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January 23, 2021 - Psychology Building on the left and Lazenby Hall on the right. The buildings are connected with a bridge on the second and third floors. Architect: NBBJ
May 14, 2019 - After lunch we had a tour of the Milwaukee Art Museum's Quadracci Pavilion designed by Santiago Calatrava.
"The Quadracci Pavilion is the iconic sculptural addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum designed by Santiago Calatrava. The Spanish architect was inspired by the “dramatic, original building by Eero Saarinen, . . . the topography of the city,” and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie-style architecture.
The 142,050-square-foot structure was completed in 2001 and houses a grand reception hall, an auditorium, a large exhibition space, a store, two cafés, and parking. Both cutting-edge technology and old-world craftsmanship went into creating the graceful building, which was made largely by pouring concrete into one-of-a-kind wooden forms.
Windhover Hall is the grand reception hall and among the pavilion’s many architectural highlights. Complete with flying buttresses, pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and a central nave topped by a 90-foot-high glass roof, it is Calatrava’s interpretation of a Gothic cathedral. An average-sized, two-story family home would fit comfortably inside it. The hall’s chancel is shaped like the prow of a ship, with floor-to-ceiling windows looking over Lake Michigan. Adjoining the central hall are two tow-arched promenades, the Baumgartner Galleria and Schroeder Galleria, with expansive views of the lake and downtown.
The Museum’s signature wings, the Burke Brise Soleil, form a moveable sunscreen with a 217-foot wingspan. The brise soleil is made up of 72 steel fins, ranging in length from 26 to 105 feet. The entire structure weighs 90 tons. It takes 3.5 minutes for the wings to open or close. Sensors on the fins continually monitor wind speed and direction, so when winds exceed 23 mph for more than 3 seconds, the wings close automatically.
According to Santiago Calatrava, the Quadracci Pavilion’s design “responds to the culture of the lake: the sailboats, the weather, the sense of motion and change.” And “in the crowning element of the brise soleil,” he stated, “the building’s form is at once formal (completing the composition), functional (controlling the level of light), symbolic (opening to welcome visitors), and iconic (creating a memorable image for the Museum and the city).”
The expansion of the Museum was made possible through the generosity of donors in a capital campaign, with major funding provided by Betty and Harry Quadracci." Previous text from the Milwaukee Art Museum's website: mam.org/info/details/quadracci.php
When it was built in 1981, the Humber Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world.
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Not really happy with the images and thought they'd be better, but I don't really take many photos of architecture. It was very hazy over the Humber, and everywhere was 50 shades of grey, with maybe a light splattering of beige.
Must use a filter next time........
Keep practicing!
May 12, 2019 - This afternoon we had an Architectural Boat Tour on Chicago Line Cruises which began at the Ogden Slip located at McClurg Court adjacent to River East Art Center Promenade.
July 13, 2019 - Columbus Historical Society's 90th Anniversary open house of the Original Columbus Airport Terminal (1929 - 1958) located at 4920 E. 5th Ave. Columbus, OH 43219.
February 19, 2021 - The John F. Wolfe Palm House is the backdrop of the Zen Terrace. The terrace is Asian-inspired with elegant grasses, cherry trees and a wall display of hardy bonsai. The Zen Terrace overlooks the Bonsai Courtyard and outdoor botanical gardens. Or course with the snow none of these features are quite visible.
November 29, 2020 - Saint Joseph Cathedral at 212 East Broad Street and beyond is the Continental Plaza building located at 180 East Broad Street. Columbus, Ohio
June 26, 2023 - From left to right: Hotel Vincci Consulado de Bilbao, Guggenheim Bilbao Tower, Puenta de La Salve along the Nervión River.
June 26, 2018 - "The Church of Hallgrimur, also known as Hallgrimskirkja, is a Lutheran church located at Reykjavik, Iceland. It sits high on top of a hill located within the center of the city. It is also considered as one of Reykjavik s most striking landmarks and the country s largest church.
The Church of Hallgrimur was named after a famous Icelandic poet and clergy man, Hallgrimur Petursson, composer of the Passion hymns that is still being sung today. The design for the church was commissioned to state architect Guojon Samuelsson in 1937. The design was intended to resemble the natural landscape of Iceland with its volcanoes, ice caps and basalt columns.
