iwan - Brussels #3 faces of Brussels

Different faces of Brussels presented by different models of the " Volvo - evolution ".

iwan - Brussels #2 doubt

Palais de Expositions (1935)

The grimace calls against the building behind me, - the Art Deco Palais de Expositions (Grand Palais) in Brussels - which i titulated as "nazi styled". I wasn't sure of myself, so i read about it on wikipedia later, i realized, that nazi architecture used some art deco motifs and style-elements on numerous buildings. Despite this, i like this kind of design !

Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937)

But in this picture the soviet pavilon (on the right..) seems much more art deco (to me) than the nazi eagle podium (the left). The nazi podium is more classicist i quess. Otherway, both of nazis and soviet dealed with Neoclassicism and Art Deco so it's hard to keep it clean. I guess, i am confused.. Architect experts, please.., help me out! %)

any similarity ?

I put the Brussels expo next to the soviet pavilon, and it seems, that my supposal was inproper, and i should say: Palais de Expositions has built in soviet style in that context. Amen.

iwan - Brussels #1 - alternative energy

20090307 14:41 taking off, gears in. Budapest >>> Brussels
Every time, i fly over Budapest, the first thing, i think is: "Yeah, this is our great capitol!" Over the years it had been savaged by many enemies: the invading Mongols (tatars), the Turks (Ottoman Empire), Germans, Soviets and so on. But it still stands* !

*: (for how long, i really don't know)

After 15-20 minutes -as the airplane fly over Austria- wind turbines and solar cell farms are showing up. The second thing turns into my mind immediately: Practically, we don't have wind turbines and solar cells in Hungary. Belgium is a 3 times smaller country than Hungary and they even have 10x more wind power capacity. Don't even mention Germany %) - we are not the same division.. but they have 1076 X more then us. I'm sad because it shows: Hungary is not at the top rate in alternative energy source management..

(in number of megawatts)

The wind power statistics a gathered from Show.Mappingworlds.com