Constructed Visions

CHRISTOPHER JAMES ALEXANDER’S CONSTRUCTED VISIONS SERIES HIGHLIGHTS THE INTRIGUING VISUAL CONNECTIONS THAT HE DISCOVERS DURING HIS EXPLORATIONS OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

HIS PHOTOGRAPHS FEATURE CAPTIVATING SITES IN ATHENS • BARCELONA • CABAZON • CHICAGO • KNOSSOS • LAS VEGAS • LONDON • LOS ANGELES • MONTREAL • PHILADELPHIA • NEW HAVEN • NEW YORK CITY • NEW WINDSOR • PARIS • PASADENA • PHOENIX • ROME • TOKYO • AND WASHINGTON, D.C.

  • Asahi Beer Hall
    Tokyo
    1989
    Phillipe Starck

    Hahn/Cock | National Gallery of Art East Building
    Washington, DC
    2013 | 1978
    Katharina Fritsch | I. M. Pei

  • Pantheon
    Rome
    114-128
    Trajan | Hadrian

    Chicago Cultural Center
    Chicago
    1897
    Shepley Rutan and Coolidge | Jacob Adolphus Holzer | Louis Comfort Tiffany

  • Mikimoto Ginza2
    Tokyo
    2005
    Toyo Ito & Associates

    Prada Aoyama
    Tokyo
    2003
    Herzog & de Meuron

  • Barcelona Pavilion
    Barcelona
    1929
    Ludwig Mies van der Rohe | Lilly Reich

    Bradbury Building Basement
    Los Angeles
    1893
    Sumner P. Hunt | George H. Wyman

  • Cloud Gate | The Bean
    Chicago
    2006
    Anish Kapoor

    Cinerama Dome
    Los Angeles
    1963
    Pierre Cabrol | Welton Becket & Associates

  • H Wall Sign | Binion’s Horseshoe Casino | The Neon Museum
    Las Vegas
    1951
    Young Electric Sign Company

    London Eye
    London
    2000
    Marks Barfield Architects

  • Propylaea of the Acropolis
    Athens
    432 BC
    Mnesicles

    Palau de la Música Catalana
    Barcelona
    1908
    Lluís Domènech i Montaner

  • Las Arenas de Barcelona
    Barcelona
    1900 | 2011
    August Font i Carreras | Richard Rogers + Partners

    La Sagrada Família
    Barcelona
    1882 - present
    Alonso y Balaguer | Antoni Gaudí

  • Five Swords
    Cornwall, New York
    1976
    Alexander Calder

    Dinny the Dinosaur
    Cabazon, California
    1975
    Claude Bell

  • Mur d’ulls | Hotel Ohla
    Barcelona
    2011
    Frederic Amat | Alonso Balaguer

    Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium | Arizona State University
    Tempe, Arizona
    1964
    Frank Lloyd Wright | William Wesley Peters

  • Montreal Biosphère
    Montreal
    1967
    Buckminster Fuller

    Louvre Pyramid
    Paris
    1989
    I. M. Pei

  • Parthenon
    Athens
    432 BC
    Iktinos | Callicrates

    Parthenon
    Nashville, Tennessee
    1897 | 1931
    William Crawford Smith

  • Wadsworth Chapel | Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Campus
    Los Angeles
    1900
    J. Burton Lee

    Pavilion for Japanese Art | Los Angeles County Museum of Art
    Los Angeles
    1988
    Bruce Goff | Bart Prince

  • Barcelona Cathedral
    Barcelona
    1298-1913
    Jaume Fabre | Bernat Roca | Arnau Bagués | Bartomeu Gual | Mestre Carlí | Josep Oriol Mestres

    Palau de la Música Catalana
    Barcelona
    1908
    Lluís Domènech i Montaner

  • Beinecke Library
    New Haven
    1963
    Gordon Bunshaft | Skidmore Owings and Merrill

    45 East 66th Street
    New York City
    1908
    Harde and Short

  • Pasadena City Hall
    Pasadena
    1927
    Bakewell and Brown

    Casa Vicens
    Barcelona
    1885
    Antoni Gaudí

  • Bendix Building
    Los Angeles
    1929
    William Douglas Lee | Florence Casler

    Tokyo Skytree
    Tokyo
    2012
    Nikken Sekkei

  • Barnes Foundation
    Philadelphia
    Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

    World Trade Center Transportation Hub
    New York City
    2016
    Santiago Calatrava

  • Pacific Design Center
    West Hollywood, California
    1975
    César Pelli | Victor Gruen Associates

    Joan Miró Foundation
    Barcelona
    1975
    Josep Lluís Sert

  • On a Blue Ceiling | Philadelphia Museum of Art
    Philadelphia
    1981 | 1928
    Sol LeWitt | Julian Abele

    Smithsonian Castle
    Washington, D.C.
    1855
    James Renwick Jr.

  • Palace of Knossos
    Heraklion, Crete
    1900-1490 BC | 1920s
    Unknown | Sir Arthur Evans | Piet de Jong

    Casa Mila | La Pedrera
    Barcelona
    1912
    Antoni Gaudí

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