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A striking blue Porsche, parked on a cobblestone street in a historic European town. The vibrant color and sleek curves of this vintage beauty steal the spotlight amidst the charming old-world architecture. An iconic classic car capturing the perfect blend of retro style and timeless engineering.
Chicago, IL
March 22nd, 2016
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The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art, designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. The museum was inaugurated on October 18, 1997, by the past King Juan Carlos I of Spain. Built alongside the Nervion River, which runs through the city of Bilbao to the Cantabrian Sea, it is one of several museums belonging to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and features permanent and visiting exhibits of works by Spanish and international artists.
One of the most admired works of contemporary architecture, the building has been hailed as a "signal moment in the architectural culture", because it represents "one of those rare moments when critics, academics, and the general public were all completely united about something." The museum was the building most frequently named as one of the most important works completed since 1980 in the 2010 World Architecture Survey among architecture experts.
North Avenue Beach
Chicago, IL
October 7th, 2015
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The Oslo Opera House (Norwegian: Operahuset) is the home of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the national opera theatre in Norway. The building is situated in the Bjørvika neighbourhood of central Oslo, at the head of the Oslofjord. It is operated by Statsbygg, the government agency which manages property for the Norwegian government. The structure contains 1,100 rooms in a total area of 49,000 m2 (530,000 sq ft). The main auditorium seats 1,364 and two other performance spaces can seat 200 and 400. The main stage is 16 m (52 ft) wide and 40 m (130 ft) deep. The angled exterior surfaces of the building are covered with marble from Carrara, Italy and white granite and make it appear to rise from the water. It is the largest cultural building constructed in Norway since Nidarosdomen was completed circa 1300.
In 1999, after a long national debate, the Norwegian legislature decided to construct a new opera house in the city. A design competition was held and, of the 350 entries received, the judges chose that of the Norwegian architectural firm Snøhetta. Construction started in 2003 and was completed in 2007, ahead of schedule and 300 million NOK (~US$52 million) under its budget of 4.4 billion NOK (~US$760 million). The gala opening on 12 April 2008 was attended by His Majesty King Harald, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and President Tarja Halonen of Finland and other leaders. During the first year of operation, 1.3 million people passed through the building's doors.
The Opera House won the culture award at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona in October 2008 and the 2009 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture.
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Chicago, IL
April 13th, 2015
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I shot this vertical panorama in downtown Seattle. I shot 3 photos vertically & then merged them into one with photoshop.
Museum Campus
Chicago, IL
March 27th, 2017
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The National Museum in Szczecin — The Dialogue Centre Upheavals
The National Museum in Szczecin – The Centre of Dialogue Upheavals is a place of meetings and debates regarding controversial subjects related to the newest history of Szczecin, Pomerania, Poland and the world. An underground pavilion, built exclusively for this purpose, came to existence in the heart of the city. The building houses a permanent exhibition embracing years 1939-1989. The exposition is introduced by a space showing pre-war Szczecin, migrations and the most difficult period of the previous political system – Stalinism. The greatest spaces are occupied by “Polish Months”, which have built Szczecin and West-Pomerania inhabitants’ identity. December ’70, August’80 and August ’88 influenced system transformations in Poland and Europe, placing Szczecin and West-Pomerania in the flow of events of universal history.
The building designed by Robert Konieczny and KWK Promes has been awarded the first prize in “Culture” category and World Building of the Year 2016 prize at World Architecture Festival. Earlier, in July the same year, it has also been awarded a prestigious European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016. The National Museum in Szczecin – The Centre of Dialogue Upheavals was also awarded in the competition of the Polish Town Planners Association, Silesian branch of the Polish Architects' Association and a prestigious museum Sybilla award. The exhibition has been awarded the third place in nationwide competition “The Best Multimedia Museums”.
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.
A book of Budapest Cafés by a Hungarian photographer, Frankl Aljona, bought in the Mai Mano bookshop.
The notable Hungarian photographer, Mai Mano's former home and studio, now The Hungarian House of Photography, exhibition hall, bookshop and café.
Architects: Nay & Strausz, 1894. Eclectic Neo-renaissance style.
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Mai Manó House, The Hungarian House of Photography operates in a studio-house built for the commission of Mai Manó (1855-1917), Imperial and Royal Court Photographer. His eight-story studio-house and home was built in fourteen months, in 1893-94.
This special, eight-story neo-renaissance monument is unique in world architecture: we have no knowledge of any other intact turn-of-the-century studiohouse. In addition, it serves its original goal, the case of photography again.
Mai Manó was a professional photographer and specialist, in his time he was one of the best specialists of child portraits. His status in the professional community of that time is uncontested. He was also the founder and editor of the periodical called A Fény (The Light, launched in 1906)
The building's richly decorated neo-renaissance façade clearly served ideological purposes: Mai Manó wanted to lend a past to the young trade, hardly considered to be a form of art by anyone at that time. Take the majolica putti between the ground floor and the mezzanine or the façade paintings on the third floor showing the "six muses of photography".
