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Solved: Carchitecture
« on: January 16, 2014, 05:08:01 PM »
I told you there would be another mindbenbing and headscratching group puzzle on its way. Here it is. Below you can see ten cars and ten buildings. The cars range from "too easy for a rookie puzzle" to "hard nut". The buildings are either well known or by well known architects. Your task is to find the car-building pairings, identify the cars and the buildings, and to find out how the pictures are connected. Have fun! Expert participation is highly appreciated.  ;)
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2014, 05:10:02 PM »
The buildings:
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2014, 05:10:51 PM »
The correct answers:
A - 4: Volvo B655 at Skovshoved petrol station - HEW building in Hamburg by Arne Jacobsen (Tom_I)
B - 9: Frank Lloyd Wright's car design from 1960 - Johnson Wax Building (thorax)
C - 1: Helmut Newton car - Cenotaph for Sir Isaac Newton by Ètienne-Louis Boullée (targhediferro)
D - 7: Burlington Arrow - Villa Chiswick, designed by Lord Burlington (thorax)
E - 2: Mercedes-Benz 8/38 PS at the Weißenhofsiedlung - Chandigarh High Court by Le Corbusier (Tom_I)
F - 10: Hotchkiss Cabourg - La Surprise in Cabourg by Hector Guimard (thorax)
G - 6: Melkus RS 1000 - Kugelhaus in Dresden (grobmotorix)
H - 3: VW Brasilia - Le Volcan at Le Havre by Oscar Niemeyer (SACO)
I - 8: VW 1200 Export - Volkshuis by Victor Horta (targhediferro)
J - 5: NAG-Voran 6/30 PS - NAG building in Berlin-Oberschöneweide by Peter Behrens (targhediferro)
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2014, 02:24:08 AM »
No expert response  :-[
Up it goes.
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2014, 02:59:23 AM »
Car J and Building 4, the connection is Walter Gropius of Bauhaus fame
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2014, 03:10:07 AM »
No, I resisted the temptation to include Walter Gropius and his Adler design.
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2014, 07:31:20 AM »
mmm some buildings are very easy but now I cannot find any connection  :-\
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2014, 07:34:42 AM »
B 1: Frank Lloyd Wright : Johnson Wax Building and the car that he designed in 1960
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2014, 07:43:13 AM »
Quote from: thorax on January 23, 2014, 07:34:42 AM
B 1: Frank Lloyd Wright : Johnson Wax Building and the car that he designed in 1960
Your connection is correct, the car is correct, but I think you have a typo in the number for the building.  ;)
B is locked for you.
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2014, 09:19:22 AM »
C-1 : Helmut Newton Car (I think from Italdesign), and The Newton's Cenotafio (a project from Etienne Louis Bollee).
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2014, 09:25:30 AM »
Quote from: targhediferro on January 23, 2014, 09:19:22 AM
C-1 : Helmut Newton Car (I think from Italdesign), and The Newton's Cenotafio (a project from Etienne Louis Bollee).
Yes, C is the Helmut Newton car, a modification of the Italdesign Touareg, and 1 is the never realized cenotaph for Sir Isaac Newton, designed by Étienne-Louis Boullée. Well done!
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2014, 09:26:28 AM »
J-5 : NAG ( Nutzkraftwagenwerke) 6/30 and the Peter Behrens building, in OstendStrasse, Berlin that was the place where NAG (and before the AEG wagen) were built.
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2014, 09:30:30 AM »
Quote from: targhediferro on January 23, 2014, 09:26:28 AM
J-5 : NAG ( Nutzkraftwagenwerke) 6/30 and the Peter Behrens building, in OstendStrasse, Berlin that was the place where NAG (and before the AEG wagen) were built.
Everything correct, except that the cars name is not complete. It is a NAG-...

Locked for you.
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2014, 09:43:28 AM »
NAG Voran 6/30?
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2014, 09:58:26 AM »
H : Brasilian VW and 3 :Le Havre ( my born city ) by Oscar Niemeyer ?
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #15 on: January 23, 2014, 10:01:49 AM »
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #16 on: January 23, 2014, 10:06:25 AM »
Quote from: SACO on January 23, 2014, 09:58:26 AM
H : Brasilian VW and 3 :Le Havre ( my born city ) by Oscar Niemeyer ?
Locked for you, as it is correct, but needs a little detailing.
Which VW is this?
What is the name of the building in Le Havre?
How is Oscar Niemeyer connecting these two?
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #17 on: January 23, 2014, 10:29:11 AM »
I'll try A and 4, linked by Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen.

