Happy Rizzi House, Braunschweig

Good grief! Bet the kids love it

Hi Nick,

Thank you for your interesting thoughts here!
I am sure Erhard can tell us more about it, but I believe that it is a very normal office block!!
Perhaps the employees love it!!

Best Wishes
Peter

I'll do my very best ;-)

The idea for this building originated from a gallery owner in Braunschweig. It was conceived by the US Americaqn artist James Rizzi (1950-2011) and realized by the local architect Konrad Klöster. The building was founded in 1999 and completed in 2001. Ar present it contains the headquarter offices the German clothing retailer "NewYorker".

In a voting by the German magazine "Hörzu" this house has been chosen as one of Germans 100 most beautiful buildings.

(translated sections of the German Wikipedia article)

From my personal experience, I can say that visitiors rarely leave this place without a smile ... I added a PiP with a view from another angle.

Hi Erhard,

Thank you so much for your very quick addition of picture and information. It is very kind of you!

Best Wishes
Peter

...und das trotz Regen...Klasse

Thank you Lothar,

Rain and snow were a particular feature of this trip!!
Perhaps we can come back in summer when it is nice and sunny!!
None the less, I am happy that you like it!!

Best Wishes
Peter

WOW Peter! I hardly know what to say! what a spectacular building, its so very unusual and colorful!! I guess IT IS A FUN house for kids as Nick mentioned...
Christmas Wishes, Sarah

Hi Sarah

Thank you so much for visiting.
I am sure Erhard can tell us more about it, but I believe that it is a very normal office block!!
Perhaps the employees love it!! Perhaps it would be fun to work there!!!

Best Wishes for Christmas
Peter

... so you have visited my home town - too bad the weather wasn't at its best ... great shot!

Hi Erhard

Thank you for your kind comments, Unfortunately it was a very short visit, and I didn't know that you lived there. If I did, we could have gone for a quick beer...
If it is any consolation, I missed seeing Frank (Bonsai) in his town too.

Best Wishes
Peter

Hello Peter well what a busy building this is .. certainly brightens up the dullest of days

Best wishes ... Steve

Hi Steve,

Thank you! I believe that this is a popular sight here, but that said, it was the middle of winter, and perhaps not so many happy people around that day. It brightened up my day, as it was the only thing I photographed in the city!

Best Wishes
Peter

My dear Peter,

What a nice picture of The Happy Rizzi House in such a rainy day !! (Mine is not so good.)

I am a little sad that we couldn't see the sculptures of Christel Lechner there. We know Erhard has a wonderful album about them...
www.ipernity.com/doc/erhard.bernstein/album/984614
Anfortunately we had not enough time to see them in Braunschweig.
Maybe next time...

Love Füsun
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Dear Füsun, Christel Lechner's sculptures were in Braunschweig only temporarily, they have been removed - with one exception - by mid-July. But, of course, there are attractions in Braunschweig besides that - next time you come here, we should arrange for a meeting and a tour ;-)

My Dear Füsun,

Thank you so much, I am happy that you like the Happy House. I did look for the sculptures too, but as Erhard says below, they were not there. Maybe we could go again and meet up with Erhard too!!

Love Peter
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I'd be happy to show you around!

Dear Erhard,
Thank you for the infos about the sculptures.
I think we will visit to Wernigerode again. Summer or winter,,,It is always wonderful! And of course we like Braunschweiig in a very short time and it is very close to Wernigerode... So I agree with you, we should arrange for a meeting and a tour next time. This time we have only two hours there...
Best wishes
Füsun

Nice! And interesting!