There's definitely some common themes running through all of those sunken water feature plazas. There is something very welcoming about the way they sink gradually into the ground.
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Project: McKeldin Fountain
Location: Baltimore, Maryland http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/YKUqQ5.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/tMpg69.jpg All photos taken by geomorph in 2008. |
Project: Commerce Street Transit Zone
Location: Tacoma, Washington http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/ghYwvb.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/woXIuN.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/92kSk9.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/Jz8SjH.jpg All photos taken by geomorph in 2009. |
Project: Tranquility Park
Location: Houston, Texas http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/IBwuUM.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/7c9zrQ.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/hBdaO4.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/xuHcp8.jpg All photos taken by geomorph in 2010. |
Project: Thanks-Giving Square
Location: Dallas, Texas http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/5PWFgd.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/DK2pju.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/JnGyUG.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/ZQefxE.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/Y5JEDn.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/mCau9b.jpg All photos taken by geomorph in 2013. |
Project: Otto Armleder Memorial Aquatic Fountain
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/Ts9yrX.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/wOQd99.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/N2ms8h.jpg All photos taken by geomorph in 2009. |
Project: Villaincourt Fountain
Location: San Francisco, California http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/147ZzH.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/aMerlK.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/6a7nfj.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/91ALIe.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/Y91CST.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/l0OROZ.jpg All photos taken by geomorph in 2011. |
Project: Scottsdale Civic Center
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/S9KKUn.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/ebxuNe.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/oZaeG1.jpg All photos taken by geomorph in 2011. |
Project: Collins Park
Location: Miami Beach, Florida http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/wtcXFi.jpg Photo taken by geomorph in 2007. |
Project: Hirshhorn Museum
Location: Washington, DC http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/EzG6h4.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/P1s322.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/Q4jznQ.jpg All photos taken by geomorph in 2008. |
Project: Arizona State University Music Building
Location: Tempe, Arizona http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/z9Hoae.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/GLBHIO.jpg All photos taken by geomorph in 2010. |
Some Michigan examples:
Project: Riverbank Park Location: Flint, Michigan https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2444/...dc7880f7_b.jpg Flint by Ian Freimuth, on Flickr https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2545/...c8a88c72_b.jpg Flint by Ian Freimuth, on Flickr Project: Fish Ladder Park Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1079/...30f1f773_b.jpg Fish Ladder by Phil Squattrito, on Flickr It gets fish over the 6th Street Dam: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8453/...8a4ce918_b.jpg Grand Rapids fish ladder by Brent Looyenga, on Flickr I believe the tallest building in the state to use concrete as it's facade treatment is the McNamara Federal Building in Detroit: https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2562/...5c9199b7_b.jpg GSA_McNamara_Q3_Exterior1 by gsamichigan, on Flickr It's a real monster, which I think was the point. I still have very mixed feelings about concrete as a defining architectural characteristic of a structure. I guess it can be really impressive, but when it misses, it misses bigly. |
LMich, I like the fish ladder!
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Project: Maricopa County Buildings
Location: Phoenix, Arizona http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/fTj4nY.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/EdRRsW.jpg All photos taken by geomorph in 2010. |
Project: Phoenix Financial Center
Location: Phoenix, Arizona http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/ZqywIW.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/5YA3Pf.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/Wbcl0B.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/VIQcJe.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/0AmtxP.jpg All photos taken by geomorph in 2010. |
Concrete is durable material in construction, the buildings built of concrete will certainly have a longevity
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Project: Carpenter Center
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/mVy6nc.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/HpO9TY.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/euoxAw.jpg All photos taken by geomorph in 2009. |
Project: Seattle Aquarium
Location: Seattle, Washington http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/2nSQdv.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/NvHJIB.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/uOP9DR.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/44N9Aa.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/jxXwtc.jpg All photos taken by geomorph in 2009. |
Project: Museum of Vancouver
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/GPG2O0.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/zOMtS4.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/fZq6Za.jpg All photos taken by geomorph on 2017. |
Project: A Building in Sydney
Location: Sydney, New South Wales http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/wTQMFe.jpg Photo taken by geomorph in 2007. |
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