#looking up

St.Pauls Tower

shamefacedbitch:

thehumiliater:

What does the dog say?

“Thank you, Mistress!”

Look at me when I’m lecturing you, dog. 

Week 16: Moe
Taken: 4/15/15

Kyoto Station: east end .. [4[1] / 5[4]]

Kyoto is famous for its temples, oases of quiet contemplation. But one of the most spectacular structures you will see there is the Japan Rail Station building, which at first glance looks completely alien to the culture of Kyoto, but is really a mammoth modern take on the same principles. It is cavernous, a hollow enclosure defined by a skin of steel mesh, and the higher you climb out away from the busy platforms, the calmer and more contemplative it becomes. Kyoto, Kansai Prefecture, Japan.

It is impossible to take a good photo of it, because it is a truly experiential space. But like all things Japanese, there are often sightlines and narrow areas of focus that stand out. I am showing one such here, a look at the east end of the structure.

Kyoto Station: support .. [3 / 5]

Kyoto is famous for its temples, oases of quiet contemplation. But one of the most spectacular structures you will see there is the Japan Rail Station building, which at first glance looks completely alien to the culture of Kyoto, but is really a mammoth modern take on the same principles. It is cavernous, a hollow enclosure defined by a skin of steel mesh, and the higher you climb out away from the busy platforms, the calmer and more contemplative it becomes. Kyoto, Kansai Prefecture, Japan.

It is impossible to take a good photo of it, because it is a truly experiential space. But like all things Japanese, there are often sightlines and narrow areas of focus that stand out. I am showing one such here, a look up at the supporting structure that holds it all up.

Kyoto Station: wall .. [2[3] / 5[3]]

Kyoto is famous for its temples, oases of quiet contemplation. But one of the most spectacular structures you will see there is the Japan Rail Station building, which at first glance looks completely alien to the culture of Kyoto, but is really a mammoth modern take on the same principles. It is cavernous, a hollow enclosure defined by a skin of steel mesh, and the higher you climb out away from the busy platforms, the calmer and more contemplative it becomes. Kyoto, Kansai Prefecture, Japan.

It is impossible to take a good photo of it, because it is a truly experiential space. But like all things Japanese, there are often sightlines and narrow areas of focus that stand out. I am showing one such here, a look up at the massive sidewall.

Kyoto Station: roof .. [2[2] / 5[3]]

Kyoto is famous for its temples, oases of quiet contemplation. But one of the most spectacular structures you will see there is the Japan Rail Station building, which at first glance looks completely alien to the culture of Kyoto, but is really a mammoth modern take on the same principles. It is cavernous, a hollow enclosure defined by a skin of steel mesh, and the higher you climb out away from the busy platforms, the calmer and more contemplative it becomes. Kyoto, Kansai Prefecture, Japan.

It is impossible to take a good photo of it, because it is a truly experiential space. But like all things Japanese, there are often sightlines and narrow areas of focus that stand out. I am showing one such here, a look up at the buildings beyond the arched roof that hangs over it all.

Kyoto Station: roof .. [2[1] / 5[3]]

Kyoto is famous for its temples, oases of quiet contemplation. But one of the most spectacular structures you will see there is the Japan Rail Station building, which at first glance looks completely alien to the culture of Kyoto, but is really a mammoth modern take on the same principles. It is cavernous, a hollow enclosure defined by a skin of steel mesh, and the higher you climb out away from the busy platforms, the calmer and more contemplative it becomes. Kyoto, Kansai Prefecture, Japan.

It is impossible to take a good photo of it, because it is a truly experiential space. But like all things Japanese, there are often sightlines and narrow areas of focus that stand out. I am showing one such here, a look up at the arched roof that hangs over it all.

Kyoto Station: overhang .. [1[2] / 5[2]]

Kyoto is famous for its temples, oases of quiet contemplation. But one of the most spectacular structures you will see there is the Japan Rail Station building, which at first glance looks completely alien to the culture of Kyoto, but is really a mammoth modern take on the same principles. It is cavernous, a hollow enclosure defined by a skin of steel mesh, and the higher you climb out away from the busy platforms, the calmer and more contemplative it becomes. Kyoto, Kansai Prefecture, Japan.

It is impossible to take a good photo of it, because it is a truly experiential space. But like all things Japanese, there are often sightlines and narrow areas of focus that stand out. I am showing one such here, a look up at the arched roof from near the roof garden.

Daikaidan .. [3a / 3]

Kyoto Station’s Great Staircase, with the LED lighting strips along the steps sweeps up and out towards the Sky Garden from the deepest part of the magnificent cavern of the Station. Kyoto, Kansai.

Hans Waldmann

Statue of Burgermeister Hans Waldmann, Swiss General and Statesman. A crucial figure in the fall of the the Duchy of Burgundy and the rise of the Swiss Confederacy that irrevocably altered the face and fate of Europe. One does wonder whether it was inevitable that the Swiss and the Burgundians should have clashed so existentially, whether Europe wasn’t big enough to hold both of them, could they have co-existed.

An early 20th-century construction, placed on a huge pedestal in the Münsterhof plaza outside the Fraumünster, Zurich.

Monument to the Great Fire

London, EN.

Eyeing the Oculus

The oculus at the top of the Pantheon, seen through a grill at the top of the door leading in from the portico. Rome, LZ.

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Royal Chandelier.
Versailles, France