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This Thursday sees the topping-out ceremony for the new A-Plus terminal area at Frankfurt Airport. The new facility expands the terminal areas used by Lufthansa, and was required regardless of the airport expansion program so as to accommodate large-capacity Airbus A380 and Boeing B747-8 aircraft.
Borgo Trento Hospital is of general importance for northern Italy. The new block now completed in the first phase has nine storeys overall, and is in the centre of the century-old hospital site.
The first phase of the refurbishment and enlargement of the state School of Ballet and Artistry is being inaugurated tomorrow. The present phase of construction took 30 months to complete, and comprises a new hall with ten dance rooms plus the refurbishment of the existing school building dating from the 1960s. Still to be completed (by the end of 2011) is a four-storey boarding school for 70 pupils on the same site.
The new opera house for the metropolis of Qingdao in Eastern China was opened yesterday. The design by architects Meinhard von Gerkan and Stephan Schütz with Nicolas Pomränke beat off rival bids from eleven international firms in 2004. Construction has taken just under five years.
Hanoi Museum, the new museum of Hanoi's history, was inaugurated on Wednesday this week as part of the millennial celebrations at the Vietnamese capital. The ceremony took place in the presence of national and regional government representatives.
This Friday sees the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone for the new City Hall, in the presence of Mayor Frank Baranowski, Gelsenkirchen chief executive Michael von der Mühlen and the responsible architect, Prof. Volkwin Marg.
A conference center with service facilities as an extension of the new Hotel Atlantic and a public multi-storey car park with 600 spaces above and 200 spaces below the central bus station could be constructed on a 6,000m² site directly along the shore of Kiel Firth to plans by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners.
This Friday sees the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone for the new City Hall, in the presence of Mayor Frank Baranowski, Gelsenkirchen chief executive Michael von der Mühlen and the responsible architect, Prof. Volkwin Marg.
On 9th September, 16 months of construction work on the new extension to the town hall in Bielefeld was completed with a ceremony at which Mayor Pit Clausen gave a speech. With an area of 3,400m², the Events and Exhibition Hall can accommodate up to 5,000 visitors.
The jury of the BDA Hamburg Architecture Award has awarded the Office and Commercial Building at Hohe Bleichen 11 in the center of Hamburg a third Prize.
At the 2010 football World Cup championships in South Africa, the competition is not only a matter of sport. The stadia themselves have their own contest, for the Deutscher Stahlbau prize. This year, the prize was awarded jointly to architects gmp von Gerkan, Marg and Partners and structural engineers sbp schlaich bergermann und partner for Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town.
The ceremonial topping out ceremony of the terminal building as the heart of the new BBI airport for the German capital took place on 7th May. Berlin Brandenburg is (after Munich) the second completely new airport system in Germany to have take-off and landing runways operated completely separately from each other and passenger-handling midfield.
Am Mittwoch, 26. November 2014 nimmt Meinhard von Gerkan an der Podiumsgespräch "Quo vadis, Riga? - Zukunft einer alten Stadt" teil. Das Gespräch findet im Rahmen des Themenabends über die lettische Hauptstadt und Kulturhauptstadt Europas 2014 statt.
Stefan Hofmann speaks at Strelka Institiut in Moskau on planning FIFA stadiums.
As part of the "South East Asia Airport Expansion Summit", Nikolaus Goetze will speak in Hanoi on "Past & Future – Airport Architecture by gmp" on Monday, 25 August 2014.
Das 3. Sommerkonzert und Sommerfest findet im Kloster Volkenroda vom 5.07.-6.7. statt. Meinhard von Gerkan nimmt am Samstag, 5. Juli an der musikalischen Podiumsdiskussion teil.
gmp has designed the old and the new airport for Berlin. The former, Tegel, is still praised, the latter, Berlin Brandenburg, has still not been opened. It seems that it is not possible to approach the future of airport construction responsibly without knowing its past. Meinhard von Gerkan, Hartmut Mehdorn, Robert Grosch and Philipp Bouteiller provide remininscences, assessments and pleas.
