Ambroise Tezenas Photography

First spotted at Designcollector VOX, the works of Ambroise Tezenas captivated us with his beautiful attention to the light and other magics. Based in Paris, he worked as a photo-journalist for both french and international magazines, spending much of his time traveling in South East Asia, Central and South America.

Here is his recent series of uninhabited Paris

Jardin des Tuileries, Paris. 2013

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Jardin des Tuileries, Paris. 2014

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Paris. 2014

Avenue de l'Opéra, Paris. 2013

Nakagin Capsule Tower 1972

Photographer Noritaka Minami explores the architectural heritage of Tokio tells us a story of futuristic Nakagin Capsule Tower designed by Kisho Kurokawa in 1972. . As the first capsule apartment in history constructed for everyday use, the Nakagin Capsule Tower is considered the most ambitious attempt in implementing the principles of Metabolism (the movement aimed to formulate flexible designs that facilitate continual growth and renewal of architecture). This prototype for a new lifestyle for the 21st Century ultimately proved to be an exception rather than the rule. Now considered an obsolete model of living, the Nakagin Capsule Tower faces the threat of demolition to make way for a conventional apartment complex on the site. This photographic series below investigates the building as it faces an uncertain fate.

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Raul Alejandro Cabrera Ruiz

Paris-based architect Raul Alejandro Cabrera Ruiz has a killer eye for details and especially the ones from urban landscape. Following the aphorism "God is in the details" once said by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Raul developing his skills on a daily basis using Instagram for documenting his success.

Read the interview with Raul on iGNANT

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Gabor Erdelyi captures Life on a Bench for a Year in Barcelona

Spanish photographer Gabor Erdelyi came up with a simple idea for capturing some of the life in the beautiful city of Barcelona: photograph a seaside bench for a year. In the Barceloneta area of the city, Erdely faithfully took photos from a bird’s-eye view to capture the many ways the locals use the bench.

“This is a small point of the fisherman’s village lively, vibrant life. [It’s] an integral part of everyday life, of love, of life, of birthdays, of loneliness, of joint activities and of games. This is one of the many thousands of similar sites of community building.”

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Architectural Density in Hong Kong

With seven million people, Hong Kong is the 4th most densely populated places in the world. However, plain numbers never tell the full story. In his "Architecture of Density" photo series, German photographer Michael Wolf (previously) explores the jaw-dropping urban landscapes of Hong Kong. He rids his photographs of any context, removing any sky or horizon line from the frame and flattening the space until it becomes a relentless abstraction of urban expansion, with no escape for the viewer’s eye. Infinite and haunting.

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The Apartment by The Line

Check our latest addition to the Interior Design Board. The Apartment by The Line is a “shoppable” apartment where everything from the couches to the clothes in the gorgeous walk-in closet are for sale

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Istanbul by Yener Tonur

Architect and photographer Yener Torun moved to Istanbul 14 years ago, and has been sharing his fascination with its color-blocked exteriors via Instagram. His wildly popular and colorful photos infuse the city’s architectural landscape with a delightful whimsy and sense of humor.

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