‘Octagon/ Spiral’
Octagon/ Spiral
Tag: Buildings
For You, 60!
‘For You, 60!’
An old friend of mine turned sixty today.
With an underlying message of “onwards and upwards”, I sent this image to her.
It shows the rear of the rather splendid Sacre-Coeur Basilica in Paris, where I had visited recently and my friend had also gone a few years ago.
I love the way the tower catches the light and emerges from the shadowed mass of the lower parts of the structure, pointing to the heavens. Clouds drift by the building’s static lines; time moves on.
I used a standard Apple filter to make this phone pic “pop” a little, but, hey, it is a birthday celebration after all!
Onwards and upwards!
Eiffel
‘Eiffel’
Night Lights
‘Night Lights’
Church Window & Frieze
‘Church Window & Frieze’
Reflected
‘Reflected’
At The Radio Station III
‘At The Radio Station III’
“Turn up your radios and listen to the music” – Cheap Trick, 1978.
At The Radio Station II
‘At The Radio Station II’
“You better listen to the radio” – Elvis Costello & The Attractions, 1978.
At The Radio Station I
‘At The Radio Station I’
“Who listens to the radio? That’s what I’d like to know” – The Sports, 1979.
Silo Park III
‘Silo Park III’
Silo Park I
‘Silo Park I’
Hundertwasser XII
‘Hundertwasser XII’
So that’s the final photo in a series of twelve – aspects of the two idiosyncratic and rather wonderful Hundertwasser-designed buildings in New Zealand’s Northland.
I hope you have enjoyed the colourful views, and thanks for tuning in!
Hundertwasser XI
‘Hundertwasser XI’
Hundertwasser X
‘Hundertwasser X’
Hundertwasser IX
‘Hundertwasser IX’
…another recycled bottle window courtesy of the unorthodox but environmentally friendly design mind of Friedensreich Hundertwasser…
Hundertwasser VIII
‘Hundertwasser VIII’
Hundertwasser V
‘Hundertwasser V’
Hundertwasser IV
‘Hundertwasser IV’
I realise this has become an accidental series of photos of the newly finished Hundertwasser Art Centre – random shots taken on New Year’s Day of the very random and esoteric building. Friedensreich Hundertwasser was an Austrian visual artist, architect and environmentalist, who spent the latter part of his life in New Zealand.
He viewed straight lines as “godless and immoral” apparently. Not too many straight lines in this building inspired by his lifetime of doggedly individualistic design!
More to come…
Hundertwasser III
‘Hundertwasser III’
The House At No.29A
‘The House At No.29A’
…another old home that called to me to photograph it, this time in the Auckland suburb of Ponsonby, very genteel…
Ebb Then Flood 