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How to Create Stunning Architecture Photography by Painting with Light

15 Sep

My name is Mike Kelley. I’ve been lucky enough to travel the world and see incredible architecture while working for hotels, architects, designers, and developers.

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In this article, I’d like to share with you one of my favorite techniques for photographing architecture. If you’ve ever tried to photograph a building at twilight, you know how tough it can be to properly expose all parts of the scene. You know how some areas tend to fall into darkness.

When this happens, many photographers will just try to recover the shadows with a brighter exposure or some dodging and burning. Unfortunately, that can lead to muddy results which often display a lack of texture and color.

Although this article touches on my basic processes, a full tutorial on my workflow is $ 100 off right now over at Snapndeals – Mike Kelley’s Where Art Meets Architecture Course

Light painting for architecture photography

One technique that I’ve adapted to use with modern photographic tools is light painting. Back in the old days, depending on how old you are, there were many photographers who painted with light. They would literally stop down the aperture, wear an all-black outfit, and wave a light around for a 30-60 second exposure to fill in shadows and give the image some nice snap.

Luckily, things are a bit easier these days (to me, at least). You can use a single Speedlight and see the results instantly. All without burning through expensive sheets of 4×5 film, or having to dress like Steve Jobs to keep yourself from showing up in the exposure.

I personally use either a Lowel GL1, Yonguo Speedlight or Profoto B1 light to pull it off, depending on how much power I’ll need. The aim here is to add light in spots that appear to have natural light falling on them – either from landscape lighting or interior lighting. Adding flash or hot light will dramatically clean up the quality of light, by giving it direction and fall off. Whereas the ambient light may create a muddier appearance due to having no directionality, incoherent color casts, or being mixed with the falling light of the day.

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So you’re all set up for your twilight. You’re waiting for that perfect balance between falling ambient exterior light and interior glow. Before, during, and after twilight, you should have the camera set in one place on a tripod and every couple of minutes, shoot a bracketed set of images at 0 EV, -2, and +2, or something similar, whatever your preference may be.

Shooting at twilight

When the time for the perfect twilight has arrived, and the falling ambient exterior light and interior glow from the practical lights are perfectly balanced, it’s time to add your hot light or flash. Moving quickly (it helps to have a plan ahead of time for what you’ll flash) add light to areas that you think have fallen into too much shadow or places that could use a little texture and color.

I also recommend adding a CTO gel to your lights to warm them up so that they match the interior glow of the house or any exterior lighting that may be present. This process should take no more than five minutes and should be shot tethered, whether to a computer or a wireless solution like a CamRanger, so you can see what you’re doing immediately and adjust accordingly.

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After you’ve gone around and added light, continue to bracket exposures to cover your bases. Sometimes I’ll use an exposure from when it’s completely dark outside and the only light in my scene is from the interior glow to remove any distracting reflections or color casts that popped up.

Processing the images

When in post-production, try to keep it simple. I used to think it was a source of pride to edit these photos and have to use 50, 70, or even more layers. But the fewer layers there are in Photoshop, the less of a chance there is for something to go awry. Depending on the subject, 10-15 flash pops should be more than enough to get this amazing effect on your images. You may want to add or remove some color using curves, and it would also be wise to make sure that everything blends together seamlessly by setting the blend mode of your flash pop layers to Lighten.

Replace the sky if necessary

Lastly, in many of my images I end up replacing the sky. Don’t underestimate what an amazing impact a new sky can have on your image – but only when it’s done perfectly! If there’s anything that takes people out of an image and ruins the moment, it’s a poorly composited sky that doesn’t match the color and brightness of the rest of the image So choose your sky carefully. I personally like to vary the opacity of my sky layer to taste so that things all blend seamlessly.

No architectural photo would be complete without nice, straight verticals lines, so use CMD/CNTL + alt + shift + E to stamp all to a new layer. Then drag out some ruler lines and make sure there’s no distortion – we don’t need people thinking our clients can’t build straight homes.

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Here is the final image

You can watch a video of this entire process below and see me in action:

Summary

I hope you enjoyed this quick tour through one of my favorite techniques. The more you use it, the more flexible you will become with adding light and mood to make your photos really stand out.


