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Architecture

Ever-changing Skyline

If ever I see the City of London skyline without an array of cranes and scaffolds, I will know something is very wrong. I love to see something new emerging, […]

Ornamental Gran Via

The low sun of early winter can’t put the Gran Via’s architecture in the shade. Linked to Shadow Shot Sunday and Blue Monday.

Grande Arche and Smaller Arch

If you’re not at La Défense for a business meeting you are probably there to see the huge, cube-like Grande Arche.  Sadly, you can’t go up the arch any more, […]

Orange Modernism

This beautiful orange roof towers above the Plaça Catalunya, at the corner of Passeig de Gràcia and Ronda de Sant Pere. Linked to Mandarin Orange Monday.

Istanbul’s Traditional Houses

Istanbul has a long tradition of wooden house construction.  The majority of its wooden houses date back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but these buildings are deteriorating […]

Monochrome Madrid

I am just back from my first ever visit to Madrid where I was hugely impressed with the architecture.  Here s a just a quick glimpse.     Linked to […]

Myriad Windows

London has such a variety of architectural styles.  If you don’t keep looking up you miss so much, like these amazing windows. Linked to Lingering Look at Windows, Weekly Top Shot and […]
Myriad Windows