#FORAFriday
LightNews LightNews
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

Three Midtown monoliths (600, 601, and 599 Lexington Ave.) as viewed from East 52nd St., New York City, NY.

#NewYorkCity #NewYork #Architecture #Photography #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Color photo looking up at three tall office buildings, each one reflecting both the sky and other nearby towers
March 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

Shadows cast by the tessellated glass roof of the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court (Foster + Partners, 2000) at the British Museum, London, England.

#London #England #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Black and white photo of a portion of a cylindrical structure, the top edge of which supports an expansive glass and metal roof
January 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

An interior detail of the canted curtain walls of the Seattle Central Library (OMA/LMN, 2004), Seattle, WA.

#Seattle #Washington #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Black and white photo - taken from an oblique angle - of a large, sloping window consisting of a metal latticework fitted with diamond-shaped panes of glass
December 13, 2024 at 5:09 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

A contemporary cornice - and its reflection - on the Congress Center Rosengarten expansion (Schmucker und Partner, 2007), Mannheim, Germany.

#Mannheim #Germany #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Black and white photo looking up at the corner of a building clad in metal and glass. A metal screen - in the form of a cornice - projects outward from the structure and is reflected in a band of windows situated just below it.
October 2, 2026 at 1:12 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

Looking up at the south face of the NBC Tower (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1989), Chicago, IL.

#Chicago #Illinois #Architecture #Photography #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Color photo of a portion of an office building façade which features alternating bands of dark glass and ornamented spandrels crossed by limestone clad piers
January 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

An interior detail of the canted curtain walls of the Seattle Central Library (OMA/LMN, 2004), Seattle, WA.

#Seattle #Washington #Architecture #Photography #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Color close-up of a section of a large, sloping window consisting of a metal latticework fitted with diamond-shaped panes of glass
February 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

Willis Tower (originally Sears Tower by SOM, 1974) reflected in the glassy façade of 300 South Riverside Plaza (originally Gateway Center IV by SOM, 1983), Chicago, IL.

#Chicago #Illinois #Architecture #Photography #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Color photo looking up at the fractured image of a skyscraper as reflected in the mirrored glass windows of a nearby office building
April 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

Modernism - with a capital M - on display at 111 East Wacker (originally One Illinois Center by The Office of Mies van der Rohe, 1970), Chicago, IL.

#Chicago #Illinois #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Black and white photo looking up at the glass and steel curtain wall of a Modernist office building. The reflection of a much older skyscraper can be seen in its tinted windows.
July 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

The undulating east façade of HL23 (Neil M. Denari Architects, 2011), New York City, NY.

#NewYorkCity #NewYork #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Black and white photo looking up at the façade of a residential tower clad in embossed stainless steel panels. The lower two-thirds of the façade are vertically divided into two wavelike strips, each of which features a line of square windows.
August 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

A black lamppost presents a stark contrast to the white exterior of the Peek & Cloppenburg clothing store (Richard Meier & Partners Architects, 2007), Mannheim, Germany.

#Mannheim #Germany #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Black and white photo looking up past a minimalist black lamppost to the façade of a structure which features bands of horizontally oriented windows set into a white metal framework
July 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

The waterfall façade of the Accenture Tower (originally Citigroup Center by Murphy/Jahn, 1987), Chicago, IL.

#Chicago #Illinois #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Black and white photo of a glass and steel office building, the façade of which resembles a waterfall constructed out of Lego bricks
September 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

Stained glass meets terra cotta at the Murat Shrine Center (originally the Murat Shrine Temple by Oscar D. Bohlen, 1910), Indianapolis, IN.

#Indianapolis #Indiana #Architecture #Photography #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Color photo of a stained glass window - executed in shades of blue, green, and purple - framed by an intricately detailed terra cotta arch
February 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

Framing the view at the Cantor Arts Center (addition by Polshek Partnership, 1999), Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

#Stanford #California #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Black and white photo of a smooth, two-story wall which curves away to right. The upper portion of the wall features a single rectangular opening.
August 21, 2026 at 1:59 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

A stepped corner on the “Jewel Box” greenhouse (William C.E. Becker, 1936) in Forest Park, St. Louis, MO.

