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Postcards from Around the World

Prague is an architect’s text book: Romanesque chapels and cellars, Gothic cathedrals, Baroque palaces and gardens, worldly Art Nouveau buildings, and unique Cubist architecture make it a place with no parallel in the world.

For my last look at Prague I want to share some of the magnificent doors and windows found in this city.

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Hopefully you will have been blown away by what this city has to offer you. And I shall leave you with one last glimpse from across the River Vltava.

March Square | Circle in a Square

Circle within a circle within a square of squares

If you fancy a distraction from the weather this month then join in with Becky’s (“A life of a 40 something”) March challenge of square photographs with the theme:

‘Squared Squares’ – think multiple squares and squares within squares
‘Squaring the Circle’ – the perfect post will be a circle within a square

March Square | 14th March

WPC: Angular

Sydney

Whilst in the city last week I couldn’t help but be attracted to the angular shapes formed by the modern high-rise buildings in the CBD. Everywhere I looked, shapes and angles and colours and reflections beckoned. Not to mention the various angles I had to use to capture these images.

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Feeling blue

Curved angles

Painted angles

Reflected angles

Angles taken at an angle

Tubular angles

Old vs New angles

Crisp angles

Wavy angles

Patterned angles

Crazy angles

Odd Angles

More curves

The edge

Oh, and can you have curved angles?

Victoria II: Legislative Building

The following day we were passing by the legislative building and thought we’d pop inside to have a look; we were just in time to attach ourselves onto a free tour (every hour) and learn something about the history and government of BC.

The tour is worth doing (but probably better if not accompanied by a toddler who was with his rather indulgent father who allowed the kid to run around and make a lot of noise – I don’t think I was the only one getting hot under the collar and it is a shame that the guide didn’t have a quiet word with him) if only to get a look at the beautiful decoration inside the building. It was designed by Francis Rattenbury, then aged only 25 and fresh from England who, in 1892, blagged his way into winning his first major commission. Continue reading Victoria II: Legislative Building