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tianzhou yang captures concrete curves and coal hopper remnants at long museum, shanghai


the ten-year retrospective spotlights the museum’s pioneering design that preserved industrial relics while creating a dynamic space for local residents.

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pairing timber and steel, taipei’s blue house pavilion depicts spatial fragmentation


throughout the building, scattered object-like structures, seemingly as individual sculptures but as a fragmented identity

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inside the paris olympics’ temporary pavilions with photographer aurélien chen


envisioned as meeting points between architecture and sport, the pavilions were designed to host sports federations during the games.

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Las Vegas vs The Landscape: Photographer Michael Light Exposes the Terraforming of the American Dream

“Nestled into the desert landscape that defines Nevada’s visage,
Ascaya feels as if it were shaped by the elements.
[...]
Where stone rises up to meet the sky, there is a place called Ascaya.”…
- The Ascaya promotional website Not Sigue leyendo →
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Coop Himmelb(l)au’s Musée des Confluences Through the Lens of Edmund Sumner

Edmund Sumner has shared with us images from his recent visit to Lyon, France, where he photographed Coop Himmelb(l)au’s newly completed Musée des Confluences. Perched on a century-old artificial peninsula at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers, the “museum… Sigue leyendo →
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4 Building Images Shortlisted for Sony 2015 World Photography Award

The World Photography Organization has revealed 35 images that are being considered to be the “world’s best contemporary photograph.” Of the shortlisted selection, beauty found within our built world takes center stage in four of the images. All entries were… Sigue leyendo →
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Happy 25th Birthday Photoshop; Architecture Wouldn’t be the Same Without You

This past week, Adobe Photoshop turned 25 years old. That’s right: at an age where us mere mortals are often still embarrassingly reliant on our parents, Photoshop is taking the opportunity to look back on how it became one of the… Sigue leyendo →
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Vincent Laforet’s “Sin City” Shows Vegas from 10,800 Feet

Vincent Laforet is at it again, this time photographing Nevada’s Sin City from an elevation of 10,800 feet (8,799 feet above the city). Part two of Laforet’s dizzying series of city aerials, the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer was drawn to desert city… Sigue leyendo →
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The Power Of The Plan: Drones And Architectural Photography

What is the draw of the aerial view? Whereas architects and designers often find solace in this particular spatial perspective there is a more inclusive, universal appeal to this way of seeing. The ease of access to online mapping services… Sigue leyendo →
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Explore the Land of the Upright People in Grant Smith’s “Upright and Educated”

Through January 31, The Building Centre is hosting Upright and Educated…, a photographic exhibition documenting the work of UK charitable organization Article 25 in Burkina Faso. Captured by award-winning photographer Grant Smith, the images chart the construction and use of a school in Sigue leyendo →
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