This is inspirational photo #21 of our archiTEXTure Challenge:
This photo features a staircase, colourfully painted in all the colours of the rainbow in a residential area in San Salvador de Jujuy in the north of Argentina. Especially in poorer neighbourhoods, even a little bit of colour can make the inhabitants noticeably happier and more cheerful.
This is inspirational photo #19 of our archiTEXTure Challenge:
This close-up photo features a detail of a brick wall with a three-dimensional structure, found in a public park in the newly built Harbour City neighbourhood in Hamburg, Germany.
This is inspirational photo #18 of our archiTEXTure Challenge:
These houses can be seen from the famous Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. We love the different shades of blue with the grey background. And the intriguing shapes with the rhythmic repetition of windows... a designers dream!
This is inspirational photo #17 of our archiTEXTure Challenge:
This close-up photo features a detail of the mural painting “Joint Venture” by the Scottish artist Margaret Steele Hunter (www.margaret-hunter.com). It is part of the famous East Side Gallery, a 1.3 km long open-air gallery remnant of the peaceful fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
This is inspirational photo #16 of our archiTEXTure Challenge:
You can find this building with its intriguingly patterned facade in Düsseldorf on the famous Königsallee. Many tourists go there to have a look at the exclusive shops. We think that the pattern formed by the intersecting lines and the rhythm created by the architectural elements much more interesting...
This is inspirational photo #15 of our archiTEXTure Challenge:
This close-up photo features the roof of a little chapel near Freising in Bavaria, Germany. It is made of traditional wood shingles. A new trend called “New Alpine Architecture” strives to combine traditional sustainable materials and regional building styles with a modern design language.
This is inspirational photo #13 of our archiTEXTure Challenge:
This photo features a modern, strictly geometrical abstract wall mosaic made from tiles, which is strongly reminiscent of the minimalist Bauhaus art style. The photo was taken at the entrance of the subway station Wandsbek in Hamburg, Germany...
