From the Architecture Desk
The Völkerschlachtdenkmal is a German monument constructed in 1913 honoring the Battle of Nations in Leipzig.
It caught my eye as I was surfing Flickr a few months ago, and I've been thinking about its style and grandeur since. I love the scale of this thing. It is massive.
If the design doesn't look explicitly European to you it's because of unlike many monuments and buildings of the era, the monument lacks classicist style elements, instead borrowing from the architecture of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt.*
I really love the aesthetic. And it's directly influencing an illustration I've got on the drawing board today.
More images and history about it here: LINK
and LINK
-Jake