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1 month ago

Black and white photo of a section of the façade of a single story, brick masonry commercial building. Just to the right of a plain metal door is a large metal framed window. The window has been fitted with 14 panes of glass, as well as a rectangular metal panel. The surrounding wall - which is stepped along its top edge - has been completely painted white.

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A vacant storefront soaks up the August light in the Near Southside neighborhood of Fort Worth, TX.

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1 month ago

Color close-up of a section of a large, sloping window consisting of a metal latticework fitted with diamond-shaped panes of glass

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An interior detail of the canted curtain walls of the Seattle Central Library (OMA/LMN, 2004), Seattle, WA.

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2 months ago

Black and white photo of the glass exterior of an office building.in which the reflections of a diagonal, ribbed roof structure and the faceted façade of a skyscraper can be seen

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Broken reflections of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub (Santiago Calatrava, 2016) and One World Trade Center (David Childs of SOM, 2014), New York City, NY.

#NewYorkCity #NewYork #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday

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2 months ago

Color photo looking up at the corner of an office building, which is entirely clad in finely sculpted, yellow-orange architectural terra cotta. The bottom edge of a tall bay window can be seen to the right. In the background, to the left, is another office building, clad in dark brick and terra cotta.

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A brightly illuminated corner of the Fisher Building (Charles B. Atwood of D.H. Burnham and Company, 1896), Chicago, IL.

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2 months ago

Black and white photo of the glass curtain wall of a Modernist skyscraper in which the towers of a large, granite church - executed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style - are reflected

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Trinity Church (H.H. Richardson, 1877) reflected in the exterior of 200 Clarendon Street (originally the John Hancock Tower by Henry N. Cobb, 1976), Boston, MA.

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3 months ago

Color photo of a window which extends out at an angle from the wall plane. To enhance privacy, the single square pane of glass has been etched with a series of wide, horizontal stripes. The masonry wall in which the window is set is composed of blocks of pink stone (lower section) and orange bricks (upper section). There is shrubbery beneath the window.

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An office window at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History (Legorreta + Legorreta, 2009), Fort Worth, TX.

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3 months ago

Black and white photo looking up at a corner of a flat roofed greenhouse which features walls - arranged in a series of setbacks - made up of copper framed glass panes

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A stepped corner on the “Jewel Box” greenhouse (William C.E. Becker, 1936) in Forest Park, St. Louis, MO.

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3 months ago

Color photo looking up at the edge of a structure clad in vertically oriented, translucent glass planks. There is a horizontally oriented window set into the upper reaches of the wall on the left. The sky above the structure is a deep blue.

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A corner of one of the five glass “lenses” atop the Bloch Building (Steven Holl Architects, 2007) at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO.

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3 months ago

Black and white photo of a tower which is composed of stacked stainless steel modules, each featuring a circular window

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Looking up from Lime Street at Tower 3 of the Lloyd’s Building (Richard Rogers & Partners, 1986), London, England.

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4 months ago

Color photo of the entry vestibule on a classic American diner. Three steps lead up to a door which features a cartouche-shaped window. The wall immediately to right is fully glazed and the entire vestibule is painted bright red.

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The colorful entrance to Mickey’s Diner (Jerry O'Mahony Diner Company, 1939), St. Paul, MN.

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4 months ago

Black and white photo looking up at the interior of an atrium which features a concave, precast concrete structure on the left and a tall glass wall and roof supported by a metal space frame on the right

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Gazing skyward inside the 110-foot high memorial pavilion at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (I.M. Pei & Partners, 1979), Boston, MA.

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4 months ago

Color photo looking up - and obliquely - at a large arched window reveal which is clad in Kasota limestone

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A detail of one of the great arched windows which illuminate the Grand Hall at Union Station (Jarvis Hunt, 1914), Kansas City, MO.

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4 months ago

Black and white photo looking obliquely at the upper portion of the façade of a multi-purpose arena. A balcony and large window extend out beyond the plane of the façade. Arching over and alongside them on the right is the broad edge of a zinc-clad roof.

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The sweeping curve of the all-encompassing roof at the Fiserv Forum, (Populous/HNTB/Eppstein Uhen Architects, 2018), Milwaukee, WI.

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5 months ago

Black and white photo looking up at the exterior of an office building which features rounded corners, horizontal bands of windows, and a cladding composed of panels of black structural glass held in place with chromium strips

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Gazing up at the black Vitrolite panels - edged in chromium - of the Daily Express Building (Ellis & Clarke with Sir Owen Williams, 1932), London, England.

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5 months ago

Color photo of a glazed surface situated between the curving edges of two walls, each of which is clad in rectangular sheets of titanium.

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A space betwixt at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Frank Gehry, 1997), Bilbao, Spain.

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6 months ago

Black and white photo looking at the corner of an office building through a large opening in a metal sculpture. The upper portion of the sculpture can be seen reflected in one of the building’s windows.

