Architecture as art

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An exploration of light and dark, and a celebration of the beauty of simplicity.
I am fascinated with architecture in it’s purest form. To me, there is nothing more beautiful than a minimal but balanced composition. This remake of Luis Barrgan’s famous ‘Casa Giraldi’ (1977) House design gave me the opportunity to really focus on light and dark, contrast, colour and saturation, and to delve into some of Corona’s more detailed settings in terms of lighting, render settings and materials.

Gare Montparnasse, Railway Station in 1852 ( Night )

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A bit of History

This is the second Montparnasse railway station replacing the first one built in 1840 (then called embarcadère du Maine) just outside the Paris’ walls. This station has been built between 1848-1852 and was known first as “gare de l’Ouest rive Gauche” (St Lazare was the “gare de l’ouest rive droite” before to be named gare Montparnasse.[2]
The station architects were Victor Lenoir and Alphonse Baude (chief Engineer at the Compagnie de l’ouest). the hall (and iron floors) is from Eugene Flachat, The ornamental statues on the clock are from Hubert Lavigne and are supposed to represent the “industry” and the “agriculture”.