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This is another view of the Bernini’s spiral staircase, looking up at the residential apartment attached to the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. The “hidden” staircase can only be viewed through a guided tour conducted by the Basilica’s personnel.
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Another detail shot of the 1970s extension to Stockport Civic Offices. Built in 1975. (Same facade, different perspective).
Designed by J.S. Rank, OBE.
Photo taken in April 2025.
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Ok, so maybe it’s not such a simple abstract….
Detail shot of the recently refurbished Port Authority Building, Tarragona, Spain.
A brutalist building designed in the 1970s, constructed in 1978, by the local architect Josep Maria Garreta Cusidó that stands boldly on Tarragona’s shoreline.
Chobham Academy, a school in Stratford, London E20. Opened 2013. Architects: Alford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM).
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"The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong." - Laura Ingalls Wilder
These past few days have felt like summer with warm temperatures, sunny skies and trees turning that wonderful lime green with new leaves. So I have been distracted from Flickr by doing the things I love to do in the summer. My garden is looking so great. I worked on an art project for my garden as well as tidied up the weeds. I have enjoyed watching all the beautiful birds visit my backyard and a few of them build nests. We have meals on our back deck which feels like camping. We hike long urban hikes which includes our local park. Then last night we camped out all night in our backyard.
The Trilliums are out and I said I wouldn't take any more Trillium pictures because I have so many good ones in my files. However, there was the odd one posed so nicely that it caught my attention. This one had such a gentle Purple/red color compared to the others in its group that I honored it with a portrait. It also made me stop to realize that I normally would take this pictures on the Bruce Trail. With that trail being closed right now I was glad to see the blooms in our own park nearby.
I also realized that it was the simple pleasures of outdoor experiences I love so much and it didn't really matter where these things happened. It can be in our own backyard. The things we see every year can be beautiful each time you see them again if you use fresh eyes.
Detail shot of Whittle Arch, public art installation in Coventry, England. It is dedicated to Sir Frank Whittle, the inventor of the turbojet engine, who was born in Coventry.
The arches are one of two steel complex torsion structures built in 2003 designed by architects MacCormac Jamieson Pritchard.
I believe they were designed to resemble vapour trails.
The building through the arch is 'Millenium View', student accomodation in Coventry, England.
See my other recent photo of this building here: flic.kr/p/2qTsgFv
Architects: Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson.
Photo taken in March 2025.
Another detail shot of the 44-floor (589-foot (180 m)) Erastus Corning Tower in Albany, New York State. Completed in 1973.
The spines of this facade are faced in Vermont Pearl Marble.
Architect: Wallace K. Harrison
Photo taken: May 2024
"I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else."
- Nikos Kazantzakis
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Another photo of the building shown in Simple Abstract 120.
This recently refurbished former Port Authority building in Tarragona, Spain, resembles an abstract crab. It is brutalist building designed in the 1970s, constructed in 1978, by the local architect Josep Maria Garreta Cusidó and stands boldly on Tarragona’s shoreline.
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One Blackfriars, a new development of buildings currently under construction. It includes a 52 storey tower that is very distinctive on the London skyline.
Architects: Simpson Haugh and Partners
Detail of the concrete style facade, but possibly fibreglass, at Elim Pentecostal Church, Halifax, West Yorkshire. Erected 1972. Designed by CS Oldfield with RW Wands of Rainham Timber.
Detail image showing a section of the sculptural steel ventilation pipes at the Halifax Building in West Yorkshire. It was built from 1968 to 1974 as the headquarters of the Halifax Building Society. Architects: Building Design Partnership.
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A lovely, and nearly perfect, Chrysanthemum left over from a Valentine's bouquet! Such a joy to see....flower power!
The simplest bird portrait, background, composition. Reddish egret, white morph, at the beach. (once I got down low in the sand!!)
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Another photo of this car park in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, affectionately known as the ‘Cheesegrater’. It was designed by architects Allies and Morrison.
In 2009 it won a RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Regional Award. These awards are given to UK buildings for their regional architectural importance. In 2013 it gained third place in the 'World’s Coolest Car Park' awards.
Interior detail of Temppeliaukion Church, a Lutheran church in the Töölö neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland. It is known as Rock Church, or Church of the Rock, in Helsinki, Finland.
Architects: Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen.
It opened in 1969.
I was lucky to visit it on a sunny day in June 2022.
(A colour version of Simple Abstract 169 flic.kr/p/2n5bTVU)
The MAXXI, (Italian: Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo), , National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, is a national museum of contemporary art and architecture in Rome - Architect: Zaha Hadid - Opened in 2010. This photo taken in 2014.
Here is my album of other photos showing buildings by the same architect: flic.kr/s/aHsk76j8Rw
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Feliz aniversário, meu caro irmão! :-)
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Somewhere along the way
I got caught up in the race
I kept spinning and turning
Lost myself my hope my faith
We're always wanting more than what we have
And what I've learned is all I really need are...
The simple things
That come without a price
The simple things
Like happiness joy and love in my life
I've seen it all from so many sides
And I hope you would agree
The best things in life
Are the simple things
Hey everybody don't get me wrong you got to understand ambition and knowledge
Are the seeds of every woman and man
It's good to work... work hard and prosper
As long as you take time to find...
The simple things
That come without a price
The simple things
Like happiness joy and love in my life
I've seen it all from so many sides
And I hope you would agree
That the best things in life
Are the simple things
Solo
This world moves so fast
Sometimes you got to slow down, down, down
To find out what its all about
We're always wanting more than what we have
What I've learned, is what I really need are
The simple things
That come without a price
The simple things
Like happiness joy and love in my life
I've seen it all from so many sides
And I hope you would agree
The best things in life
Are the simple things
~ Joe Cocker ~
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Steps leading up to a doorway.
This is a Cubist villa designed by the French architect, Paul Sinoir in the 1930s. Yves St Laurent lived at the house from the early 1980s until his death.
The house was built in the Majorelle Garden, a two and half acre botanical garden and artist's landscape garden in Marrakech, Morocco. It was created by the French Orientalist artist, Jacques Majorelle.