inside amtsgericht mitte, berlin’s courthouse where the staircase feels like an art nouveau stage set.
this historic swimming hall in wrocław was built in 1897 and yes, the viewing gallery is open to everyone.
first thought when you see this?
a rare pewter witch door knocker.
the ca(t)able, designed by hong kong-based lycs architecture.
solvay house, brussels. a unesco listed art nouveau masterpiece by victor horta where marble, brass, and flowing ironwork turn a staircase into sculpture.
amazing tiled walls in porto, portugal.
cactus tower, copenhagen, denmark.
zaha hadid aarchitects leeza soho tower under construction as photographed by satoshi ohashi.
art nouveau in brussels at its finest. this 1902 ernest delune design in Ixelles (6 rue du lac) was the former studio, home of painter victor marchal (1863–1915), adorned with luminous stained glass by master glassmaker clas grüner sterner.
istanbul (1963)
it’s not every day you see a gigantic superyacht weaving through the narrow canals of the netherlands.
entrance of the brooklyn public library.
manaus, brazil: where urban density meets the amazon rainforest in a single hard line.
artist hossein behzadi sculpts figures that emerge from interior walls.
this is one of the bronze doors of the ljubljana cathedral, also known as the cathedral of st. nicholas, located in ljubljana, slovenia.
ancient city of shuanglin, hangzhou, china.
gloucester cathedral, england. the great cloister is famous for its fan-vaulted ceiling, considered the world’s earliest known example of this gothic breakthrough, developed here in the 1300s and completed by 1412.
opéra de vichy (vichy, france) a belle epoque art nouveau theatre inaugurated in 1903, celebrated for its floral ornament, gilded details, and luminous dome that makes the entire hall feel like a glowing jewel box.
casino de madrid, spain.
basilica di sant'andrea delle fratte, rome, italy.
casa batlló, barcelona.
alte suidtersche apotheke, lucerne, switzerland.
l’arbre blanc (the white tree), montpellier (2019)
casa batlló, barcelona (gaudí renovation, 1904–1906)
futuristic interior of shenzhen library, china.
vintage toilet paper holder with a built-in am radio from the 70s.
an art deco sconce (wall lamp) located in the lobby of the one north lasalle building in chicago, illinois (1930)
royal portuguese reading room in rio de janeiro in brazil.
teatro colón, buenos aires.
hasselt beguinage (begijnhof), hasselt, belgium. this new belvedere (viewing tower) reintroduces the monumental scale the site lost during world war II.
art nouveau department store, la samaritaine, paris.
proof that imperfections can be design.
a staircase unfolding like a rosebud, somewhere between geometry and poetry. private apartment, berlin, germany.
kimpton fitzroy, london, uk.
château de versailles, paris.
a ceiling that looks like carved lace. this is the schlosskapelle (castle chapel) inside dresden’s residenzschloss, crowned by its rebuilt schlingrippengewölbe a renaissance interlaced rib vault reconstructed 2009–2013.
when even the rain gets a storyline...
frank gehry has died at 96, leaving behind some of the most controversial and celebrated buildings of our time.
just gorgeous, folks... no other reasons.
living together. warsaw, poland.
the west doors of the salt lake temple feature beehive-shaped deseret doorknobs, reflecting a key symbol in 19th-century latter-day saint design.
the west doors of the salt lake temple feature beehive-shaped deseret doorknobs, reflecting a key symbol in 19th-century latter-day saint design.
a small theatre inside a huge abandoned mansion somewhere in europe.
belgium’s long-awaited gare de mons has finally opened after nearly two decades in the making. designed by santiago calatrava, the $374M station rises like a 160-meter monumental bridge, linking mons historic center with the city’s new southern developments.
city palace, jaipur, india.
deep inside the historic bazaar of kashan, iran.
the library of the national assembly, paris.
narai-juku, nagano, japan.
the scala elicoidale, built by giuseppe momo in 1932, is often called the modern bramante staircase.
