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FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· 28d

📷 It's Texture Tuesday! 📷 Just a few of the 16,800 extruded aluminum fins which form the exterior of the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center (Rand Elliott Architects, 2020), Oklahoma City, OK. #OKC #Oklahoma #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #Texture #FORAPhotography #TextureTuesday

Black and white photo looking up at the exterior of a four-story structure which is clad entirely in extruded aluminum fins. Near the top of the structure there is a window. This window - shielded by an angled sunscreen which is also made up of aluminum fins - bridges a long, vertical notch in the lower portion of the façade.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Jul 12

📷 It's Symmetry Sunday! 📷 A tile medallion from the entrance to the tomb of Prince Ding (Beijing, China, 1750) on display at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. #KansasCity #Missouri #Architecture #Photography #Detail #Symmetry #FORAPhotography #SymmetrySunday

Color photo of a green and yellow tile medallion - set into a yellow stucco wall - which features a symmetrical floral design

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Jul 10

📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷 Gazing upward inside the 110-foot high memorial pavilion at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (I.M. Pei & Partners, 1979), Boston, MA. #Boston #Massachusetts #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday

Black and white photo looking up at the interior of an atrium which features a concave, precast concrete structure on the left, a tall glass wall and roof supported by a metal space frame in the center, and a sheer concrete wall on the right

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Jul 7

📷 It's Texture Tuesday! 📷 A lavishly decorated intrados at the Wells Fargo Bank (originally the National Farmers' Bank of Owatonna by Louis H. Sullivan, 1908), Owatonna, MN. #Owatonna #Minnesota #Architecture #Photography #Detail #Texture #FORAPhotography #TextureTuesday

Color close-up of the underside of an arch. The surface is decorated with an elaborate plasterwork design, elements of which are gilded. Polychromatic stencil work adorns the wall surfaces to either side of the arch.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Jul 5

📷 It's Symmetry Sunday! 📷 An eagle keeps a constant watch over the entrance to Gillespie County Annex No. 1, Fredericksburg, TX. #Fredericksburg #Texas #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #Symmetry #FORAPhotography #SymmetrySunday

Black and white photo of a cast metal eagle perched atop the fasces with its wings open. The sculpture has been placed in front of a window, just above an entryway.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Jul 3

📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷 One of the tripartite windows on the east façade of the Frauenzimmerbau (Women’s Building) at the Heidelberger Schloss (Heidelberg Castle), Heidelberg, Germany. #Heidelberg #Germany #Architecture #Photography #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday

Color photo of a window - framed in reddish stone - set into a stone masonry wall. The window is divided by a pair of stone mullions into three vertical sections, with the middle one being taller than the other two. Each of these sections is glazed with small, diamond shaped glass panes.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Jun 30

📷 It's Texture Tuesday! 📷 The ribbed columns of the Carnahan Courthouse (originally the United States Court House and Custom House by Mauran, Russell & Crowell, 1935), St. Louis, MO. #StLouis #Missouri #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #Texture #FORAPhotography #TextureTuesday

Black and white photo looking along a row of stone columns, each of which features a ribbed shaft topped with a capital designed in the Art Deco style

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Jun 28

📷 It's Symmetry Sunday! 📷 The interior of the dome at the Oklahoma State Capitol (originally designed by Layton & Smith in 1914, but not completed until 2002), Oklahoma City, OK. #OKC #Oklahoma #Architecture #Photography #Detail #Symmetry #FORAPhotography #SymmetrySunday

Color photo of the curving interior of a large dome. The plasterwork surface is vividly painted, with stylized flowers - each covered in gold leaf - placed in the center of orange-red coffers.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Jun 26

📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷 One of the extraordinary bay windows on the New York Yacht Club (Warren & Wetmore, 1901), New York City, NY. #NewYorkCity #NewYork #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday

A black and white photo of a large bay window which features an elaborately carved stone frame in the form of an imaginary ship’s stern

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Jun 16

📷 It's Texture Tuesday! 📷 The bronze metalwork above one of the entrances to 2 West Washington Street (originally the H.P. Wasson & Company Building by Rubush & Hunter, 1937), Indianapolis, IN. #Indianapolis #Indiana #Architecture #Photography #Detail #Texture #FORAPhotography #TextureTuesday

Color photo of a portion of the bronze grillwork above an entrance to a former department store

