Paul, Very nice interior by one of my favorite architects. Taught at IIT for many years! Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:14 AM, frank theriault <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > wrote: >> While shooting virtual tours for real estate, I sometimes come across >> unusual buildings. I shot tours at a building in downtown Detroit the other >> day that surprised me. Built in 1957, it struck me as having been well ahead >> of its time. The architectural style looked familiar, so I checked when I >> got home and discovered that it was designed by Mies van der Rohe and is on >> the National Register of Historic Places. The exterior of the 20 story >> apartment building is mostly windows, framed in metal. The lobby is all >> black marble. It's in excellent condition and 95% occupied. The building is >> situated at the eastern edge of downtown, and its framed by a nice little >> park. The attached pic is the view from a 15th floor apartment. You can see >> the GM building (formerly the Renaissance Center and quite possibly soon to >> be something else) at the far left. Ford Field, the domed stadium, is at the >> far right. The shot is a composite of three frames from the pano I shot in >> this apartment. They're 16mm verticals, f13 @ about 1/4 second, ISO 200. >> Click to make it larger: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9074706 > > Love Mies van der Rohe! He's my favourite of the modernists. > > Lovely shot, Paul. The light on the interior is wonderful. > > 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.
