Urban TEXTURES: San Francisco
Lately on our travels we’ve been putting together collections of textures that jump out at us. It gets us thinking a little differently as we explore cities and places and it makes us more deliberate about where we go, what we do, and what we take photos of. On a recent trip to San Francisco we pointed our iPhones at some textures that communicated significant qualities about the place, time and conditions.
L: Inside Three Gems sculpture by James Turrell
R: Aperture of Three Gems sculpture
L: Passage to Three Gems sculpture
R: Column of Saint Mary’s Cathedral by Pier Luigi Nervi
L: Subway tiles
R: Jellyfish at the California Academy of Sciences
L: Brick wall at Vince
R: Subway floor traction mat
L: Stone at Saint Mary’s Cathedral
R: Sandals at H&M
L: Skylights at the California Academy of Sciences
R: Exterior sheet metal wall in the Hayes Valley
L&R: Copper rainscreen at the de Young
L: Green wall at the California Academy of Sciences
R: Copper rainscreen at the de Young
L: Wall climbing plants in Pacific Heights
R: Courtyard at the de Young by Andy Goldsworthy
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By Madison, July 27, 2010 @ 4:06 pm
Goldsworthy’s “Drawn Stone” piece at the De Young is brilliant! I’ve heard that it was inspired by San Francisco being a seismic zone.
By Gus, July 27, 2010 @ 6:08 pm
ahh, San Francisco.
By Alex, July 28, 2010 @ 5:56 am
I always think of SF as a dingy city. These make it seem so fresh and so clean.
By Kelly, July 28, 2010 @ 5:53 pm
Love it… Didn’t the Eames’ have an entire collection of slides on textures.
By Knudsen, July 29, 2010 @ 12:25 am
Very cool guys – I always like seeing where you’ve been.
By Sondra, July 29, 2010 @ 2:42 am
A lovely compilation! As a local SF resident, I think you did a great job capturing some of the cities textures!