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While photographing this mornings sunrise downtown Portland, I was drawn to the evolutionary structural trifecta presented with the Cherry Blossom Tree, Steel Bridge, and the Oregon Convention Centre. The sunlight was nice and warm, but my fingers were freezing!
D800
1/40 sec
f/16.0
22 mm
ISO 100
-1 EV
Single image converted to TIFF in NX2, Adjusted levels in CC, and sharpened/resized in LR5.
© 2014 Chris Ross Photography. Do not copy, share, link, or use this image in any way without my explicit permission.
Construction work at Paddington Basin, London, showcasing the impressive design and structure of a new building.
Otis in fhe Technik Museum Speyer. It sort of looks like he is inside a large machine. Fitting with the theme. I tried to frame it as if it were a large machine. Imperial walker anyone?
Looking down into Pulpit falls. I'm not sure it works, but I liked the view of the rounded bowl shape the water carved in millennia past. Had the tripod right on the edge.
Like all other birds in blue, Indigos appear blue structurally -- not because of blue pigmentation. Port Huron SGA.
The roof of the newly-opened Yujiapu Transit Hub in Binhai New Area, Tianjin.
I need to get down there again with a wide-angle lens.
Metropolitan Cathedral, better known as Brasilia Cathedral. Projected by the architect Oscar Niemeyer, with structural calculation of the engineer Joaquim Cardoso, was the first monument to be created in Brasilia. Its foundation stone was launched on September 12, 1958. It had its structure ready in 1960. The cathedral is a hyperboloid structure built from 16 concrete columns, weighing 90 tons each. Its stained glass are authored by the artist Marianne Peretti.
A view of the El Puente de l'Assut de l'Or bridge which is found in the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia.
This fabulous complex was designed by the brilliant architect, Santiago Calatrava.
You can see more shots of this amazing complex in my Valencia set.
The State Library Unter den Linden was built between 1903 and 1914 in the Neo-Baroque and Neo-Renaissance style to replace its predecessor on the boulevard Unter den Linden. Until 1945, it was home to the Prussian State Library, the University Library and the Prussian Academy of Sciences. After severe damage during the Second World War and partial demolitions and structural changes during the GDR, the complex was completely renovated and extended from 2005 to 2019. Since German reunification, it has been home to parts of the Berlin State Library and the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The State Library Unter den Linden is one of the largest buildings in Berlin and one of the most important libraries in the world. Today, however, it is divided into two locations. Part of the holdings removed during the war were housed in the western part of Germany. In the western part of Berlin, a new building was erected for these old holdings and new acquisitions at the new Cultural Forum, which was opened in 1978. In 1992, the two libraries, which had been separate until then, were united under the name "Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz" ("Berlin State Library - Prussin Cultural Heritage")
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staatsbibliothek_Unter_den_Linden and other sources
Tuas West Link, Singapore
Kodak Ektachrome EPP
Schneider 58mm Super-Angulon, Gaoersi 4x5
Tetenal Colortec E6
Epson v700 Perfection
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Walking around the campus of Utah State University, sunlight streamed into a building, illuminating its internal structure and creating a interesting abstract composition..
Suecia - Malmoe - Turning Torso
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ENGLISH
Turning Torso is a neo-futurist residential skyscraper in Sweden and the tallest building in Scandinavia. Located in Malmö on the Swedish side of the Öresund strait, it was built and is owned by Swedish cooperative association HSB. It is regarded as the first twisted skyscraper in the world. The project was designed by Spanish architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter Santiago Calatrava and officially opened on 27 August 2005. The tower reaches a height of 190 metres (623 ft) with 54 storeys and 147 apartments.
In August 2015, it was announced that the building was the winner of the 10 Year Award from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. It won the 2005 Gold Emporis Skyscraper Award. Turning Torso is based on a sculpture by Calatrava, called Twisting Torso, which is a white marble piece based on the form of a twisting human being. It is the first "twisting" tower. In 1999, HSB Malmö's former managing director, Johnny Örbäck, saw the sculpture in a brochure presenting Calatrava in connection with his contribution to the architectural competition for the Öresund Bridge. It was on this occasion that Örbäck was inspired to build HSB Turning Torso. Shortly afterwards he travelled to Zurich to meet Calatrava, and ask him to design a residential building based on the idea of a structure of twisting cubes.
This is a solid immobile building constructed in nine segments of five-story pentagons that twist relative to each other as it rises; the topmost segment is twisted 90 degrees clockwise with respect to the ground floor. Each floor consists of an irregular pentagonal shape rotating around the vertical core, which is supported by an exterior steel framework. The two bottom segments are intended as office space. Segments three to nine house 147 apartments.
Construction started in the summer of 2001. One reason for building Turning Torso was to re-establish a recognizable skyline for Malmö since the removal in 2002 of the Kockums Crane, which was located less than one kilometre (0.62 mi) from Turning Torso. The local politicians deemed it important for the inhabitants to have a new symbol for Malmö in lieu of the crane that had been used for shipbuilding and somewhat symbolised the city's blue collar roots. The construction of part of this building was featured on Discovery Channel Extreme Engineering TV programme which showed how a floor of the building was constructed. Prior to the construction of Turning Torso, the 86-metre (282 ft) Kronprinsen had been the city's tallest building.
