White House Complex, Bonn

@Michael Skorulski: Some years ago it was quite blinding on sunny days! Through the years it got a little bit toned down.

@Steven: I like these old buildings, or more correct: old facades, much more than uniform post-war architecture. From an aesthetic point of view one could argue that these old buildings are just quoting from older times, jumbling up various architectonic style elements (I have a book from 1910 that condems this kind of architecture). But all these elements don't have another purpose than being beautiful, and that's why I like them. Later architecture usually tries to follow the form-follows-function concept, doing without any decor; but now it's time to rediscover again the presence of beautiful forms that have no destined purpose! Dull and boring houses made no better people, so let's put the beauty back into the streets and show it to everybody :)

@Kaddy: Many streets in Bonn are looking like this. This city has preserved a lot of its old buildings. I like this very much.

@Observing: You could walk through many streets of Bonn and make shots like this one. It's a really beautiful town :)

@Ina: I discovered a new toy and played with some parameters :) Glad you like it!

@akarui: I hope so! The blinding white 15 years ago looked extremely artificial. If I were the homeowner, I had chosen different colours for every house.

@JoeB: A very outstanding row of houses because it's always the same tone of white. Usually there are differences in the colours between different houses.

@Michael: Muß den Besitzer ein Vermögen gekostet haben! Gerüste haben die Fassaden dieser Häuser gestützt, dahinter war nur Schutt. Anschließend wurden die Häuser wieder aufgebaut. Hat über ein Jahr gedauert, absoluter Wahnsinn :)

@Japanalia: Yes, that must have costed millions of Deutschmarks (pre-Euro era ;-) Fortunately, the prestige of such old building is still rising, so it is more likely that they get a renovation than being teared down.