I’m in Bristol catching up with my former team from Cadimage UK. We’re almost on the shortest day, so there is more dark then light. It was a great change to test out the camera on my new iPhone 11 Pro.
Its safe to say I’m pretty impressed. Equally impressive is the lighting on the University and Cathedral.
Over the years I have travelled through countless airports and a number of train stations. Though train stations were built decades before airports the architecture catering for the mass transit of people is awe inspiring in both contexts.
Paddington is a regular of mine and it always evokes thoughts of steam trains and pullman carriages
Paddington Station
Airports are equally impressive and have allowed many architects amazing expressions of structure to create grand spaces
Munich Airport
I was in Christchurch Airport earlier this year and was impressed with the detailing in the regional waiting area:
Below are some shots from London Terminal 5, Taipei, Dubai, Hong Kong and Zurich
We’re in London for a few days to get in the festive spirit and today visited the Museum of Natural History. It is probably one of the most photographed buildings in London as the construction is absolutely incredible. Add the skeleton of a blue whale to the entrance hall and its hard to take a bad photo.
The exhibits are amazing but I was more carried away with the architecture.
Fred Mills and the team put together great quality videos about construction. They take a look at both current projects and also historic projects from around the world.
In 8-10 minutes they provide great bite-sized videos with great footage and informative commentary.
Before leaving for home we decided to be some of the few and took a detour up behind the city to discover this enormous concrete building set 300m above the sparkling Mediterranean Sea.
It is monumental both inside and out, and for someone who loves concrete as a building material it was great to see a highly geometric structure mixing off-the-form finished concrete and glass.
I just had to use black and white for some of the photos to show the nature of the forms.
I have been visiting the UK for over a decade and with the Heathrow Express connection I frequently stay around Paddington.
During our recent visit I came across a new additional to the Paddington Basin – the Brunel Building.
The Brunel Building takes both its name and its inspiration from the renowned and influential Victorian civil engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Surrounded by his rich industrial engineering legacy, including Paddington Station, the building is a flamboyant expression of engineering, with its exposed structure and services.
It truly is a stunning addition to the skyline and the exposed steel skeleton is detailed very carefully creating a great reference to the works on Brunel a century before.
The irony of the visit was we simply went to see, explore and experience the building and we didn’t check out any of the exhibitions – maybe next time!
The concrete exterior forms are in stark contrast to the sweeping black and white internal stair ways and walkways that connect all the amazing spaces. While I managed some great photographs, you need to physically visit to really feel these grand spaces.
You’re probably wondering what the connection between Cadimage and U2 is, and to tell you the truth it would be a stretch to create one!
However, we’re in Rome at the moment for the U2 Joshua Tree Concert and today when we were exploring the Vatican we came across the Vatican Staircase
Coming across the staircase took me back to 2009 when we were developing the Cadimage brand, with this staircase being the architectural equivalent of the nautilus shell.
It really is an amazing stair case, as is the rich architectural history across the entire city.
It’s amazing what can be accomplished in a single day! I started the day climbing Mt Manaia (Whangarei, New Zealand) with friends and thanks to long-haul travel and timezones ended it eating seafood at Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco.
I’m in San Francisco attending the Subscribed Conference hosted by Zuora to learn from both the company and its customers about their platform and plans for the future.
I really enjoy San Francisco having first visited in 1997 shortly after joining Cadimage and it was great to get out for a long walk from Market Street across to the Wharf (via the Apple Store) and then a cable-car back to the hotel.
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