Am Mittwoch, 26. März 2014 spricht Wu Wei bei der Shanghai Architects Fair 2014 in Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC). Wu Wei hält einen Vortrag zum Thema "An alternative localization".
Am Mittwoch, 26. März 2014 spricht Volkwin Marg bei der Vortragsreihe Wismarer DIAlog an der Fakultät Gestaltung der Hochschule Wismar. Volkwin Marg hält einen Vortrag zum Thema "Architektur als Synthese der Ästhetik von Funktion, Konstruktion und Deutung".
On Friday 14 March 2014, Volkwin Marg will speak at the international symposium "Health Care of the future – Healing Architecture + Communication" in Berlin. As part of the event Volkwin Marg will talk on the subject "Architecture + Health".
The Architektenkammer Baden-Württemberg invited Volkwin Marg to give a lecture at the Kunsthalle Göppingen. The title of the presentation is "Architektur als Synthese. Funktion - Konstruktion - Deutung".
At the next Round Table meeting of the Central Institute for Art History (ZI) in Munich, Meinhard von Gerkan will meet Uta Hassler, Alina Payne, Werner Sobek and Wolf Tegethoff (ZI) for a discussion this Friday 12 July at 17:00 hours. The subject will be "The ubiquity of architecture".
As part of the event "Art Basel – Art and Architecture" on 24 May Stephan Schütz will give a lecture on "Building Asia's New Museums".
Meinhard von Gerkan will give a speech at the spring reception of the Berlin branch of the BDA at Tegel airport. In addition, he will be discussing his work and architecture in general with the architectural critic Falk Jaeger.
As part of the event "Hamburger Bautag", Meinhard von Gerkan will give a public talk entitled "Sinn als Credo der Architektur" ("Architecture: meaning and message") on 19 February 2013.
As part of the 7th Building Forum organised by VHV Insurance, Meinhard von Gerkan will give a public talk entitled "Sinn als Credo der Architektur" ("Architecture: meaning and message") on 5 February 2013.
Martin Glass, gmp architect, will speak at the BAU 2013, the world-leading trade exhibition for architecture, materials and systems, on the subject of "Innovative designs and sustainable concepts for future sports venues" under the general heading of "Stadiums boosting export – Vorsprung durch Technik. For the love of the game".
Die Ausstellung "Tragende Linien - Tragende Flächen" widmet sich den Konstruktionsprinzipien im Werk Stefan Polónyis.
On Tuesday 15 January 2013, a concert will take place in the Berlin office entitled "In the olden days, it was…just like today". TRIO OHRENSCHMALZ has been making music in the style of the 1920s since 2003. Julius, Angelika and Stefan themselves are in their twenties, "from head to toe", as they sing.
As part of the event "The importance of public spaces in urban development", Meinhard von Gerkan will speak on the subject of "the importance of public spaces in urban development".
As part of the Sofia Architecture Week 2012, gmp-Partner Stephan Schütz will talk on the subject "Cultural Buildings - Stages for Urban Life" in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The South Tyrol Architecture Foundation organises regular lectures with well known speakers. On Friday 16 November 2012 Prof. Meinhard von Gerkan will speak on the subject "Architecture: meaning and message".
On Wednesday 14 November 2012, Magdalene Weiss will speak at the international symposium "Design for All – Space Design on Roads" in Seoul, Korea.
On Tuesday 13 November 2012, the "American Jesus Suite" concert will take place at the Berlin office: a composition by Stefan Wurz for Quartet PLUS 1, inspired by Michael Jackson's pop songs.
The focus of Siegener Bautag 2012 is on exploring the boundaries between construction, technology, economy, ecology and form. Hence the event runs under the motto "To go to the limits…and beyond". As part of the event Prof. Dr.-Ing. h.c. Volkwin Marg will speak on the subject "Architecture as a synthesis of function, construction and interpretation" on Friday 9 November 2012.
