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I am always blown away at the size and grandeur of our Golden Gate Bridge. Very impressive structural engineering.
The Cantuña Chapel houses a small art collection from the Quito School. It’s shrouded in one of Quito’s most famous legends, that of the indigenous builder Cantuña, who supposedly sold his soul so the devil would help him complete the church on time. Just before midnight on the day of his deadline, Cantuña removed a single stone from the structure, meaning the church was never completed. He duped the devil and saved his soul.
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From the aesthetic point of view, the Chapel of Cantuña is a small church with a single vaulted nave, with protruding ribs and lunettes. On the presbytery, which with the ship forms a single body, rests a dome with a flashlight through which the light that fills all this space is filtered. In its back is the sacristy and, when entering the ship, a small choir that is reached through a ladder placed to the right of the entrance to the Chapel. Given its structural simplicity, the ambivalence between spatial organization and decoration is evident in Cantuña, which, as in the main church, has undergone profound transformations. The altarpiece of the main altar together with the pulpit constitute the most interesting decorative element of the space. Attributed to Bernardo de Legarda, his factory would be related to the enormous prestige achieved by the Brotherhood of the Virgen de los Dolores in the second half of the 18th century. In this altarpiece, characteristically baroque, there is a clear predominance of decorative elements over images; It is complemented by the magnificent group of Calvary (of which the Virgin of Sorrows is a part) placed in its central niche, also attributed to the master. Legarda carved the columns, cloths, frieze, cornice, arch, auction and dozens of exquisite ornamental elements. The niches and shelves are full of beautiful sculptures that are also his own; He finally completed the set giving the central niche a frame of mirrors and silver.
The Cantuña Chapel also houses Caspicara's works, including one of his masterpieces: the Impression of the San Francisco Sores, a harmonious and transient group of devout sentiment, whose culmination is the admirable expression of the Saint, abyssed in pain and illumination. No less impressive is the effigy of San Pedro de Alcántara, which for a long time was mistakenly attributed to Father Carlos.
Landscape view of The Columbia Center in downtown Seattle, the second tallest building on the west coast of the USA. I hope that you like this composition.
Architects: Chester L. Lindsey
Another photo of this apartment building facade in Barcelona, Spain. It was inspired by the building opposite, Gaudi’s wavy La Pedrera. Facade architect:: Toyo Ito.
Simple Abstract 25 re-visited, this time in larger landscape version. This is another black and white view looking up at the curvaceous balconies of the 'Riverwalk' apartments, overlooking the River Thames at Westminster, in London. Architects: Stanton Williams.
Another image of the much photographed, greatly loved, but soon to be demolished, Welbeck Street Car Park in London. Closed August 2018.
Architect: Michael R Blampied & Partners - 1971
Update April 2019: This building is, sadly, currently in the process of being demolished.
I'm a big fan of the Carquinez Bridges and have shot them from many different angles.
Somehow I got the idea that it would be cool to find a center point looking through the triangular supports from Crockett. The ideal alignment is a little lower than this and is most likely through someone's window. That being said this best alignment I could find from the street....
This gorgeous citrus swallowtail butterfly is drying its wings after eclosion from a chrysalis. Hanging upside down, hemolymph is pumped into the crumpled wings by wing movement and the assistance of gravity. After the wings have extended, most of the fluid is pumped back into the body with a small amount hardening in the veins of the wings over several hours providing the structural sturdiness required for flight. Having metamorphosed into the adult reproductive stage, it will spend its 2 to 4 weeks of remaining life searching for mates and producing the next generation.
The beautiful variations in hues and patterns on their wing canvases communicate various messages, often different on the top and the bottom. Typically, butterfly wing dorsal surface coloration attracts and appeals to potential mates, while the ventral surface offers predator protection through camouflage or aposematic warning.
A landscape version of the ‘Cheesegrater’, a car park in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. 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.
Here is another photo of mine showing a building in London by the same architects: flic.kr/p/Ts4f8Y
Banteay Srei (Fortezza delle Donne) è un tempio induista del X secolo d.C dedicato al dio Shiva, si trova a circa un'ora di macchina dai principali templi di Angkor, su una strada sterrata e dissestata.
Contrariamente al costume khmer, non è legato al nome di un sovrano, ma a quello di un sacerdote brahamano, Yajnavaraha, grande studioso e filantropo che si prodigava molto per aiutare le persone in condizioni di eccessiva povertà.
La maggior parte del tempio è costruito in arenaria rossa e le colonne e le pareti interne presentano un numero incredibile di accuratissime decorazioni. Gli edifici stessi sono miniature in scala degli standard delle costruzioni khmer.
<Banteay Srei (citadel of the women, or citadel of beauty) was the only major temple at Angkor not built by a monarch; its construction is credited to the courtiers named Vishnukumara and Yajnavaraha who served as a counsellor to king Rajendravarman The foundational stela says that Yajnavaraha, grandson of king Harsavarman was a scholar and philanthropist who helped those who suffered from illness, injustice, or poverty.
Banteay Srei is built largely of a hard red sandstone that can be carved like wood. Brick and laterite were used only for the enclosure walls and some structural elements. The temple is known for the beauty of its sandstone lintels.
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Another photo of Centre Point, a Grade 11 listed landmark skyscraper in central London. Currently under reconstruction. Original architect: George Marsh of R. Seifert and Partners. Original construction completed in 1966.
The blue colour of a Kingfisher's feathers isn't due to pigment, but a phenomenon called structural coloration, where the feather's structure scatters blue light. The feathers are actually brown.
I haven't noticed it very often but under certain lighting conditions and viewing angle - the brown colour can be seen - as on the primary feathers in this shot.
Another photo of Stanley Street NCP car park in the New Bailey development area of Salford. It was nominated for 'Best New Car Park' at the British Parking Awards 2019.
Designed by AHR Architects.
Here's the link to my other 'Structural Expressionism' images: flic.kr/s/aHBqjzL8RQ
Rosais, Velas de São Jorge, Azores, Portugal.
Deployed at more than two hundred meters above sea level, on the spectacular cliffs of “Ponta dos Rosais”, in the extreme northwest of the island of São Jorge, this lighthouse was inaugurated in 1958. At the time it was the best and most technologically advanced lighthouse of the Portuguese coasts. It remained inhabited and running until January 1 st, 1980, and then evacuated and abandoned because of the landslides and structural damages caused by the earthquake that struck the archipelago on that fateful day.
Rosais, Velas de São Jorge, Açores, Portugal.
Implantado a mais de duzentos metros acima do nível do mar, sobre as espetaculares escarpas da Ponta do Rosais, no extremo noroeste da ilha de São Jorge, este farol foi inaugurada a 1 de Maio de 1958 e, na altura, foi o melhor e tecnologicamente mais avançado farol das costas portuguesas. Permaneceu habitado e em funcionamento até 1 de Janeiro de 1980, sendo então evacuado e abandonado na sequência dos desabamentos de falésias e dos estragos estruturais causados pelo terramoto que abalou o arquipélago naquele fatídico dia.
We do not possess tradition in order to become fossilized within it, but to develop it, even to the point of profoundly changing it. But in order to transform it, we must first of all act “with” what has been given to us; we must use it. And it is through the values and richness which I have received that I can become, in my own turn, creative, capable not only of developing what I find in my hands, but also changing radically both its meaning, its structure, and perspective.
-The Religious Sense, LUIGI GIUSSANI, pg. 37