Actual photographing took place in the Sunlight-studio on the second floor, we restored in 1996-97. During the restoration, we found the original frescoes hiding bethind the white wallpaper for decades. These used to serve as background for Mai's portraits. His studio worked in the house for four decades, until 1931. It was followed by a luxury-bar, Arizona, which was closed in 1944.
After the Second World War, a number of institutions and companies moved into the house and a few private apartments were separated as well. In spite of all the vicissitudes, the house kept its original character. It was declared a piece of national heritage in 1996 considering its special architecture, ornaments and industry-historical significance.
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The National Museum in Szczecin — The Dialogue Centre Upheavals
The National Museum in Szczecin – The Centre of Dialogue Upheavals is a place of meetings and debates regarding controversial subjects related to the newest history of Szczecin, Pomerania, Poland and the world. An underground pavilion, built exclusively for this purpose, came to existence in the heart of the city. The building houses a permanent exhibition embracing years 1939-1989. The exposition is introduced by a space showing pre-war Szczecin, migrations and the most difficult period of the previous political system – Stalinism. The greatest spaces are occupied by “Polish Months”, which have built Szczecin and West-Pomerania inhabitants’ identity. December ’70, August’80 and August ’88 influenced system transformations in Poland and Europe, placing Szczecin and West-Pomerania in the flow of events of universal history.
The building designed by Robert Konieczny and KWK Promes has been awarded the first prize in “Culture” category and World Building of the Year 2016 prize at World Architecture Festival. Earlier, in July the same year, it has also been awarded a prestigious European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016. The National Museum in Szczecin – The Centre of Dialogue Upheavals was also awarded in the competition of the Polish Town Planners Association, Silesian branch of the Polish Architects' Association and a prestigious museum Sybilla award. The exhibition has been awarded the third place in nationwide competition “The Best Multimedia Museums”.
Chicago, IL
January 20th, 2016
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Detail of the coloured glass fins on the sides of the University of Oxford Biochemistry Department building. The building recently won the 2011 World Architecture News Colour Award and it's not hard to see why.
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Chicago, IL
10/22/2012
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The Cathedral of Monreale, also called Santa Maria la Nuova, is a Sicilian masterpiece built during the Middle Ages. Is one of the best examples of coexistence between Islamic, Byzantine and Romanesque cultures. The church was founded by the Norman king William the II between 1174 and 1189, at the same time with the Abbey, the Royal Palace and the Archbishop’s Palace with which it constitutes a complex, expanded during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The external part of the Cathedral shows its Arab-Norman nature, with arches, windows and coloured marbles which are typical expressions of that kind of architecture. ..
Chicago, IL
January 23rd, 2013
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John Hancock Observatory | 360 CHICAGO
Chicago, IL
December 19th, 2016
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Pioneer Square, Seattle WA
"All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art"
Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa
You generally have to fly into Pisa International Airport for Florence, so it would be a missed opportunity not to visit the Leaning Tower of Pisa at some point during our city break and get that tick in the box of another world architectural icon. We decided to visit on our way back to the airport, but unfortunately you don’t get dropped off anywhere near, so we jumped in a taxi and headed back. Pisa is a surprisingly big town and it took a good 20mins (through a lot of back streets I might add) to get to the Campo dei Miracoli or Piazza dei Miracoli, which means Field of Miracles or Square of Miracles... you take your pick!
There are 4 main buildings in the Piazza dei Miracoli: - the cathedral – Duomo di Pisa, the Baptistery. Work started on the campanile third in sequence but the cemetery, Campo Santo, was completed ahead of the tower, which took centuries to complete for obvious reasons.
We only had 30mins here (didn’t have chance to climb the tower, which I would most certainly have done time permitting) hence the touristy shots.
Chicago, IL
June 16th, 2015
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Instantly hailed as the most important structure of its time, Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum Bilbao recently celebrated a decade of extraordinary success on October 19, 2007. With close to ninety exhibitions and over ten million visitors to its credit, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao forever changed the way the world thinks about museums, and it continues to challenge our assumptions about the connections between art, architecture, and collecting.
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Collection has a unique, yet complementary, identity from the collections at the other Guggenheim institutions, featuring works by some of the most significant artists of the second half of the 20th century: Eduardo Chillida, Yves Klein, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Clyfford Still, Antoni Tàpies, and Andy Warhol, among others.
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, built by Ferrovialand located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. It is built alongside the Nervion River, which runs through the city of Bilbao to the Atlantic Coast. The Guggenheim is one of several museums belonging to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. The museum features permanent and visiting exhibits of works by Spanish and international artists.
