Michael Nguyen

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The Special in the Incidental

Location: Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Nationality: German

Biography: “Michael Nguyen is a photographic poet whose lens is trained on the small and ordinary, but through his subjective perspective, he transforms them into something extraordinary, imbuing them with a new soul. His photography is a masterful... MORE

Neugablonz (Kaufbeuren), Germa...t Photo Print Buy your License

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Patterns of Poesie: Circular Lenses.
The Isergebirgs Museum Neugablonz showcases an architectural marvel with its perforated facade, blending modern design with natural elements. This facade is a symphony of circles and light, an ode to modernity set against the untamed whispers of nature at its base. Each circular void is a lens, capturing and playing with the sky, reflecting a world turned upside down. The structure, conceived by the visionary mind of architect Reinhold Stumpe, stands as a testament to innovation, its patterned skin juxtaposing the randomness of the wild grasses and dormant flowers. It is here, at this intersection of human creativity and nature’s simplicity, that we find a silent dialogue, a statement of coexistence, a design that resonates with the pulse of time itself.

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Graz, Austria # 4057 4/2023 Tw...ecting bridge of two buildings,

Graz, Austria
# 4057
4/2023
Two plaster buckets stand for window cleaning at the glass pane of a glazed connecting bridge of two buildings,

Ulm, Germany # 4131 1/ 2024 A ...t Photo Print Buy your License

Ulm, Germany
# 4131
1/ 2024
A pattern of Stars of David: Jerusalem Window
The facade of the Jewish synagogue in Ulm is a canvas on which the past meets the present. The photo shows part of the Jerusalem window with a pattern of Jewish stars that evokes a deep sense of history and identity. The careful arrangement and interplay of geometry and light reflect the enduring spirit and resilience. This image is more than an architectural detail; it is a tribute to an enduring symbol that is as much in memory and presence as it is also carved in stone. Under National Socialism, the Yellow Star was a means of discriminating against and persecuting Jews. The building was designed by architect and urban planner Susanne Gross from Cologne.

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Budapest, Hungary # 4012 5/202...uction inside a subway station.

Budapest, Hungary
# 4012
5/2023
View of a ceiling construction inside a subway station.

Rosenheim, Germany # 2170 9/20...t Photo Print Buy your License

Rosenheim, Germany
# 2170
9/2021
Vivid Threshold: Silent Symphony of Metal and Stone
A vibrant green door stands as a gateway amidst the monotony of steel bars, a burst of life on an otherwise muted facade. Amidst the silent symphony of metal and stone, a verdant entrance whispers tales of vibrance. Here, in the stillness of the roadside, the emerald door is a bold declaration, a silent herald of the life beyond its threshold.

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Hildesheim, Germany # 4026 11/...dow with three small red panes.

Hildesheim, Germany
# 4026
11/2023
Simple stained glass window with three small red panes.

Marburg, Germany # 4010 8/2023...ipps University Marburg (left).

Marburg, Germany
# 4010
8/2023
German Documentation Center for Art History - Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, DDK (right) with adjacent new seminar building of Philipps University Marburg (left).

Brussels, Belgium # 3992 7/202...eat of the European Commission.

Brussels, Belgium
# 3992
7/2023
European flags in front of the Berlaymont building in Brussels, the seat of the European Commission.

Frankfurt, Germany  #...lled "piece of cake".

Frankfurt, Germany
# 3870
3/2023
Architectural deatails of The Museum für Moderne Kunst, Museum of Modern Art, MMK, in Frankfurt. Architect Hans Hollein. Because of its triangular shape, it is popularly called "piece of cake".

Frankfurt, Germany  #...nkfurt am Main, Westend Campus.

Frankfurt, Germany
# 3866
3/2023
View of the Europaturm, television tower from the grounds of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Westend Campus.

Esslingen, Germany # 3951 6/20...etail of a half-timbered house.

Esslingen, Germany
# 3951
6/2023
Facade Detail of a half-timbered house.

Frankfurt, Germany  #...en and is an icon of the 1950s.

Frankfurt, Germany
# 3865
3/2023
The Juniorhaus in Frankfurt where Mercedes Benz was based, now used by the Badische Beamtenbank. The house was built in 1951 by architect Wilhelm Berentzen and is an icon of the 1950s.

Antwerp, Belgium # 3949 8/2023...ock in Antwerp at Jordaenskaai.

Antwerp, Belgium
# 3949
8/2023
Entrance to the cruise pontoon and terminal of the cruise ship dock in Antwerp at Jordaenskaai.

