Contemporary Architecture
Featured Work
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obtuse by meanderthal
federation square, melbourne, australia /
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CCTV01 by hinting
CCTV by OMA, Beijing during Olympics 2008 / P1020258-59panospbsp All Rights Reserved © hinting ISO 100 / F6.3 / 1/400
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The Bull Ring by KayDawson
Taken at the Bull Ring at Birmingham
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Birds Nest by PeterBusser
Shot taken just after dawn, November 2008. Handheld, ISO 800, 1/13th, F4. No tripod on hand at the time, so I was happy with the SteadyShot on my camera. And with my Sigma 10-20mm (@10mm). Ultrawide view makes the lamp posts seem to fall over, as well as the people standing to the right. This unreal effect matches the construction of the Birds Nest itself.
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facetted by wdphotografics
The Hawke Building on the western campus, University of South Australia
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Libeskind's Crystal, Toronto by Nancy Barrett
Featured in “Architecture and Cityscapes Photography” / April 2009 / Featured in “Contemporary Architecture” / May 2009 The dramatic new wing of Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) designed by architect Daniel Libeskind, is dubbed the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. The 175,000 square foot aluminum and glass clad building houses seven collection galleries on two levels, two special exhibition spaces, new retail and dining facilities and a new main entrance and lobby. Libeskind’s ‘Crystal” is comprised of five interlocking, self-supporting prismatic structures that interface with the historic buildings that embrace it. With hardly a right angle anywhere, its sloping walls create unique interior spaces with soaring volumes and such distinctive details as the “Spirit House”, a void at the heart of the building that is traversed by criss-crossing bridges. Slashing windows fill the rooms with natural light and create uniquely framed views of the cityscapes outside. The Crystal faces the city’s premier shopping street and, in a contextual gesture that’s unusual for the architect, forges a connection between this thoroughfare and the original, more austere Beaux-Arts museum. “We were looking to create a lot of transparency and engagement with the city,” explains museum director William Thorsell. “Museums are typically built like fortresses, and we wanted a new, more urban presence.” Nikon D40X with 18-135 mm lens.
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Vertical Valley by Ron Quick
Office building in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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30 St Mary Axe (The Gherkin) by A90Six
Looking up at 30 St Mary Axe, more commonly known by its nickname, The Gherkin. The building is a wonderful feature on the skyline on the north side of the Thames river in London. this shot is taken looking up from the base of the building. / Designed by Lord Norman Robert Foster, Ken Shuttleworth and Arup engineers. /
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Human Aquarium by Jane Hansen
From the new part of Copenhagen. On the metro line to Ørestad many new office buildings and appartment blocks have been build since 2000. This is one of the more fancy ones with its triangular balconies and big windows. Technical information: Camera: Nikon D80 / Date Taken: 8/2/2008 / Location: Copenhagen / ISO: 100 / Shutter: 1/60 / Aperture: f/6.3
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Petronas Twin Towers by David Sundstrom
The Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This shot was taken on a recent work trip, I was fortunate enough to get a little time off to explore KL.
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concrete idea by wdphotografics
The Dorritt Black building at City West Campus, University of South Australia, George Street, Adelaide, South Australia. Image copyright © 2008 wdphotografics. Copying and displaying or redistribution of this image without permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.
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North Sydney by Vee T
North Sydney, Australia
Recent Work
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Modern Architecture (4) by SteveOhlsen
When I saw this financial office building in the Salt Lake valley of Utah, USA, after it was first built a few years back I thought the builders had done something terribly wrong. Well, I was the one who was wrong. They meant the whole front glass facade to hang askew at a weird angle, though up this close the angle of the glass is not apparent. It is really quite interesting to look at and is just another example of the unusual designs today that are part of our modern architecture. Here is a close view of that angled glass facade. Lots of glass and beams make up this structure.
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Rectangles and Reflection by Hena Tayeb
I’m in Florida while my husband is attending a conference. I take this free time as quality time with my camera. Our hotel consists of two buildings, each standing swimming pools and tennis courts apart. I start by standing in my balcony and taking a picture of the second hotel building, I get a close up making the picture abstract and tilt the camera a bit to create interest. It’s one of those simple shots, one of those obvious shots that people simply overlook. This is also one of my favorite type of photographs, I love the abstraction. /
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Modern Architecture (14) by SteveOhlsen
When I saw this building in the Salt Lake valley of Utah, USA after it was first built a few years back I thought the builders had done something terribly wrong. Well, I was the one who was wrong. They meant the whole front glass facade to hang askew at this weird angle. It is really quite interesting to look at and is just another example of the unusual designs today that are part of our modern architecture.
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Kolumbia Museum - Peter Zumthor - Köln, Germany by Jetou
Detail of the Kolumbia Museum, from Zumthor
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Seven by Catherine Palmer
7 World Trade Center was designed by architect and artist James Carpenter, who created a unique “ship-lap” configuration for its ultra-reflective glass façade. This form lets small gaps between floors capture natural light that is reflected onto the glass skin, making the building appear to glow by night and by day change in color depending on the weather and angle of the sun. Canon SD990 IS
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Musee Du Louvre by Jennifer Barclay
Paris 2007 The famous Louvre Glass Pyramide Nikon D40
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Through Rose Colored Glasses by Roc Ahrensdorf
Downtown Boston
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Dots by Ian James
Shot of the Selfridges building in Birmingham UK taken with a 1938 Agfa Billy Record on Fuji Slide film. Shot 2009. As is accept for the crop due to the limitations of my scanner.
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duo by terezadelpilar
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sunset glow by ChristineBetts
one of my favourite subjects at Broadbeach, Queensland, the Air building is a standout. It was built on top of an existing shopping centre which saves raw materials and maintains that link with the beach that people enjoyed.
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Geometrix by Cwithe .
“There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.” / Pythagoras Taken @ / Tsukuba.Japan more info & prints: / http://www.labsofperception.com
About This Group
Looking for Contemporary Architecture and got tired of browsing through images of castles, common skylines, ordinairy city streets, ruins, trailerparks, highways, cottages, ancient bridges or gothic churches?
Welcome to the Contemporary Architecture Group, where the building itself is the subject of the photograph (exterior views only).
and we’re talking modern / contemporary architectural photography here.
No holiday pictures, where you or someone is posing in front of a building, or that an architectural masterpiece is in the far distance, which is not really interesting, so it will not be approved.
As we all travel a lot, it is also important to know where the pictures are taken. You might want to see the building yourself wich was posted on RedBubble when you’re in the neighbourhood….
IMPORTANT:
For works to be accepted, they must therefore include
it’s location where they were shot in the description.
[just take a look at the group rules for the other guidelines]
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