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Spatial Bodies: Warped Architecture Bends & Twists Osaka Skyline

27 Aug

[ By WebUrbanist in Art & Photography & Video. ]

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Imagine a world in which an abandoned city goes to seed, but rather than plants reclaiming buildings, the buildings grow and morph like unkempt weeds, twisting the skyline into impossible new patterns.

In their project Spatial Bodies, AUJIK envisions architecture as something organic, skyscrapers like trees and vines that curve, wrap and interlock to create fresh and unpredictable formations.

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The team compiled aerial drone footage, manipulating it in Autodesk 3D studio and combining it with Google Maps images. The resulting urban landscapes are both real and surreal, vaguely recognizable and semi-coherent but contorted and distorted. Buildings grow from familiar foundations, but wiggle and wind in unnatural and unexpected ways.

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From the artists: “Spatial Bodies depicts the urban landscape and architectural bodies as an autonomous living and self replicating organism. Domesticated and cultivated only by its own nature. A vast concrete vegetation, oscillating between order and chaos.”

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Many of the shots in the film are largely static, but in a way that helps make them comprehensible to viewers: it is almost impossible to take in the scenes as they pass by even in still format. Limiting the realtime motion of structures in the video also reflects their plant-like nature, implying that these transformations will take time, just like growing organic material in the wild.

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LEGO-Like Architecture: $5,000 Homes from Recycled Plastic Blocks

18 Aug

[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ]

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A Columbian company is tackling plastic waste issues and affordable housing with a single ingenious solution: interlocking LEGO-like bricks that can be used to build houses for a few thousand dollars per structure. Walls are formed using a slim slotted brick then framed using a thicker module used for beams and columns, locking the smaller units into place and providing rigid vertical and lateral support.

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Conceptos Plásticos is addressing their technology to rising populations of urban poor, families with the time but not financial means or materials to construct their own dwellings. The company works with locals to source plastic and create all kinds of spaces, including emergency shelters, community and educational buildings.

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The upcycled plastic blocks are easy to use and require no construction experience. They are durable, fire- and earthquake-resistant and much cheaper than other available materials. The company estimates the lifespan of the blocks at 500 years.

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“We hope to create a movement where more and more people get involved,” say the company founders. “We want to develop new products that make better use of the thousands and thousands of tons of plastic that is discarded.”

“There will soon be more plastic in the sea than fish, so we really need to do something big.” Recent projects using this novel material include a hostel for displaced victims of violence in the Columbian countryside.

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Abandoned Architecture as Art: 13 Radical Reclamation Projects

19 Jul

[ By SA Rogers in Art & Installation & Sound. ]

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When an abandoned structure can’t be rehabbed in the traditional sense, whether due to practical constraints or simply becoming obsolete, it can be transformed for another purpose with paint, tape, lights and sculptural installations. Artists transform derelict buildings into public art, sometimes visible to lots of passersby and sometimes only to the urban explorers who might be curious enough to climb through a broken window.

Aquatics Building by Katharina Grosse

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One of many abandoned military buildings making up Fort Tilden on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens now spills red onto the surrounding sand in a site-specific installation by artist Katharina Grosse. The former aquatics building is highlighted inside and out in abstract crimson strokes meant to mimic the effect of a sunset in the Rockaways. The structure is set to be demolished in late 2016.

Circular Mural Inside Water Tank by Christina Angelina & Ease One

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Only urban explorers curious enough to gain access to this abandoned water tank in Slab City, California will ever see this somber circular mural in person, climbing a staircase to the top of the tank to gaze inside. Artists Christina Angelina and Ease One create a starkly emotional contrast to the red and beige tones of the desert beyond the tank’s walls.

Flower House in Detroit by Lisa Waud

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‘Flower House Detroit,’ conceived by Lisa Waud and realized with the help of florists from across the country, may be a temporary reclamation of an abandoned place, but it’s among the most striking installations for its contrast of life and decay. Each room had a different designer creating artful compositions of flowers, trees and even weeds, beautifying the space before it was deconstructed and repurposed. The land the neglected house stood on will be converted into a flower farm for Waud’s design business.

