Entries from Liao Yusheng | 廖雨笙 tagged with 'figureground'
Two from San Francisco
I have updated Figure-Ground.com with two buildings from San Francisco: Contemporary Jewish Museum - Daniel LibeskindH.M. de Young Museum - Herzog & de Meuron...
Three Tokyo Buildings
I updated Figure-Ground.com with three buildings from Tokyo: Christian Dior Omotesando - SANAAMikimoto Ginza 2 - Toyo ItoTokyo International Forum - Rafael ViñolyI still have about a half-dozen buildings that I have shot but have not had the chance to...
Figure-Ground.com Feed Announcement and a Picture
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Beijing
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Nakagin Capsule Tower, Plus Nagoya and Fukuoka
Nakagin Capsule Tower (1972) - Kisho Kurokawa [Figure-Ground.com] I've also expanded Figure/Ground's Tokyo (2005—2007) section to include photos from Fukuoka and Nagoya. Therefore, the section has been renamed "Japan" to reflect the expanded scope. Definitely take a look at...
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
I love Taniguchi's buildings. They're very elegant and understated. Toyota Municipal Museum of Art - Yoshio Taniguchi [Figure-Ground.com] Another Taniguchi building I've photographed: The Gallery of Horyuji Treasures....
Yokohama International Passenger Terminal
Osanbashi Yokohama International Passenger Terminal - Foreign Office Architects [Figure-Ground.com]...
Tadao Ando in Tokyo, 2005—2007
Three recent works of Tadao Ando in Tokyo (pictured above from left to right: hhstyle.com/Casa, Omotesando Hills, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT). You see a definite departure from earlier works with the incoporation of lots of sharp angles and diagonals. I'm...
Harajuku Protestant Church
Harajuku Protestant Church (2005) - Ciel Rouge Creation [Figure-Ground.com]...
Bangkok & Ko Phangan
Bangkok & Ko Phangan [Figure-Ground.com]...
Tokyo
A selection of photos from four trips to Tokyo taken between April 2005 and December 2007. Tokyo [Figure-Ground.com]...
Imperial Hotel Entrance Hall
Surprise, surprise, another update to Figure/Ground! Hot on the heels of the Indonesia travelogue, here's a small update featuring a few shots of Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel entrance (yes, just the entrance), moved from Tokyo and planted in...
Indonesia
Photos from a short trip to Indonesia last May: Indonesia [Figure-Ground.com] I can't believe it's been ten months since I last updated Figure-Ground.com. It's frightening how time flies. I've introduced a couple of minor tweaks to the site's look...
Seoul
These photos are from a trip I took to Seoul over two-and-a-half years ago. I've been meaning to put them up but never got around to it. I'm actually at the airport on my way to Jakarta right now;...
Gehry Residence (plus thoughts on Sketches of Frank Gehry)
"We were told there were ghosts in the house. I decided the ghosts were ghosts of cubism." —Frank Gehry A small update today: a few exterior shots of the Gehry Residence in Santa Monica. I took these after I...
Egypt (Máṣr)
I have put up a selection of photos from my trip to Egypt last month: Egypt [Figure-Ground.com] The most memorable part of the trip for me was the night spent in the Western Desert. Some of my favorite shots...
Salk Institute
Salk Institute - Louis Kahn [Figure-Ground.com] Another Kahn masterpiece: Kimbell Art Museum. PS: I'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy new year!...
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels - José Rafael Moneo [Figure-Ground.com]...
Walt Disney Concert Hall
I have seen my share of Gehry buildings and this is his most refined and beautiful. Of course, Bilbao remains a more powerful work in historical context (and it is in a much more romantic setting), but in terms...
Eames House
I promised frequent updates on Figure/Ground, so here it is: another set of photos, this time of the Eames House. Eames House - Charles and Ray Eames [Figure-Ground.com]...
Caltrans and Guthrie
After laying dormant for close to a year and a half, my travel and architecture photography site, Figure/Ground, has finally been updated! Hopefully there will be frequent updates over the next few weeks as I put up all the...
Richard Meier's Jubilee Church
With this, I have finally posted all the photos from Italy. Next up, Seoul! Incidentally, this was actually the first thing we saw in Italy. As soon as we landed and checked into our hotel, we headed out to...
Tomba Brion
Continuing with architecture from my Italy trip, this is Tomba Brion, a cemetary and memorial for the Brion family designed by Carlo Scarpa in a little town outside of Treviso in the Veneto. If you are interested in more...
Auditorium Parco della Musica
I'm slowly working my way through the backlog of photos I've accumulated since last October. This is the music auditorium in Rome designed by Renzo Piano. Still to come from the Italy trip are Richard Meier's Jubilee Church and...
Italy
At long last I've put up the photos from my trip to Italy last November. There are still architecture stuff from the trip that I have to put up (Meier's church in Rome, Piano's concert hall, also in Rome,...
Added Keyboard Navigation to Figure/Ground
I've added keyboard navigation to Figure/Ground. Now you can go through the photos with the left and right arrow keys. Tested to work in IE, Mozilla and Safari. Beyond that, I don't know and, frankly, I don't care....
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