Day 97 – Shape of Paris
“The whole of Paris is a vast university of Art, Literature and Music… it is worth anyone’s while to dally here for years. Paris is a seminar, a post-graduate course in everything.” ~ James Thurber
Read More →
Buildings
7
Apr
Read More →
1
Apr
Day 91 – Ruined
“Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?” ~ Charles de Lint I took this picture last summer while […]
Read More →
24
Mar
Day 83 – Manderley again
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” ~ Daphne du Maurier Clearly this is not Manderley as that was a fictional place but a stumbled across this house when I took a […]
Read More →
11
Mar
14
Feb
Day 45 – Under destruction
“If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it’s a failure.” ~ Douglas Coupland As you can see this is not so much under construction as it is under destruction. […]
Read More →
30
Jan
Day 30 – Penitentiary
“Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into hours and hours into days.” ~ Mumia Abu-Jamal If you are […]
Read More →
18
Jan
Day 18 – Centre Point
All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton This is centre point in London which stands directly above Tottenham Court […]
Read More →
16
Jan
Day 16 – The Royal Opera House
This is the inside of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. This the the third theatre on this site, the first one was built in 1732, the second in 1808 and the third […]
Read More →
17
Oct
Day 290 – Harmony
A colour, no doubt, is a trifle in itself, and only has its full value when it is in contrast or harmony with other colours…. each colour has an expression and a character peculiar to […]
Read More →
17
Sep
Day 260 – St Georges Castle
Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There is begins. – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe We tend to think of architecture as a modern day think but the first recorded written work […]
Read More →
Page 5 of 17
© Copyright 2023.
