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  • Portico of Octavia remains, with attached medieval church and fish market, into which a modern lighting  boutique, has been fitted.  In the doorway, a woman holding a cigarette.  The casual juxtaposition of ancient, medieval, Baroque, and contemporary buildings and uses always fascinates me.
    ancient-contemporary-juxtaposed-ITA2...jpg
  • Three "black Hmong" men walking uphill on a street in the town of SaPa, North Vietnam.  They wear traditional indigo-dyed garb and carry baskets on their backs, seen from the back, their powerful legs indicate a life of climbing hills.  Three  others in more contemporary dress, carrying shopping bags, approach toward us.
    Black-H'mong-men-walking-Vietnamese_...jpg
  • Outside a school building in a red Hmong village near Sa Pa, North Vietnam.  Four toddlers and a mother, all in traditional clothing, carry little chairs into the doorway.  Their teacher, in contemporary clothing of pants and a pink down jacket, stands idly by.  The school building is traditionally constructed from vertical wooden planks abutting each other.
    Red-H'mong'school-Vietnamese_VTN2006...jpg
  • Glass exterior elevator on the Vittorio Emanuele and the bell tower of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, against a clear blue sky.  A stark contrast of a contemporary structure adjoining a Romanesque one.
    Vittorio-Emanuele_Santa_Maria_Coeli_...jpg
  • Piazza Sta Maria sopra Minerva, Bernini elephant and obelisk, Pantheon partially visible between two adjoining buildings beyond, motorbikes in foregound.  Casual juxtaposition of contemporary necessities of urban life in Rome with its still vital ancient structures and ornaments.
    Piazza-Bernini-elephant-Rome_ITA2009...jpg
  • Palace of Sultan Qaboos, Muscat.  Modern structure, approach avenue, row of street lsmps, polished marble sidewalk.
    Modern royal palace in Muscat
  • Muscat, Grand Mosque of Sultan Qaboos, view down an arcade that borders the courtyard of the mosque.  Sunlight streaming between the pillars, casting parallel shadows.  Carved woodehn [teak] ceiling, pointed arch at entrance.
    arcade at Sultan Qaboos mosque
  • St. George's Wharf development near Vauxhall Bridge: view over the bridge to the high rise apartments, construction cranes beyond.  The four tallest roofs have angular profiles shaped like diagrammatic wings, or opened books.
    Vauxhall_Bridge_ENG200706--3176.jpg
  • Stained glass windows by Gerry Cummins and Jill Stehn in St. Monica's Cathedral, Cairns, Australia.  They are meant to symbolize the natural forces of the Earth.
    AUS201804--6837.jpg
  • Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh, built 1999-2004.  Architect Enric Miralles.  Environmentally sustainable construction methods, winning the Stirling Prize in 2005 despite controversies over its appearance.
    Scottish_Parliament_SCO200607-034.jpg
  • Muscat, harbor behind Sultan's Palace, view across to Jelali fort, built by the Portuguese in the 16th century and still used by the Omani military.
    Jelali fort, Muscat
  • Yellow motorbike passing remains of an ancient Roman aquaduct, on the Viale delle Terme di Caracalla.
    Rome_cityscape_ITA200901--0705.jpg
  • Palace of Sultan Qaboos, Muscat.  Modern structure, approach avenue, row of street lsmps, polished marble sidewalk.  Omani men wearing dishdashas cross the street.
    OMN200801--3555.jpg
  • Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh, built 1999-2004.  Architect Enric Miralles.  Environmentally sustainable construction methods, winning the Stirling Prize in 2005 despite controversies over its appearance.
    Scottish_Parliament_SCO200607-037.jpg
  • Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh, built 1999-2004.  Architect Enric Miralles.  Environmentally sustainable construction methods, winning the Stirling Prize in 2005 despite controversies over its appearance.
    Scottish_Parliament_SCO200607-038.jpg
  • Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh, built 1999-2004.  Architect Enric Miralles.  Environmentally sustainable construction methods, winning the Stirling Prize in 2005 despite controversies over its appearance.
