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The accidental dystopia of major construction sites: the Hoover Dam, Black Canyon (1934)—a few more here instagram.com/p/CBuvWX8jiaq/…
The construction of the Atomium—i.e. the Belgian pavilion for the World Expo 58 in Brussels—as photographed in 1957 by Dolf Kruger
The construction of New York's water supply system (1906-1917): A fork in the Yonkers pressure tunnel (1913)
Construction of the Theme Building—one of the marvels of Space Age architecture—at the Los Angeles International Airport (1961)
'Three Gorges Dam Project, Yangtze River, China' (2005) by Canadian artist Edward Burtynsky

[well, not so unintentional, in this case...]
Toyo Ito's Taichung Metropolitan Opera House, Taiwan, under construction

[Source: 546920.tumblr.com/post/105809486…]
Panama Canal Construction (1904-1914): View of the Locks under construction (1912)

[Source monovisions.com/vintage-panama…]
Wembley Stadium (1923)
MahaNakhon under construction, Bangkok

[Source: fredvanhoof.tumblr.com/post/113572133…]
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Thinking about Hong Kong...
Here's a rare colour photograph of this marvelous, infinite, impossible and yet so real city in the 1950s by Fan Ho—probably the greatest among its photographers.
Here are a few more instagram.com/p/CAzp9OsHWKQ/…
Fan Ho's portraits of Hong Kong did not only document a fascinating urban reality, but it created a way of seeing, it shaped our spatial imagination, contributing incalculably to the perception of our own cities
But, of course, he was a master of photography tout court. His geometries still teach us how to school our gaze, to decentre oneself in order to see the patterns below the surface of things
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À propos ancient Martian architecture... 'Stone Architecture on Mars, Demonstrating Mars' two-thirds less gravity than Earth's' (1956) by Chesley Bonestell [Published in: Ley & Von Braun's 'The Exploration of Mars', 1956, p. 66, as plate x]
Martian architecture and costume designs from 'Aelita' (Russian: Аэли́та) aka 'Aelita: Queen of Mars' (1924) a silent science-fiction film directed by Soviet filmmaker Yakov Protazanov and based on the homonymous novel by Alexei Tolstoy
Soviet Constructivism: The model for Aelita's Martian city
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The inflatable dam of Ramspol, The Netherlands media.nu.nl/m/m1oxhvta6h8t…
Ayakita dam, Miyazaki Prefecture architectureofdoom.tumblr.com/post/183815624…
Hoover Dam, Black Canyon (1934)
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