Anachrotecture

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Wanamaker Mansion Philadelphia, PA 1980

“Bobbye Burke goes over plans for the corner of 21st and Walnut Streets where the soon to be demolished Wanamaker Mansion currently stands.”

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1326-28 Chestnut St.(Keystone National Bank/Hale Building) (Library Company of Philadelphia)

“Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the Hale Building at the southwest corner of Chestnut and Juniper Streets, on the former site of Dr. John Rea Barton's residence. Built in 1887 for Keystone National Bank after designs by Willis Gaylord Hale and altered by him from 1890 to 1892. Lousols' women's clothing store occupies the art deco addition at the street level, next to Stinson Drugs at 1332 Chestnut Street. The Presbyterian Board of Education Building (1334-36) and a partial view of the Real Estate Title & Trust Co. Building (1340-50) are visible in the background.”

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Здание газеты Известия. Москва. 1930-е годы.

The building of the Soviet newspaper Izvestia. Moscow. 1930s.

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Mike Kelley posthumously road trips to L.A. — bringing his mobile homestead in tow. Read more. 

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Pierre de Fenoÿl. Les Twins à New York City, 1972

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iQuarter Cartwright Pickard Architects

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Valletta city gate. Malta, November 2014.

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michal cala

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Nottingham, 1980s.

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basava:

Famous Colour Photographer Hans Hilderbrand’s Photo Of The Wooden Trenches During WWI. Image Courtesy of Hans Hildenbrand

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Bed Stuy

by Mike Spears

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Scale Lane Bridge

By Mcdowell+Benedetti Architects

via AAS architecture

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Advertisment tower, Groningen, The Netherlands, 1930s. Photographer unknown. Repository: Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam.

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Colosses | Fabrice Fouillet | Via

Statues are often idealized works of art. They are ideological, political or religious representations and attempt to turn their subjects into fascinating, eternal figures. Even when erected to keep alive the memory of a single person, a statue that lasts many generations will eventually establish itself as a symbol for the community. 

Statues are even more influential when they are monumental. An edifice can be said to be monumental when it is unusual, extraordinary and physically imposing. It has to be abnormal — as exceptional as the political or religious power itself — and also inseparable from its symbolic aspects.

The series “Colosses” is a study of the landscapes that embrace monumental commemorative statues. 

SoP | Scale of Environments

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Imperial Pomp – Post Soviet High-Rise by Frank Herfort.