Entries from Liao Yusheng | 廖雨笙 tagged with 'architecture'
Abstract Architectural Details by Liao Yusheng
Design webshop OEN did a short piece on my photography. Read it here: http://the189.com/photography/abstract-architectural-details-by-photographer-yusheng-liao/...
Archinect In Focus
Earlier this week Archinect interviewed me for their new series on architecture photographers. Read it here: http://archinect.com/features/article.php?id=96395_0_23_0_C...
Gorgeous CG Short Film Featuring Architecture
Stunning computer rendered short film that "tries to illustrate architecture art across a photographic point of view." Buildings by Kahn, Mies, Gehry, Calatrava and others are breathtakingly rendered. I particularly loved the depiction of the Barcelona Pavilion in the...
Curtain Door, Surat, India
The door is comprised of 40 sections of 254mm-thick Burma teak and integrates 160 pulleys, 80 ball bearings, a wire-rope and a counter weight. I need to see a video of this incredible door in action. Photo credit: Dinesh...
Texas Living Pods
Found this photo attached to a NYTimes article about how the U.S. can't track whether foreign visitors have left the country. It appears to be a spherical tent attached to a one-car shed. It's identified as a "bungalow" in...
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
http://figure-ground.com/disney_hall/0034/
Beijing
http://figure-ground.com/beijing2/
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]...
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...
Tadao Ando Is a Total Rock Star
11,000 people attended a lecture by Tadao Ando today in Taipei, held at the Taipei Arena. ELEVEN THOUSAND PEOPLE! That is just insane. I know there's nothing to do in Taipei and the herd mentality of the Taiwanese cannot...
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...
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