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Welcome to the final posting from KD’s virtual World Tour using Google Street View! A profound thanks to the Google drivers who have put together the most amazing image database on Earth. If you want to see the whole tour you can click on the Album icon on the lower left of the page.
• Start and end points: Ross Island, Antarctica to Be’ersheva, Israel
• Countries visited: Antarctica, Pitcairn Islands, Midway Island, Guam, North Mariana Islands, American Samoa, New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Macedonia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Israel.
• Logic of pathway: Roughly, I followed a path of backwards-migration, starting at the final place we migrated to (Antarctica), and ending in Turkey and Israel. Street View coverage in Africa is very limited or else I would have kept going!
• Timespan of my virtual trip: Aug 6, 2015 to March 29, 2018
• Timespan of my postings to Flickr: Sept 6, 2015 to June 15, 2019
• Number of screenshots taken: 11,100
• Number of images posted to Flickr: 860
• Most memorable aspects of trip:
o Finding Street View in Antarctica
o Plastic waste and desolation on Marshall Islands
o Beauty of New Zealand (South Island)
o Slums, population density, pollution in SE Asia
o Informal recycling economy in SE Asia
o The temples in Cambodia
o Singapore’s downtown
o Street view inside Japanese restaurants
o Russia’s apartment buildings and “brutal” architecture
o Uniformity of Soviet style across all Russia (and Eastern Europe)
o Fairy tale neighborhoods in Eastern Europe
o Bleakness of disputed territory in Israel
For those curious, yes, I have started on a new trip, down the Mississippi River and the towns on its banks. I will start posting that towards end of 2019.
Its hard to see who thought this would be a bold exciting new idea even in the 1960s, but this was built in the 1970s and became the concrete jungle that is Brighton Marina (Sussex).
Traffic arrives on the top deck of this concrete roadway and descends to sea level, whilst outbound vehicles depart on this the lower deck.
Brutalism at its finest.
The car is a 2005 Honda S2000.
Rugged wall detail of what was Bankside power station's oil tanks, now part of the Tate Modern. Herzog and de Meuron's 2016 refurbishment left much of the raw concrete untouched, although this polished aggregate infill looks like an intervention. London Borough of Southwark
The services and lifts for Balfron tower are kept separate from the residential portion of the building and linked by walkways every few floors.
Location: Sydney (Surry Hills), NSW, Australia
Design Architect: Richard Dinham (1987)
Project Engineer: F. Rozmus Landscape Architect: Bruce Rickard
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This is a place so close to my heart. Over time it has become one of my favorite destinations in Stockholm.
Kaknästornet is one of the finest examples of brutal architecture in the city. It was built to herald in the age of Swedish technology almost half a century before Stockholm became the tech capital of Europe.
It's a bold testament to Sweden's vision for the future. Kaknästornet's design defied all expectations of a round tower. Instead it is a playful celebration of right angles that would've made Pythagoras proud.
The culmination of the tower is it's eight pointed star shaped apex. There you can dine in the highest situated restaurant in the city or relax in the skybar, all the while enjoying a 360 degree view of Stockholm.
Kaknästornet is an experience all by itself and no trip to Stockholm is complete without a visit there.
From Wikipedia "Arlington House is an 18-storey residential apartment and commercial block in the Brutalist style on the seafront of Margate, Kent, England, next to Margate railway station and Dreamland Margate. It was developed by Bernard Sunley and designed by Russel Diplock, and is known for every apartment having a sea view"
Josef Rikus (Entwurf und Modell), Heinz Buchmann (Arch.): Johannes XXIII, Katholische Studierendengemeinde, Köln 1964-1969
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Boston City Hall with morning sunlight and two pedestrians. The Brutalist masterpiece just turned 50 years old. #iPhoneography
I just found out today that the 5D Mark III (which I only acquired recently) is capable of in-camera multiple exposure work, so I thought I'd give it a go on some of Croydon's rather brutal architecture. After many attempts to get the hang of it, I got a couple of shots I rather liked :)
Designed by sculptor Vojin Bakić and architect Berislav Šerbetić, 1971-1981. Petrova Gora, Croatia.
Photo: Stefano Perego.
Residential building designed by Paul Rudolph in the brutalist style of architecture. Opened in 1966.
New Haven, CT
East-Pasila is a fascinating neighbourhood with brutal architecture and blocky houses. Here is a shot under a pedestrian bridge, which I find charming.
New City Hall (1965)
Another image from my quiet, solitary Sunday morning at City Hall.
This image is part of my Brutalist Toronto project. Brutalism is a style of architecture, popular from late 1950s to the early 1970s, which emphasized "heavy, monumental, stark concrete forms and raw surfaces" - Dictionary of Architecture and Construction
In 1974, The Guildbourne Centre was opened which was a stark contrast to the old streets and the historic buildings of Worthing.
It was described as the most brutal construction in those times .
In the heart of this seaside town, it was opened by Stanley Elliott, the mayor of Worthing in 1974.
The centre comprised of shops, offices, flats, and multi-storied car park. There were rumours that a ‘posh cabaret restaurant’ would be opened and well-known stars will come to perform at the elite venue. This never materialised.
Occupying an enviable position in the heart of the town, the Centre has had a troubled recent past with many shops failing to thrive. In more recent times Wilkinsons & othershave helped to lift the area but ,Today, it feels desolate, lonely and unwelcoming inside. Maybe time for demolition and to grace Worthing with something better.