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Fantastic architecture

Brutalism and other modern structural delights, as pictured by French photographer Eric Tabuchi:

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Taken from his Architecture et fantasie portfolio.

See also, Twenty-Six Abandoned Gas Stations – a homage to Ed Ruscha's 1963 Twentysix Gasoline Stations. 

Plus Alphabet Truck, photographing the giant logo letters found on the back of 18-wheelers, to form an alphabet.

And why not.

More French brutalism here.

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5 responses to “Fantastic architecture”

  1. Dom Avatar
    Dom

    Alphabet truck made me think of this. All the states are in alphabetical order.
    http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=27722

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  2. Mick H Avatar
    Mick H

    And phonetically spelling out the preamble to the Constitution.
    A lot of time and effort. Not sure if it was worth it, mind…

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  3. Tim Newman Avatar
    Tim Newman

    Ah, I was scrolling through just knowing that the towers in Nanterre would be included. I drove past them on Sunday.

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  4. Epidermoid Avatar
    Epidermoid

    Would be nice to know where these buildings are.

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  5. Mick H Avatar
    Mick H

    True. Details aren’t provided on Tabuchi’s website. Though – as per Tim Newman’s comment above – we know the Nanterre towers, second from bottom – http://purple.fr/magazine/ss-2017-issue-27/cloud-towers-nanterre/

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