Tag: skylight

Dome

National Museum Cardiff, Wales

The domed roof over the entrance rotunda of the National Museum + a couple of other architectural images. The “Keep Left” one might go with my “keep right” one from the Metropolitan in NY, or it might be a recommendation to the recently elected Labour party here in the UK who have tried so relentlessly not to frighten anyone with their leftism.

Sugimoto Space

Hayward Gallery, London

And, as always when I’m visiting a museum or gallery, I’m as interested in the space and the geometry as in the art exhibited (and finding some place for my reflection). Click any of the images below to see them full-size.

Chicago Cultural Center

Chicago Cultural Center

More than the art in the sole, hallway exhibition mentioned in yesterday’s post, was the architecture of the Chicago Cultural Center which was quite ornate. Click on any of the pictures below to see them all larger.

Sky Light

UCA, Farnham

Most of the University is off limits to students over the summer bu the library is still open. Leaving it one cloudy day I saw this shot of the dramatic sky through a kind of skylit walkway with the actual sky above and quickly grabbed a couple of shots. I then walked through the quad and saw another, kind of ominous view, below.

UCA, Farnham

National Museum of Scotland

National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

Our last morning we toured the National Museum of Scotland. Naturally, most of my photographs were about the geometry of the space and less about the exhibits themselves. As ever, click on any of the pictures below to see them at full size (clicking the post title first if that doesn’t work for you in email or on social media).

Staircase and Skylight

Somerset House, London

Last year we didn’t quite make it to London Photo. It was our last day in London so we would only have had about an hour and the tickets were quite dear. This year, the school procured tickets for us and I think I saw almost everything, including the architecture.

Gallery Space

Victoria Miro, London

Modern galleries always have vast expanses of white space, (often) neutral white light, and interesting geometry to photograph. It strikes me there’s something about the capitalist hegemony of the art world about this, a set of signs or a sub-text letting you know your place in this sacred hierarchy but beyond the obvious fact that such space in the poshest parts of the patrician cities of the world is terribly expensive and therefore you are being suffered to be allowed in, I’m not sure I can articulate it precisely. Certainly the way gallery staff ignore hoi polloi is a sign of something.

Skylight

Beekman Hotel, New York

I had never been to the Beekman Hotel, scarcely even knew where it was, when I went with colleagues to its fabulous bar after work on the evening of December 30th.

from Wikipedia:
Temple Court Building and Annex
The Temple Court Building and Annex, at 5 Beekman Street, is a former office building in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. The original structure was built between 1881 and 1883, while an annex was built between 1889 and 1890 at adjoining 119-121 Nassau Street. It reopened in August 2016 as the Beekman Hotel following extensive renovations.