One of the most admired works of contemporary architecture, the building has been hailed as a "single moment in the architectural culture" because it represents "one of those rare moments when critics, academics, and the general public were all completely united about something."The museum was the building most frequently named as one of the most important works completed since 1980 in the 2010 World Architecture Survey among architecture experts.
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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao - Smoke on the Water
May 31st, 2014
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The Isle of Portland is a limestone tied island, 4 miles (6 km) long by 1.7 miles (2.7 km) wide, in the English Channel.[2] Portland is 5 miles (8 km) south of the resort of Weymouth, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England. A barrier beach called Chesil Beach joins it to the mainland. The A354 road passes down the Portland end of the beach and then over the Fleet Lagoon by bridge to the mainland. Portland and Weymouth together form the borough of Weymouth and Portland. The population of Portland is 12,400.
Portland is a central part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site on the Dorset and east Devon coast, important for its geology and landforms. Portland stone, famous for its use in British and world architecture, including St Paul's Cathedral and the United Nations Headquarters, continues to be quarried.
Portland Harbour, in between Portland and Weymouth, is one of the largest man-made harbours in the world. The harbour was made by the building of stone breakwaters between 1848 and 1905. From its inception it was a Royal Navy base, and played prominent roles during the First and Second World Wars; ships of the Royal Navy and NATO countries worked up and exercised in its waters until 1995. The harbour is now a civilian port and popular recreation area, and was used for the 2012 Olympic Games.
When we stay at West Bay, we always drive to the Isle of Portland to see Portland Bill, one of my favourite red and white lighthouses.
I am still feeling a bit under the weather - only two days now to recover before we fly out.
Some interesting facts on Disneys Epcot. It opened its doors October 1, 1982, was inspired by an unrealized concept by Walt Disney himself. Epcot is dedicated to the many years of human achievement and international food cultures.
Its hosts the wine and cheese festival every October, and a huge flower show early spring.
Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park
Chicago, IL
May 7th, 2014
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The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, built by Ferrovial and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. It is in the community of Euskera, Spain. It is built alongside the Nervion River, which runs through the city of Bilbao to the Atlantic Coast. The Guggenheim is one of several museums belonging to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation . The museum features permanent and visiting exhibits of works by Spanish and international artists.
One of the most admired works of contemporary architecture, the building has been hailed as a "signal moment in the architectural culture", because it represents "one of those rare moments when critics, academics, and the general public were all completely united about something." The museum was the building most frequently named as one of the most important works completed since 1980 in the 2010 World Architecture Survey among architecture experts.
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Bilbao guggenheim in the afternoon sun
Architecture / Playing at the Guggenheim Bilbao
The Oslo Opera House (Norwegian: Operahuset) is the home of The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the national opera theatre in Norway. The building is situated in the Bjørvika neighbourhood of central Oslo, at the head of the Oslofjord. The architecture office Snøhetta has received the World Architecture Award for this building. (wikipedia)
National Museum of the American Indian, Washington DC opened Sept. 2004. Initially designed by Native American architect Douglas Cardinal, the building’s distinctive curvilinear form, evoking a wind-sculpted rock formation, grew out of his early work and formed the basis for the overall design. Following Cardinal’s conceptual design work, the project was further developed by Jones, House, and Sakiestewa, along with the architecture firms Jones & Jones, SmithGroup in collaboration with Lou Weller (Caddo) and the Native American Design Collaborative, and Polshek Partnership Architects. This extended collaboration resulted in a building and site rich with imagery, layers of meaning, and connections to the earth.
Chicago, IL
11/28/2012
Listening to: Radiohead - 2+2=5
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Detail of the interior of the Oslo Opera House.
The Oslo Opera House (in Norwegian, Operahuset) is the seat of The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the national opera theatre in Norway. The building lies in Bjørvika, in the center of Oslo, at the head of the Oslofjord. Its builder was Statsbygg, a government-run property owner. The architects were the Norwegian firm Snøhetta who were also the architects of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (the Library of Alexandria) in Egypt. The theatre designers were Theatre Projects Consultants based in London, the acoustic designers were BrekkeStrandArup, a joint venture between local consultant Brekke Strand Akustikk and international acousticians Arup Acoustics. Norwegian construction company Veidekke was awarded one of the largest building contracts of the project. The structure provides a total area of 38,500 m² and includes 1,100 rooms, one of which has 1,350 seats and another has up to 400 seats. Total expenditures for the building project were planned at 4.4 billion NOK, but finished ahead of schedule, and 300 million NOK under budget.
The Opera House was finished in 2007 with the opening event held on 12 April 2008. King Harald V of Norway opened the Opera House that evening at a gala performance attended by national leaders and royalty, including President Tarja Halonen of Finland, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. The main stage is 16 meters wide, and can be made up to 40 meters deep.