Nicolas Pomränke will give the keynote speech on the 5th ForumMIRO in Dresden, Germany. He will speak on the subject "The architect's personal pride determines the character of the building".
gmp-Partner Hubert Nienhoff will be talking on Tuesday 6 November 2012 on the topic "Stadiums for the 2014 FIFA World Cup".
On the 1st of November, the Hanse Viertel arcade in Hamburg celebrates the completion of extensive conversion . Hamburg's traditional shopping arcade was technically upgraded and brought up to current environmental standards. As part of the press reception, which runs under the slogan "The Hanse-Viertel with a new, vibrant look", Volkwin Marg will give a talk on the architecture and the original design ideas for the shopping arcade.
In the context of the "Sustainability of buildings for mega-events - Transfer of knowledge" conference in Munich (29 to 30 October), Markus Pfisterer (gmp Director) will speak on the subject of "Functionality of mega-event buildings – Examples: FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 and 2012 UEFA European Football Championship".
The exhibition OrgaTec will host high-profile speakers such as Prof. Meinhard von Gerkan. On 23 October 2012 there will be several lectures, one of them a keynote address by Meinhard von Gerkan under the heading "Architecture: meaning and message".
As part of the "Global Economic Symposium (GES)" in Rio de Janeiro, Ralf Amann (Director at gmp) will take part in the round table discussion on the subject "Challenges encountered in the organisation of mega events".
On Thursday 11 October, the "Chamber music with different ensembles" Musitecture concert will take place at Völckersstrasse, Hamburg.
On Friday 28 September 2012, Nicolas Pomränke will take part in the second annual 'juniors' conference by the OAV (German Asia-Pacific Business Association) in Berlin and will be moderating the workshop entitled "Asian Megacities – challenges of urbanisation".
On Thursday 20 September 2012, Hubert Nienhoff will give a workshop lecture in Gelsenkirchen as part of the North Rhine-Westphalia VFA group members evening.
Katharina Glös and Rahel Bader come together for this concert and will be presenting 18th century solos and duets in our intimate and stylish setting.
At the 23rd VitrA Project workshop, which takes place on 6 September 2012, Nikolaus Goetze will talk on the subject of "Building in China and elsewhere" under the heading "Expat(riate)s: on building in foreign lands".
On the first day of the conference "SPONSORS Sports Venue Summit", Markus Pfisterer (gmp Director) will speak on the subject "Brazil, Russia, Qatar: can German stadiums be models for large international projects?" as part of the "Sustainability" forum.
The CHINA TIME initiative (9 to 25 August 2012) by the Hamburg Senate showcases, for the fourth time since 2006, Hamburg's comprehensive expertise as a trading partner with China with about 200 events in the Hamburg region.
As part of the II Syposium "German Desk Latin America", Ralf Amann (Director gmp do Brasil) will speak in Rio de Janeiro about "Infrastructure Projects in Rio de Janeiro". He will talk on the gmp stadia, which are currently on the occasion of the Soccer World Cup 2014 under construction.
The association Architekturpreis Berlin e.V. extends an invitation to a debate on the subject of "What does the future hold for Tegel airport?" at the KutscherHaus, Kurfürstendamm, Berlin on 14 August 2012. Together with other well-known speakers, Stephan Schütz will be discussing the future of Tegel airport.
As part oft he Exhibition "Choreography oft the mass", which will be shown in Berlin from 6 June – 12 August 2012, Hubert Nienhoff will talk on the subject "Expression and Construction".
As part of the specialist conference "Medical facilities of the next generation, 2012" at the Japan Center, Frankfurt, Martin Bleckmann (gmp Director) will speak about the 1st Prize in the "City of Karlsruhe Medical Centre" architectural competition within the "Sustainable and innovative hospital project" theme section.
The "MEXCON 2012 Meeting Experts Conference" – the main professional congress of the Meeting and Events industry – will take place at the ICC Berlin from 18 to 20 June 2012.
