Category: architecture

• diagonals #1

  Barcelona, 2002 London (#1 + 3, 2001), Nîmes (#2, 2002) California April 2002 (#1 San Francisco, #2 + 3 Venice Beach) Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas. Building designed by Tadao Ando, 2002. Image #1 was shot inside Richard Serra’s sculpture “Vortex” (2002). Photos July 2010 Mexico City, February 2019 Singapore, June 2022

  dereksayer

  March 20, 2023

  architecture, cities, geometries, modernism, murals, sculptures, shopping malls

  Barcelona, California, Fort Worth, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Provence, San Francisco, Singapore, Texas

• details, Melaka

  Photos taken in Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia, January 2006.

  dereksayer

  March 19, 2023

  architecture, cafés, cities

  Malacca, Malaysia

• horizontals #1

  CaixaForum, Sevilla, May 2018. Sevilla, May 2018. Bus station, bar, and Plaza de España. Madrid, May 2018. Two of these photographs were taken at the CaixaForum on the Paseo del Prado, the rest in nearby back streets. Mexico City, February 2019. The highway to Teotihuacán. Mexico City, February 2020. 4th + 5th images shot at…

  dereksayer

  March 17, 2023

  adverts, architecture, cafés, cities, geometries, graffiti, landscape, murals, museums, people, street photography

  Madrid, Mexico City, Sevilla, Spain

• Museo Ruffino Tamayo

  Designed by Teodoro González de León and Abraham Zabludovsky, the Museo Ruffino Tamayo in Mexico City is as remarkable for its architecture as its permanent collection of works by Tamayo and other contemporary artists . Well worth a visit. February 2018

  dereksayer

  March 16, 2023

  architecture, artworks, cities, modernism, museums

  Mexico City

• verticals #2

  We have family in Malaysia and Singapore, hence the many photos from SE Asia. Singapore, January 2006. Statue is Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore. Shanghai, April 2012 Singapore, June 2022 Johor Bahru, July 2022

  dereksayer

  March 15, 2023

  architecture, cities, geometries, landscape, modernism, monuments, posters, shopping malls

  China, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, Shanghai, Singapore

• verticals #1

  Chicago, August 2012 Chicago, November 22–24, 2013 Barcelona, April 2015 London, June 2015 London, April 2018 Madrid, May 2018

  dereksayer

  March 13, 2023

  architecture, cities, geometries, street photography

  Barcelona, Chicago, London, Madrid, Spain

• Casa Estudio Luis Barragán

  Images shot on a tour of the Luis Barragán House and Studio, Mexico City, in February 11, 2018. All photographs were taken in natural light.

  dereksayer

  March 12, 2023

  architecture, cities, modernism, museums

  CDMX, Mexico City

• Fallingwater + Polymath Park

  In August 2011 we embarked on an architectural road trip that began in Washington D.C., progressed through rural Pennsylvania, and ended up in Chicago, where we took the Mies tour. For me Wright’s renowned Fallingwater was a disappointment. It didn’t match up to what I had imagined. While the house sat beautifully in the landscape,…

  dereksayer

  March 8, 2023

  architecture, landscape, modernism, reflections, rural

  Pennsylvania

• Mies: light, air, clarity

  The Barcelona photos were taken in April 2015, the rest in August 2011. Barcelona pavilion (1929) Lake Shore Drive apartments, Chicago (1951) Edith Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois (1951) S. R. Crown Hall, IIT Campus, Chicago (1956) See also my post Mies #2: the Tugendhat villa

  dereksayer

  March 8, 2023

  architecture, cities, landscape, modernism, reflections, rural

  Barcelona, Plano, Spain