My Walk this Week – Architecture at The Glynn Vivian

Posted on 05/02/201802/02/2018 by Alastair

My walk this week is not in a natural environment but instead it is around the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum – unless you consider our need for creativity a part of nature, which I do! It is an essential part of our existence that we observe the things around us and it is a part of my own particular nature to enjoy observing what we call art, and also on this occasion, architecture and design.

The architecture of the original building is formal, balanced, symmetrical. The newer wing is made in concrete and the even newer entrance is largely glass. This is perhaps fitting as the building opposite also has a new glass extension as entrance to Swansea College of Art and the original design of this building reflects that of the Glynn Vivian.Continue reading→

Bay Campus – Reviewing the Walk

Posted on 08/05/201607/05/2016 by Alastair

During my walk this week at Swansea University Bay Campus there were some beautiful sunny spells which allowed me to enjoy the campus at its best. However, below is the proof that bad weather will set in eventually! Even when the prospects look good for sunshine, these unpredictable days can so easily change and suddenly bring in wind and rain, even hail or snow.

My apologies for not providing any sound clips this week and similarly no soundscape to listen to along with the image sequence below.

The Great Hall, Swansea University Bay Campus

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Campus Reflections

Posted on 07/05/201605/05/2016 by Alastair

I may have been a little critical of the architecture on my walk this week around the new Swansea University Bay Campus. Perhaps I should have remembered my own words and simply looked a little more carefully. In fact I did do this – I looked at different aspects of the buildings from various angles and noticed a wide range of patterns and shapes, particularly in the windows.

Glass always provides reflection and this can also be fascinating but sometimes confusing. With the sun shining, the reflections in the windows were emphasised but I am sure when the clouds are dark andContinue reading→

Columns and Context

Posted on 24/10/201424/10/2014 by Alastair

I like the arrangement of these lighting columns in Cardiff Bay but to put them properly in context you need to look at the wider picture at the bottom of this post.

I thought the dark lump on the glass discs in the second image was something nasty but on closer inspection, it looks like it is a lump of moss . . . so that’s one for the Moss Appreciation Society!

Creu Gwir Fel Gwydr O Ffwrnais Awen / In These Stones Horizons Sing

Posted on 22/10/201422/10/2014 by Alastair

This post title is the “inscription” which is a part of the architecture of the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay. The English is not a direct translation of the Welsh and were written by Gwyneth Lewis.

Yesterday’s monochrome images can also bee seen on Leanne Cole’s Photography blog along with lots more “Monochrome Madness”.

Lighting Architecture

Posted on 04/09/201404/09/2014 by Alastair

Windsor station is in there somewhere but the roof architecture and lighting you see below is in fact a shopping centre and cafe complex built within the old station layout. It is a great place and I loved the atmosphere.

Overside and Underside

Posted on 05/07/201405/07/2014 by Alastair

The architecture of the main entertainment block in Park Tawe, Swansea, could not be said to be very inspiring. There is a covered walkway over to the centre of town which is purely functional in its design.

However, viewed from the right angles and in the right conditions, some great patterns can be seen. Even the peeling paint on the underside creates a kind of two tone map of some imaginary archipelago.

Fractured Glass – Stars and Stripes

Posted on 04/07/201404/07/2014 by Alastair

I guess, on this day you could call these photos stars and stripes (no offence intended) 😉

My recent walk around part of Swansea to look at some of the architecture and cranes revealed more patterns than those created by construction.

The details of this fractured glass, when seen close up, are fascinating. I was frustrated not to have taken a much closer macro shot when I looked at the images on my computer. The second image is a screen shot of the first image zoomed in to full size but is not one that would print well due to it being at screen resolution – click on that image to see it larger.

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