The Opera won the culture award at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona in October 2008. Jury member Sir Peter Cook said of the Opera House that it "...in its scale, ambition and quality has raised the bar for Norwegian architecture."
More information on the building from Snøhetta architects.
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Featured in Smashing Apps "40 Stunning Examples Of [Exterior & Interior] Architecture Photography".
Sunrise over cherry blossom park and tower background in Seoul city, South Korea, this image can use for travel, night, cityscape, sakura, and holiday concept
Sunset over cherry blossom park and tower background in Seoul city, South Korea, this image can use for travel, night, cityscape, sakura, and holiday concept
The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine is the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, USA.
Designed in 1888 and begun in 1892, the cathedral has undergone radical stylistic changes and interruption of construction by the two World Wars. Originally designed in the Byzantine Revival-Romanesque Revival styles, the plan was changed after 1909 to a Gothic Revival design.
There is some dispute about whether this cathedral or Liverpool Cathedral is the world's largest Anglican cathedral and church. The building is the fifth largest Christian church in the world.
Architectural styles: Romanesque Revival and Gothic Revival
Christian denomination: Episcopal Church (Protestant)
According to the legend, the Foundation stone of the temple was founded by Peter I. the Church was looted during the time of the war of 1812. Personally Napoleon, fascinated by the grandeur and richness of the temple gave the order to take out of him values in France, but because of the Smolensk peasants almost all of the interior was returned to the temple. Has not returned only antique silver chandelier, which was sawed to pieces; in return for the lost Emperor Alexander I sent a new bronze with crystal pendants. In the Soviet time the Church survived, thanks to the fact, that was included by the League of Nations in the list of outstanding monuments of world architecture. / По преданию, камень в основание храма был заложен Петром I. Храм был разграблен во время войны 1812г. Лично Наполеон, очарованный великолепием и богатством храма отдал приказ вывезти из него ценности во Францию, но благодаря смоленским крестьянам почти все убранство было возвращено храму. Не вернулось только старинное серебряное паникадило, которое распилили на куски; взамен утраченного император Александр I прислал новое бронзовое с хрустальными подвесками. В советское время храм уцелел, благодаря тому, что был включен Лигой Наций в список выдающихся памятников мировой архитектуры.
Chicago, IL
June 22nd, 2013
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jørn utzon turns ninety today and the Danish press abounds with misinformation about this elusive master of architecture.
"the utzon center" in aalborg, denmark, opens today. designed by utzon with the help of his sons, claim the newspapers. impressive news considering his failing eyesight, not to mention the fact that utzon closed down his office when the production of construction drawings for kuwait national assembly moved to max walt's office in zürich in the mid 1970's.
the utzon center in aalborg is designed by kim utzon, his youngest son, who is also the architect behind another utzon news story today: "jørn utzon designs 22 single family houses in skagen". no, he doesn't. the son does. inspired by his father, no doubt, but a novel inspired by stendhal is not a novel by stendhal. it really is that simple.
another misunderstanding from today, and I quote: "today the opera is being restored following the original drawings". sadly it isn't. it is being restored to designs by jan utzon. his design abilities can be studied here: Las Pulgas
increasingly, I am reminded of the actions of nietzsche's sister and mother after he fell ill.
but members of his family are not the only ones to fail utzon's legacy. today saw the publication of a 260 page book dealing only with his design for the national assembly in kuwait. I left work early to secure a copy for myself. the parliament building has been published extensively already but the three different designs for a mosque that utzon did in connection with it have received little coverage. sadly, the new book is no different.
seen in connection with the fact that a recent book on the church in bagsværd did not include a particular sectional sketch in which the vaults can be seen as a piece of stylized arabic calligraphy, and the fact that richard weston's huge book on utzon dismisses his great design for farum town centre as being too islamic, I can only see this as a sign of today's islamophobia. utzon himself never displayed such sentiments and indeed his work cannot be understood without the east.
in 1948, utzon wrote: "different types of nature arise from the same seeds under different conditions. the conditions in our times are completely different from those that existed before, but the essence of architecture, the seed, is the same".
this belief, that the fundamentals of architecture are the same regardless of culture and age, meant that utzon could learn equally from ancient iranian masters and from modern engineering. ultimately, it means that cultures can learn from each other, that we are not separate but that we share values and experiences intrinsic to being human. in todays political climate, that amounts to optimism. utzon's architecture, said sverre fehn, is world-architecture. I return to it for the comfort of wisdom in an age where exchange between the cultures seems reduced to insult, trade or bullets.
the photo shows an original utzon design:
middelboe house, holte, denmark.
architect jorn utzon, 1953-1955.
photographer is my good colleague christoffer pilgaard.