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Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Security Prison 21 (S-21), Phnom Penh, Cambodia

By Quintin Lake
April 5, 2010 //
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A man looking at photographs of those murdered at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Cambodia

Formerly the Chao Ponhea Yat High School, the five buildings of the complex were converted in August 1975, four months after the Khmer Rouge won the civil war, into a prison and interrogation center. The Khmer Rouge renamed the complex “Security Prison 21” (S-21) and construction began to adapt the prison to the inmates: the buildings were enclosed in electrified barbed wire, the classrooms converted into tiny prison and torture chambers, and all windows were covered with iron bars and barbed wire to prevent escapes.

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Security Prison 21 (S-21) and former high school, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

From 1975 to 1979, an estimated 17,000 people were imprisoned at Tuol Sleng (some estimates suggest a number as high as 20,000, although the real number is unknown). At any one time, the prison held between 1,000-1,500 prisoners. They were repeatedly tortured and coerced into naming family members and close associates, who were in turn arrested, tortured and killed.

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Photography  © Quintin Lake, 2003

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House Museums and Architecture Open to the Public in Los Angeles

By Quintin Lake
March 31, 2010 //
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Adamson House and Malibu lagoon Museum wikipedia article
Spanish Revival: Architect: Styles Clement
23200 Pacific Coast Highway
PO Box 291
Malibu CA 90265
(310) 456 8432
http://www.adamsonhouse.org
 Reg. Tours: Wed-Sat 11AM to 3PM Grp. Tours: Need reservations for> 11
Price: $5.00 General; $2.00 Students

Doheny Mansion
 Historicist: Architect: T. Eisen, S.Hunt
AF Rosenheim, W Neff
Campus of Mount St Mary’s College
near USC, Los Angeles
(213) 477 2962
www.dohenymansion.org
 Tours By reservation only
Price $25.00
For concerts and elegant receptions at the mansion, visit www.dacamara.org or call 213 477 2929

Eames House wikipedia article PHOTOS
 MidCentury Modern: Architect: Charles and Ray Eames
203 Chatauqua Blvd
Pacific Palisades CA 90272
(310) 459 9663
www.eamesfoundation.org
 Reg.Tours (Exterior only, reservations required)
M-F 10AM-4PM
Sat. 10AM-3PM
Price: $5.00, students free

Albert Frey House
 Mid Century Modern: Architect: A. Frey
101 Museum Drive
Palm Springs CA 92262
(760) 322 4800
www.psmuseum.orq
 Tours: By appointment

Gamble House wikipedia article
 Arts and Crafts: Architect: Greene & Greene
4 Westmoreland Place
Pasadena CA 91103
(626) 793-3334
www.gamblehouse.org
 Reg. Tours
Thur-Sun 12-3PM
Grp. Tours By appointment
Price $10 Gen, $7, Seniors & Students

Hollyhock House wikipedia article PHOTOS
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
(323) 644 6269
www.hollyhockhouse.net
 Reg. Tours: Wed-Sun
12:30,1 :30,2:30,3: 30
Grp. Tours: By appt for >10
Price: Gen. $7, Seniors $3
17 years and under, $2.00 (free if accompanied by an adult)

Lanterman House
 Arts and Crafts: Architect: Arthur L Haley
4420 Encinas Or
La Canada, Flintridge CA 91011
(818) 790 1421
www.lantermanfoundation.org
 Reg.Tours: Tue,Thur and 1st and 3rd
Sundays 1-4PM
Grp Tours: Tue,Thur by appointment
Price: Adults$3, Students,$l

Lovell Health House wikipedia article
 1920’s Modern: Architect: RJ Neutra
(seen in “LA Confidential)
Tours: By appointment via
(323) 309 4395
Price: $50/individual, group tours by arrangement.

Richard and Dion Neutra VDL Studio/ Residences wikipedia article
1930,1940,1960 Modern: Architect: RJ & D Neutra
2300 Silver Lake Slvd
Los Angeles CA 90039
www.neutra-vdl.oro
 Reg.Tours: Sat. 11AM-3PM (check website for exceptions)
Grp Tours: By appt at website
Price: $10

Schindler House and Studio wikipedia article
 1920’s Modern: Architect: Rudolph Schindler
835 N Kings Rd
W Hollywood CA 90069
(323) 651 1510
www.makcenter.org
 Reg Tours: Wed-Sun 11AM-6PM
Grp Tours: By appOintment
Price: $7 Gen, $6 Students, Free Friday 4-6PM
Note Access to Schindler Mackey Apts and Schindler Fitzpatrick Leland Houses on first Fridays by appointment above

Koenig’s Stahl House wikipedia article
 Midcentury Modern: Architect: Pierre Koenig
(Case Study House # 22)
Tours by Appointment with Mark Stahl
208331 1414
www.stahlhouse.com
 Price: $25 afternoon $40 evening

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Images of Ostrava City, Czech Republic Cathedral of the Divine Saviour in front of rusting Vítkovice Iron and Steel Works

By Quintin Lake
March 18, 2010 //
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The Vítkovice Iron and Steel Works, Ostrava has been declared an Industrial Heritage Site by the Ministry of Culture and is a unique example of industrial architecture from the first half of the 19th century.

The Cathedral of the Divine Saviour (Czech: Katedrála Božského Spasitele), located in the center of Ostrava, is the second largest Roman Catholic cathedral in Moravia and Silesia (after the basilica in Velehrad near Uherské Hradiště). This three-naveneorenaissance basilica with a semi-circular apse and two 67m high towers is dating since 1889 (building started in 1883). The church was designed by Gustav Meretta, the official architect of the Archbishop of Olomouc, and the interior by Max von Ferste.

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Cathedral of the Divine Saviour in front of Blast furnaces of Vitkovice Iron and Steel Works, Ostrava, Czech Republic

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Photography  © Quintin Lake, 2009

Categories Architectural Photography, Documentary Photography, Photography

Photographs of Vítkovice Iron, Steel Works and Blast furnaces, Ostrava, Czech Repubic

By Quintin Lake
March 18, 2010 //
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last furnaces of Vítkovice Iron and Steel Works, Ostrava, Czech Republic. This site has been declared an Industrial Heritage Site by the Ministry of Culture and is a unique example of industrial architecture from the first half of the 19th century. The site was occupied by a puddle furnace from 1828. It was founded by archduke Rudolf and was the first one of its kind in the entire Austrian Empire. The first blast furnace began production in 1836, and the Hlubina coal mine was opened in 1843. Soon the site provided for an entire industrial process from start to finish, from the mining of coal as a raw material, through the manufacture of coke, to its use in the production of iron. This continued uninterrupted until 1998.

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Blast furnaces of V’tkovice Iron and Steel Works, Ostrava, Czech Republic.

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Photography  © Quintin Lake, 2009

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Abstract images of the tiled fan pattern on the roof Sydney Opera House, Australia

By Quintin Lake
March 3, 2010 //
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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

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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Hotel Polissia Terrace, Pripyat

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.

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.

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

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

By Quintin Lake
March 2, 2010 //
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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

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