4 is an office block in Hamburg designed by Jacobsen, originally for HEW (Hamburgische Electricitäts-Werke), and now occupied by the electricity generating company Vattenfall.

Photo A is taken at a famous petrol station at Skovshoved near Copenhagen, designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1936. It's now a preserved listed building, but still operates as a petrol station.

I don't know if the bus is part of the puzzle, but it's a Volvo B655 from 1958 with bodywork by Aabenraa Karrosserifabrik. It was built for SAS airlines as a shuttle bus running from Copenhagen airport to the SAS Royal Hotel, which was also designed by Arne Jacobsen. I have seen in several sources that Jacobsen designed the SAS shuttle buses, but I haven't been able to confirm whether that's true or not. The bus in the photo is now preserved by the Danish Bushistorisk organisation.

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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #18 on: January 23, 2014, 10:48:40 AM »
3 : "Le volcan" in Le havre was realised by brazilian architect, Oscar Niemeyer in 1982.   
H : VW Brasilia (Variant II )
And a " performance " by Milton Marques realized at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (designed by O Niemeyer ), Rio de Janeiro, 2010 :
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #19 on: January 23, 2014, 10:54:46 AM »
Quote from: SACO on January 23, 2014, 10:48:40 AM
3 : "Le volcan" in Le havre was realised by brazilian architect, Oscar Niemeyer in 1982.   
H : VW Brasilia (Variant II )
And a " performance " by Milton Marques realized at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (designed by O Niemeyer ), Rio de Janeiro, 2010 :
Hey, he realized a lot of those in Rome too!
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #20 on: January 23, 2014, 11:02:20 AM »
Oscar Niemeyer designed the National Congress during the late 1950s and early 1960s while he served as chief architect for Brazil's new capital city, Brasília.
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #21 on: January 23, 2014, 12:11:05 PM »
Quote from: Tom_I on January 23, 2014, 10:29:11 AM
I'll try A and 4, linked by Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen.

4 is an office block in Hamburg designed by Jacobsen, originally for HEW (Hamburgische Electricitäts-Werke), and now occupied by the electricity generating company Vattenfall.

Photo A is taken at a famous petrol station at Skovshoved near Copenhagen, designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1936. It's now a preserved listed building, but still operates as a petrol station.

I don't know if the bus is part of the puzzle, but it's a Volvo B655 from 1958 with bodywork by Aabenraa Karrosserifabrik. It was built for SAS airlines as a shuttle bus running from Copenhagen airport to the SAS Royal Hotel, which was also designed by Arne Jacobsen. I have seen in several sources that Jacobsen designed the SAS shuttle buses, but I haven't been able to confirm whether that's true or not. The bus in the photo is now preserved by the Danish Bushistorisk organisation.
A perfect answer (as always  ;) )

The HEW building is only 300 meters away from my office. I see it every working day.
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #22 on: January 23, 2014, 12:18:55 PM »
Quote from: SACO on January 23, 2014, 10:48:40 AM
3 : "Le volcan" in Le havre was realised by brazilian architect, Oscar Niemeyer in 1982.   
H : VW Brasilia (Variant II )
And a " performance " by Milton Marques realized at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (designed by O Niemeyer ), Rio de Janeiro, 2010 :
Car and building are correct, your connection was unknown to me, but it surely earns the point.
I had in mind what Joao wrote, that Oscar Niemeyer designed the Brazilian capital Brasilia.
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #23 on: January 23, 2014, 12:35:29 PM »
Maybe the Kugelhaus Dresden (6) goes with the Melkus RS 1000(G)?
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Re: Carchitecture
« Reply #24 on: January 23, 2014, 12:37:53 PM »
Quote from: grobmotorix on January 23, 2014, 12:35:29 PM
Maybe the Kugelhaus Dresden (6) goes with the Melkus RS 1000(G)?
Yes, just name the (obvious) connection, please.
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