Monsters by Kim Köster

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The idea of pairing monsters and abandoned buildings may sound like a nightmare, but German street artist Kim Köster makes both seem less scary with a series of fun paintings in Berlin. Choosing easily accessible public spaces as his canvas, the artist not only takes some of the fear out of dark derelict rooms in a physical sense, but also brings the to a much wider audience thanks to an interactive children’s picture book called Monzster.

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Disappearing Architecture: 15 Mirrored Buildings Distort Perception

04 Jul

[ By SA Rogers in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ]

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Dazzling in the most literal sense, architecture clad in mirrored glass or stainless steel almost seem to become part of the sky and landscapes that surround it so you can’t quite tell where the man-made objects end and nature begins. That’s often the point, with architects creating structures that virtually disappear into their surroundings (to the chagrin of more than a few birds.)

Reflection Field by Phillip K Smith III, Indio, California

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Reflecting the vast open sky and signature palm trees of Indio, California, where Coachella is held each year, the installation ‘Reflection Field’ by Phillip K. Smith III consists of five monolithic volumes that transform all day along with the environment. At night, colored light is projected from within.

Refinished French Country House

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It’s safe to say there’s no French country estate quite as dazzling as this one, now that its facade has been entirely replaced with mirrors. Architecture studio Bona-Lemercier worked with artist Xavier Veilhan and set designer Alexis Bertrand to transform a 1960s home into ‘Le Château de Rentilly,’ a contemporary art gallery.

Guest Houses by Peter Pichler, South Tyrol, Austria

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A pair of vacation homes in the South Tyrolean Dolomites by Peter Pichler offer up space for guests without interrupting the property owners’ view of the stunning mountains. Reflective, but coated in a glare-reducing film to prevent bird collisions, the two ‘Mirror Houses’ blend into the property so they don’t compete with the client’s garden and existing 1960s farmhouse.

Mirrored Ziggurat by Shirin Abedinirad

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“In this installation I have been inspired by the pyramidal structure of ziggurat, a common form of temple in ancient Mesopotamia, attempting to connect earth and sky, so humans could be nearer to God,” says artist Shirin Abedinirad. “The Mirrored Ziggurat acts as a staircase, which seeks to connect nature with human beings and to create union of ancient history and today’s world. The installation offers a transformative view of the self. The Mirrored Ziggurat has seven levels that represent seven heavens. For me, mirrors amplify this paradise, giving light; an important mystical concept in Persian culture, and a medium creating an optical illusion.”

Mirrored Auditorium by MVRDV, Tianjin, China

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It’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s reflection when gazing inside the transparent facade of MVRDV’s beautiful new library at the Binhai Cultural Centre in the Chinese city of Tianjin. A mirrored spherical auditorium inside the main atrium reflects both the interior space around it (including all those books!) and the park outside.

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Tips for Different Approaches to Architecture Photography

17 Jun

Architecture is all around us, it is an integral part of our lives. We live in it, we work in it, we eat out in it, and in most towns a lot of money has been spent on it so they stand out to say something. We all know what those buildings are, and have maybe even taken photos of them, but they are often just snaps. There is nothing wrong with getting those, but it could be nice to try and get a lot more with the image, such as the essence of the building, what it says about its placement and where it stands.

So here are some tips for how to photography architecture to help you get started:

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An old home that no one has lived in for a long time. The clouds in the sky look like a long exposure, though they were just like that.

Architectural photography is not a prominent genre, yet so many people take photos of buildings, so why is it a subject that is not discussed a lot? Think about how often there is a building in your images.

Common types of architectural photography

Most people, if you ask them what architectural photography is, are likely to say real estate. It is probably the most common type and you do see it everywhere, but there are many other ways of taking photos of structures.

URBEX Photography

With the rise of URBEX (Urban Exploring) architecture is being photographed in a new way. Photographers are getting into abandoned structures to take photos. The decay and destruction that happens to a building after it has been abandoned, gives a new story to it. This is even more true with the items that are left inside the buildings, and these items help to give us a hint as to what was there before.

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URBEX exploring, an old school that was closed down and vandals have been into.