Zagreb, Croatia # 3888 4/2023 ...Augustin Kažotić Church Zagreb.

Zagreb, Croatia
# 3888
4/2023
Architectural details of the Catholic Church Blazeni Augustin Kazotic, Blessed Augustin Kažotić Church Zagreb.

Frankfurt, Germany  #...sse in the Bockenheim district.

Frankfurt, Germany
# 3862
3/2023
Facade of the transformer station on the corner of Gräfstrasse and Sophienstrasse in the Bockenheim district.

Stuttgart, Germany # 3838 3/20...at Flughafen Stuttgart, Germany

Stuttgart, Germany
# 3838
3/2023
A white part of a construction site crane platform blends harmoniously with the white and blue facade of the Skyloop building, Ernst & Young Headquarters, Ernst & Young GmbH, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft at Flughafen Stuttgart, Germany

Frankfurt/Germany
# 3873
3/2023
Mercedes star on the Juniorhaus in Frankfurt where Mercedes Benz was based, now used by the Badische Beamtenbank. The house was built in 1951 by architect Wilhelm Berentzen and is an icon of the 1950s.

Arnhem, Netherlands # 3994 7/2...r Arnhem Central Train Stationi

Arnhem, Netherlands
# 3994
7/2023
Interior Arnhem Central Train Stationi

Munich, Germany  # 38.../2022 Colorful building facade.

Munich, Germany
# 3814
12/2022
Colorful building facade.

Fürth, Germany #3734 8/2022 A ...xcelsior Hotel Nuremberg Fürth.

Fürth, Germany
#3734
8/2022
A street lamp in the background at the glass pyramid in Fürth. The 42 meter high glass pyramid was opened in 1994. The pyramid is a hotel with 101 rooms in the Fürth district of Kalbsiedlung in the form of a square pyramid made of glass. Glass and steel are the supporting elements of the building. The German Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerd Schröder and Angela Merkel have already stayed here at the Excelsior Hotel Nuremberg Fürth.

Frankfurt, Germany  #.... Architects Sauerbruch Hutton.

Frankfurt, Germany
# 3868
3/2023
Facade part of the KfW Westarkade, an Office building complex at Zeppelinallee Frankfurt, owned by KfW Bankengruppe, the German state-owned development bank. Architects Sauerbruch Hutton.

Hamburg, Germany # 3784 8/2022...acade of one of the buildings.

Hamburg, Germany
# 3784
8/2022
Two modern buildings face each other. Numerous reflections can be seen in the glass facade of one of the buildings.

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg # ...gh a glass facade onto a house.

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
# 3777
7/2022
At first glance, we think we see a reflection. However, it is a view through a glass facade onto a house.

Munich, Germany  # 37.... Architects Sauerbruch Hutton.

Munich, Germany
# 3759
11/2022
The Brandhorst Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in the Kunstareal district of Maxvorstadt in Munich has a colorful facade designed in a total of 23 different colors, consisting of three different color families. A total of 36,000 square, vertically mounted ceramic rods are placed at some distance from each other in front of the concrete walls. Depending on the viewing angle and distance, the viewer is presented with different visual impressions. Architects Sauerbruch Hutton.

Berlin, Germany # 3744 9/2022 ... on the shape of a circus tent.

Berlin, Germany
# 3744
9/2022
The Tempodrom is a Berlin venue that was initially launched in 1980 as an alternative venue on the west side of Potsdamer Platz, in the immediate vicinity of what was then the Berlin Wall, in the form of a circus tent. The new Tempodrom building was constructed in 2001 according to designs by Doris Schäffler and Stephan Schütz of the architectural firm Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The 37-meter-high roof structure with its futuristic white forms is reminiscent of Oscar Niemeyer's Brasília Cathedral. Visually, it is based on the shape of a circus tent.

Stuttgart, Stuttgart # 3844 3/... at Stuttgart Airport car park.

Stuttgart, Stuttgart
# 3844
3/2023
Construction site at Stuttgart Airport car park.

Hamburg, Germany # 3708 8/2022...print and online news magazine.

Hamburg, Germany
# 3708
8/2022
Office building of Der Spiegel, a German print and online news magazine.

Hamburg, Germany # 3687 8/2022... conventional air conditioning.

Hamburg, Germany
# 3687
8/2022
Part of the facade of the Berliner Bogen. In Hamburg's Hammerbrook district, on Anckelmannsplatz, there is an office building made of steel and glass - the Berliner Bogen, designed by BRT Architekten (Jens Bothe, Kai Richter, Hadi Teherani), built in 1998-2001. It won the German Steel Prize in 2002. The eight-story building has six integrated conservatories on the two facade levels as a climatic buffer zone between the inner building and the outside, creating a microclimate that almost halves heating and operating costs by dispensing with conventional air conditioning.

