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The skyline of downtown CBD Sydney seen from the Botanical Gardens at dusk.
The photograph includes the architecturally prominent buildings: Deutsche Bank Place. Architect: Norman Foster of Foster and Partners (triangular form). Chifley Tower. Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox (centre) Aurora Place. Architect: Renzo Piano (curved form)
Downtown Sydney at dusk with Flying Fox Bats
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Photography © Quintin Lake, 2010
The Waverley Cemetery opened in 1877 and is a cemetery located on top of the cliffs at Bronte in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. It is noted for its largely intact Victorian and Edwardian monuments. The cemetery contains the graves of many significant Australians including and the poet Henry Lawson and Australia’s first Prime Minister, Sir Edmund Barton, who is interred at South Head.
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Graves in Waverley Cemetery overlooking the Pacific Ocean
Architecturally, Waverley Cemetery is significant in that it showcases examples of Stonemasonry and funerary art dating back from the 19th century,with features (such as the gates, buildings and fencing) that due to their intact nature are considered of outstanding aesthetic value.
Cross memorial in front of graves at Waverley Cemetery
Poetically, the juxtaposition of the tombs and memorials overlooking the pacific ocean of the sea makes the cemetery a unique place. The cemetery is a popular tourist attraction and is on the route of Bondi to Coogee coastal walk.
Row of graves at Waverley Cemetery, Sydney
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The remarkable wind-sculpted sandstone rock formations a short walk south from Bondi beach on the coast walk between Bondi & Coogee via Bronte beach. Sydney, New South, Wales, Australia. ”Bondi” or “Boondi” is an Aboriginal word meaning water breaking over rocks or noise of water breaking over rocks.
Sensual and suggestive in their abstract form and subtle ochre palette the rocks make an exquisite natural sculpture.
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Detail of Bondi Rocks #1 Sydney, Australia
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Detail of Bondi Rocks #19 Sydney, Australia
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Photography © Quintin Lake, 2010
Pascal Schoening with Cinematic Architecture Book. Photograph by Rubens Azevedo
The book looks at 17 years of Architectural Association Diploma Unit 3 work and the past present and future of cinematic architecture.
Editors: Pascal Schoning, Julian Loffler & Rubens Azevedo. Design Stephan Doesinger. Published by AA publications
Featured content by Quintin Lake:
THE FIFTH SEASON: SUBLIME IN THE CITY
Photograph and design of the Cinematic House installation
from the chapter OF CLOUDS AND SHADOWS by Ron Kenley
Photograph of Briey: Cité Radieuse by Le Corbusier
from the chapter BRIEY CONVERSATIONS
Photograph from The Cinematic House installation at the Cinematic Architecture exhibition at the Architectural Association, 2006.
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BUY PRINTS/LICENSE more of the construction of the Glass House at the Cinematic Architecture exhibition images
from the book Cinematic Architecture in the chapter OF CLOUDS AND SHADOWS , by Ron Kenley
Photography © Quintin Lake, 2009
Walthamstow, London
These are the high points around Tehran (Teheran) which are called Bam-e-Tehran (The Roof of Tehran), where you can see all over Tehran. Tehran is the largest city in the Middle East and is the most populated city in South Western Asia with a population of 7.5 million and approximately 15 million in Greater Tehran. Milad Tower is just visible at the far right of the frame.
His and hers door knockers, Yazd, Iran. The masculine door knocker is rigid and heavy that makes a strong sound. People inside the house wil be informed that a man is behind the door. The feminine door knocker is curly and ring like and makes a lighter sound. It informs the people inside the house that a woman is behind the door. This system is in place due to the Islamic custom that women should be private from men except their intimate ones.
