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New Years Eve on the trip from Lugano to Milano. This arcade impressed me as I had seen the original enclosed arcade in Brussels in November.
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In between the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery.
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Whilst designed by David Chipperfield Architects, Pacific Quay (docks are never called 'dock' these days) Studios was completed by Keppie Design in a slightly controversial move which some say was an example of the BBC bottling-out of their much vaunted commitment to top-notch architecture. Suffice to say though, the quality of detail is still a delight in this somewhat deceptive building...
Pacific Quay is a completely modern name: the partially-filled dock that formerly occupied the site was known as Prince's Dock. It was the site of the 1988 Garden Festival: the subsequent permanent regeneration took almost twenty years to materialise.
The red, or Dumfriess-shire, sandstone came from a quarry that was re-opened for this project. It's a rather nice use of material giving the building a sense of place.
more photos and full report here: www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com/urbex/2014/08/05/urbex-sheffield-cr...
The abandoned Sheffield Crown Courts aka Sheffield Old Town Hall stands in centre of Sheffield, England. In the 1990s, these courts moved to new premises, and since at least 1997 to present, the building remains disused. Check out what's inside...
day 2
ushuaia is the southernmost town in the world.
in the XIX century, argentine president julio roca promoted the establishment of a penal colony for re-offenders - modeled after one in tasmania, australia - in an effort to secure permanent residents from argentina and to help establish argentine sovereignty over all of tierra del fuego.
the prison is now a museum
I shot this picture in 1973 when the IDS center opened. I ran it through Snapseed to help mask the effects of 40 years of sitting in a slide carousel can do!
I shot this with my new Nikon F2, and a borrowed fish-eye lens from Brand's Camera.
48 Martin Place,
Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Architect: H.E Ross H. Ruskin Rowe, Ross & Rowe
Refurbishment: Johnson Pilton Walker Architects (2014 Refurbishment), Norman Disney Young
Construction: Brookfield Multiplex (refurbishment)
Architectural Style: Beaux-Arts
Built: 1925-1928
When the head office for the Government Savings Bank of Australia was built in 1928, it was Sydney’s tallest building at twelve stories in height.
It was also the most expensive building built in the city, and housed the world’s largest banking chamber.
50 Martin Place is regarded as one of the finest 20th century bank buildings in the world.
Outside was a facade with a solid red granite base, topped with four towering Ionic columns, with pilasters clad in pink-glazed ceramic tiles.
The building was crowned with a two-storey attic, and bizarrely a rooftop rifle range.
Inside on the ground level, the Grand Hall and banking chamber feature marble and scagliola on massive columns.
As part of the refurbishment, a two-storey steel dome straddles the atrium.
Designed as a fifth facade, it can be seen from higher surrounding buildings as a lantern at night.
The atrium provides for much of the lighting requirements of the renovated workplaces.
Inside the atrium are two futuristic circular glass lifts, that were awarded Elevator Project of the Year.
During the lift journey, an eight-storey high installation by artist Nick Savvas, called Colours are the Country, can be viewed.
The atrium features event spaces, conference centres, and areas for collaboration
The building is now the global headquarters of the Macquarie Bank.
The middle floors of the building provides for a workspace for around 2,000 people.
There is an iconic and colourful interior stairway that connects the different levels.
50 Martin Place has received a 6-star Green Star energy rating.
The 2014 refurbishment by JPW Architects won a National Trust Award for adaptive re-use.
An in 2015, they received Australia’s major commercial architecture award - the Sir Arthur G. Stephenson Award.
The atrium in the Humanities Wing at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Designed by John Andrews in 1964. May 2025.
Taken on a Hasselblad 500 C/M w/ Zeiss Planar T* 150mm lens on @cinestillfilm BwXX pushed to 800.
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