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg # ...f the current Grand Duke Henri.

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
# 3630
7/2022
Exterior view of the museum building Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean with part of the old fortification. The Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, or Mudam, is Luxembourg's museum of modern art. It is located on the grounds of Fort Thüngen (Dräi Eechelen) on the Kirchberg Plateau in Luxembourg City. The architect of the building, which opened on July 1, 2006, is Leoh Ming Pei. The museum bears the name of Grand Duke Jean, father of the current Grand Duke Henri.

Bamberg, Germany  # 3...mbing plants on a house facade.

Bamberg, Germany
# 3579
7/2022
Dead climbing plants on a house facade.

Neuss, Germany  # 347... floor entrances on each floor.

Neuss, Germany
# 3475
5/2022
Glass building facade, right side illuminated floor entrances on each floor.

Cologne, Germany  # 3...re, the walls of an old church.

Cologne, Germany
# 3468
5/2022
Next to a modern rounded glass facade of a department store, the walls of an old church.

The Hague, The Netherlands&...ry is preserved and maintained.

The Hague, The Netherlands
# 3442
5/2022
Nationaal Archief for Dutch History: The rear glass façade of the Nationaal Archief at the Prins Willem-Alexanderhof in The Hague on 26 May 2022. Some of the windows with yellow panes are open.The archive is the place where Dutch history is preserved and maintained.

Berlin, Germany  # 34...ign, behind it a public toilet.

Berlin, Germany
# 3407
4/2022
Exit of the Olympiastadion station in Berlin with a view of an suburban train sign, behind it a public toilet.

Milan, Italy # 3921 5/2023 Roo...ario Bellini Architects, Milan.

Milan, Italy
# 3921
5/2023
Roof construction of theMiCo - Milano Congressi, Fondazione Fiera Milano, by Mario Bellini Architects, Milan.

Berlin, Germany  # 34... at a pedestrian traffic light.

Berlin, Germany
# 3408
5/2022
Numerous parked e-scooters in front of a house entrance at a pedestrian traffic light.

Berlin, Germany # 3416 4/2022 ...Building Exhibition (IBA 1957).

Berlin, Germany
# 3416
4/2022
Detail of the Oscar Niemeyer House in the Hansa Quarter in Berlin, designed by Oscar Niemeyer on the occasion of the first International Building Exhibition (IBA 1957).

Rotterdam, The Netherlands # 3...rn Skyscrapers behind a bridge.

Rotterdam, The Netherlands
# 3837
5/2022
Details of modern Skyscrapers behind a bridge.

Berlin, Germany  # 34...rmer Tempelhof Central Airport.

Berlin, Germany
# 3405
5/2022
View of the former Tempelhof Central Airport.

Berlin, Germany # 3369 5/2022 ... at Halensee station in Berlin.

Berlin, Germany
# 3369
5/2022
A police car stands by an S-Bahn sign at Halensee station in Berlin.

Munich, Germany # 3345 4/2022 ...al 2022. Past and present meet.

Munich, Germany
# 3345
4/2022
Sculptures commemorate and document the Oktoberfest bomb attack on Munich's Theresienwiese. It was the scene of a right-wing radical bomb attack in 1980. In the background, the Ferris wheel of the Spring Festival 2022. Past and present meet.

Munich, Germany # 3277 4/2022 ...he BMW Tower from the BMW Welt.

Munich, Germany
# 3277
4/2022
View of the BMW Tower from the BMW Welt.

Salzburg, Austria # 3129 3/202...he container terminal Salzburg.

Salzburg, Austria
# 3129
3/2022
View of the container terminal Salzburg.

Munich (Nordhaide), Germany&am...s in a student housing complex.

Munich (Nordhaide), Germany
# 3107
3/2022
View of the forecourt of the MIRA shopping mall with subway entrance in Nordhaide Munich, a residential area in the north of Munich that belongs to the Milbertshofen-Am Hart district. The neighborhood was developed on an area of around 30 hectares. A total of over 2,500 apartments for 6,500 people have been built since 2003, including 545 places in a student housing complex.

Munich, Germany  # 32...all of a multi-storey car park.

Munich, Germany
# 3266
4/2022
A red right-of-way sign on the white outer wall of a multi-storey car park.

Munich, Germany  # 32...hich an empty beer bottle lies.

