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Never really knew how hard concrete is to photograph. It is so porous and holey, I feel like I can never get it to be a clear shot. You can really see city dirt on windows and concrete. Yuck.
It was a windy day in the city and of course hand held, as I twist and turn to see what angle looks best.
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Despite the government's efforts to create many green spaces, Singapore looks like a concrete city from some perspectives.
Acropolis Museum, Athens
Bernard Tschumi Architects
"Designed with spare horizontal lines and utmost simplicity, the Museum is deliberately non-monumental, focusing the visitor’s attention on extraordinary works of art. With the greatest possible clarity, the design translates programmatic requirements into architecture."
www.archdaily.com/61898/new-acropolis-museum-bernard-tsch...
Jacques Herzog (Herzog & de Meuron):
"Wir suchen Materialien, die so atemberaubend schön wie die Kirschblüten in Japan sind oder so verdichtet und kompakt wie die Felsformationen der Alpen oder so rätselhaft und unergründlich wie die Oberflächen der Ozeane. Wir suchen Materialien, die so intelligent, virtuos und komplex wie Naturerscheinungen sind, also Materialien, die nicht nur die Retina des erstaunten Kunstkritikers kitzeln, sondern auch wirklich effizient sind und alle Sinne ansprechen - nicht nur die Augen, auch die Nase, die Ohren, den Geschmacks- und Tastsinn."
Es ist ihnen hier vortrefflich gelungen, wie ich finde! ;-))
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Water cascades over concrete aggregate blocks in the Active Pool at the Philip Johnson-designed Fort Worth Water Gardens in the south end of Downtown Fort Worth, Texas.
Leica M-P & Summilux-M 35mm @ ISO1250
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Het Stuw- en sluizencomplex Amerongen is een waterstaatkundig kunstwerk in Nederland. Het bestaat uit een stuw en een schutsluis. Later kwam er ook een vistrap bij. Het is gebouwd in de Nederrijn nabij Amerongen volgens de CEMT-klasse Va. Bij dit Stuwcomplex werd in 1988 een waterkrachtcentrale gebouwd met een vermogen van 10 MW.
Het Stuwcomplex Amerongen maakt deel uit van het Stuwenensemble Hagestein / Amerongen / Driel. Het ontwerpen van dit ensemble werd gestart in 1958 in het kader van verbetering waterhuishouding Noord Nederland en bevaarbaarheid Nederrijn. Er is geen relatie met de Deltawerken. In 1960 werd als eerste het Stuw- en sluizencomplex Hagestein opgeleverd. 1965 kwam het Stuw- en sluizencomplex Amerongen gereed. In 1970 werd het Stuw- en sluizencomplex Driel als laatste van dit unieke stuwenensemble opgeleverd.
Despite its long interaction with water, the Netherlands has little potential for hydropower due to its flat topography. The Netherlands has a large resource of moving water in its major rivers but its limited hydraulic head because of little elevation change means that hydropower is a minor component of the country's renewable energy portfolio. A few small hydro plants exist but in total produce less than a tenth of a percent of the Netherlands' electricity.
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In the 1970s cities in Germany fell for the credo "concrete is good for you". In my hometown, much of the historically grown was sacrificed for efficiency, and with it the soul many a place once had. Here's my attempt to make it at least look interesting...
The large (up to 2.5 metres in diameter) sandstone boulders at Red Rock Coulee are concretions - formed undersea, in this case the shallow "Bearpaw Sea" that covered much of the North American interior when the dinosaurs still roamed. Eighty million years old, give or take, they now sit on the Alberta prairie like gigantic, misshapen cow pies.
I wondered what I could do with a fish eye lens here, so when the sun emerged from a cloud bank very late in the evening, I got out the Rokinon 8mm. Keeping the camera level produces a straight horizon; any tilt and there is a pronounced curve. The limitation lies in its extraordinary 180° field of view: if I shifted to the right, the sun would be in my frame; to the left and I have to deal with my own shadow. And the photo op turned out to be brief; I had time for half a dozen shots and then the light faded.
Photographed at Red Rock Coulee Natural Area, Alberta (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Brutalist architecture is an influential and polarizing architectural style that emerged in the mid-20th century. It is characterized by its raw, robust, and utilitarian aesthetic, often featuring large, exposed concrete structures. Brutalist buildings display a sense of monumentality and solidity, with bold geometric forms and a distinct lack of decorative embellishments. The style prioritizes functionality and the honest expression of materials, focusing on the inherent qualities of concrete. While some consider Brutalism to be visually austere, proponents of the style appreciate its uncompromising honesty, the sculptural qualities of its forms, and its ability to evoke a sense of awe and timelessness.
St. Leonards Centre
Crows Nest
June, 2023
Concrete jungle is the perfect place for those two insane asshat clowns that embarrassed us again in the "debate" last night.
...für ein schnelles Selfie!
Oder: immer dieses Kreuz mit der Perspektive ;-) ...
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I am concrete, I am solid
I am as I appear to be
I am your mirror
I am the aged exterior
I try, never quite right
a head full of sores and denials
I try, one last goodbye
a house coming down
carry, I pull, the weight of our world
where we were, the vacant role
play acting a part of a whole
the missing moments, being torn
but I am concrete, I am
hanging on by a thread
the years show, cracked and weathered
all the pieces, held together
I am, I am concrete
I, I am what you need
all that you wished I'd me
and what I could have been