^ These are beautiful pictures of two beautiful buildings. The mosque is just fabulous, isn't it? :thumb:

Of Chiomara's cabins, I really like the third one - the minimalist black one with corrugated cladding and steep roofs, but this one is nice too:-

^ This must be your Scandanavian roots calling out to you, MicShazam, because it looks so much like these "stave churches", from the earliest days of Christianity in Norway:-

http://cdn.touropia.com/gfx/b/2017/0...ave_church.jpg
http://cdn.touropia.com/gfx/d/touris...church.jpg?v=1

I don't know about that, since we don't have churches like that in Denmark, but they do look amazing! Our churches, on average, look like this:

http://www.thorninger.com/0vejlednin...irke281214.jpg

The white walls, red tiled roof and stairstep gables on the tower are very typical. Quite a boring design, especially compared to the Norwegian churches above. At least they don't burn as easy.

oooh! "stairstep gables"! This is impressive vocabulary, MicShazam ;)

It looks to me like a really nice church, but you're right, it's relatively simple and un-adorned, and as with all designs, if you see too many similar ones, too often, they become boring.

(Also your photo makes the church look particularly good; the sky has a darker tone than the building, which is always the best lighting arrangement for a bit of building porn.)

I had to to google how to translate "gavl", which is the end walls up near the roof. I'm not even sure gable is the right term :laughing:

Danish churches looking boring is perhaps only fair to say when compared with the impressive old churches found all over other European nations. Old Danish churches were relatively utilitarian and modest in design.

No, you're absolutely correct with "stairstep gable"!

Yes, Europe has some very inspiring old churches, but while still in the far frozen north of places like Denmark, I thought I'd post this famous modern church from Reykjavik, Iceland:-

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/w...h-daylight.jpg

That's an interesting design. Almost everything in the design seems conceived as an upright standing pole. Also kind of looks like a 50's b-movie rocket.

it's wildly massive. couldn't get a photo of ourselves with the entire church in one shot. Reykjavik also his their opera house, which is gorgeous both inside and out

https://www.iconeye.com/images/2014/...harpa-main.jpg

http://www.stagesconsultants.com/per...ics/harpa8.jpg

Reminds me of container homes:

https://www.icontainers.com/resource...ner-homes1.jpg

https://www.containerhomeplans.org/w...iner-House.png

I've designed a few office containers, fully insulated with HVAC, full electrical packages, stretched, windows, doors, and a host of other amenities, but we've pretty much stayed away from the residential aspect of it all, being that I'm not a licensed architect. Plus, it's a bit of a niche market.

Watching the NFL show. They're doing a Super Bowl special.

Love that stadium.