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Jun 14

📷 It's Symmetry Sunday! 📷 Stone tracery inside the Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas (14th century), Galway, County Galway, Ireland. #Galway #CountyGalway #Ireland #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #Symmetry #FORAPhotography #SymmetrySunday

Black and white photo of the tympanum of an interior arch - flanked by a pair of pinnacles - which features delicate carved stone tracery

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Jun 12

📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷 A detail of the Via dei Partigiani façade of the Casa del Fascio (Giuseppe Terragni, 1936), Como, Italy. #Como #Italy #Architecture #Modernism #Photography #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday

Color photo of a pair of window openings in the façade of a four-story office building. The structure - executed in the Rationalist style - is clad in slabs of white marble.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Jun 9

📷 It's Texture Tuesday! 📷 An exterior detail of the Wells Fargo Bank (originally the National Farmers' Bank of Owatonna by Louis H. Sullivan, 1908), Owatonna, MN. #Owatonna #Minnesota #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #Texture #FORAPhotography #TextureTuesday

Black and white photo of a number of terra cotta ornaments set into a brick masonry wall

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Jun 7

📷 It's Symmetry Sunday! 📷 An opulent elevator bank at the Old Post Office (originally the Chicago Main Post Office by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, 1932), Chicago, IL. #Chicago #Illinois #Architecture #Photography #Detail #Symmetry #FORAPhotography #SymmetrySunday

Color photo of a bank of elevators. The elevator doors are faced with polished bronze and the area above each features an expanse of gold mosaic tile. The walls surrounding the elevators are clad in white marble.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Jun 5

📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷 The remains of the North Aisle at Holyrood Abbey (13th century), Edinburgh, Scotland. #Edinburgh #Scotland #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday

Black and white photo of the interior of a ruined church which is missing its roof. A finished masonry wall rises on the left while the remains of a pair of thick columns can be seen on the right. The far wall features a large tracery window, as well a smaller, arched entry.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Jun 2

📷 It's Texture Tuesday! 📷 A cascade of corrosion on a Quonset hut, Fredericksburg, TX. #Fredericksburg #Texas #Architecture #Photography #Detail #Texture #FORAPhotography #TextureTuesday

Color photo looking up at the side of a long structure made up of curved sheets of corrugated galvanized steel. All of the metal panels have begun to corrode, with those along the top of the building being almost completely covered in rust.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· May 17

📷 It's Symmetry Sunday! 📷 A trio of oak leaf and acorn garlands adorning the exterior of Union Station (Jarvis Hunt, 1914), Kansas City, MO. #KansasCity #Missouri #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #Symmetry #FORAPhotography #SymmetrySunday

Black and white photo of a carved limestone panel which features three hanging oak leaf and acorn garlands

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· May 15

📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷 A burst of color in a corner of Kyoto Station (Hiroshi Hara, 1997), Kyoto, Japan. #Kyoto #Japan #Architecture #Photography #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday

Color photo of an interior corner which features gray walls into which square and rectangular windows have been set at regular intervals. In the foreground is a freestanding structure - painted bright yellow - which is studded with circular openings.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· May 12

📷 It's Texture Tuesday! 📷 A detail of Matschinsky-Denninghoff’s Dulger-Säule (1985) in the Bismarckplatz, Heidelberg, Germany. #Heidelberg #Germany #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #Texture #FORAPhotography #TextureTuesday

Black and white photo of an abstract sculpture. The work - made up of small, parallel rods of chrome steel - features a large, undulating tube which appears to be supported by free-floating ribbons.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· May 10

📷 It's Symmetry Sunday! 📷 The imposing clock tower at Grapevine Main Station (Architexas, 2021), Grapevine, TX. #Grapevine #Texas #Architecture #Photography #Detail #Symmetry #FORAPhotography #SymmetrySunday

Color photo of the upper portion of a brick masonry tower which features a large, glass faced clock set beneath an arcade. Eight oversized brackets.support the broad, square roof of the tower.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· May 8

📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷 The Romanesque Revival façade of Centennial Hall (originally St. Mary’s Parish School by Albert W. Fuller, 1899), Albany, NY. #Albany #NewYork #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday

Black and white photo looking up at the façade of a brick masonry structure executed in the Romanesque Revival style. Three floors can be seen in the image, the lower two of which feature both large and small arched windows arranged into groups of three. A smaller number of circular windows are set into the wall above these.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· May 5

