Christi Verklrung // Kln Heimersdorf

christi verklärung // köln heimersdorf

architect: josef lehmbrock

completion: 1966

a small gem of cologne's post-war modernist church architecture can be found in heimersdorf. it has a cruciform floor plan and is clad in panels in various shades of anthracite. the monumental rose window is the building's outstanding feature. unfortunately, construction work was underway when i visited, so i was unable to see the interior.

eine kleine perle des nachkriegsmodernen kölner kirchenbaues befindet sich in heimersdorf. sie besitzt einen kreuzförmigen grundriss und ist mit platten in verschiedenen anthrazitschattierungen verkleidet. die monumentale fensterrosette ist das herausragende merkmal des bauwerkes. bei meinem besuch fanden leider bauarbeiten statt so das ich das innere nicht besuchen konnte.

Panels by Oregon sculptor Leroy Setziol

Headquarters of the French Communist Party, Paris. Oscar Niemeyer.

A jewel box of a book ✨ This 19th century French sales sample book contains very thin metal ornaments, made of foil over card. These would have been used like fancy sequins, and adorned everything from cards to clothes! They’re sometimes called Dresdens after the town in Germany where many were made. I know I say this a lot, but this book really floored me 🤩 Part of col. 838 in the Winterthur Library 📚

a small quilt for my inner child. my first time doing hand applique and hand quilting!

Hanky Panky (1980) by Patrick Angus (1953-1992). The American realist artist produced keenly observed and compassionate depictions of the 1980s gay demimonde. His work captures, with sympathy, understanding, and wit, the longing and loneliness of many urban gay men of the era.