    Scottish_Parliament_SCO200607-036.jpg
  • Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh, built 1999-2004.  Architect Enric Miralles.  Environmentally sustainable construction methods, winning the Stirling Prize in 2005 despite controversies over its appearance.
    Edinburgh_SCO200607-046.jpg
  • Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh, built 1999-2004.  Architect Enric Miralles.  Environmentally sustainable construction methods, winning the Stirling Prize in 2005 despite controversies over its appearance.
    Scottish_Parliament_SCO200607-045.jpg
  • Rooftop view across part of the old section of Fez toward a newer section.  New concrete and cinder block structures sit atop ancient mud brick.  Everywhere growing radio and television antennae, and even a satellite dish.  Here and there laundry hung up.  One square minaret trimmed in green towers over all.
    Fes_rooftops_MOR200411_0543.jpg
  • Fes: el Attarine Medersa: looking upward to the students' rooms, cornices and railings of carved wood thickly ornamenting every surface.  Three open windows.  Laundry hanging over a  window grille dries in the sun.
    Fes_Attarine-medersa_MOR200411_0506.jpg
  • Office building designed by Frank Gehry with Vlado Milunic, built 1994-96 on a site destroyed in World War II bombing.  It is uniquely deconstructivist in style, its flamboyant modernity successfully cohabiting with the medieval buildings on either side.  Seen from across a wet street with snow on the ground.  One man, pedestrian, in the foreground.  Several parked cars in front of the building; one black sedan waiting at the crossroads traffic light.
    Prague-Dancing-House-CZR200901--0227.jpg
  • Rome, Aurelian walls from an embrasure at the top of the San Sebastiano gate, looking along the Appian Way as a bus turns to enter it.
    Aurelian-walls-sebastiano-Rome_ITA20...jpg
  • Rome, Ara Pacis, exterior from roadway showing modern enclosure and passersby, one car in motion and a pair of pedestrians.  Reflection of buildings and trees across the Tiber show in the windows. Rome Historical Center.
    Ara-Pacis-enclosure-Rome_ITA200901--...jpg
  • Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh, built 1999-2004.  Architect Enric Miralles.  Environmentally sustainable construction methods, winning the Stirling Prize in 2005 despite controversies over its appearance.
    Scottish_Parliament_SCO200607-041.jpg
  • Two pairs, three men and one boy, seated at tiny tea house tables, deep in conversation.  One of the men wears trousers and modern dress, the other two and the boy wear the traditional galabeyya.  All are deep into their talk, intent on their subjects, one obviously speaking and the other listening.
    Two intense conversations
  • Man talking on a mobile telephone while he lights incense spiral cones at a Vietnamese pagoda, Phong Thuong Truc, near the Marble Mountain, North Vietnam.
    man-mobile-phone-Vietnamese_VTN20060...jpg
  • Three tourists (one on a mobile phone) near the base of the arch of Septimus Severus which bears a relief of three figures (captured slaves)
    Forum-Rome_ITA200901--0521.jpg
  • Facade of a Venetian palace facing the Grand Canal.  Very contemporary speed boat tied up by its water gate.  A man emerging from the doorway shadow moves toward the boat.  Direct juxtaposition of old and new, ancient and modern, antique and contemporary.
    palace-facade-grand-canal-Venezia_IT...jpg
  • Unknown contemporary abstract and geometric paintings illuminated by sunlight streaming from upper arched openings that give light to the underground structure.
    Split-Croatia-HRV200606-128.jpg
  • The Bardini Gardens are a vantage point for another view of the city.  A statue of a girl on a horse is placed at a strategic point to be sure you see it.  The sculptor is a contemporary, Giuseppe Gavazzi.
    Florence_cityscape_modern_sculpture_...jpg
  • Goldolier in his red striped shirt and straw boater standing on a bridge talking into a mobile phone as a seagull soars overhead.  Houses and apartments along the canal recede colorfully into the distance.  A juxtaposition of the old and new, the ancient houses, traditional gondolier costume, and a contemporary mobile phone.
    Daily-life-Venezia_ITA200403-1-1.jpg
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