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Rubiks Cubes. Little miniature ones, each 1" across.

For Macro Mondays. This week's theme: puzzle. A bit of nostalgia here, who doesn't remember the cube craze.

Happy Macro Monday/ HMM

Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Overblaak, Kubuswoningen, Blaakse Bos (slightly cut)

The `Kubuswoningen` (Cube houses) aka the `Blaakse Bos` (Blaak forrest) have the phycical appearance of a set of cubes, flipped to one of their vertexes and placed on variable height pillars. It was designed by Dutch architect Piet Blom (1934-1999) who followed his structuralist agenda here, trying to create an integrated urban living space (`Living in an urban roof`' it was called) that both stimulates/facilitates the communal spirit of the dwellers of this urban forest and create a strong rhythmic architectural pattern in the process. In `A structuralist's embrace` here there’s more about Dutch structuralism.

The 7Artisans fisheye was utilized again here. The lens‘ album is here.

For an architecture shot like this, minimalist music is called for, but in this case let’s settle for the basic drumwork of the Cure’s Lol Tolhurst in A forest.

Stuttgart Library (Stadtbibliothek) interior. Decided to do this one square as it's know in the area as "The Cube". The library is actually a lot bigger than this photo would suggest as represented here is only the 4th through the 8th floors of the building.

▽Film

Fujifilm instax mini Monochrome

▽Camera

Lomography Lomo'Instant Automat

Multiple exposure.

Cubes houses reflected

Reflecties van de kubuswoningen

I have checked with a search for the yellow cube houses on Flickr, and have come to the conclusion that this is a special one.

So many pictures of the yellow cube houses, and no reflections in the first pages. Time to make a change and look down to look up.

The weather was completely windstill , not a ripple on the water , no soothing breeze in my face. Later in the morning the wind was coming up a little bit, but not at this moment.

I know the location Oude Haven in Rotterdam well, so I know exactly where to take a picture to see the reflections of the cube houses. So i do admit I have an bit of an advantage here.

Taken for the group: #CrazyTuesday Theme: #Minimalism

A red plastic ball photographed through cubed glass with lots of negative space.

Canon PowerShot SX430 IS

f/4

1/30

65 mm

ISO 160

Dedicated to RHC (ILYWAMHASAM)

Happy CrAzY TuEsDaY 😄

Cube houses (Dutch: kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam. Their architect Piet Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. The houses are located on Overblaak Street, right above the Blaak metro station. There are 38 small cubes and two so called 'super-cubes', all attached to each other.

flying rubik

Heat is the end of every ice cube (also the end of the icebergs in the Arctic regions). When recording, I had to hurry. After the first test shots to set light and sharpness, the brooklet around the small iceberg became bigger and bigger. The result: He began to "swim" and turned constantly. That made the focus a gamble.

Wärme bedeutet das Ende eines jeden Eiswürfels (auch das Ende der Eisberge in den arktischen Regionen). Bei der Aufnahme musste ich mich beeilen. Schon nach den ersten Probeaufnahmen, um Licht und Schärfe einzustellen, wurde das Bächlein um den kleinen Eisberg immer größer. Die Folge: Er begann zu "schwimmen" und drehte sich fortwährend. Das machte die Scharfeinstellung zu einem Glücksspiel.

Berlín Cube, Washington Platz. Arquitectura del estudio 3XN (2020)

[MACRO MONDAYS] [Knolling]

(Paris Underground)

I didnt really want dark clouds in this picture, but I will pretend I did anyways. Here a view of the famous cube buildings in Rotterdam. A lost cloud rolled by when I was visiting this place on an otherwise sunny if cold day. Who wants to live here ?

UKE Eppendorf - Hamburg

Rotterdam, Netherlands [two photos layered]

From the old photo stream ... again (having been kindly removed by Flickr !)

Basel, Messe (Exhibition Centre). Architects Herzog & de Meuron.

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More architectural fragments on my web site : Fine Art Mono Photography

Red Cube, back side.

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#cube

3XN Architects

Inauguration in february 2020

Playing around with reflections at the Tate Modern, London

With 3 bicycles.

There's more on www.chm-photography.com.

Macro Monday's and the theme of "On Top".

A little late this week and I was struggling for an idea and almost on the verge of giving this theme a miss but turns out the itch was too great.

I have some of these Freezer Cubes which are filled with water and go into a lunch box when frozen to keep food cool. However that's not what I use them for. Well in actual fact, this is only the second time I have used them. The first was to drop some into a glass of water for splash photography. This time I thought they may look good when light painted, especially if backlit.

So it was with this that I gave it a go. Getting the right amount of light on them was fun to experiment and this I think was exposure 5 out of 8.

I focussed on the Orange one on top and played with the torch until I got a pleasing result

Quirky black market umbrellas sprouting at various angles from the roof of The d'Arenberg Cube, an amazing building for showcasing art and wine at the d'Arenberg vineyard in MacLaren Vale.

There's more on www.chm-photography.com.

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden

hirshhorn.si.edu

Hans Haacke – Condensation Cube

Cube houses (Dutch: kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam. Their architect Piet Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. The houses are located on Overblaak Street, right above the Blaak metro station. There are 38 small cubes and two so called 'super-cubes', all attached to each other.

floating........