📷 It's Texture Tuesday! 📷 Exterior detail of the Newgrange passage tomb (Neolithic Period) at Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site, County Meath, Ireland. #CountyMeath #Ireland #Architecture #Photography #Detail #Texture #FORAPhotography #TextureTuesday

Color photo of the upper portion of a massive stone wall composed of tightly fitted, light colored stones. A smaller number of darker cobbles have been set into the wall at semi-regular intervals. Above and behind the wall is a broad cap of bright green sod.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Apr 19

📷 It's Symmetry Sunday! 📷 Chicago’s “Municipal Device” makes an appearance in a riverfront railing at Wolf Point, just outside Salesforce Tower (Pelli Clarke & Partners, 2023), Chicago, IL. #Chicago #Illinois #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #Symmetry #FORAPhotography #SymmetrySunday

Black and white close-up of a stainless steel railing which features a design composed of two concentric circles surrounding the outline of an uppercase Y.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Apr 17

📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷 A sunlit arcade at the Wells Fargo Bank (originally the National Farmers' Bank of Owatonna by Louis H. Sullivan, 1908), Owatonna, MN. #Owatonna #Minnesota #Architecture #Photography #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday

Color photo looking up and obliquely at a pair of arched windows (part of a longer arcade) set into a brick masonry wall above a finely ornamented sill. The terra cotta piers supporting the arches feature raised design elements executed in green and blue.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Apr 14

📷 It's Texture Tuesday! 📷 The spiky summit of 570 Lexington Avenue (originally the General Electric Building by Cross & Cross, 1931), New York City, NY. #NewYorkCity #NewYork #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #Texture #FORAPhotography #TextureTuesday

Black and white photo of an exuberant brick and terra cotta crown - executed in the Art Deco style - atop a skyscraper. A stylized figure - surrounded by tracery and pinnacles - can be seen at the center of the design.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Apr 12

📷 It's Symmetry Sunday! 📷 Glazed terra cotta tiles covering a vent near the entrance to the concourse (McLanahan & Bencker, 1922) at Union Station, Indianapolis, IN. #Indianapolis #Indiana #Architecture #Photography #Detail #Symmetry #FORAPhotography #SymmetrySunday

Color close-up of a group of square, glazed terra cotta tiles. The designs of the cream colored tiles alternate between open and closed flower blossoms. The negative space in the design is completely open, which allows the tiles to be used as a cover for an air vent.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Apr 10

📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷 Double the fun at Hotel Revel (Ibañez Shaw Architecture, 2020), Fort Worth, TX. #FortWorth #Texas #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday

Black and white photo looking up at the inside corner of a structure where two volumes - one a reinforced concrete tower and the other a glass and steel box - meet. Metal letters - which read as REVEL - are affixed to the smooth concrete surface on the left. A reflection of the signage can be seen in the panels of dark glass on the right.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Apr 7

📷 It's Texture Tuesday! 📷 A stepped gable end at Best Place at the Historic Pabst Brewery (originally the Visitors Center/Reception Building by Thomas Van Alyea, 1933), Milwaukee, WI. #Milwaukee #Wisconsin #Architecture #Photography #Detail #Texture #FORAPhotography #TextureTuesday

Color photo looking at the edge of a stepped gable end capped with carved stone elements. To the right, behind this masonry parapet, is a pitched roof covered with flat clay tiles.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Apr 5

📷 It's Symmetry Sunday! 📷 The entrance to the Mittelbau as viewed from the expansive Ehrenhof at the Barockschloss Mannheim (Mannheim Baroque Palace, 1720-60), Mannheim, Germany. #Mannheim #Germany #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #Symmetry #FORAPhotography #SymmetrySunday

Black and white photo of the façade of a three story structure. The façade - constructed in the Baroque style - is composed of finely dressed stone with stucco infill. At its base, it features a trio of arched entryways, each enclosing a pair of doors topped by an elaborate transom. Above the central entryway is a balustraded balcony and, directly above that, there is a large escutcheon flanked by supporting figures and surmounted by a crown. Multi-paned windows are set into the second and third stories to either side of the balcony.

FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography· Apr 3

📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷 Willis Tower (originally Sears Tower by SOM, 1974) reflected in the glassy façade of 300 South Riverside Plaza (originally Gateway Center IV by SOM, 1983), Chicago, IL. #Chicago #Illinois #Architecture #Photography #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday

$Color photo looking up at the fractured image of a skyscraper as reflected in the mirrored glass windows of a nearby office building$