(via therapyinminneapolis)
Shanxi, China
The Bridge at Hoover Dam documentary photobook by Jamey Stillings
Click through for some amazing photos of this modern marvel documented along its construction.
In 2005, Norway initiated a 15-year project to generate more tourism by hiring architects & designers to build rest stops for its stunning landscape. This is what the National Tourist Routes In Norway has achieved so far.
Norwegian road trip anyone?
Dunton Hot Springs, Colorado: what dreams are made of (via)
Colorado! It just keeps looking better and better.
(by iPhotograph)
I was wondering as I watched LOTR if there were any places IRL built on the sides of cliffs like this. So awesome; I must go there someday. I can’t believe this place has lasted over 1500 years.
Liyuan Library in Huairou, China by Li Xiaodong Architects
This is the most beautiful library in the world!
Camera obscura
The camera obscura (Latin; “camera” is a “vaulted chamber/room” + “obscura” means “dark”= “darkened chamber/room”) is an optical device that projects an image of its surroundings on a screen. It is used in drawing and for entertainment, and was one of the inventions that led to photography. The device consists of a box or room with a hole in one side. Light from an external scene passes through the hole and strikes a surface inside where it is reproduced, upside-down, but with color and perspective preserved. The image can be projected onto paper, and can then be traced to produce a highly accurate representation.
By the 18th century, more easily portable models became available.
These were extensively used by amateur artists while on their travels, but they were also employed by professionals, including Canaletto and Joshua Reynolds, whose camera (disguised as a book) is now in the Science Museum (London). Such cameras were later adapted by Joseph Nicephore Niepce, Louis Daguerre and William Fox Talbot for creating the first photographs.
4 drawings by Canaletto, representing Campo San Giovanni e Paolo in Venice, obtained with a Camera obscura
the finished work
(via architecturalarbiter)
A woman covers herself from heavy rains caused by approaching Hurricane Gustav in Havana, Cuba. (by Javier Galeano for TIME)
“Your rainbow panorama is a great permanent work of art by Olafur Eliasson made for the rooftop of ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (Denmark), and provides the visitors a unique panoramic visual experience.”
(via homedesigning)
