the first I visit, was cologne/köln. the window in the cathedral by gerhard richter can´t announce me, why the cardinal have had problems with it. perhaps it was abstract. for myself it is uninspiring. my expectation was to great....

























but also in cologne is kolumba. a museum who was designed and builded according architect´s plan to peter zumthor. he is an artist, a really great artist. you can undestand it, when you stay in the rooms, why he need always a long time -here 10 years- for planing and building. it´s so sensitive, so near to humans and respectfully of the building-subject, so good in details, that you in all his constructions feel: here is a good place.
but this patience of long time have not all clients. so resigned berlin to have a great information-center for remembering to the terror of germans past. its unexcusable.














also from this man of genius was the chapel of brother klaus birth name nicholas of flüe.
the region eifel is one hour far from cologne. it´s a good story, how employer and architect comes together. a farmer want to build a chapel to honor brother klaus, because he (the farmer) has haved a fulfill life. in this time he heared from peter zumthor´s building of kolumba. he wrote a letter to him and asked him if he want conceptualize the chapel. zumthor´s mother idolize also brother klaus, so he knows who he was. also he thought: o.k. it´s near cologne, so I didn´t need so much time..... it was a mistake. he should known himself better. the time of completion needs 8 years. it is a treasure.























another place was museumisle hombroich. designed of the sculptor erwin heerich. he build there architecture-art in a landscape. some buildings stay alone for themself and others shelter works of art.














nearby develope, on a shut down missile area, a new district with famous architects and artists.



























gottfried boehm make this expressionistic cathedral. inside is darkness with few daylight and the enormous height of the nave, in folded concret, is unusally and needs getting use to. it likes very strong.

the cathedral stay in velbert-neviges, near duesseldorf.
















the last of my trip applied the lehmbruck-museum in duisburg. wilhelm lehmbruck had made wonderful sculptures and his son, manfred lehmbruck, create for his father`s art a specific part of the museum.




excuse my incorrect english