The apartments were initially supposed to be sold, but insufficient interest resulted in the apartments being let. The owner has several times unsuccessfully tried to sell the building. The construction costs were almost double the estimate.
Floor 49 is home to the public observation deck while floors 50–52 contain a private club, meeting events, the reception, and the venue restaurant.
Floor 53 and 54 in the Turning Torso are conference floors booked and managed by Sky High Meetings. Since 2009 the owner, HSB, has decided to let the public visit these floors but only on special scheduled days, and pre-booking is required.
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ESPAÑOL
Turning Torso es un rascacielos neofuturista residencial de Suecia y es el edificio más alto de Escandinavia. Se encuentra en la ciudad de Malmö en la orilla del estrecho de Öresund que pertenece a Suecia. Fue construida por su actual propietario HSB Suecia. Es considerado como el primer rascacielos retorcido del mundo. El proyecto fue diseñado por Santiago Calatrava, arquitecto, ingeniero estructural, escultor y pintor español, y su inauguración oficial tuvo lugar el 27 de agosto de 2005. La torre alcanza una altura de 190 metros con 54 plantas y alberga 147 apartamentos residenciales. En agosto de 2015, recibió el premio Year Award del Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. En 2005 obtuvo el primer puesto del Emporis Skyscraper Award.
El Turning Torso está basado en una escultura de Calatrava, llamada Twisting Torso, que toma la forma de un ser humano girándose sobre sí mismo realizada en una pieza de mármol blanco.78 El origen del edificio se remonta a 1999. El entonces director gerente de la cooperativa sueca de viviendas HSB (la mayor de Suecia, fundada en 1923, promotora y actual propietaria del edificio), Johnny Örbäck, quedó impresionado al ver en un catálogo esta escultura. Inmediatamente se puso en contacto con Calatrava y le pidió que aplicara el concepto a un edificio residencial que su empresa quería construir en Malmö.
Los trabajos de construcción comenzaron en 2001. Una de las razones para construir el Turning Torso fue restablecer un panorama urbano reconocible para Malmö, el cual había quedado huérfano desde la desaparición de Kockumskranen (La «Grúa Kockums») en 2002, situada a menos de un kilómetro del actual emplazamiento del edificio. Los políticos locales consideraron que era importante para la ciudad tener un símbolo para Malmö (Kockumskranen, una enorme grúa utilizada para la construcción de barcos en los astilleros de la empresa Kockum, simbolizaba, de alguna forma las raíces de Malmö como ciudad industrial; Turning Torso podría ser considerado como un monumento de un Malmö más nuevo e internacional).
El edificio, construido en acero, vidrio y hormigón armado, se estructura en nueve cubos rotatorios cuyo principal elemento estructural es un núcleo de hormigón armado, de 10,6 metros de diámetro (a modo de columna vertebral). Su centro se corresponde exactamente con el eje de rotación de las plantas. El exterior del edificio está revestido por paneles de cristal y aluminio. Cada uno de los cubos tiene seis plantas.
En el edificio coexisten viviendas de lujo y oficinas. Las oficinas se sitúan en los dos primeros cubos de la construcción, con una superficie total de 4000 metros cuadrados. Los cubos tres a nueve albergan 147 viviendas cuya superficie varía entre los 45 y los 190 metros cuadrados. Las dos últimas plantas (desde las que se puede ver Copenhague) están dedicadas a reuniones de negocios, encuentros políticos y visitas oficiales.
Could be called Brutalist or the New Brutalism..
Brutalist architecture, also called New Brutalism, is an architectural style which emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era.[1][2][3] Brutalist buildings are characterised by minimalist constructions that showcase the bare building materials and structural elements over decorative design.[4][5] The style commonly makes use of exposed concrete or brick, angular geometric shapes and a predominantly monochrome colour palette;[6][5] other materials, such as steel, timber, and glass, are also featured.[7]
A deceased flower of a Phalaenopsis or moth orchid.
With highlights, shadows and blacks about -80 and texture +100 together with some extra tweaks in CameraRaw and Photoshop.
Made with Sony A99m2 with Minolta AF 100mm f/2.8 Macro and Lit with two LED Lights.
Engineers installed structural test hardware for NASA's deep space rocket, the Space Launch System, into a test stand at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama where testing recently began. The test version of the SLS intertank is being pushed, pulled and bent with millions of pounds of force to ensure it can withstand the forces of launch and ascent. The test hardware is structurally identical to the flight version of the intertank that will connect the core stage's two colossal fuel tanks, serve as the upper-connection point for the two solid rocket boosters and house critical avionics and electronics. Delivered to Marshall via NASA's barge Pegasus from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans this spring, the intertank is the second of four core stage structural test articles scheduled for testing at Marshall. The test facility for NASA's new exploration rocket was originally used for Saturn V rocket testing that enabled the Apollo Moon missions. The facility's special cranes and design features make it ideal for exposing large rockets and spacecraft to the extreme forces of spaceflight.
Image credit: NASA/Jude Guidry