Description: “The Kuggen building in Gothenburg, Sweden, appears as a cluster of brightly colored facets. Eric Chatelain selected it for a series made during travels across Europe. A close view of its curved exterior lets red, orange and green panels dominate, with only a little sky left around them.”
Description: “The white ribs of Santiago Calatrava’s Oculus spread between the towers of Lower Manhattan. Aubra Franklin photographs the building in the pale light of dawn, with its entrance glowing against the quiet plaza. The contrast between the low, winged form and the vertical skyline gives the scene its structure.”
Description: “The glass sails of the Fondation Louis Vuitton become a vessel crossing a sea of clouds. Theo Michael used multiple exposures to develop the nautical idea in Frank Gehry’s design, turning an immovable building into an imagined ship under way.”
Description: “Blue and yellow bands curve across one another in a tightly framed view of a modern façade. Martin Wacker removes most of the surrounding city, letting the building’s color and rhythm fill the photograph. Windows and shadows remain just visible beneath the strong graphic pattern.”
Description: “Rows of nearly identical villas repeat across a purpose-built community on the outskirts of Dubai. A change from pale yellow to pink divides the grid, while straight roads organize the houses into regular blocks. Florian Kriechbaumer’s aerial view makes the scale of that repetition visible at once.”
Description: “Steps and railings curl into a loop in Massimo Borchi’s photograph of Ólafur Elíasson’s endless staircase. Viewed from below, the structure becomes difficult to follow: the eye travels upward, turns and seems to arrive where it began. Black and white keeps attention on the route of the stairs.”
Description: “Leaves cover the floor and climb the iron framework of a disused greenhouse in Porto. Carlos Archer photographed it for a series about places that were once homes. The curved glazing still encloses the room, while plants have spread into the space people left behind.”
Description: “Pipes, towers and platforms shine blue and gold against the night in DI CHANG’s industrial series Brilliant Star City. The photographer describes a childhood fascination with illuminated factories seen from the road. Here, the dense network of lights makes an industrial structure resemble an elaborate city in miniature.”
Description: “A small figure sits where two vast walls meet, almost lost between pale pink and cream surfaces. Jeannette Matthies photographed a housing development with very little of its surroundings in view. The narrow strip of ground is enough to show just how large the walls are.”
Description: “Two swimmers sit at the edge of Piscine Molitor, facing the water beneath the tiers of its Art Deco building. Their matching poses and bathing caps echo the orderly architecture. Soo Burnell leaves the pool almost empty, allowing the pale blue, yellow and white to carry the picture.”
Description: “A sequence of white curves rises above a dark reflection in Jordi Egea Torrent’s study of Zaha Hadid’s architecture. The view brings several of the building’s flowing forms together, from a tall folded edge to lower, wave-like volumes. Black and white emphasizes the transition from light to shadow.”
Description: “Visitors cross the broad square of the Registan in Samarkand as evening light settles over its tiled façades and turquoise domes. Emily M. Wilson keeps the people in the foreground, some blurred by movement, so the monumental buildings remain part of a place being used rather than an empty architectural view.”
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