TROPOLISM

Yesterday we elided over a gem of a database of freely accessible architectural photography called Galinsky. It is not unlike the Japanese one we scouted last year. Freely accessible architectural photography: truly open-source architectural experience. It's music to our eyes.

But what really turns us on is the snapshot nature of the photographs. Buildings I've seen a thousand times show up differently here. Buildings I've seen the same photographs over and over occur differently, too, because the pictures are not professionally shot, and are often of things architects would be interested in: detail.