Munich, Germany
# 3265
4/2022
View of the noble white roof construction of the new Munich Volkstheater. In the foreground a mound of rubble from a construction site on which an empty beer bottle lies.

Dresden, Germany  # 3...of the main station in Dresden.

Dresden, Germany
# 3212
3/2022
Tram tracks in front of the main station in Dresden.

Dresden, Germany  # 3...a slight curve across a square.

Dresden, Germany
# 3211
3/2022
A long yellow tram of the Dresdner Public Transport drives in a slight curve across a square.

Leipzig, Germany # 3199 3/2022...ipzig with three small windows.

Leipzig, Germany
# 3199
3/2022
House wall of law faculty in Leipzig with three small windows.

Leipzig, Germany # 3185 3/2022...lete with glass block elements.

Leipzig, Germany
# 3185
3/2022
Suburban train station Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz in Leipzig. Designed by the Berlin office of Swiss architect Max Dudler, complete with glass block elements.

Gauting, Germany # 2227 9/2021...el and passes two street lamps.

Gauting, Germany
# 2227
9/2021
A motorcyclist crosses a tunnel and passes two street lamps.

Salzburg, Austria
# 3137
3/2022
Access to the parking garage of the Europapark in Salzburg. In the background between two access levels the logo of the Spar supermarket.

Salzburg, Austria # 3136 3/202...de of the Europark in Salzburg.

Salzburg, Austria
# 3136
3/2022
Parked emergency vehicle of the Austrian police in front of the glass facade of the Europark in Salzburg.

Salzburg, Austria # 3125 3/202...structure of a parking garage.

Salzburg, Austria
# 3125
3/2022
Red metal structure of a parking garage.

Munich, Germany # 3085 2/2020 ...from two thin black metal rods.

Munich, Germany
# 3085
2/2020
A blue house wall with a window. A chain of lights with lighted bulbs hangs from two thin black metal rods.

Martinsried, Germany ...l is in the immediate vicinity.

Martinsried, Germany
# 1623
2021
A large heavy black two-part sliding gate is open a crack. Both parts cast large shadows on the asphalt of the campus Martinsrie. Behind the gate is an office building with a green façade. Campus Martinsried is a campus of research institutions in the Martinsried district of the Upper Bavarian municipality of Planegg in the immediate vicinity of the Munich district of Großhadern. It houses the Biozentrum of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), the Innovations- und Gründerzentrum Biotechnologie (IZB), the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry and the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology. The Großhadern Campus of the LMU Hospital is in the immediate vicinity.

Dresden/Germany # 3221 3/2022 ...foreground two parked bicycles.

Dresden/Germany
# 3221
3/2022
Night shot of the access from an underpass to platforms 1a and 2a of the main station in Dresden. In the foreground two parked bicycles.

Munich, Germany  # 32...ich at the Donnersbergerbrücke.

Munich, Germany
# 3263
4/2022
View through the glass windows of the Arnulfsteig Bridge, secured with thin metal struts, of the office building of the Google Development Centre Munich at the Donnersbergerbrücke.

Neu-Ulm, Germany  # 2...small fenced construction site.

Neu-Ulm, Germany
# 2712
10/2021
A tree with autumn leaves at a small fenced construction site.

Amberg, Germany  # 35...ustrial buildings of the 1960s.

Amberg, Germany
# 3501
7/2022
The more than 100 meter long melting furnace hall made of concrete and glass of the glass factory in Amberg, an industrial building, the last building of the Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius. It is officially also called Glass Cathedral. It is the production facility of Kristall-Glasfabrik Amberg, a glass manufacturer in Amberg, Upper Palatinate. With the Amberg Glass Cathedral, Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius created one of the most important industrial buildings of the 1960s.

Stuttgart, Germany # 3835 3/20... 14 in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim,

Stuttgart, Germany
# 3835
3/2023
Office building of the Daimler Van Technology Center (VTC) at Benzstraße with bridge section of the federal highway 14 in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim,

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The Special in the Incidental

Copyright Michael Nguyen 2024

Updated Mar 2022

Location Germany, Austria, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Europe

Topics art, Documentary, Editorial, Feature, Journalism, Photography, Photojournalism, Street, Urban

In the ongoing part „The Special in the Incidental“ of the series “By the Roadside” Michael Nguyen is looking for encounters with the most worth seeing, the special and the unusual on the streets of various cities in Germany and some neighboring countries.

Nguyen’s photographs show us views of our surroundings such as buildings, streets, staircases, vehicles, and people of the kind we might come across at any time by chance in our everyday lives.