UK - Birmingham - Selfridges exterior
Possibly my favourite composition yet of Future Systems Selfridges in Birminghams Bull Ring. I've enhanced the blue of the building slightly to give a bit more impact and given the aluminium discs a touch of diffusion to give them a slight glow.
From Wikipedia "The Selfridges department store forms part of the redeveloped Bullring shopping centre on the edge of the city centre, and was the only part of the new development designed by architects other than Benoy Ltd. (the firm responsible for masterplanning the scheme). The building is a prime example of the early 21st century movement referred to as "blobitecture", and has been compared to Peter Cook's Kunsthaus in Graz, Austria, who in a 2004 interview discussing his work and Future Systems said he would "rather be with the Blobbies than the Boring Farts!""
NB : Thanks for all your comments and faves. After two years on Flickr this has to be one of my most popular images. Still no sign of Explores Magic Donkey though !
UK - Birmingham - Selfridges exterior
Possibly my favourite composition yet of Future Systems Selfridges in Birminghams Bull Ring. I've enhanced the blue of the building slightly to give a bit more impact and given the aluminium discs a touch of diffusion to give them a slight glow.
From Wikipedia "The Selfridges department store forms part of the redeveloped Bullring shopping centre on the edge of the city centre, and was the only part of the new development designed by architects other than Benoy Ltd. (the firm responsible for masterplanning the scheme). The building is a prime example of the early 21st century movement referred to as "blobitecture", and has been compared to Peter Cook's Kunsthaus in Graz, Austria, who in a 2004 interview discussing his work and Future Systems said he would "rather be with the Blobbies than the Boring Farts!""
NB : Thanks for all your comments and faves. After two years on Flickr this has to be one of my most popular images. Still no sign of Explores Magic Donkey though !