As part of the lecture series "At home abroad? Reports from Germany and Brazil", Ralf Amann (gmp Director) will speak at the Goethe Institute in Rio de Janeiro about the stadiums for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
As part of the annual conference organised by Architecture Technique (AT) magazine, Nikolaus Goetze will give a public lecture at Tongji University, Shanghai on Thursday 14 June 2012.
As part oft he Exhibition "Choreography oft the masses", which will be shown in Berlin from 6 June – 12 August 2012, Prof. Dr. Volkwin Marg will talk on the subject "Choreography and Identity".
As part of the "World Stadium Congress 2012" (3 to 7 June 2012) in Doha, Qatar, Martin Glass will speak about stadium projects carried out by gmp.
As part of the "ArchitekTour 2012 – Higher, faster, bigger? - Architecture, sport + entertainment", Hubert Nienhoff will speak about the Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil, on Tuesday 5 June 2012, in Berlin.
At the 35th study conference "Action for a city worth living in", the discussion will focus on the steps we need to take in order to allow for sustainable urban development that is fit for the future. Johann von Mansberg (gmp Director) will talk on the subject "New values in architecture – three examples from China".
Johann von Mansberg (gmp Director) has been invited as a guest speaker by the "bridge to the future" in China and, on 15 May, will present outstanding gmp projects in China and Germany.
The exhibition "At ours, next door – Building and living in Altona" presents an important chapter in the urban history of Altona.


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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 1:44 am
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Had an interesting experience last Saturday. Two guys who were part of our old SFB gaming group in the early years of this century contacted to say they wanted to learn FC. We met at the local library in a meeting room to go over the differences between the two games and then set out to play.
They wanted to team up against me, so we settled on my Klingon C7 vs. their Gorn CL and Fed NCL. I started in the middle of the south end of a 6 panel small hex map and they started in the two north corners. I had never flown a C7, but they were not used to the nuances of the game system.
Their initial strategy was to try to come together and present a united front, but it soon fell apart as I continued on a due north route toward where they would unite. They soon realized the 2-turn arming sequence for their Fed's photons would not mesh with their Gorn's 3-turn plasma arming.
The Gorn fell back and the Fed fled toward the east, so I took some long range pot shots at the Gorn. The dice rolls were in his favor and he didn't take too much shield damage, but his forward shield was noticeably weakened. He did some minor damage to my #6 shield. I launched a full volley of drones at him on the last impulse to give him something to think about during Turn 2.
The Gorn continued to dodge around and about midway in Turn 2 an opportunity presented itself with the Fed NCL. He had approached with his photons armed, hoping to get a close shot at me. Due to the nature of the sub-pulse movement and his not wanting to spend energy for deceleration, we ended up passing by each other. Unfortunately for him, his photons were now out of arc, and I HET'ed to get him in my FA. I didn't have much energy to waste, so I fired standard disruptors and all bearing phasers using directed targeting on his weapons. These knocked down his rear shield and did 21 internals, including 2 photons and 5 phasers. He spent the remainder of the game running and trying to keep out of close range, but close enough so that he could jump back in if I put myself in a vulnerable position. The Gorn dealt with the drones with phasers and a tractor beam. I launched drones at the NCL, but he had saved enough energy to use a tractor and phaser the remainder. Again the Gorn took a couple of long range shots and did some minor damage to my shield #4, but not enough to penetrate.
On Turn 3 the Gorn ship and my C7 closed on one another cautiously. He finally launched an F and both S's. I fired every bearing weapon that I could and then kept up my speed to stay ahead of the plasmas. The Fed licked his wounds somewhere off on the right side of the map.
On Turn 4 I continued evading the plasmas while trying to circle back on the Gorn. The NCL bobbed around out of range, not wanting to give battle. I used the opportunity to reload 3 drone racks (using the new rule for partial reloading). The C7 really has a nice repair rating of 6. The plasmas played out and I let one hit me for a couple of hits as I cut back toward the Gorn before he could rearm again.