#StLouis #Missouri #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Black and white photo looking up at a corner of a flat roofed greenhouse which features walls - arranged in a series of setbacks - made up of copper framed glass panes
December 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

A bay window at the Arc at Old Colony (originally the Old Colony Building by Holabird & Roche, 1894), Chicago, IL.

#Chicago #Illinois #Architecture #Photography #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Color photo looking up at a curved bay window projecting from the façade of a stone-clad office building
January 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

The Modernist sunshades of the Milwaukee State Office Building (Grellinger, Rose, Jurenec, Klumb, Rappl, Hass, Inc., 1963), Milwaukee, WI.

#Milwaukee #Wisconsin #Architecture #Photography #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Black and white photo looking obliquely at the exterior of an office building which features square windows that are grouped vertically in alternating sets of two by deep, precast concrete surrounds
November 29, 2024 at 7:06 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

Structural expression at 55 East Jackson (originally Continental Center by C.F. Murphy Associates, 1962), Chicago, IL.

#Chicago #Illinois #Architecture #Photography #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Color photo looking directly at a three floor section of the glass and steel curtain wall of a Modernist office building
August 28, 2026 at 2:40 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

Hues of blue at the Salvador Dalí Museum (HOK/Yann Weymouth, 2011), St. Petersburg, FL.

#StPetersburg #Florida #Architecture #Photography #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Color close-up of a building façade comprised of triangular panels of blue tinted glass. Attached to an internal metal framework by small black clips, these panels define a pair of faceted convex surfaces.
August 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

A space betwixt at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Frank Gehry, 1997), Bilbao, Spain.

#Bilbao #Spain #Architecture #Photography #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Color photo of a glazed surface situated between the curving edges of two walls, each of which is clad in rectangular sheets of titanium.
September 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

Trinity Church (H.H. Richardson, 1877) reflected in the exterior of 200 Clarendon Street (originally the John Hancock Tower by Henry N. Cobb, 1976), Boston, MA.

#Boston #Massachusetts #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Black and white photo of the glass curtain wall of a Modernist skyscraper in which the towers of a large, granite church - executed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style - are reflected
December 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

The icy face of the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership (Krueck Sexton Architects, 2007), Chicago, IL.

#Chicago #Illinois #Architecture #Photography #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Color photo of the upper edge of a faceted curtain wall composed of polygonal planes of glass
October 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

Broken reflections of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub (Santiago Calatrava, 2016) and One World Trade Center (David Childs of SOM, 2014), New York City, NY.

#NewYorkCity #NewYork #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Black and white photo of the glass exterior of an office building.in which the reflections of a diagonal, ribbed roof structure and the faceted façade of a skyscraper can be seen
January 9, 2026 at 4:29 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

Gazing skyward inside the 110-foot high memorial pavilion at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (I.M. Pei & Partners, 1979), Boston, MA.

#Boston #Massachusetts #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Black and white photo looking up at the interior of an atrium which features a concave, precast concrete structure on the left and a tall glass wall and roof supported by a metal space frame on the right
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

Looking up from Lime Street at Tower 3 of the Lloyd’s Building (Richard Rogers & Partners, 1986), London, England.

#London #England #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Black and white photo of a tower which is composed of stacked stainless steel modules, each featuring a circular window
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
foraphotography.bsky.social
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷

The polychrome terra cotta of the Fred F. French Building (H. Douglas Ives and Sloan & Robertson, 1927), New York City, NY.

#NewYorkCity #NewYork #Architecture #ArtDeco #Photography #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Color photo of a corner of a brick-clad office building featuring setbacks embellished with polychrome terra cotta ornamentation
January 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM