Building Site (B&W)
Building site. The old and the new. Saint Michael’s mount. Normandy. April 2014
Category Architecture Photos
In this category you fill find everything architecture photography, one of the most beautiful man-made things in the world that is continuously evolving. The designs that vary based on culture, influence, and the craftsmanship is what makes it so unique. Architecture from every time period and various different architects are shown throughout Europe. Most buildings in Paris were designed by the same architect, but there’s also a lot of variety.
Here you will find timeless beauty and authenticity, as I show all the beauty I have seen through these photos. From churches, apartments, monuments, stairways, bridges, and everything in between. Some of these have been built over centuries with multiple architects, some within a number of years by one person. Each has a rich history and a unique aesthetic.
The Cloister (Mont Saint Michel) – B&W
The Cloister at Mont St Michel in Normandy is made of a multitude of small thin polished columns sculpted out of English granite. The perspective of its columns and arches can be arranged into endless geometrical patterns. Here are a few examples. April…
Blue Wallace
There is this new trend in Paris whereby Wallace fountains are painted all kinds of colours (above, Poterne des Peupliers in a yet to be inaugurated new housing development – use Streetview to get back in time). Sir Richard must…
Angular Architecture
Le Havre seafront. Some say that 1970s architecture is ugly, but what of comparing it to the 1980s and 1990s? March 2014.
In the name of democracy (B&W)
For the past two days, all flags have been unfurled as a welcome to Chinese President Xi Jipin in Paris. Tibetan protesters had been carefully kept silent. All was done in the name of democracy of course, and no sacrosanct…
Mar… (B&W)
A famous Mormon name, you see what I mean. Blvd St Jacques. Paris. March 2014.
Des Res (Cité Verte)
OK, admit it, this beats the hell out of the average W2 mews doesn’t it? Cité Verte (behind the ugly greeen gates), rue L. M. Nordmann. Paris 13. March 2014
Enesco Mansion – Bucharest (B&W)
Enesco’s French style mansion in Bucharest is one of the many beauties of that amazing city; far from the cliché of Nicolae Ceaușescu’s nightmarish palace, which can supposedly be spotted by astronauts from the moon. The palace is in a…
Church Bell (B&W)
A church bell in a small village near Benasque. Spain. 2012.
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