I tried closing with the Gorn on Turn 5, but he was pretty good at staying away. Meanwhile, the Fed began slowly closing the distance. He had repaired his right phasers and had reloaded his photons. The Gorn and I got to within 10 hexes, so I directed fire on his weapons, hoping to knock out at least one plasma, but terrible rolls only allowed 1 internal. The directed targeting worked, but it was only for 1 phaser. Another spread of drones was launched at the Gorn to make him think twice about closing to launch plasma on the next turn.
The library was within 45 minutes of closing as Turn 6 began, so I think we all figured it was now or never. My C7 was coming down the middle of the map from north to south. The Gorn was off somewhat to the west side and the Fed was closing from a greater distance from the east. I chose to go after the Gorn since he had already sustained significant shield damage and some internals rather than the Fed who had pretty fresh forward shields, armed photons, and operational phasers to the front.
The Gorn and I closed to about range 4 after ee had managed to successfully turn away from the drones. They were closing fast and he couldn't afford to hang around much longer. Since this would be the last time he would be in my FA arc, I decided to let it rip with everything I could muster power for. The rolls were again bad (many 5's and 6's) and he was able to launch plasma. Now I had something to think about. Plasma would be fast approaching from my right side and the Fed NCL from my left.
I had to dole out my energy carefully to keep ahead of the plasma, but also had to draw closer to the NCL. With just a couple of impulses to go, he fired fully overloaded photons and 4 Ph-1s into my #6. Both photons hit and he ended up scoring somewhere around 30 internals (which took out mainly inconsequential systems, some power, and minor weapons).
At that point, both the Gorn player and Fed player said they would disengage because they figured the Klingon ship would be able to keep up its turn by turn fire while they would take multiple turns to reload. The Fed was shaken by the fact that he had lost so many weapons in one volley and figured it could happen again quickly. The Gorn bemoaned the fact that he had few phasers that could bear in any one direction at the same time and that he had to wait 3 turns to arm his plasma topedoes. He, too, thought that if he was the continual target that he could lose a lot in a hurry. I was willing to call it a draw, but they said they thought it would have been a marginal victory for the C7. We all had a great time and they really enjoyed the new game. One said he was going to buy Klingon Border and look into other products, too.
It was fun to fly the C7. It is such an awesome cruiser and has few drawbacks. As with any other ship, it can't do everything all at once. That was my only frustration with it. The light cruisers were more maneuverable at higher speeds and that made it much more difficult to bring the C7 around to close with them.
"Sometimes our best is not enough. We must do what is required." -- Winston Churchill
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Nice report-out. Thanks for sharing it.
The C-7 is indeed a sweet ride. Tough on the points-cost, but very often more than worth it. Everything the D-7 wanted to be and couldn't quite do.
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The point costs were:
Fed NCL: 125
Gorn CL: 122
Klingon C7: 192
Their total was 247.
Interesting side-note.
By the Point Value Victory System, the Klingon started the game with 55 points. The Klingon also scored internal damage on each of the other ships for another 24.7 points. They also scored internal damage on the C7 for 19.2 points.
Points earned: Klingon, 79.7; Gorn-Fed, 19.2
Klingon victory status: 79.7 / 192 = 41.5% (Marginal victory)
Gorn-Fed victory status: 19.2 / 192 = 10% (Draw)
And this is not even taking into consideration that both the Gorn and Fed players said that they would disengage and cede the space to the Klingon. That would have given the Klingon a tactical victory (116.75 / 192 = 60.8%).
Our group has seen this kind of thing several times before. In situations where you have 1 bigger ship vs. 2 smaller ships, often the bigger ship gets a point bonus (so to speak). To set up a situation in which the side with the smaller ships have a chance of defeating the lone larger opponent, their combined point values just about have to be greater than the opponent.
[Had we tried to even out the points in the set-up, the Gorn and Fed would have had to fly destroyers or a destroyer-frigate combo. The Klingon would've picked one to alpha, taken some damage, but then would've easily dispatched the other later.]
