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From the Marin side, the Golden Gate Bridge reveals a quieter kind of authority. The south tower lines up cleanly, frame within frame, its geometry doing the work without theatrics. Traffic moves steadily across the deck, suspended between headlands, while the bay opens wide to the west in muted blues and silvers. This is the bridge as infrastructure first—precise, legible, and confident in its own proportions.
The catwalk and trusswork below introduce a second rhythm, all diagonals and riveted steel, grounding the span in craft and labor. Hills rise tight against the roadway, reminding you how abruptly the city gives way to landscape here. On clear days like this, the scene feels almost understated, as if the bridge is content to let light, distance, and repetition carry the image.
San Franciscans know this angle well. It’s less postcard, more proof-of-concept: a working crossing that happens to be monumental. The Golden Gate Bridge earns its place not through drama, but through consistency—showing up, day after day, as a piece of city-scale design that still feels right, decades on, no matter how often you return to it.
A close up shot from New Hey Road showing the entrance facade, the stone facade is well on it's way and the tiles are on the roof waiting to be layed and the glazing has been started, also the foreground is ready to be landscaped, and the ground work for the steps has begun.
Taken during Blue Hour overlooking the Howard Smith Wharves and Felons Brewing when Brisbane's Story Bridge was lit up Magenta to support DonateLife Week.
The Shard - West view from the 68th floor
A view at the heart of the city. In the background, the Thames at Blackfriars Bridge, Tate Modern, Millenium Bridge, and Shakespeare's Globe, in the foreground Southwark Bridge, London Bridge and Southwark Cathedral.
And a blink to the fascinating steel structure of the building.
Quite dark that late in the evening, heavy rain, through thick blue secured glass, no tripod allowed. I've tried my best.
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These photographs were taken at the Umeda Sky Building in Osaka, a mixed-use complex completed in 1993 and designed by Japanese architect Hiroshi Hara. The structure consists of two 40-storey towers connected at the top by the Floating Garden Observatory and reaches a height of approximately 173 meters.
The building functions as an office and commercial complex, with public access to the rooftop observatory via a suspended escalator running through the open central void.
Brisbane's Story Bridge was lit up Blue and Yellow on the 23/10/20 for World Polio Day. Taken during blue hour
Shot from Gasworks Street the demolition of the Steel Structure is now complete and one of Huddersfield's landmarks, the Gasometre, is no longer there, just a pile of twisted steel.
More information here: huddersfieldhub.co.uk/date-is-set-for-demolition-of-hudde...
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The former Nissan Dealership site is to become the new police station for Huddersfield.
A new regional HQ is being built in Dewsbury, while Huddersfield the larger of the two towns will get a reduced, in size and service, police station.
Demolition has finished and erecting the steel work is almost finished, in this shot from Tesco car park.
Anyway more information here: www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/new-hudde...
Just came across this shot which I photographed during our visit to St Louis in Summer of 2006. Figured I'd share it on Flickr!
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Early morning at Huddersfield Train Station, you can see the new footbridge taking shape, in the mid distance is The Daphnee Steel Building bathed in the morning sun.
A striking architectural landmark in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter, Titanic Belfast features angular, ship-like facades that commemorate the city’s shipbuilding heritage under a dramatic, ever-changing sky.
Two Broadcast Partners Engineers working at the Gerbrandy Broadcast Tower (Cellnex Gerbrandytoren) in IJsselstein the Netherlands.
The Gerbrandytoren is the highest building/structure in the Netherlands.
Impression of the Gerbrandy tower: flic.kr/p/H45bjs
Tai Po Waterfront Park, Tolo Harbour New Territories Hong Kong. The Lookout Tower is a feature of a 25ha park on the Tai Mei Tuk Cycling route and with a wide range of facilities and amenities for visitors and nearby residents.The Tower is 32.4m high. Tower Completed in 1997.
The spiral beams supporting the ramp are laminated douglas fir from renewable forests in New Zealand.
Design Architect: Rob Deutscher (working with Hassell) Engineering: Rod Gibbons, Maunsell (Aecom)
In the early morning hours, the Bay Bridge stretches quietly across the water, its towers and cables emerging slowly as night gives way to day. From the San Francisco side of the bay, the bridge feels almost weightless—steel lines suspended against a sky that’s just beginning to warm near the horizon. The light is restrained, deliberate, and unmistakably coastal.
The bay below holds onto deeper blues, textured by a light breeze, while the sky transitions through muted golds and grays. Yerba Buena Island anchors the scene beneath the span, its dark silhouette emphasizing how much this crossing depends on landforms as much as engineering. There’s a calm clarity to the moment: no traffic roar, no visual noise, just structure meeting atmosphere.
This is San Francisco at its most measured. The bridge isn’t performing; it’s simply present, doing what it has always done. In early morning light, the Bay Bridge becomes less a landmark and more a companion—marking time, weather, and mood as the city slowly wakes.
The former Nissan Dealership site is to become the new police station for Huddersfield.
A new regional HQ is being built in Dewsbury, while Huddersfield the larger of the two towns will get a reduced, in size and service, police station.
Demolition has finished and erecting the steel work is now finished.
Anyway more information here: www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/new-hudde...
The Russian Woodpecker, this gigantic antenna system called Duga-3 is located near Prypiat in the Chernobyl area. It was built in the 70's as an early missile detection system (over-the-horizon radar system).
Flagpole Parliament House, Canberra. Architect: Romaldo Giurgola - Mitchel Giurgola Thorp. The Building was opened in1988 to coincide with Australia's Bi-Centennary.
Photo taken mid 1980's during a construction visit. Epson V700 Olympus OM1 Kodachrome.
"The flag flown from the 81 metres (266 feet) flagpole is 12.8 by 6.4 m (42 by 21 ft), about the size of half a tennis court. The flagpole weighs 250 tonnes and is made of polished stainless steel from Wollongong. It was designed to be the pinnacle of Parliament House and is an easily recognisable symbol of national government. It is visible by day from outside and inside Parliament House and floodlit at night. The flag itself weighs approximately 15 kg (33 lb)." Source: Wikipedia
The western span of the Bay Bridge holds its breath at dawn, suspended between night and day. From the San Francisco waterfront, the structure reads less like infrastructure and more like a drawn line—steel cables sketching a horizon, the tower rising quietly out of the bay. The water below picks up the sky’s early warmth, turning muted blues into copper and amber as the sun edges up behind the East Bay hills.
This is the Bay Bridge before the city fully wakes, when the Embarcadero is still spare and reflective, and the bridge belongs as much to the bay as it does to traffic. The new eastern span’s clean geometry feels especially at home in this light: modern, restrained, confident without needing attention. It’s a view that rewards patience—no fog theatrics, no fireworks—just San Francisco doing what it does best when it’s not trying too hard.
Moments like this explain why the waterfront matters so much here. The bridge isn’t just a crossing; it’s a daily marker of time, weather, and mood. At sunrise, it becomes a quiet companion to the city—constant, familiar, and unmistakably San Francisco.
Huddersfield New Police Station
The former Nissan Dealership site is to become the new police station for Huddersfield.
A new regional HQ is being built in Dewsbury, while Huddersfield the larger of the two towns will get a reduced, in size and service, police station.
Demolition has finished and erecting the steel work has begun and is gaining pace in this shot taken from Broadway.
Anyway more information here: www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/new-hudde...