To answer the question in the headline, it might be a city in Illinois, but Copenhagen has a building called Metropolis. This one is named, not after the city of Superman, but the movie Metropolis from 1927 by Fritz Lang. A very futuristic looking building this 40 m high block of apartments is located on its own little peninsula in the old harbour area of Sluseholmen in the South of Copenhagen.
This blue fantasy houses 81 apartments with the penthouse apartments being the largest with 214 sq. meters. Originally it was planned to be 60 m high but a nearby power plant got in the way of this plan. The designers were afraid that smoke from the chimneys would be a problem for the penthouses and the roof gardens if the wind was "right", so they cut 20 m off the plans, but readied the building so it can be enlarged when the power plant closes down in a few years. it was finished in 2008 and cost a total of 15 million Euros.
In my eyes this is a building that rise above the rest. Pleasing for the eye, but hard on the bank account!
You don't need to answer comments:-) I just like to leave you a word so that you know I was here!!! This is a fantastic building! I can see why you like it! It's so interesting! Such creative minds!!! And as usual, the photographer does an amazing job of capturing the beauty of his subject! ~Janine
ReplyDeleteI think that when you (personally) likes a building it shows in the photos. Sometimes they go beyond the documentation and take a fly. This is one of these cases, obviously in my debatable opinion.
ReplyDeleteI like Metropolis and your images of it are gorgeous.
This one I like a lot! You have the most interesting buildings...many of them unlike anything I've seen before.
ReplyDeleteNice shots, too!
Yes, I like this building, but informed sources have told me, that the interior of the apartments is not so great. All curves and no corners makes it difficult to place your furniture. And the the lack of closets is a minus too. But even then this is a fantastic building in my eyes.
ReplyDeleteIt was obviously 'take a flight', sorry Christopher!
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