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In the late evening light I had a great sky above a fantastic castle from the time of Moorish rule.Birthplace of the famous Roman emperor Theodosius the Great. With a doubt, the most outstanding feature of the town is its castle, one of the best-preserved in Spain.
The Mudejar castle of Coca is considered to be one of the finest examples of brick military architecture. It was ordered to be built at the end of the 15th century by Archbishop Don Alonso de Fonseca, during the reign of Enrique IV of Castile. It has two areas with a square plan, flanked at the corners by polygonal towers, one of them the Keep. It possesses richly-decorated walls distributed around a large Renaissance courtyard and is surrounded by a deep moat. Also worth a visit are the remains of the wal
Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies and Education City Mosque is located on the Education City Campus, Doha, Qatar.
Project by Mangera Yvars Architects, London, United Kingdom.
2015 World Architecture Festival Singapore, Best Religious Building award.
Burj Khalifa, Dubai.... this is the tallest building in the world.
Handheld shot taken from a car window at 10000 ISO and 1/20 sec... sometimes I don't quite have the time to get out and put the camera on a tripod, but I think my trusted Canon did a pretty good job here given the circumstances
The Encore hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, as seen from the valet parking area of nearby Resorts World Las Vegas
HDR
Santa Casa de Misericordia. Siglo XVIII. Instituto benéfico popular, destinado en su origen a proporcionar acogida, formación y trabajo a niños y a ancianos pobres. Es una institución muy querida por los bilbaínos.
Grúa Karola. Única superviviente del reciente pasado industrial de Bilbao. Karola fue una bella joven que para acudir al trabajo, en el gasolino, cruzaba diariamente la ría desde la otra orilla. Los trabajadores del astillero cercano aguardaban con entusiasmo su llegada haciendo sonar con estruendo las sirenas de la fábrica. En su homenaje bautizaron con su nombre a la grúa.
Estadio de San Mamés. Es una referencia del más alto nivel en el mundo del fútbol. Es conocido con el sobrenombre de La Catedral. Elegido mejor edificio deportivo del mundo por el World Architecture Festival 2015. En él juega desde siempre el Athletic Club de Bilbao, (1898), equipo cuya filosofía es única en el mundo. Solo pueden jugar en el equipo aquellos jugadores que se hayan hecho en la propia cantera y los formados en los clubes del País Vasco y, por supuesto los jugadores y jugadoras que hayan nacido en cualquier lugar del mismo País Vasco.
Holy House of Mercy. 18th century. The popular charity institute, which is intended to provide reception, training and work for children and poor elderly people. It's an institution very dear to the Bilbains.
Karola Crane. Only survivor of the recent industrial past of Bilbao. Karola was a beautiful young woman who to come to work crossed the river daily from the other shore. The workers at the nearby shipyard were eager to await their arrival by sounding the sirens of the factory with a noise. In their homage they named the crane.
St. Mamés Stadium. It's a reference of the highest level in the world of football. It is known by the nickname of The Cathedral. Choosed the world's best sports building by the World Architecture Festival 2015. In it he has always played the Athletic Club of Bilbao (1898), a team whose philosophy is unique in the world. Only those players who have been made in the quarry itself and those formed in the Basque Country clubs can play on the team and, of course, players who have been born anywhere in the Basque Country itself
Chicago, IL
3-26-2012
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View of San Gimignano from a nearby hill.
San Gimignano is a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena (Tuscany, north-central Italy). With its towers, whose construction dates back to the 11th and 13th centuries, it rises on a hill dominating the Val d’Elsa. For this, it is known as the town of the beautiful towers (la città dalle belle torri). Nowadays, only 15 of the 72 towers remain, unbroken or cropped, but they are enough to give an unmistakable mark to the town, declared by UNESCO to be part of the World's Architectural Heritage.
The town is known for its pure saffron and the Vernaccia di San Gimignano, a delicious white wine grown in the area.
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Le pont de Wandre relie, en enjambant la Meuse et le canal Albert, Herstal à Liège. Conçu par le bureau d’études René Greisch, il remplace deux ponts indépendants – un sur chaque voie d’eau – devenus obsolètes suite à la mise au gabarit du canal Albert, dont la largeur est passée de 35 à 85 m. Cet ouvrage, inauguré en 1989, vaudra une distinction au bureau qui l’a imaginé, outre une indéniable reconnaissance internationale.
Long de 524 m, le pont est un ouvrage haubané à pylône central unique d’une hauteur de 102 m, réalisé en béton armé et précontraint. Les travées principales ont une portée de 168 m (Meuse) et 144 m (canal Albert) et sont suspendues au pylône en Y renversé par 19 haubans (entre 73 et 175 m de longueur espacés tous les 6 m au niveau du tablier). La travée d’approche de la rive gauche est désolidarisée du reste et courbe afin de palier d’éventuels tassements dus à la présence d’anciens puits de mine.
La mise en œuvre adoptée a maintenu l’utilisation continue des axes routiers et fluviaux, si bien qu’une grande partie du tablier a été réalisée sur la rive gauche et mise en position par poussage, une technique inédite pour les ponts haubanés. Cette première architecturale mondiale est adéquatement rehaussée par un éclairage de nuit mis en place dès la conception.
