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The roof is constructed of a series of precast concrete “shells”. The roofs of the Sydney Opera House are covered in a subtle chevron pattern with 1,056,006 glossy white- and matte-cream-colored Swedish-made glazed ceramic tiles from Höganäs AB though, from a distance, the shells appear a uniform white.

Abstract image of the tiled fan pattern on two shells of the roof of Sydney Opera House

Abstract image of the tiled fan pattern of the roof Sydney Opera

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Photography © Quintin Lake, 2010

Categories Architectural Photography, Documentary Photography

Bondi to Coogee Coastal Walk land and seascape images, Sydney

By Quintin Lake

March 3, 2010 //

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Mackenzies Point lookout, Hunter Park lookout on the Coogee to Bondi Coastal Path

Sesquicentenary Boardwalk, part of the Coogee to Bondi beach Coastal path

Coogee to Bondi beach Coastal path in Mackenzies bay, Sydney

The "Rony Giuliano" Green, Clovelly Bowling Club above the Tasmin Sea by the Bondi to Coogee Coastal path

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Photography © Quintin Lake, 2010

Categories Documentary Photography, Photography

Photographs of the abandoned Hotel Polissia in Pripyat the radioactive Ghost Town next to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

By Quintin Lake

March 2, 2010 //

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A silver birch tree grows through the floor on the terrace of Hotel Polissia. The hammer and sickle is visible atop the distant building

Light switches in a bedroom of Hotel Polissia. The peeling paint is the result of 21 years decay.

Lobby of Hotel Polissia. The check-in desk is in the background. Marble wall cladding has been removed by looters.

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See more architectural photography including Pripyat in my book Drawing Parallels: Architecture Observed

Photography © Quintin Lake, 2007

Tags Chernobyl, Exclusion Zone, Ghost Town, Nuclear, Photography, Pripiat, Pripyat, Radiation

Categories Architectural Photography, Documentary Photography, Expedition Photography

Photograph of Downtown Sydney Skyline at Dusk as Flying Fox Bats fly overhead

By Quintin Lake

March 2, 2010 //

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

Categories Architectural Photography, Documentary Photography, Photography

BridgeClimb participants and guide on the steel structure of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, Australia

By Quintin Lake

March 2, 2010 //

BridgeClimb participants and guide on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, Australia

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Photography © Quintin Lake, 2010

Categories Architectural Photography

Photographs of Waverley Cemetery overlooking the pacific Ocean, Sydney, Australia

By Quintin Lake

March 1, 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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Photography © Quintin Lake, 2010

Categories Architectural Photography, Photography

Photographs of Bondi Rocks | wind-sculpted sandstone rock formations | Sydney, Australia

By Quintin Lake

March 1, 2010 //

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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