Long Exposure Photography

Long exposure photography is also very popular now. Neutral density filters (ND Filters) are used to give subjects a timeless feel, and using them on architecture has been as common, pointing the camera straight up to a building and photographing it as the clouds move behind it. Read: Using a 10 Stop Neutral Density Filter to add Drama to the Sky

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The long exposure helps give the image a sense of drama and a better look at the architecture of the bridge.

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Those are the most common sorts of architectural photography, but you can do other types as well. You can make the building the subject, and create your image around it. You can do fine art images using the buildings, and create moods or stories around them.

Architecture around you

As stated earlier, architecture is all around, and you don’t have to go far to find buildings to photograph. It isn’t necessary that the building be architecturally important, more that you find it interesting, as that will help you to engage with it. It can be about what the building is or was, and how much it meant to the area it is in.

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An old hut on top of a mountain. Photographing it with the surrounds helps to place it, and the sky helps make it moody.

Different ways of photographing architecture

Most people seem to photograph buildings more as a record rather than as a work of art. Architecture can offer so much more, and you can get some amazing portrait style images.

There is the potential to tell stories. Whether that story is about what the building was used for, or what its function is now, you can use that to help take your images and process it afterwards. Maybe there is a certain part of it that you are very attracted to.

Photograph aspects of it

You don’t have to photograph the whole building. Think about parts of it that might make interesting images. It is so easy to forget that the light fittings are really interesting, or the doors might have wonderful carvings. If you find a building you like, tell the whole story of it and then select the parts that you like – photograph details. You can take more than one image.

I really like corridors, more so if no one is in them, the idea of it going somewhere, or nowhere. It’s interesting to see what mood you can create with the hallway. Use the image to create a story that is there, or not.

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A walkway beside a building with interesting lights.

Look at the surroundings and how they can help tell the story

There can be more to what you see than just the building. Look at where the building is situated, and if other buildings or subjects around it can help place it. For example, a modern tower that is surrounded by buildings from the Victorian Era, or the other way around, provide an interesting context. An elaborate theatre that is in the midst of many shops that have closed down. They all help to provide a sense of place.

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The sun hitting the building, then light being reflected on the front from somewhere else gives the station a great look.

Colour or black and white

It is easy to think that everything should be in black and white. It is the artsy way of thinking, but it really shouldn’t be the only way. It should be a personal choice and what you want with your image.

Maybe ask yourself some questions first. Does removing the colour add to the drama of the image? If you leave the colour in it will it distract from the story you are trying to tell? What time frame do you want to express? Is shape and form more important than what is there? If the answers to those questions are yes, then perhaps black and white is more suitable for that image.

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Looking straight up at a building is very popular, especially in black and white.

You get the idea, don’t just do black and white because you think that is what is expected for architecture. Make it a conscious choice, for a reason.

Processing

When it comes to how you process your images, it’s going to depend on the intention you have for the image. If it is to show the structure as it is, then you need to make sure that you only do basic processing.

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The wet ground was good for showing the reflections and making the most of an abstract view.

If you were commissioned to photograph a building, then you need to consider the goal, and how your client wants the final image. Do they want it to look like images that you already do, or perhaps with a different look? Remember your client is in charge of the final image and you need to be mindful of what they want.

On the other hand, if you have just taken the photo for yourself, then you don’t need to care about what other people want or like. You can process it anyway you like.

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Using the lines in the council chambers to take your eye to the clock.

This is where you get to show your individual style and experiment with your processing. Work out what you like, what you don’t, and create images of architecture that are uniquely yours. In many ways you have a lot more freedom to do what you like to it than other types of photography, like nature for instance.

In the End

With so many different types architecture, it is up to you to find what you like doing. Develop your style and make it yours. There is nothing better than people recognizing your work before they see your name.

Do you have any other ideas or tips for photographing architecture? Please share your thoughts and images in the comments below.

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Dynamic Architecture: 13 Buildings with Moving Parts

04 May

[ By Steph in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ]

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Entire Italian villas spin in circles on wheels, solar-powered shades follow the sun, rooms zoom up into the air on telescopic stilts and windowless facades lift up on one end like shoebox mousetraps, all at the push of a button. These dynamic houses, apartment buildings, pavilions and offices have all sorts of moving parts, transforming as if of their own accord to change the views or keep the interiors cool.

