modusoptimus » architecture http://www.modusoptimus.com/blog Radu's photo blog ... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:07:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Urban decay http://www.modusoptimus.com/blog/2010/10/urban-decay/ http://www.modusoptimus.com/blog/2010/10/urban-decay/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:28:41 +0000 Radu http://www.modusoptimus.com/blog/?p=316 Somewhere in the middle of Paris…

Urban decay

]]> http://www.modusoptimus.com/blog/2010/10/urban-decay/feed/ 0 Behind Montparnasse http://www.modusoptimus.com/blog/2010/10/behind-montparnasse/ http://www.modusoptimus.com/blog/2010/10/behind-montparnasse/#comments Sat, 02 Oct 2010 11:11:40 +0000 Radu http://www.modusoptimus.com/blog/?p=315 Straight lines of repeating pattern…

Behind Montparnasse

]]> http://www.modusoptimus.com/blog/2010/10/behind-montparnasse/feed/ 0 Paris from Tour Montparnasse http://www.modusoptimus.com/blog/2010/09/paris-from-tour-montparnasse/ http://www.modusoptimus.com/blog/2010/09/paris-from-tour-montparnasse/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:19:04 +0000 Radu http://www.modusoptimus.com/blog/?p=305 I went for the first time at Tour Montparnasse observation floors. It is the highest skyscraper in France but it will be exceeded by First Tower (formerly known as Axa Tower) in 2011.

Notre DameJardin de Luxembourg
Eiffel Tower

]]> http://www.modusoptimus.com/blog/2010/09/paris-from-tour-montparnasse/feed/ 0 New York one year later http://www.modusoptimus.com/blog/2010/06/new-york-one-year-later/ http://www.modusoptimus.com/blog/2010/06/new-york-one-year-later/#comments Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:44:59 +0000 Radu http://www.modusoptimus.com/blog/?p=302 I returned to New York more than one year afterward. I find that New York is still the best place for photography; there is an opportunity at every corner. The New York 2010 album is here.

Midtown at blue hour seen from Top of the Rock

]]> http://www.modusoptimus.com/blog/2010/06/new-york-one-year-later/feed/ 0 La Villette http://www.modusoptimus.com/blog/2010/01/la-villette/ http://www.modusoptimus.com/blog/2010/01/la-villette/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:10:40 +0000 Radu http://www.modusoptimus.com/blog/?p=289 The glass and steel dome called La Géode was designed by Adrien Fainsilber and it was opened in 1986.

La Géode

The “folie du rond-point” is one of the several red-painted steel constructions disposed in a strict 120-meter point-grid. The follies were designed by Bernard Tschumi.

Folie du rond-point des canauxBuilding facade near Porte de la Villette

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