After the design for the church was completed, construction of the structure began sometime in 1945. It took around 38 years to build the church which was finally completed in 1974. Its nave was consecrated in 1986.
The church tower stands 74.5 meters or 244 feet high, making it the tallest building not only in Reykjavik but in the whole of Iceland. It stands in sixth place when it comes to being the tallest human made structure in Iceland. The top five are all communications masts built in Iceland.
The main feature of the church is its imposing tower which is uniquely designed to resemble the basalt column common in the country. Visitors may be able to come up the church tower via an elevator. As the tallest building in Reykjavik, it also acts as an observation tower where people can get the best views of the city and the surrounding mountains.
The church is primarily built out of poured concrete and follows expressionist architecture in terms of style. Its interiors are considered simple and features minimal design in line with the Lutheran tradition. The church also houses a large pipe organ consisting of a 50 foot case and 5,275 pipes" Text from the following website: www.architravel.com/architravel/building/church-of-hallgr...
November 7, 2021 - Encova Insurance building located at 471 E Broad Street. Original name when the building opened in 1973 was the Motorists Mutual Building. Architects: Brubaker/Brandt and Maddox NBD. International Style. Completed in 1973.
May 15, 2019 - "The project, known as Taliesin—Welsh for “shining brow”—consisted of a house with a living room, kitchen, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, sitting room, and garden; studio with a workroom and small apartment; and service wing with stalls for horses, a garage, space designated for carriages and cows, and a milk room. It was located close to other projects Wright designed for members of his family, including the Romeo and Juliet tower (1897); Hillside Home School (1902); and Tan-y-deri (1907), the house Wright built for his sister, Jane Porter.
Like the suburban Prairie-style residences of his early career, Taliesin featured hipped roofs, overhanging eaves, broad chimneys, an open floor plan, and bands of casement windows. The rolling topography of Southern Wisconsin allowed Wright to expand upon his earlier experiments linking site and structure. Here Wright responded to the natural landscape by building Taliesin around a hill top. The architect wrote, “I knew well that no house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and home should live together each the happier for the other.” Indeed, Taliesin was situated to create picturesque views of distant hills and valleys, as well as nearby landscaped gardens. The multiple facets of its hipped roofs appear to follow the contours of the landscape, and Wright chose to build with limestone and other materials native to the area.
Taliesin’s living quarters were tragically destroyed when a disgruntled employee set fire to the property and killed Mamah Borthwick, her two children, and four others on August 15, 1914. Wright subsequently rebuilt the structure, and it was incorporated into a larger estate that is now open to the public." Previous text from the following website: flwright.org/researchexplore/wrightbuildings/taliesin
July 1, 2023 - "The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is the most outstanding building of Romanesque art in Spain. It is also the final destination of all the Ways of St. James, which, during centuries, have brought Christendom’s pilgrims to the apostle’s tomb. And that is not all; it is the starting point for the construction of a monumental city, Santiago de Compostela, that arose in a sacred forest at the End of the World, with the vocation of becoming a Holy City and a World Heritage City." Previous text: www.santiagoturismo.com/catedral-de-santiago
For those that want to learn more about the history of the cathedral:
"The Cathedral’s remotest precedent was a small 1st-century Roman mausoleum, where the remains of the Apostle James Apostle James were buried, after he was beheaded in Palestine (44 AD) and brought by sea to the coast of this Land’s End. During centuries, the underground chamber and surrounding cemetery were regularly visited by a small local Christian community, of which little or nothing is known, but which must have disappeared around the 8th century.
In the year 813 (820 or 830, according to other versions), the Apostle’s relics were miraculously discovered among the undergrowth on Monte Libredón. They were found by a hermit that saw signs in the heavens. After being informed by the bishop of Iria Flavia, the Asturian king Alfonso II ordered a small stone-and-clay chapel to be erected beside the ancient mausoleum. In the year 834, this church received a royal Preceptum, which made it the episcopal see and granted it power over the surrounding territories. The first settlers and groups of Benedictine monks, who were in charge of looking after the relics, began to settle in the surroundings in search of protection. These were the first steps of the future city of Santiago de Compostela.