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Looking through Jonathan Borofsky's sculpture, Man with Briefcase (2002), at the First on 7th (originally the First National Bank of Fort Worth by SOM, 1961), Fort Worth, TX.

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6 months ago

Color photo of a building atrium. At the bottom and to the right are two large, sloping windows, each consisting of a metal latticework frame fitted with diamond shaped panes of glass. Above these is a black ceiling which frames - and contrasts with - a multistory lightwell.

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Looking up from the “Living Room” on Level 3 at the Seattle Central Library (OMA/LMN, 2004), Seattle, WA.

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6 months ago

Black and white photo looking up at the underside of a small dome which features an oval opening thorough which a beam of sunlight enters

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A sunbeam pierces the gloom at the Iglesia de Santiago el Real (16th and 17th centuries), Logroño, Spain.

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6 months ago

Color photo looking obliquely at two bays of a tall, terra cotta clad structure which features double-hung sash windows separated by pilasters. Dappled light reflected off of a tower directly across the street falls across the façade.

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Reflected light on the Kimpton Harper Hotel (originally the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank by Sanguinet & Staats with Mauran, Russell & Crowell, 1921), Fort Worth, TX.

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7 months ago

Black and white photo looking up at the façade of a residential tower clad in embossed stainless steel panels. The lower two-thirds of the façade are vertically divided into two wavelike strips, each of which features a line of square windows.

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The undulating east façade of HL23 (Neil M. Denari Architects, 2011), New York City, NY.

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7 months ago

Color close-up of a building façade comprised of triangular panels of blue tinted glass. Attached to an internal metal framework by small black clips, these panels define a pair of faceted convex surfaces.

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Hues of blue at the Salvador Dalí Museum (HOK/Yann Weymouth, 2011), St. Petersburg, FL.

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7 months ago

Black and white photo looking up at the glass and steel curtain wall of a Modernist office building. The reflection of a much older skyscraper can be seen in its tinted windows.

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Modernism - with a capital M - on display at 111 East Wacker (originally One Illinois Center by The Office of Mies van der Rohe, 1970), Chicago, IL.

#Chicago #Illinois #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday

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7 months ago

Color photo looking obliquely at one end of a long structure with a semi-circular cross-section. The exterior of the structure is comprised of sheets of corrugated galvanized steel, which have begun to corrode in places. The wall to the left features a pair of paned windows, in which passing clouds are reflected.

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A Quonset hut slowly corrodes under a partly cloudy sky in Fredericksburg, TX.

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8 months ago

Black and white photo looking up past a minimalist black lamppost to the façade of a structure which features bands of horizontally oriented windows set into a white metal framework

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A black lamppost presents a stark contrast to the white exterior of the Peek & Cloppenburg clothing store (Richard Meier & Partners Architects, 2007), Mannheim, Germany.

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8 months ago

Color photo looking up through an open shaft that is defined by a smooth concrete wall (left) and two walls of metal framed blue glass (center and right)

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Looking up to the ceiling inside a glazed corner at the Municipal Parking Garage (Jacobs, 2009), Fort Worth, TX.

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9 months ago

Black and white photo looking obliquely at the upper floors of a structure clad in alternating bands of light and dark brick. A pair of windows penetrate the wall plane just at the point where a continuous brick corbel begins to project outward.

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The afternoon sun hitting the Murat Shrine Center (originally the Murat Shrine Temple by Oscar D. Bohlen, 1910), Indianapolis, IN.

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9 months ago

Color photo looking obliquely at a window - set into a finely dressed ashlar wall - which is divided into six sections by a stone mullion and four stone muntins

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A stone mullion and four stone muntins dividing one of the more straightforward windows at the Biltmore Estate (Richard Morris Hunt, 1895), Asheville, NC.

#Asheville #NorthCarolina #Architecture #Photography #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday

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10 months ago

Black and white photo looking across the curtain wall façades of a pair of office buildings. The structure on the left features a curving surface composed of triangular and diamond shaped panes of glass. The tower on the right exhibits a flat wall made up of rectangular windows set into a metal framework.

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30 St Mary Axe (former Swiss Re Building by Foster + Partners, 2004) and St. Helen's (former Commercial Union Building by Gollins Melvin Ward Partnership, 1969), London, England.

#London #England #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday

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10 months ago

Color photo looking up at the façade of a brick clad office building. Regularly spaced square windows - each of which displays a deep, angled reveal - give the wall the appearance of an extensive grid.

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The windows of PNC Center (originally Merchants Plaza by Browning Day Pollak Associates, 1977), Indianapolis, IN.

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10 months ago

Black and white photo of a building atrium. To the lower left there is a large window consisting of a metal latticework frame fitted with diamond shaped panes of glass. Above this are four more building levels - each one edged with a metal railing - and a straightforward glass skylight. A smooth reinforced concrete wall defines the space on the right.

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Looking up from the “Living Room” on Level 3 at the Seattle Central Library (OMA/LMN, 2004), Seattle, WA.

#Seattle #Washington #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday