Exploration of the Affable Excess: Architecture

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December.11.2008 Looking North From the Top of Warmington Tower, Goldsmiths College, London

This was taken from atop the Warmington Tower on the Campus of Goldsmiths College, University of London. It looks north and you can see East London and the New Cross Sainsbury's!

December.10.2008 Nature takes precedence over architecture

In Japan it is common to find trees that are hundreds of years old and that have been shaped by generations of caretakers. This gives these 'natural sculptures' a significance that trumps the building of a house. It is one of the joys of living in a city when one comes across an instance such as this.

December.9.2008 St. Mark's Place, Venice, Italy

December.7.2008 Japanese House in Osaka That is Still Standing Despite Encroaching Large Buildings

November.20.2008 Playing Futbol at Night in Bangkok

November.14.2008 Yayoi Kusama, Tadao Ando & Art on Naoshima Island

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Shown above is an artwork by Yayoi Kusama on Naoshima Island. For art lovers this island is a must. Located in Southern Japan, it became an art destination through the desires of a weathly industrialist who needed an museum for his extensive art collection. So you do what anyone else would do and call up the famous architect, Tadao Ando to build a museum for you.

You can stay in the hotel, which has been built into the musuem or you can stay in Mongolian inspired 'yurts'. You can imagine which one is more expensive. In the end, you can see art all over the island and it is really quite relaxing and worth the journey.

November.13.2008 Examples of Dutch Architecture in Almere, Groningen, & Rotterdam

Here are some examples of Dutch Architecture. The first image is a bicycle parking station in the middle of Rotterdam. The second photo is from Groningen (I think). The last two are from the recent development of Almere, near Amsterdam. As you can see, there are similar characteristics in all the photos, water, flatness and allusions to the principles of modernism.