POSTALES INVENTADAS: May 2025

2368. München DAS HYPO-HAUS

Dear Jan,

This futuristic 114 meter high skyscraper

was built by the husband-and-wife architects

Walther and Bea Betz in 1981. The floors

of the building are cantilevered off multiple

big circular concrete piers and the facades

are made of glass and aluminium.

The building was landmarked only 25 years

after being completed and it still looks very

coeval.

Best regards,

2367. Main Building. Helsinki University of Technology. Otaniemi.

Dear Tapio,

"Objects are made to be completed by the human

mind."(Alvar Aaalto)

Best regards,

2366. Madrid. Edificio del Capitol.

Querida Lucía,

El edificio Capitol se convirtió en

el emblema del Madrid moderno por

su imagen aerodinámica. El anuncio

luminoso de neón de la marca

Schweppes colocado en 1972 es uno

de los símbolos de la Gran Vía de

Madrid.

2365. Helsinki. Meilahden Kirkko.

Dear Timo,

The church and the bell tower of the

Meilahti church was designed by

architect Markus Tavio back in 1938.

The bell tower houses a bell originally

intended for the Vyborg Cathedral

with the inscription Pro Viburgo that

was eventually donated to this church.

All the best,

2364. Caracas. Ciudad Universitaria. Sala de Conferencias.

Dear Sebastian,

"Above all, art should be fun." (Alexander Calder)

Best,

2363. The Harpa Concert and Conference Center. Reykjavík.

Dear Jón,

"Light has an evident, functional, and aesthetic impact

on our lives." (Olafur Eliasson)

Regards,

2362. Riola. Chiesa di Alvar Aalto

Dear Mario,

"Architecture must always have charm; it is a crystallized

sense of being at home, in one's region, in one's country,

on the earth. It is a matter of profound harmony."

(Alvar Aalto)

Ciao,

2361. MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture & Technology

Dear Alvaro,

"We are using architecture to message the

technological optimism of fusion."

(Amanda Levete)

Best regards,

2360. Helsinki Central Library Oodi

Dear Marina,

"The traditional serene library atmosphere can be

found on the top floor. This is a calm and

contemplative area floating above the busy central

Helsinki. It offers unobstructed, majestic views to

the surrounding park and cityscape."

(ALA Architects)

All the best,