Buildings. We live in them, store things in them, restore them, ignore them and abandon them.
The ancient world builders constructed huge complexes; so, too, today’s builders.
Ephesus, Turkey
One Arts Plaza, Dallas
There are simple country houses and extensive, unusual housing structures.
Ravenna, TX
Bruce Schlein Old Mill
Toftaholm-Edward Grieg’s Studio
Cappadocia, Turkey
There are buildings with elaborate facades.
Prague
Alwyn Court, NYC
There are buildings past their prime but still in use, others forgotten, abandoned.
Hill Country, TX
Round Top, TX
Prague
Glendale Mills, South Carolina
Texas
Houses of worship, like residences, come in all shapes, sizes and materials.
Lutheran Church, Reykjavik, Iceland
Church, Iceland
Loen, Norway
Stave Church, Norway
Details say a lot about a building. What is it made of? How “important” is it?
Greenville, SC
Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland
Silo, Sherman, TX
Newport, OR
Museums have mostly similar purposes regardless of their design, but oh how they differ in size, shape and materials.
The Modern, Fort Worth,TX
Whitney Museum, NYC
Bridges, too. Made of stone, metal, wood or cement. All structures, all different.
Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, Dallas, TX
Manhatten Bridge, NYC
Brooklyn Bridge, NYC
Portland, OR
Astoria, OR
And….a building with added pizazz just has to be included!
Thank you for sending your photos with STRUCTURES. Here they are! What variety!
Daniel Feld-Notre Dame
Moses Hoskins-Guggenheim Museum NYC
Rochelle Jaye-John S. Burd Ctr. for Performing Arts, Gainsville, GA
Philip Goodman
Stan Feld-Joel Shapiro
Bruce Schlein Old Mill
Marla Shaman
Robert Weitz-Guggenheim Bilbao
Next up – “Close Encounters.” What happens when you move closer to your subject? What changes? What do you see that’s different? Send me your best shots by April 3 ( no larger than 1MB).