The first church was soon too small to receive all the worshippers. Hence, between 872 and 899, Alfonso III the Great ordered a large church to be built. But this second church was destroyed by the Islamic leader Almanzor in the year 997. The bishop known as San Pedro de Mezonzo rebuilt it in 1003 in pre-Romanesque style. This third church was still standing when the boom of pilgrimages and the riches of Santiago, which was by then one of the largest feudal domains in the Iberian Peninsula, enabled the construction in 1075 of the Romanesque Cathedral that exists today, the fourth sacred building on the site of the ancient tomb.
The Romanesque Cathedral
The king of León, Alfonso VI, and especially the city’s first archbishop, Diego Gelmírez, promoted the Cathedral, city life and pilgrimages to such an extent, that the 12th century can be said to be the most glorious in Compostela’s history. This time they were not satisfied with a a sanctuary for housing the relics, but designed a large pilgrimage cathedral, following the style that had been spread by the Way of St. James. It was visited by the best builders of the Romanesque era until the arrival of Maestro Mateo, who designed the final sections of the naves, the defensive towers in the west, the crypt and, above all, the “Pórtico de la Gloria,” a series of sculptures unequalled in Europe that now dominates the west entrance.
By the time it was dedicated in 1211, the Cathedral enjoyed the privilege of plenary absolution, granted in 1181 by Pope Alexander III to everyone visiting the church during a Holy Year. A valuable document was also granted to pilgrims, certifying having completed the Way of St. James and guaranteeing the right to asylum in the city. Converted into the destination of salvation for Christendom, the Cathedral evolved with such force that it was capable of stimulating the construction of roads, hospitals, shelters, markets and entire towns hundreds of kilometres away, along the routes travelled by pilgrims to reach it.
In time, Gothic, Renaissance and especially baroque elements were gradually added to the Romanesque ground plan, thanks to the incessant influx of money from the archbishopric and patrons, who found a place for prayer and eternal rest in the chapels. While the structure of the naves has remained practically the same, the number and space of the chapels gradually adapted to the needs of worship. In the convulsive 14th century, the basilica acquired a fort-like appearance, with defensive towers such as the present-day Clock Tower. With the Renaissance, promoted by Archbishop Alfonso III de Fonseca, the final cloister was erected, which replaced the Romanesque cloister and modified the church’s entire south and southeast side. This was a time of internal alterations and addition of altarpieces, pulpits and sculptors for the greater glory of the worship of the apostle.
The magic of the baroque period
The greatest aesthetic revolution would reach the church during the baroque period, which began in 1660 by transforming the high altar and dome; thereafter giving shape to the organs, designing the wall featuring the Holy Door, embellishing the Clock Tower and attaining its greatest splendour with the culmination, in 1750, of the Cathedral’s most iconic image: its magnificent Obradoiro façade.
The final design of the monumental squares surrounding the church, and of many of the neighbouring buildings, was also the work of the Cathedral’s baroque masters (Vega y Verdugo, Domingo de Andrade, Fernando Casas y Novoa). It can certainly be said that the baroque style jumped from the Cathedral to the squares, to the monasteries and stately homes, turning Compostela into the imaginative, scenographic and dramatic metropolis that is now recognised as “Spain’s baroque city par excellence.”
After two thousand years of history as a spiritual centre, and almost a thousand years of its present-day building, the Cathedral is now a heterogeneous complex of aesthetic spaces and elements that allow us to “read,” in its stone, the extraordinary history of Compostela. And the fact is that during its long existence, the church has been the setting of all kinds of sacred and mundane episodes, ranging from the crowning of Galician kings in the Middle Ages to the garrisoning of French troops during the War of Spanish Independence, passing through centuries of agreements and disagreements, exaltations and lynchings, political conspiracies and religious splendour, incendiary attacks and costly beautification campaigns, pomp and charity, donations and plundering, receipt of prebends and patronages, solemn offerings and, above all, incessant pilgrimages to the apostle’s tomb." Previous text: www.santiagoturismo.com/catedral-de-santiago/historia-da-...
September 7, 2024 - San Miguel Chapel located at 401 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
"San Miguel Chapel is the oldest Catholic Church built in the United States part of whose original walls are still standing and which is still used regularly for religious services. It is the centerpiece of El Barrio de Analco National Register Historic District in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Adobe buildings like this chapel, historically, were not exclusively used for worship and ceremonies. Their size and location within the community allowed for a variety of gatherings.