Phalanstery Module

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Envisioned as a house for zero-gravity, where all surfaces are treated equally, the Phalanstery Module rotates a full turn per hour, with one of the surfaces becoming parallel to the ground every fifteen minutes. Say the creators, “In the middle of every 7.5 minute conversation, two people are bound to collide. Architectural program and activities become overpowered by the instinctive interpretations of our bodies against measurable dimensions.”

Sharifi-Ha House
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At the push of a button, three wooden volumes tucked inside a main structure turn their glass-capped ends in various directions. The residents of the Sharifi-Ha House by next office i Tehran can choose whether they want these particular rooms to be shaded or illuminated by the sun, as well as the view they prefer. Rotated fully out of their containing spaces, they telescope out over the driveway.

Villa Girasole
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Set on wheels and rails, northern Italy’s Villa Girasole rotates to follow the sun as it arches across the sky throughout the day, just like its namesake, the sunflower. Built in the 1930sby a wealthy engineer the two-story house rotates from a 42-meter-tall tower at the center, moving about 4 millimeters per second. It takes 9 hours and 20 minutes for it to rotate a full turn.

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From afar, this house looks like a giant shoebox mouse trap, one end tilted up to reveal an elevated concrete slab. The windowless exterior moves up and down to either open the interior to the elements, or seal it off completely when the owners are gone. Designed by architect Javier Corvalan as the vacation home of a filmmaker, the house transforms with a manual winch. When closed, a pinhole allows the entire structure to function as a camera obscura, projecting an upside-down image of the landscape outside onto the interior walls.

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Buildings in Motion: 15 Most Mesmerizing Architecture Gifs

18 Apr

[ By Steph in Art & Drawing & Digital & Photography & Video. ]

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Architecture spins, zooms, slides, grows, shrinks and blooms like oversized artificial flowers in animated GIF form, with the effects originating from both fantasy motions that the real-life buildings don’t actually perform and functional movable parts. With these graphics we see architecture from a new perspective as it seems to take on a life of its own – and while watching elements of a building click into place from the sky like a game of Tetris is satisfying, it’s also really cool to see how transforming elements of real buildings work, like a massive sliding metal roof that covers or uncovers an all-glass house at the push of a button.

M.C. Escher and the Droste Effect

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M.C. Escher’s drawing of a landscape. spotted inside a window (Prentententoonstelling or ‘Print Gallery’, 1956), serves as the basis of this Droste effect gif. The artist used a mathematical grid to create the twisted perspective in the original drawing, and then researchers at Leiden University reproduced it on a computer, adjusted the perspective and applied the zooming effect.

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This somewhat disorienting gif gives us an idea of what it would be like to zoom through a city in a flying car, quickly shifting our perspective of a single building’s corner several times.

8 Animated Architectural Images by Axel de Stampa

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A series of structures by famous architecture firms like MVRDV and Herzog de Meuron come to life in these gifs by Paris-based architects Axel de Stampa and Sylvain Macaux. The Mirador Buidling by the former zooms into place on the ground like a life-sized game of Tetris, while the randomly stacked levels of the latter’s Vitra House appear and disappear. ‘Architecture Animée’ adds a fourth dimension to architecture by quickly applying changes that normally would only be seen with the passage of time.

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We get to see just how the star feature of the ‘Sliding Pergolas House’ in Brazil by FGMF Arquitetos works in this fun gif. The movable roof elements make it possible to shelter some areas of the spacious courtyard while letting sun stream into others.

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Modern Hobbit Houses: 12 Updates on Earth-Sheltered Architecture

07 Apr

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Merging modern aesthetics with architectural traditions that are as old as humanity itself, these contemporary earth-sheltered homes are like hobbit dwellings tailored to the landscapes and vernaculars of their specific geographic settings. If you’ve ever wondered what a 21st century hobbit house would look like in the desert, the mountains or on a seaside volcano, here’s an inspirational variety of houses that balance the sustainable aspects of subterranean buildings with 21st century looks and advanced technology.

Modern Seaside Retreat in New Zealand

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Tucked into a tiny cove on the shore of two volcanoes in New Zealand, this unique residence by Auckland-based studio Pattersons Associates is made of locally quarried stone and cast-in-place concrete, butting up against the slope so its grassy surface can continue right onto the roof. This makes the nearly 100% self-sufficient vacation getaway practically invisible from above, with all views directed to the sea.

