Frank, One of my favorite architects as well. He finished his career at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago - I think. Nice capture of the buildings... Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 7:56 AM, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't often post architectural photos. Perhaps that's because I > tend to concentrate on other stuff, or perhaps it's because I mostly > suck at it, but today I'm breaking with tradition. > > This is my favourite group of buildings in Toronto, The > Toronto-Dominion Centre, designed by noted modernist Ludwig Mies van > der Rohe (his name was just Ludwig Mies; he added the van der Rohe to > make it sound better). His buildings dot (among other places) New > York (the Seagram Building)) and Chicago (IBM Tower and many others): > he virtually defined the "International Style" of architecture. > > When I was a courier on "stand by" (between calls) I'd lie on my back > on a sunny day and watch the changing shadows and reflections on these > beautiful buildings. When I was by there the other day, the sun, > reflections and shadows looked particularly alluring: > > http://tinyurl.com/3v2tkb > > http://bp0.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/R_tlMqIJ-YI/AAAAAAAAByo/LMgz1LThvaI/s1600-h/apr_08_08+006.jpg > > Comments welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