Depuis 1993, le pont de Wandre est classé monument du patrimoine historique majeur de Belgique.
The Wandre bridge links, by spanning the Meuse and the Albert canal, Herstal to Liège. Designed by the René Greisch design office, it replaces two independent bridges - one on each waterway - which had become obsolete following the upgrading of the Albert Canal, whose width was reduced from 35 to 85 m. This work, inaugurated in 1989, will be worth a distinction to the office which imagined it, in addition to an undeniable international recognition.
The 524 m long bridge is a cable-stayed structure with a single central pylon, 102 m high, made of reinforced and prestressed concrete. The main spans have a span of 168 m (Meuse) and 144 m (Albert canal) and are suspended from the Y pylon overturned by 19 stay cables (between 73 and 175 m in length spaced every 6 m at the level of the deck). The approach span to the left bank is separated from the rest and curved to compensate for any settlements due to the presence of old mine shafts.
The implementation adopted maintained the continuous use of the road and river axes, so much so that a large part of the deck was carried out on the left bank and put into position by pushing, a new technique for cable-stayed bridges. This world architectural first is adequately enhanced by night lighting implemented from the design stage.
Since 1993, the Wandre bridge has been classified as a major historical heritage monument in Belgium.
Kurilpa Bridge, a footbridge over the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Queensland.
The Kurilpa Bridge (originally known as the Tank Street Bridge) is a A$63 million pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The bridge connects Kurilpa Point in South Brisbane to Tank Street in the Brisbane central business district. In 2011, the bridge was judged World Transport Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival.
Chicago, IL
January 29th, 2013
All photos © Joshua Mellin per the guidelines listed under "Owner settings" to the right.
The Acropolis of Athens and its monuments are universal symbols of the classical spirit and civilization and form the greatest architectural and artistic complex bequeathed by Greek Antiquity to the world. In the second half of the fifth century bc, Athens, following the victory against the Persians and the establishment of democracy, took a leading position amongst the other city-states of the ancient world. In the age that followed, as thought and art flourished, an exceptional group of artists put into effect the ambitious plans of Athenian statesman Pericles and, under the inspired guidance of the sculptor Pheidias, transformed the rocky hill into a unique monument of thought and the arts. The most important monuments were built during that time: the Parthenon, built by Ictinus, the Erechtheon, the Propylaea, the monumental entrance to the Acropolis, designed by Mnesicles and the small temple Athena Nike.
Frank Owen Gehry, CC is a Canadian-American Pritzker Prize-winning architect based in Los Angeles, California.
His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions and many customers seek Gehry's services as a badge of distinction. His works were by far the most often cited as being among the most important works of contemporary architecture in the 2010 World Architecture Survey, which led Vanity Fair to label him as "the most important architect of our age".
Gehry's best-known works include the titanium-covered Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles; Experience Music Project in Seattle; Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis; Dancing House in Prague; the Vitra Design Museum and MARTa Museum in Germany; and the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. But it was his private residence in Santa Monica, California, which jump-started his career, lifting it from the status of "paper architecture" – a phenomenon that many famous architects have experienced in their formative decades through experimentation almost exclusively on paper before receiving their first major commission in later years.
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R. KELLY
OCTOBER 14-15
Chicago, IL
October 15th, 2015
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Entry for LEGO Modern Home Design Competition hosted by Dwell and Pacific Standard Time
By Ken Parel-Sewell at One World Architecture
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UPDATE — May 23, 2012: Villa Hillcrest has been selected as a finalist in the competition.
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North Avenue Beach
Chicago, IL
1-6-2012
All photos © Joshua Mellin per the guidelines listed under "Owner settings" to the right.
Entry for LEGO Modern Home Design Competition hosted by Dwell and Pacific Standard Time
By Ken Parel-Sewell at One World Architecture
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This landmark venue, designed as an opera house in 1892, hosts concerts by well-known musical acts.
1807 S Allport St
Chicago, IL
February 16th, 2016
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This was taken last Saturday during a visit to Arundel Festival and Art Trail. “There but not there” is a nationwide event lasting to Armistice Day in November in commemoration of the end of the 1st World War. The usual figures are of a 6ft tall transparent silhouette outlined in black which stand with their head bowed, rifle in hand, and with a poppy on the chest. Another version is of a seated silhouette with no outline. There are 93 in the Cathedral and another Church representing the 93 lost from the town. Arundel is a small historic town with a population now of just 3200.
There were 2 standing Silhouettes with black outlines each side of the start of the Aisle. The transparent seated silhouettes were quite hard to photograph but I found this viewpoint worked much better.
The picture was taken handheld with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 10-20 wide angle zoom at 12mm. 3 images for HDR. The image was first processed with Photomatix 6 using Contrast Optimizer for a natural look. During the HDR processing the area with the people was outlined as an area with movement and the 0EV image chosen for the software to use for that area. Then the minus EV image was copied in as a new layer with a mask to bring highlights down. I edited a lot with Topaz using Topaz Denose and then Topaz Clarity for more detail. In Photoshop brightness adjustment layers were used with masks to apply to different areas. Filter Lens Correction was used to straighten verticals
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