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I was first introduced to the work of Bernd and Hilla Becher in grad school. I had almost forgotten about their amazing photographs until a recent conversation jogged my memory. The German duo, a husband and wife team, began shooting industrial structures in the 1960s. Referring to their work as typ
After having scrutinized many tall structures, I have discovered that the key factor in constructing a tall structure is the firmness of the...
White concrete and presumably post-war.
A creative barn artist
Hans Poelzig (30 April 1869 – 14 June 1936) was a German architect, painter, teacher and set designer for theatre and film. A contemporary of Peter Behrens and other German architects associated with the modern movement, Poelzig graduated from the architecture program at the Technische Hochschule in Berlin-Charlottenburg, where he later taught as a professor. … Continue reading "Hans Poelzig’s Sinister Neo-Gothic Expressionism – 1908-1935"
TM1227 :: Water tower, Horsley Cross, near to Horsley Cross, Essex, England by JThomas
Image 20 of 24 from gallery of Lookout Tower in Poznań / Toya Design.
Bham is back and cooler than ever.
This is the symbol of Siófok, a holiday destination on the shores of Lake Balaton - think along the lines of a seaside. The Water Tower stands within the main square, and has since been renovated - with its own web site: viztorony.com/en#2
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One of the many reasons to love the wooden water towers found on the tops of NYC buildings is that the structures themselves revea
Fashion brand Hermès has erected four large structures modelled on water towers and covered in translucent sheets of coloured paper at Milan design week.
Water towers. They're giant structures that, while providing H20, more often than not come to symbolize towns that have little else to symbolize them. A select few water towers around the country stand out. The result of somebody's crazy imagination, they have long histories and hilarious designs. These are 13 of them.
Cell Phone Tower MaintenanceCell phone base stations may be freestanding towers or mounted on existing structures, such as trees, water tanks, or tall buildi...
Emptied of water, these structures are now being filled with furnishings to add living space and take advantage of the views Mary Jo Bowling Houzz Editorial Staff; writer, reader, serial remodeler. At the end of the 19th century, home water towers were all about function. Back then they were used to collect and store water,…
STEM Water Projects- This include boats, pipelines, slides, towers, sailboats, & flood resistant structures. Students love the projects and you will, too!
5 Best STEM Challenges voted by students! Includes Basketball Goals, Index Card Towers, Water, Slides, Earthquake Structures, &Roller Coasters. STEM Projects!
Water Towers, 2005, one of a series of works that Hilla and Bernd Becher called typologies: sets of images of structures of the same type and construction, often shot over a number of years.
Photography is brilliant at making you stop and appreciate the beauty of everyday things that otherwise can just pass you by. I must have walked by hundreds of lone water-towers in my time but never have I properly stopped and taken a moment to appreciate the concrete fineness of these overbearing structures. I doubt I'm alone in this either, after all the words "water-towers" and "beauty" are probably not something you'd put together, let alone a subject likely to just crop up over the lunch table.
