Rachid just off the main square. I love the soft green of the window frames.A palm tree casts a wonderful reflection over the front door......This is the bank next to the previous house. The interior is...

• A Walk to buy Vegetables at the Mellah Market

  Posted on Friday April 18th, 2008 at 02:48 in Color, architecture, vegetables, mosque, marrakech, bleu majorelle, douar groua

  Down derb Djedidto Douar Groua which is a small square where there is parking and an old lyceeI follow a group of women past the mosque.The palm tree casts wonderful shadows.I head towards rue riad Zitoune Djedid and turn left.When I stop to look at ...

• Open Doors

  Posted on Thursday April 10th, 2008 at 06:46 in Color, architecture, beer, morocco, marrakech, gueliz

  We are heading back to Marrakech via London.I hope doors are open to greet us - like this unusual blue one in the medina.Or the door to the beer garden in Gueliz - no women allowed.My friend J. as an 'honorary man' gets to go in.I never tried since I...

• Musicians in Derb Djedid

  Posted on Tuesday April 8th, 2008 at 06:44 in architecture, musicians, pink, marrakech, walls, color derb djedid bird

  .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } IMG_0243.JPG, originally uploaded by schmidwix2. It was a rainy day - qui...

• Post Office

  Posted on Wednesday March 5th, 2008 at 06:16 in architecture, letters, post office, marrakech, djemma elfna

  I walk past the post office on the South West corner of Djemma Elfna almost every day when I'm in Marrakech.You have to go there once a month to pay the telephone bill - I wish you could mail the money in, but you can't.I have learned by experience t...

• Doors Again

  Posted on Monday March 3rd, 2008 at 06:52 in architecture, graffitti, color gueliz, marrakech medina

  Some of my large collection of door pictures.......there are lots more to come.This door - with attandant bicycle is quite near the new swanky restaurant called "Fondook" - sort of near the Musee de Marrakech.This is in Gueliz - some of you may recog...

• Design

  Posted on Friday February 15th, 2008 at 05:41 in architecture

  Light falls through the windows at Peacock Pavilions - the best of contemporary architecture and design in Morocco. For other pictures go to Design DNA.In contrast, some amazing traditional juxtapositions at the Bahia Palace - paint, tile, cut plaste...