Kategoriarkiv: The wonders

7 Wonders of Sweden – House #2.28 at the Turning Torso and the Öresund Bridge

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7 wonders Sweden - #2.26 at the Turning Torso sky scraper in Malmö with Patrik Wennberg May 10, 2013

7 wonders Sweden – #2.26 at the Turning Torso sky scraper in Malmö with Patrik Wennberg May 10, 2013

The Moonhouse Expedition has taken a significant step toward meeting one of the challenges that has been set up for it. On the morning of May 10, 2013 Patrik Wennberg brought the not to one, but two of the seven wonders of Sweden when he brought House #2.28 to the Öresund Bridge and to the Turning Torso in Malmö, thereby earning himself a place among the Moonhouse Expedition Explorers League.

7 wonders Sweden - #2.26 at the Öresund bridge in Malmö with Patrik Wennberg on May 10, 2013

7 wonders Sweden – #2.26 at the Öresund bridge in Malmö with Patrik Wennberg on May 10, 2013

Taj Mahal

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The Moonhouse with the Taj Mahal in the background

The Moonhouse Expedition with Cajsa Högberg at Taj Mahal at Agra, India.

Cajsa Högberg has brought the Moonhouse to Taj Mahal in Agra, India. Cajsa was in India and Agra on business and brought a Moonhouse along. 
The Taj Mahal was completed between 1632 and 1643 by Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal]. The building is considered to the be one of the seven wonders of the modern world.
When the Moonhouse meets the Taj Mahal it is a meeting on many levels. 
It can be argued that the Taj Mahal and the Moonhouse are two of the most significant buildings in history of mankind. The former building was concieved and materialised in the past while the latter is concieved now and will materialise in the future. The two bring their respective messages from their respective coordinates in time. 
The past, the present and the future meet in beautiful glory.
While most would agree that the Moonhouse is a ”house” as the name says, the notion that the Moonhouse is a ”building” is challenged by vigorously by some, particularly those with professional interest such as architects. There is no challenge that the Taj Mahal is a building where it sits on the banks of River Yamuna in Agra. The question is why the Moonhouse when it sits at the foothills of Sinus Iridum on the Moon is not a building. Here the meeting is one between different conceptions. 
Both buildings carry their own investment of age old beauty. The Taj Mahal in the curved complex and unique splendour available when no expense is spared available to the few with immense wealth. The Moonhouse in the angular and minimalistic beauty available in the ubiquitous to those with small means. Thus, the elite meets the masses, the wealthy meet the poor, east meets west. 
The Moonhouse Expedition is very grateful to Cajsa for bringing the house on this exciting expedition.
 
The Moonhouse is art. It challenges.

7 Wonders – The Great Wall of China

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The Moohhouse on the Great Wall of China near Badaling, China.

The Moohhouse on the Great Wall of China near Badaling, China. Foto: Anders Lif.

One of the first if not _the_ first appearances of the Moonhouse outside Sweden was on the Great Wall of China near Badaling when the author/journalist Anders Lif brought the house to the first of the Seven Wonders of the World in 2008. Anders Lif is also the author of the book ”Mångalen : Genberg och de tusen musketörerna” (ISBN13: 9789185319206) chronicling the Moonhouse poject

7 wonders, a new challenge!

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Taj Mahal in March 2004
On Friday the Moonhouse Expedition expanded as it accepted a new challenge. The Seven Wonders will bring the Moonhouse to the seven wonders of the world. The first house is already on the way to India where it will meet one of the masterpieces of civilisation, the Taj Mahal. A brand new Houseonaut has accepted the task of bringing the house to the first of the seven wonders.