Urban Banalities and overlooked details of our urban environment (Venice, Verona, Udine, Trieste, Ferrara)
In his photo series from December 2023, aptly titled ”Urban Banalities and overlooked details of our urban environment”, Munich-based photographer Michael Nguyen presents a remarkable perspective on the everyday elements of our urban environment. In this series, Nguyen focuses on seemingly banal yet captivating motifs such as traffic signs, windows and grilles. Through his lens, these seemingly ordinary objects become expressions of the beauty and complexity of urban landscapes. View
House of Music Hungary, Budapest
The House of Music Hungary in Budapest stands as a testament to the harmonious blend of architectural brilliance and artistic expression. Designed by the renowned Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, this exceptional structure captivates visitors with its innovatively beautiful design elements. One of its most striking features is the breathtaking ceiling, which seamlessly merges the realms of art and technology, of sounds and visuals, of nature and construction. View
Eight Shades of Grey
The Med Campus Graz was designed by the Styrian architectural firm Riegler Riewe Architekten. In the design for the Med Campus Module 2 corresponds to the regularity and objectivity of the graphic facade drawing. View
Urban Discoveries
In his series “Urban Discoveries”, Michael Nguyen shows looks at buildings in the urban landscapes of European cities. (ongoing) View
Perfection in Blue-White
An extraordinary Architectural Ensemble in Munich
The BMW ensemble in Munich is an impressive work of futuristic architecture. It includes the BMW Tower, BMW Welt, BMW Museum, BMW Group Parking Garage and the TRIAS Bridge. BMW Welt is the most visited tourist attraction in Bavaria. In October 2015, eight years after opening, BMW Welt welcomed its 20 millionth visitor. View
Allianz Arena during the Corona Pandemic
Urban spaces and urban landscapes can enrich life between buildings. Sports facilities are places where outdoor social activities are possible and provide opportunities to enhance social life in the city. During the Corona Pandemic social interaction in urban landscapes with their spaces lay fallow. This series shows the forecourt in front of Munich's Allianz Arena, the 75,021-seat soccer stadium of FC Bayern Munich, during the Corona Lockdown 2021 in Munich. View
Oktoberfest: The Rides and Fairground Businesses will be set up
Oktoberfest: The Rides and Fairground Businesses will be set up. The world's largest Folk Festival, the Oktoberfest, featuring a Beer Festival and a Traveling Funfair, took place again.Traditional events around the Wiesn are also on the program again: the parade of the Wiesn innkeepers onto the festival grounds, the big procession of traditional costumes and marksmen on the first Sunday of the Oktoberfest, the stand-up concert under the Bavaria or the firecracker shooting. The Wiesn is held every year on the largest fairground in Munich, on the Theresienwiese. View
The Beer Tents for the world's largest Folk Festival, the Oktoberfest are set up
The largest folk festival in the world, the Oktoberfest, featuring a beer festival and a traveling funfair is held every year. In 2019, a total of around 6.3 million people visited Oktoberfest. Traditional events around the Wiesn are also on the program again: the parade of the Wiesn innkeepers onto the festival grounds, the big procession of traditional costumes and marksmen on the first Sunday of the Oktoberfest, the stand-up concert under the Bavaria or the firecracker shooting. The Wiesn is held every year on the largest fairground in Munich, on the Theresienwiese. View
Werksviertel Munich - An exciting Urban Development Project with ephemeral Street Art
Michael Nguyen visited the Werksviertel in Munich in 2020, 2021 and 2022. His series about the Werksviertel in Munich, a beloved alternative scene for local artists and innovators shows a place which is going since years under modernization and was a creative ruin. Pfanni used to produce dumplings and mashed potatoes here. Now converted industrial buildings and numerous new buildings provide architectural exclamation points and a metropolitan field of tension. That is unique in Munich and is also alive with a diverse street art scene. View
The Power of Design and the Contradictions between Art and Life
When will the containers be loaded? Such a question comes to mind when approaching the shopping mall from a distance. But stop! The intense colors of the seemingly stacked cubes and their sophisticated composition immediately give rise to other associations. As if someone had created a special order out of building blocks. View
World in Reflection
In 2022 Munich celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972. This is the occasion to present the Gauting outdoor swimming pool which was reserved exclusively for the Olympic athletes in August 1972. Mark Spitz ("the shark") prepared in this pool for his 7 gold medals and world records. View
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