Fan vault ceiling in arcade, Barcelona Cathedral, Spain

Fan vault ceiling in arcade, Barcelona Cathedral, Spain. Barcelona Cathedral is situated in the Gothic quarters, not to be confused with Sagrada Familia. Barcelona, Spain.

Arcade with fan vault ceiling, Barcelona Cathedral, Spain.

Arcade with fan vault ceiling, Barcelona Cathedral, Spain. Barcelona Cathedral is situated in the Gothic quarters, not to be confused with Sagrada Familia. Barcelona, Spain.

Towards the exit of the Underground station

Shot in the London (UK) Underground.

Inside The Cube, Birmingham (UK)

The Cube is one of the most beautiful pieces of modern architecture in the hearth of Birmingham. The irregular displacement of the floors creates amazing geometric effects when looked from the inside out.

Viewpoint of a mouse

Fountains and the Zwinger from a special perspective

Train in motion

A train in motion in a train station

Trocadero

The Trocadéro, site of the Palais de Chaillot, is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. The place was named in honour of the Battle of Trocadero, in which the fortified Isla del Trocadero, in southern Spain, was captured by French forces led by the Duc d’Angoulême, son of the future king, Charles X, on August 31, 1823. France had intervened on behalf of King Ferdinand VII of Spain, whose rule was contested by a liberal rebellion. Trocadero restored the autocratic Spanish Bourbon Ferdinand VII to the throne of Spain, in an action that defined the Restoration.For the Exposition Internationale of 1937, the old Palais du Trocadéro was demolished and replaced by the Palais de Chaillot which now tops the hill. It was designed in classicizing “moderne” style by architects Louis-Hippolyte Boileau, Jacques Carlu and Léon Azéma. Like the old palais, the palais de Chaillot features two wings shaped to form a wide arc: indeed, these wings were built on the foundations of those of the former building. However, unlike the old palais, the wings are independent buildings and there is no central element to connect them: instead, a wide esplanade leaves an open view from the place du Trocadéro to the Eiffel Tower and beyond.

The buildings are decorated with quotations by Paul Valéry, and sculptural groups at the attic level by Raymond Delamarre, Carlo Sarrabezolles and Alfred Bottiau. The eight gilded figures on the terrace of the Rights of Man are attributed to the sculptors Alexandre Descatoire, Marcel Gimond, Jean Paris dit Pryas, Paul Cornet, Lucien Brasseur, Robert Couturier, Paul Niclausse, and Félix-Alexandre Desruelles.

The Jardins du Trocadéro occupy the open space bounded to the northwest by the wings of the Palais de Chaillot and to the southeast by the Seine and the Pont d’Iéna. The present garden has an area of 93,930 m2, and was created for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937), on the design of architect Roger-Henri Expert. The entire site was formerly the garden of the old Palais du Trocadéro, laid out by Jean-Charles Alphand.

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Historic Architecture Urban Office Building

Detail of old and new architecture in downtown, historical Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

Colors Lines Old Storefronts Urban Buildings

Colorful storefront designs in the historic architecture of downtown Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.