The new victory system based on point values is a huge improvement over the original idea, but in certain case such as this type of battle, still seems to have a quirk to it.
Anyone have a "tried and true" fix for these types of cases?
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Nice report, Mike. Thanks, I enjoyed reading it a lot. The C7 is my favourite ship
I think if I'd been the Fed/Gorns, I would have gone for the mutual support despite the disparity in heavy weapons arming cycles. All phasers together can count for a lot, despite the Gorn's 'widely distributed' arcs, and the plasmas can always be carronaded along with the photons in a two-turn cycle. To me, the proof of the pudding was in that you managed to defeat them piecemeal - which is often going to be the case of two small vs. one large.
I have submitted a previous report on the C7 vs three Hydran frigates, and a similar thing happened there. Check out
- [I can't believe that was nine months ago!]. You just can't defeat a C7 by piecemeal attacks with weaker ships; its arcs and weapons are just too good. This ship and the Lyran BCH are probably the two best BCHs in the game.
Interesting what you say about the victory conditions. In strategic terms, the Klingons could indeed be said to have achieved a tactical victory. They've broken two enemy ships and won the area of space - which achievements are two out of three for an ideal victory. The third - sustaining minimal damage - was not achieved since the C7 took some clobberage, but they 'won' in that they achieved their objective of winning the space. Inasmuch as nobody really wins in a war, a tactical victory sounds reasonable in this case. A draw for the Allies, though, just for bruising a BCH, is a bit generous I think.
I'd therefore say that, in my opinion, the improved victory conditions are pretty realistic in this instance, and are certainly better than they used to be
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In the short 'Introduction' (dated 15 December 1928) Milford sets Stevenson's words for soprano before launching on a sequence of seven pieces for flute and strings, each movement concerned with one aspect of the verse. The first movement 'Thy Garden' is a lyrical duet between flute and viola, the cellos and basses walking throughout – in the flow of the melody this is perhaps the nearest in idiom Milford came to his friend Finzi. This is followed by 'Meat in Thy Hall', a minuet consisting of a ten-bar introduction, followed by a ten-bar section which is repeated. The flute only plays in the trio which follows, itself consisting of two sections of eleven and twenty-three bars, each repeated and rounded by the opening minuet returning.
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Masha est très positive et joviale et elle sourit tout le temps. Une jeune mannequin douce et adorable.
|David Etats Uni
Masha mirror What a sweetie! Masha's stunning eyes grab you from a block away. I have never seen more beautiful lips. Wonderful, graceful arms and a cute, feminine body. Masha's breasts are adorable. She has a look that can at once be very sophisticated, and very innocent. Thank you for including this lovely young woman. I wish her the best in her modeling in New York.
|Michael Canada
No. 151 is an especially fun picture, makes me smile.
|Corey Royame Uni
NewYork Series I think all the New York loft galleries featuring Masha or April are excellent - very stylish, great models. Something a bit different.
|thomas Hutereau Belgique
Masha shadow... MASTERPIECE OF SENSUALITY...BEAUTIFUL LIGHT...GREAT.
|Jake Canada
Shadows Very good use of light and shadow to image this incredible beauty!
|alexx République Tchèque
Masha, Petter and Sun - great team - all enjoy! I enjoy even more!!
|salvador rios Mexique
great it´s excelent the way you take advantage of the light and your model is wonderful, thanks for all and congratulations
|Andrew îles Caïman
Once again, another fine demonstration of Petter's artistic eye which sets this site in a class quite apart from the legions of online nude material. Well done!
|Misty Etats Uni
This is my favorite photo series on this site becuase to me it is more sensual than sexy and alot more artistic. Petter while 99% of your girls are pretty, meaning they look like the average beautiful girl you can see on the street, Masha looks like she was born to be in the pages of fashion magazines to be envied for her unattainable beauty. To me she is your best find in years.
|meanieme Brésil
Again, a waste of a beautiful model, in a somewhat monotonous set. All photos are same angle/position. I don't know you keep doing this with the best models.