During the 400+ years, first under the rule of imperial Spain, then Mexico, and finally the USA, the Chapel, dedicated to Archangel Michael, has been many things to many people. It has served as a place of worship for diverse groups of Native Americans; an infirmary for Franciscan missionaries; a target for autocratic officials and exploited Pueblo groups; a military chapel; a unique venue for talks, concerts, celebrations and ceremonies; and a sanctified space for Sunday Mass in Latin and English. Today and into the future, this treasured, privately owned, but ever-fragile structure requires constant vigilance and expert use of traditional construction methods and culturally authentic materials.
San Miguel Chapel first appears in the surviving historical written record in 1628. Construction my have begun by 1610 according to oral history, simultaneous with, or prior to, the official founding of Santa Fe. According to archeologists, this Franciscan-designed house of worship rests upon an early Pueblo settlement from circa 800-1300 CE.
The Importance of Oral Tradition: Few question whether or not the San Miguel Chapel in Santa Fe is the oldest Church in The United Staes, but many do question just how old it is. It’s no easy task to sift historical fact from traditional belief. Oral history holds that San Miguel Chapel was built around 1610, and it has been rebuilt and restored several times over the past 400 years. Oral tradition, stories told throughout the generations by local families and communities, remains a binding fabric of identity and historic pride for local people.
Official documentation stored in the Chapel was destroyed by fire during the revolt of 1680. However, many documents had previously been sent back to Mexico and Spain as reports to officials. Even today, documents naming San Miguel Chapel are being discovered all over the world, the latest one in London." Previous description: sanmiguelchapel.org/
April 17, 2025 - Columbus Landmarks Citizen Preservation Workshop Series, "Capturing Preservation with Photography" a presentation by Bernie Sigal Photography.
The event was hosted by Cole Moffatt owner of Steelton Glass Company. "Steelton Glass is an architectural, art, and leaded glass studio located in Columbus, Ohio. His services range from stained glass design to leaded window repair and restoration." Located at 2050 S. High Street in Columbus, Ohio.
After the hour presentation we were allowed to explore the building and take pictures.
For the history of The Fort see: www.thefortcolumbus.com/history
For the history of the building complex: columbusneighborhoods.org/video/the-seagrave-and-fortner-...
The Gommateshwara statue is a 57-foot (17 m) high monolithic statue on Vindhyagiri, also known as Indra-giri in the town of Shravanbelagola in the Indian state of Karnataka.[Carved of a single block of granite, it is one of the tallest monolithic statues in the ancient world.
April 17, 2024 - Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad Station at 379 W. Broad Street was built in 1895 designed by Yost and Packard architects. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Today the building is home of Columbus Firefighters Union Local 67. A meeting room addition was added to the back of the building. it has always been my favorite building in the City of Columbus.
When it was built in 1981, the Humber Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world.
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Taken on a very hazy day!
June 28, 2023 - The passageway that leads to the courtyard at Albergue de Peregrinos de Roncesvalles after our first walk on the el Camino.
May 30, 2021 - Designed by Arquitectonica and completed in 2000. "Miranova Condominiums is a luxury, 27-story condominium tower located just south of downtown Columbus along the Scioto River. Towering 314 feet in the air, Miranova Condominiums is one of the tallest residential buildings in Ohio. The unique design and rounded glass allow all of the main rooms of each home to have the best views of the City and skyline.
Miranova’s community features include a heated swimming pool, private health club, social and meeting rooms, entertainment room with a billiard table and fireplace, catering kitchen, car wash bays, laundry and dry-cleaning pick-up and delivery, and a tennis court. Residents also have access to the 237-spot, assigned space parking garage." Previous text from the following website: www.pizzuti.com/projects/miranova-condominiums
May 11, 2019 - A visit to Frank Lloyd Wright's Frederick C. Robie House just two weeks after the completion of a multi-year $11 million restoration. Located at 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave on The University of Chicago campus.
