March 2012
79 posts
Anish Kapoor's 2012 Olympic media tower →
Visited Stratford today and saw the Olympic Grounds from various view points. Loved the chosen structure for the media tower, by artist Anish Kapoor which is almost complete.
Public places, urban spaces: the dimensions of... →
History of Battersea Power Station →
The Battersea Power Station community group.
The Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World... →
The World's Greatest Architecture: Past and... →
The Art Architecture Complex →
Book I have been reading- insightful essays on Architecture/Art vice versa and the way architecture is seen and created worldwide.
Visiting the Olympic Park →
Architectural buildings guide, London →
worldwide buildings search-engine →
‘Very useful website when looking for specific buildings:
Galinsky is a free service for people enjoying buildings worldwide. Our searchable pages are designed to help you find and enjoy some of the world’s most exciting modern architecture, both on-line and in real life.
Galinsky is for anyone with an interest in modern buildings and architecture, whatever your level of...
Trellick Tower →
The Buckminster Fuller Institute →
A man with a vision of ways to live in the future, too avant-garde for his time.
‘R. Buckminster Fuller was a renowned 20th century inventor and visionary born in Milton, Massachusetts on July 12, 1895. Dedicating his life to making the world work for all of humanity, Fuller operated as a practical philosopher who demonstrated his ideas as inventions that he called “artifacts.” Fuller did...
CCCP: Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed →
Richard Pare; architectural photographer →
Richard Pare; architectural photographer →
Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and... →
Exhibition at the Royal Academy, ended August 2012.
‘This exhibition examines Russian avant-garde architecture made during a brief but intense period of design and construction that took place from c.1922 to 1935. Fired by the Constructivist art that emerged in Russia from c.1915, architects transformed this radical artistic language into three dimensions, creating structures whose...
Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and... →
Mondrian; Nicholson: In Parallel →
Currently showing at the Courtauld Gallery London.
‘This exhibition explores the largely untold relationship between Piet Mondrian and Ben Nicholson during the 1930’s. At this time the two artists were leading forces of abstract art in Europe.
Their friendship culminated with Mondrian moving to London in 1938, at Nicholson’s invitation, where the two worked in neighbouring...
The Art of Architecture Exhibition →
This exhibit took place 19 Feb - 24 May 2009 @ The Barbican.
‘Le Corbusier (1887-1965), widely acclaimed as the most influential architect of the 20th century, was also a celebrated thinker, writer and artist. His architecture and radical ideas for reinventing modern living, from private villas to large-scale social housing to utopian urban plans, still resonate today. ’
Corb was the...
upcoming Bauhaus exhibition @ Barbican →
Looking forward to seeing this exhibit.
‘From expressionist beginnings to a pioneering model uniting art and technology, this London exhibition presents the Bauhaus’ utopian vision to change society in the aftermath of the First World War.’
It was a school of: ‘art, culture, life, politics and society, and the changing technology of the age.’
Architectural Photography blogs →
Blueprint magazine →
The first architectural magazine that came into my hands. One of the most well known in the UK.
Image copyright guidelines
Guidelines for copyright All photographs will be delivered to the client with copyright stickers on them. Their use by the commissioning agent is unlimited, provided that wherever they are published they are credited with the photographer’s name. Their use by a third party for advertising may incur a fee and the photographer must be consulted before their use. Section 78 of the Copyright,...
Guidelines for commissioning building and interior...
http://www.andrewputler.com/commission.html
Photographing buildings and interiors Here are a few guidelines for commissioning building and interior photography:
Exteriors need careful planning to ensure that elevations are shot at the best time of day for angle of sunlight
Windows and blinds should be in working order and timed lighting should be capable of being over-ridden for balanced dusk...
Andre Lichtenberg, photographer (London based) →
http://www.photoandre.com/
André Lichtenberg (b.1964 - Brazil), currently lives and works in UK. Andre’s personal work have been the recipient of numerous international Prizes & Awards, as well as, exhibited in prestigious art spaces, including: Museum da Republica (Rio de Janeiro - Brazil), Centro Cultural Sao Paulo (Brazil), The Photographers Gallery & Barbican Centre (London)....
Architectural photographer (London based), Andrew... →
http://www.andrewputler.com/
When I was 18, I assisted Andrew for a week in London. Until then I didn’t really know that you could build a career on becoming an architectural photographer.. I gained a lot of insight on the what seemed to be a small niche within photography and learned about his experience working within the genre. I still keep in touch with him today and shared my latest...
Partial design within architectural design.
The following posts will all relate to my current photo project with the above title. I have been researching how architectural photography is employed within different contexts for a university project.
Initial proposal:
Backbone idea: The Whole is the Sum of its Parts.
Examining partial structures, colours, shapes and aspects of design within the whole, by documenting portions of a building...