|ben Etats Uni
interesting... how did u get up there
|Blake Krosse Royame Uni
Another strange location, Masha looks cool in the sunshine.
|Virginia Alzina Etats Uni
Masha's Great..another perfect girl
|Dave Etats Uni
The series getsa points becauce 1) the model is beautiful and 2) well... it's Manhattan! But loses a point because a lot of the poses were um.. dopey.
|lamoid Etats Uni
Masha NY window I disagree with Dave. I liked this set of poses very much. Lots of leg. Petter sometimes ignores the beautiful legs on his models. I like it when he features them.
|Dave France
Mashe Manhattan Window What's nice about this gallery is the many levels on which it can be viewed. Take the picture as a whole and marvel at Masha. Curves, femininity, beauty - gasp! Then dive in and appreciate how Petter's photography brings out the delicate texture of her skin: with a little patience one could count the hairs and goose pimples. Then step way back and imagine the office workers opposite who, looking up from their PC screens get a sudden blinding glimpse into heaven. Lovely!
|Misty Etats Uni
Simply the Best The most beautiful model on this site, case closed.
|gareth Etats Uni
lovely wisp of hair, above the lips 8)~ i like her low-cut tanline, too. Very simple, elegant physique.
|meanieme Brésil
Finaly, a set that do justice to this beautiful model. One of the bests in the site. And NO artsy, just beautiful and fresh flesh.
|GG Etats Uni
Way too much metal and not enough Masha
|gareth Etats Uni
nice skyline, pretty model...
|meanieme Brésil
Perhaps the most unerotic set of them all! And risked the model to get arrested for that too, for nothing.
|Tarl Etats Uni
Fantastic Model, and interesting composition artistically/photographically, but not really a sexy set of poses. When are we going to see her up close and personal?
|Dave France
Masha Some very nice elements in this gallery: A spotless blue sky, outside shooting and the emphasis this gives to the nudity of the model (in front of the Empire State Building no less!), the sunlight playing on exquisite goose-pimpled skin and, last but not least, Masha's beauty. With all the men that must have been pressed against the windows of the Empire State Building that day it's a wonder it did not topple over.
|ben Etats Uni
im down for mountain climbing with masha
|Bob Royame Uni
Great to see an 'indoors' set of the very beautiful Masha.
|gareth Etats Uni
NICE eyes! lovely physique!
|Blake Krosse Royame Uni
winter sun Masha glows against the white.
|hp Taïwan, Province de Chine
Delicate Best set of April 2007. Brilliant combination!Masha looks so delicate and tasteful in the white kitchen.
|Julian Parsons îles Caïman
Masha Wow! HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL. You guys weren't joking about ANGELIC BEAUTY!
|Alan Etats Uni
Russian Beauty Love the piercing, Russian blue eyes, gorgeous lips, freckles on her back, and the hint of golden hair down below!
|ardunbye Royame Uni
Masha,russian in New York Russian in New York? So what. Everybody rushes in New York. Joking aside, she is rather lovely.
|alex République Tchèque
Angel with wild at heart Great music and post, she has the charisma which fits with the NY background!!
|alex Royame Uni
angel great movie,beautiful girl.
|Victor Royame Uni
Masha Manhattan Loved this whole movie, the setting, the sky colour, the music and of course lovely naked Masha! Loved it when the police siren comes in, it captures the spirit of NYC. A very atmospheric film
|SMB Royame Uni
Masha Movie Great model, great setting.
|Raymond Royame Uni
Totally awesome setting for this movie, great music too. Masha really does look like an angel on the rooftop!
|Blake Krosse Royame Uni
smoking Cool sound I am sure that building has never had so much attention.
|Paul Etats Uni
film 190 Angel in the City didn't care for the transparency effect. Otherwise Masha is very nice.
|wheeler Etats Uni
What Paul said!!! Gorgeous girl! But, WAY too much Manhattan, and, not enough Masha!!!
|MAGOO4 Etats Uni
MASHA Nice work on my home turf. Magoo4


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