"Completed in 1910, the house Wright designed for Frederick C. Robie is the consummate expression of his Prairie style. The house is conceived as an integral whole—site and structure, interior and exterior, furniture, ornament and architecture, each element is connected. Unrelentingly horizontal in its elevation and a dynamic configuration of sliding planes in its plan, the Robie House is the most innovative and forward thinking of all Wright’s Prairie houses.
On the exterior, bands of brick and limestone anchor the building to the earth, while overhanging eaves and dramatic cantilevered roofs shelter the residence. The horizontality of the house is reinforced at every level of the design—from the iconic roofline, to the very bricks and mortar of the building itself. Through his use of materials, Wright achieves a remarkable balance of tone and color, as iron-flecked brick harmonizes with the iridescent leaded glass of the windows that encircle the building. Broad balconies and terraces cause interior and exterior space to flow together, while urns and planters at every level were intended to bloom with the seasons.
Leaded Glass doors, Robie House, photography by Tim LongThe expansive living space at the heart of the home is one of the great masterpieces of 20th century architecture and interior design. The light-filled open plan is breathtaking in its simplicity—a single room, comprising a living and dining space, divided only by a central chimney. Doors and windows of leaded glass line the room, flooding the interior with light. Iridescent, colored and clear glass composed in patterns of flattened diamond shapes and diagonal geometries evoke floral forms, while subtly echoing the plan and form of the building. In his design of the Robie House, Wright achieves a dynamic balance between transparency and enclosure, blurring the boundaries between interior space and the world of nature beyond.
In October of 1909, with construction underway at the Robie House, Wright left America for Europe to work on the publication of a substantial monograph of his buildings and projects. The result was the Wasmuth Portfolio of 1910, which introduced Wright’s work to Europe and influenced a generation of international architects. The Robie House would be the last of Wright’s true Prairie houses. On his return from Europe in 1910 Wright would continue to explore the concept of organic architecture but would seek new influences beyond that of the Midwest prairie.
Over the course of the twentieth century, the Robie House experienced a turbulent history of ownership. On his father’s death in 1909, Robie promised to settle his debts and was ultimately forced to sell the house. Two additional families lived at the residence, the Taylors from 1911 to 1912 and the Wilburs from 1912 to 1926. The Wilburs were the last family to live at the Robie House.
Frank Lloyd Wright at the Robie House, 1957, Collection of the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation TrustFor the next seventy years the house would have a checkered existence, serving at times as a classroom building, a refectory, a dormitory, and office space for several organizations. The house was twice threatened with demolition, once in 1941 and then again in 1957. Wright himself campaigned each time to save the building. The Robie House was the only one of Wright’s many creations to inspire this reaction in him.
Wright would go on to create such masterpieces of modern architecture as Fallingwater, in 1939, and the Guggenheim Museum, completed in 1959. The Robie House, however, remains as one of the defining moments of the architect’s career. In 1991, the house was recognized by the American Institute of Architects as one of the ten most significant structures of the twentieth century. Today the Robie House stands as an important part of America’s cultural heritage, a powerful declaration of Wright’s uncompromising vision for a new American architecture.
The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust has completed a comprehensive restoration of the building, revealing Wright's extraordinary 1910 vision." Previous text from the following website: flwright.org/researchexplore/robiehouse
February 14, 2021 - "The Barracks or Shot Tower was originally called the Arsenal and was designed to store small arms for Ohio regiments during the Civil War. It never could have been used to produce shot. Shot towers need to be 75 to 160 feet in height. Additionally, floors intervene between the top of the tower where the molten lead would be poured and the base where it would land in a large basin of water to cool. The tower has always only been a staircase and clock tower. Construction began in November, 1863 and was completed in 1864. The building was then known as the Arsenal. The earliest buildings on the military base were completed between 1863-1865, with other buildings being added throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Sometime after 1900 local residents began referring to the Arsenal as the Shot Tower. In 1875 the base became a recruiting center and was renamed the Columbus Barracks. On December 13, 1922 it was renamed Fort Hayes in honor of former Ohio Governor and President Rutherford B. Hayes. Fort Hayes was declared excess property by the U.S. Government in 1965, and it now belongs to the Columbus Public Schools, who restored the Arsenal and several other buildings for use as the the Fort Hayes Career Center. At one time the facility was the oldest federal military installation in continuous use in Ohio." Previous text from the following website: digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collectio...