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Post by imec on Nov 29, 2009 19:09:29 GMT
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Post by imec on Nov 29, 2009 19:13:12 GMT
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Post by imec on Nov 29, 2009 20:16:49 GMT
Royal Mail boxes from the times of two successive reigning monarchs...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2009 2:50:45 GMT
Wow,that is quite the contrast. What is that dirigible/zeppelin looking building? I am not mad at all about the other bulky one,Lloyd's is it?
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Post by imec on Dec 2, 2009 2:58:00 GMT
It's a buiding in London's Financial disrtict. Swiss Re is the principal tenant.
Yes the other one is Lloyds.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2009 3:04:56 GMT
stealing from the Manhattan thread a previously posted pic which is an excellent example of this theme:
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Post by imec on Dec 2, 2009 3:07:16 GMT
an excellent example of this theme: Is it ever! Nice one!
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 2, 2009 4:15:12 GMT
Nifty theme!
Wow, the Lloyd's building is really close to the Leadenhall Market! For some reason, that juxtaposition seems to work. There is something cheerful and even tongue-in-cheek about putting the futuristic fantasy next to the almost self-consciously well preserved Victoriana.
The Gherkin, which I quite like, does not at all seem to work with its neighbors. That will always be the curse of the primest of prime real estate -- there was no way that delightful space would be left empty.
I have a particularly violent hatred of the Met Life company, so am wallowing in hating their boring, looming edifice as well.
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Post by bjd on Dec 2, 2009 15:25:59 GMT
I had called the Swiss Re building "the pickle" talking to an English friend. She was taken aback and then said, "Oh, you mean the Gherkin?"
I rather like it too. In any case, I find London a total architectural mishmash, so one more modern building doesn't really hurt.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2010 19:59:14 GMT
The Méridien Montparnasse hotel and a small Paris building in front of it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2010 18:59:05 GMT
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Post by imec on Jun 10, 2010 6:35:05 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 10, 2010 13:44:34 GMT
Imec, besides the fact that I simply enjoy looking at your pictures, I always feel that I've learned from them on more than one level. Both of these are succinct essays on composition. And the second one really shows how the architect of the tall new building made it work with its older companions.
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Post by lola on Jun 10, 2010 13:50:45 GMT
Chicago, I think? That town is just full of architecture, though difficult to find anything very old.
Nice ones, you two.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2010 16:52:28 GMT
I had completely forgotten about this thread. Yes,what Bixa said.The only major American city I have never been to,way overdue for a trip. Have some friends there too I could visit.
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Post by imec on Nov 30, 2010 0:07:53 GMT
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Post by bjd on Nov 30, 2010 8:09:37 GMT
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Post by imec on Dec 4, 2010 20:12:08 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 5, 2010 1:09:12 GMT
Wow, talk about new with old that really works beautifully. You two certainly summed it up.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2011 13:22:13 GMT
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Post by tod2 on Jan 29, 2011 13:56:39 GMT
I love your photo Imec! Looking at the old & the new stairs, still curving at the same angle and direction Kerouac! Where please?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2011 15:04:25 GMT
That was in the depths of the 13th arrondissement, perhaps rue de Patay.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2011 21:09:23 GMT
The Strasbourg train station wrapped in its new glass bubble
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2011 14:31:42 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2011 11:15:50 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Jul 17, 2011 16:41:05 GMT
o la la !
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2011 20:12:04 GMT
This may not have been the best idea ever for adding more floors.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 11, 2011 7:39:39 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 11, 2011 16:09:17 GMT
Nifty theme! Wow, the Lloyd's building is really close to the Leadenhall Market! For some reason, that juxtaposition seems to work. There is something cheerful and even tongue-in-cheek about putting the futuristic fantasy next to the almost self-consciously well preserved Victoriana. The Gherkin, which I quite like, does not at all seem to work with its neighbors. That will always be the curse of the primest of prime real estate -- there was no way that delightful space would be left empty. I have a particularly violent hatred of the Met Life company, so am wallowing in hating their boring, looming edifice as well. Don't like the Gherkin at all - traditionalist me..... I'm in the City next Tuesday.... Perhaps I'll take my camera.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2011 18:09:02 GMT
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