Architecture: posts
Bow flyover: who would have thought?
Congratulations to my friends and clients, Adams & Sutherland architects, winners of the Architect of the Year Awards 2012 in the Public Realm category. Above, the underpass at Bow flyover in...
Fountains, frozen, the Louvre Paris
And not a drop to drink… This edit was inspired by an extremely severe bout of winter flu during which I lay parched and feverish with my tongue stuck to...
A little drop…of belle epoque
Although the Carré d’Or lacks the almost medieval charm of Vieux Nice, its turn of the (19th) century architecture has its own appeal. At left, the Boulangerie Multari, a chain...
From Russia with Love
The domes of La Chiesa di Cristo Salvatore, Santa Caterina Martire e San Serafino di Sarov (Church of Christ the Savior, St. Catherine the Martyr and St. Serafin de Sarov)...
Notre Dame de la Garde, Marseille: The Good Mother
The ornate gold mosaic is typical of (Neo) Byzantine architecture, which was popular during the mid-late 19th century; cf London’s Westminster cathedral. Notre Dame de la Garde (Our Lady of...
Home sweet home..
This image was shot using a Nikon D200 and an 18-200mm VR lens. Look hard enough and you’ll see some weird distortion on the image. If I didn’t think there...
From the belfry
View of the terracotta-tiled roofs of the city from the belfort, or medieval belfry, Bruges....
Shades of the Beguine
Bruges is a strangely sinister little town, with deep houses and twitching net curtains. As the sun sets, shadows lengthen and night begins to fall, a strong sense of the...