Underground Lakeside Retreat, New Hampshire

Bolton's Landing Residence by Peter Gluck and Partners

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Bolton's Landing Residence by Peter Gluck and Partners

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Located on a wooded lakefront property in upstate New York, this home by GLUCK+ takes its inspiration from the tradition of Adirondack Great Camps, maintaining a ‘cabin in the woods’ feel while also disguising most of the living space under grass. Say the architects, “‘Burying’ the project works on multiple levels: it is energy efficient, it sits lightly on the landscape, and creates an architectural tension between the clarity and purity of the exposed construction above the ground plan and the mystery and eccentricity of the spaces below. What was inhospitable and uninhabitable becomes new playing fields, outdoor terraces and recreational lookouts to more fully experience the exceptional characteristics of the geography of that particular place.”

Edgeland House, Austin, Texas

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This unique geometric home by Bercy Chen Studio is on a rehabilitated brownfield site in Austin, built into the earth and covered with grass. Though this passive heating and cooling technique is as old as time, the rest of the house is high tech, making use of the latest technology. The home is a modern reinterpretation of the Native American pit house, one of the oldest architectural forms known in North America.

The Dune House, Atlantic Beach, Florida

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Architect William Morgan had the bright idea to build this house right next door to his own when the property became available, to ensure that he’d always have a pleasing view no matter who moved in. Completed in 1975, Dune House preserves the ecological character of the oceanfront dunes. Inside, two 750-square-foot apartments are connected by a main landing. Morgan rented them out for decades before selling the property in 2012.

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Ghosts of Architecture Past: 14 Fossils of Fallen Buildings

05 Apr

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Like hazy memories or flickers of imagination, architectural structures either long since lost or never built in the first place interact with three-dimensional space in the form of ghostly sculptures, projections or the imprints they left behind on neighboring buildings. Some are tangible yet illusory, made of transparent materials that make them seem like hallucinations, while others attempt to conjure past, fiction and fantasy with nothing but beams of light or smudges of paint left behind on brick.

Ancient Church Remains Resurrected in Puglia

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Destroyed by earthquakes in the 13th century, the remains of one of Italy’s great harbor towns are long since abandoned, and only a foundation with a few crumbled stone walls is left to show for a grand early Christian basilica. Italian artist Edoardo Tresoldi raises it from the dead in the ghostly form of wire mesh, giving it a transparent effect that makes it seem not quite real from afar. In fact, the layered mesh creates an optical illusion that makes its Romanesque roof, columns and archways look blurred. This transparency makes it possible to see both the form and shape of the structure and how it interacted with its environment.

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“The work of Edoardo Tresoldi appears as a majestic architectural sculpture that tells the volume of the existing early Christian church and, at the same time, is able to vivify, and update the relationship between the ancient and the contemporary,” says curator Simone Pallotta. “It is a work that, breaking up the secular controversy of the primacy arts, summarizes two complementary languages into a single, breathtaking scenery.”

Ghosts of Portland’s Industrial Past

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A pair of outdoor sculptures by artists and architects Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo sketch in vague outlines of Portland’s industrial past along the Willamette River amongst all the new construction. Made of metal mesh and sited near two bridges, ‘Inversion: Plus Minus’ represent the outer shells of ordinary industrial buildings that once existed in the area. If you pass it by without giving it a good look, you might even just assume that it’s scaffolding.

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The imprints of buildings long gone can often be seen on their surviving neighbors for decades into the future, sometimes giving us an exact outline of their shapes like fossils on adjacent brick and stone. Not only can you see the rooflines, chimneys and outer walls, but often staircases, fire escapes and individual rooms. It’s especially intriguing when bits of wallpaper still stick to the remaining walls: we see the personalities of the individual spaces, triggering us to think about the lives of their former occupants. In some cases, fixtures like sinks, shower heads and toilets still cling to the tile-clad surfaces. Like a cross between architecture and archaeology, these imprints are reminders of a city’s past, and they’re preserved for public enjoyment by the Flickr group The Unconscious Art of Demolition.

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