Public Spaces From An Unexpected Perspective – iGNANT.de. Stunning Satellite Images Of Human Impact On Earth. In the project 'Daily Overview', New York City-based creative Benjamin Grant curates satellite images from the databases of DigitalGlobe to shed light on how humans have marked the Earth's natural landscape.
The series was inspired by the 'overview effect', which is a term that refers to an altered awareness that astronauts experience when given the chance to look down and view the Earth from orbit. Mesmerizing Skyscrapers In Hong Kong By Peter Stewart. In the series 'Stacked', Australian travel and fine art photographer Peter Stewart captures mesmerizing images of skyscrapers in one of the most densely populated places in the world – Hong Kong.
Shooting from various levels, Stewart reveals hypnotizing perspectives as well as ornate architectural patterns. In a statement about his work, Stewart says, "I lust for capturing bustling cityscapes and dynamic landscapes wherever my passport will take me, but I also have a growing passion for street portraiture and documentary photography of the sights that go otherwise unseen.
" All images © Peter Stewart. Chicago Journalist Spends Four Years Traversing India To Document Crumbling Subterranean Stepwells Before They Disappear. Chicago journalist Victoria Lautman has spent four years photographing at 120 sites around India.
Called stepwells, these centuries-old structures consist of deep wells that can be accessed via staircases plunging several stories underground. photos via Victoria Lautman | via Colossal, Arch Daily Related.
WADis - World Architectural DIScovery. Human Landscape. Surreal And Impossible Architecture By Matthias Jung. “Surreal Houses” is a project by German graphic artist Matthias Jung that features impossible buildings and constructions…
IffBe by Patric Dreier. In his series ‘IffBe’, Patric Dreier is playing with the contrasts between urban and rural architecture.
He focuses on distinctive elements, stripping the picture down to an accumulation of lines and forms, creating a fictional space. The series aims to depict the conformity of our habitat and raise questions about the putative idyll of the single-family home as we know it. All images © Patric Dreier. Amazing Mosque Illuminated With All Of The Colors Of The Rainbow. The impressive Nasir al-mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran, hides a gorgeous secret between the walls.
Every morning, the mosque is illuminated with all of the colors of the rainbow… Photo Mohammad Reza Domiri Ganji photo Dav Wong photo Amin Abedini photo Amin Abedini photo Abbas Arabzadeh photo Omid Jafarnezhad. Hans-Christian Schink - Photography. Fantastic Architecture Photography by Martin Turner. Life is on a new high by Alicja Dobrucka. The project ‘Life is on a new high’ by Alicja Dobrucka aims to address the issue of the changing landscape and unregulated construction in the financial capital of India, Mumbai.
The city is undergoing a massive construction boom, with more than 15 ‘supertalls’, hundreds of skyscrapers and thousands of high-rise buildings under construction. Currently Mumbai is home to the largest number of supertalls and skyscrapers under construction in the world. There is no centralized urban planning and the towers keep popping up in all areas of central Mumbai. This building boom creates a great deal of problems and makes the city difficult to negotiate on foot, and it is damaging to the environment. Advertising agencies appeal to the newly rich, the up and coming middle class, using slogans such as: ’You don’t just invite friends over, you invite awe.’
iGNANT. Clement Celma is a photographer, videographer and designer based in Barcelona, Spain, whose latest series shows round photographs which seem to be ‘Little Planets’ on our world.
He got interested in interactive panoramic photography and virtual tours back in 2002. ‘I remember been blown away by how ahead of its time and engaging the experience was. Now this technology is quite common, thanks to mainstream services like Google Street View.’ Clement’s interpretation is original, surrealistic, involving – exploding usual landmarks, opening endless creative possibilities.
Awesome Architecture in HDR. Human Like Animals in Fashionable Ensembles by Miguel Vallinas.
Prix pictet 2011 exhibition. Feb 21, 2011 prix pictet 2011 exhibition prix pictet 2011 exhibition ‘highway #5 by edward burtynsky prix pictet 2011 exhibitionpassage de retz gallery, paris march 17th – april 16th.
Bas Princen. Bas Princen - Architecte Photographe. AD Round Up: Best from Flickr Part II. As you all may know, last month we started featuring a selection of the best pictures from our Flickr pool.
The pool has been growing a lot lately so we will keep on showing you some pictures in the future. You can also add yours, just click here and learn how! And remember that besides our Flickr pool you can also follow us through Twitter and our Facebook Page. Laurent Chehere. Flying houses + Laurent Chehere Laurent Chehere exhibited the series 'Flying Houses' at Dock en Seine City of Fashion and Design in June 2012 where he won the Prix Special.Laurent Chehere is a French photographer.
This Parisian by birth is a former award-winning advertiser for his campaign 'Road Safety' for Audi or Nike. One day he decides to leave advertising to go around the world. Olafur Eliasson. Architecture.
Farmer builds a house for just £150 using materials he found in skips... and the current tenant pays their rent in MILK. Michael Buck used only natural materials or unwanted items to build 'cob house' at bottom of his gardenHe said he wanted to challenge the notion that paying for a house should take a lifetimeHe is now renting out the property to a worker on a neighouring farm, who pays for her lodgings in milk By David Wilkes for the Daily Mail Published: 11:32 GMT, 25 November 2013 | Updated: 02:06 GMT, 26 November 2013 It looks like something straight out of Middle Earth – and the story behind it is almost as fantastical.