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GREAT BUILDINGS PICTURES (2)


Photo · PA Technology Center · Princeton, New Jersey
PA Technology Center, by Richard Rogers, at Princeton, New Jersey, 1982.
Photo by Ron Schechter. © Ron Schechter, not available through Artifice Images


Photo, exterior · Abteiburg Museum · Monchen-Gladbach, Germany

Photo, exterior, closer in · Abteiburg Museum · Monchen-Gladbach, Germany

Modern or Post-Modern
Notes	Several variously designed bodies collected on a loose plinth.

Photo, exterior, overview in context · Chartres Cathedral · Chartres, France

Photo, exterior, main facade · Chartres Cathedral · Chartres, France

Photo, exterior, side with facade · Chartres Cathedral · Chartres, France


Photo, interior, clerestory and stained glass · Chartres Cathedral · Chartres, France


Photo, historical · Chartres Cathedral · Chartres, France


Photo, historical · Chartres Cathedral · Chartres, France


Lower west front · Chartres Cathedral · Chartres, France


Upper west front · Chartres Cathedral · Chartres, France


Tympanum, central portal · Chartres Cathedral · Chartres, France


Jambs, central portal · Chartres Cathedral · Chartres, France

Gothic exemplar
Notes	In the small town of Chartres, near to and south-west of Paris.

Photo, in front courtyard · A. I. A. Headquarters · Washington, D.C.

Modern
Notes	By "The Architects Collaborative". National headquarters building for the American Institute of Architects.

Photo, exterior · Abteiburg Museum · Monchen-Gladbach, Germany


Photo, exterior, closer in · Abteiburg Museum · Monchen-Gladbach, Germany

Style	Modern or Post-Modern
Notes	Several variously designed bodies collected on a loose plinth.

Photo, exterior overview showing keep and wall · Himeji Castle · Donjon, Himeji City, Japan


Photo, exterior, inner moat gate · Himeji Castle · Donjon, Himeji City, Japan


Photo, exterior, roof detail · Himeji Castle · Donjon, Himeji City, Japan


Photo, exterior, keep pond · Himeji Castle · Donjon, Himeji City, Japan


Photo, keep interior · Himeji Castle · Donjon, Himeji City, Japan


Photo, west bailey interior · Himeji Castle · Donjon, Himeji City, Japan


Photo, west bailey interior · Himeji Castle · Donjon, Himeji City, Japan



Photo, exterior, west bailey from keep · Himeji Castle · Donjon, Himeji City, Japan


Photo, exterior overview, keep from below · Himeji Castle · Donjon, Himeji City, Japan


Photo, exterior detail, eaves of stacked roofs · Himeji Castle · Donjon, Himeji City, Japan


Photo, exterior overview, keep and pond · Himeji Castle · Donjon, Himeji City, Japan

Style	Medieval Japanese
Notes	many storied battered walls, flared hipped roofs, moated.

Photo, exterior · Aalto Studio · Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, Finland


Photo · Aalto Studio · Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, Finland


Photo · Aalto Studio · Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, Finland

Style	Modern
Notes	The two studio form an ell shape, which arcs around outdoor amphitheater.