As the Osaka Expo comes to an end next week, academics and diplomats, as well as a petition a high schooler founded, are calling for its Grand Ring, the largest wooden structure in the world, to be fully preserved. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/society/calls-for-full-preservation-of-osaka-expo-grand-ring/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #2025osakaexpo #osaka #architecture

This time last year, we were visiting Vienna. We loved it there, and this week's #FensterFreitag offering can serve as a 'reflection' on that trip.
#Photography #Reflection #Urban #Architecture #Psychogeography
This time last year, we were visiting Vienna. We loved it there, and this week's #FensterFreitag offering can serve as a 'reflection' on that trip.
#Photography #Reflection #Urban #Architecture #Psychogeography

Carmunnock Parish Church in Glasgow. Rebuilt in the 1760s, it's possibly based on a pre-reformation religious site. The main entrance is through the small door under the stairs, while the stairs themselves lead up to one of the upper galleries.
#glasgow #carmunnock #church #glasgowchurches #architecture #glasgowbuildings #architecturephotography
Carmunnock Parish Church in Glasgow. Rebuilt in the 1760s, it's possibly based on a pre-reformation religious site. The main entrance is through the small door under the stairs, while the stairs themselves lead up to one of the upper galleries.
#glasgow #carmunnock #church #glasgowchurches #architecture #glasgowbuildings #architecturephotography

@Curator
This was a fun diversion from doomscrolling
#CuratorPrompts189 #CuratorPrompts #Pencil #Sketch #MastoArt #Art #Practice #architecture
@Curator
This was a fun diversion from doomscrolling
#CuratorPrompts189 #CuratorPrompts #Pencil #Sketch #MastoArt #Art #Practice #architecture

Bathed in the brilliant Icelandic light, the Sun Voyager (Sólfar) sculpture rises proudly along Reykjavík’s waterfront, its sweeping steel forms reaching toward the heavens. Created by artist Jón Gunnar Árnason, this remarkable work of art is an ode to exploration discovery and the human spirit’s endless pursuit of adventure.
#SunVoyager #Iceland #Reykjavik #Art #sculpture #architecture #travelPHotogrpahy #Landscape #landscapes #art #fineart
Bathed in the brilliant Icelandic light, the Sun Voyager (Sólfar) sculpture rises proudly along Reykjavík’s waterfront, its sweeping steel forms reaching toward the heavens. Created by artist Jón Gunnar Árnason, this remarkable work of art is an ode to exploration discovery and the human spirit’s endless pursuit of adventure.
#SunVoyager #Iceland #Reykjavik #Art #sculpture #architecture #travelPHotogrpahy #Landscape #landscapes #art #fineart

If you're interested in archaeology or architectural heritage in Ireland, I've made KML files from the government's CC-BY data you can download.
Importing them into both @CoMaps and OsmAnd works, although they both struggle with the number of points, so there are smaller county-by-county files as well.
Get them at https://andrewmccarthy.ie/heritage-pois-in-ireland.html and let me know of any suggestions.



Just a quick reminder that I will be running a 1.5 to 2 hour walking tour in central Glasgow on Sunday 28th September 2025 looking at the city's architectural sculptures, including these rather magnificent ones on Mercantile Chambers on Bothwell Street. It starts at 10am and tickets are £12. There are only 15 places, and tickets can be purchased from here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1736713509859.
Something random from the #travel archive. This is the façade of Concordia station in Bilbao, a great example of Art Nouveau built during the Belle Époque to connect several narrow gauge rail lines in the region.
#Architecture #Photography #ArtNouveau #Bilbao #Spain #TrainStation #Rail
Just a quick reminder that I will be running a 1.5 to 2 hour walking tour in central Glasgow on Sunday 28th September 2025 looking at the city's architectural sculptures, including these rather magnificent ones on Mercantile Chambers on Bothwell Street. It starts at 10am and tickets are £12. There are only 15 places, and tickets can be purchased from here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1736713509859.
Architectural art rarely reaches the public eye. Next week in Tokyo, it will take center stage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/26/art/architecture-art-exhibition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #art #architecture #asai #americansocietyofarchitecturalillustrators #exhibitions #saana #nikkensekkei

Deutsche Oper #Berlin, Sep. 2025
#FensterFreitag #photography #Fotografie #StreetPhotography #UrbanPhotography #BlackAndWhite #bnw #BnwStreet #monochrome #monochrom #ArchitecturePhotography #architecture #FujifilmX #FujiXseries #FujifilmXseries #FujifilmXT5 #Sigma1018mmF28 #FujiLove #FujiFeed #ishootjpeg


A fairytale house from 122 years ago - Art Nouveau classic architecture at 6 Rue du Lac, Brussels.
The architect was Ernest Delune and this was once the studio of Austrian stained glass artist Clas Grüner Sterner.
More here:
https://www.admirable-artnouveau.brussels/en-facades/glass-artist-sterner-s-house-and-workshop/


Deutsche Oper #Berlin, Sep. 2025
#FensterFreitag #photography #Fotografie #StreetPhotography #UrbanPhotography #BlackAndWhite #bnw #BnwStreet #monochrome #monochrom #ArchitecturePhotography #architecture #FujifilmX #FujiXseries #FujifilmXseries #FujifilmXT5 #Sigma1018mmF28 #FujiLove #FujiFeed #ishootjpeg



Door in Pérouges, France
#Door #Architecture #Design #Photography #doorPhotography #dailyDoor #doors #portas #puertas #porte #doorsday #France