The Sentinels of La Pedrera
p.1 #1The Sentinels of La Pedrera
These sentinels guard the rooftop of Gaudi's La Pedrera (Casa Mila)
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Mar 18, 2026 at 10:29 PM
p.1 #2The Sentinels of La Pedrera
Very unique structures "Tann"! The deep blue sky and the warm golden color works very well here!
Nice and sharp and clean!
Nice work!
Dan
Nice and sharp and clean!
Nice work!
Dan
Mar 19, 2026 at 03:42 PM
p.1 #3The Sentinels of La Pedrera
Danpbphoto wrote:
Very unique structures "Tann"! The deep blue sky and the warm golden color works very well here!
Nice and sharp and clean!
Nice work!
Dan
Thank you! I was very grateful for the lovely sky when I visited. The biggest challenge was finding suitable angles/times to avoid capturing the other visitors.
Very unique structures "Tann"! The deep blue sky and the warm golden color works very well here!
Nice and sharp and clean!
Nice work!
Dan
Thank you! I was very grateful for the lovely sky when I visited. The biggest challenge was finding suitable angles/times to avoid capturing the other visitors.
Mar 19, 2026 at 09:13 PM
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p.1 #5The Sentinels of La Pedrera
Gaudi was a truly astonishing architect. If architecture moves you in any way, it is absolutely worth the trek to Barcelona to experience his multiple structures open for viewing. The level of vision, detail, organic harmony, and quality of work that made it into his structures stuns me. Many years ago, I fancied architecture as a career, but wisely chickened out, and detoured into engineering and science.
Even the most jaded engineers should be able to appreciate the underlying mathematical elegance of his structures. The particular shape of his arches while quite beautiful, is also the most mechanically efficient use to material. See https://thoughtintensivedesign.wordpress.com/antoni-gaudi-arches-and-ruled-surfaces/ if you have any further interest.
Lovely detail of these rooftop vent/chimney details. For grins, you might try a conversion to B&W, with perhaps a slight warm (platinum) toning.
Even the most jaded engineers should be able to appreciate the underlying mathematical elegance of his structures. The particular shape of his arches while quite beautiful, is also the most mechanically efficient use to material. See https://thoughtintensivedesign.wordpress.com/antoni-gaudi-arches-and-ruled-surfaces/ if you have any further interest.
Lovely detail of these rooftop vent/chimney details. For grins, you might try a conversion to B&W, with perhaps a slight warm (platinum) toning.
Mar 20, 2026 at 05:22 AM
p.1 #6The Sentinels of La Pedrera
Taperwing wrote:
Gaudi was a truly astonishing architect. If architecture moves you in any way, it is absolutely worth the trek to Barcelona to experience his multiple structures open for viewing. The level of vision, detail, organic harmony, and quality of work that made it into his structures stuns me. Many years ago, I fancied architecture as a career, but wisely chickened out, and detoured into engineering and science.
Even the most jaded engineers should be able to appreciate the underlying mathematical elegance of his structures. The particular shape of his arches while quite beautiful, is also the most mechanically efficient use...Show more →
Here's my take in BW. I used a slight yellow in highlights and even slighter in shadow.
The attic of La Pedrera was filled with information on Gaudi's catenaries and his inspirations from nature. The attic also looks like the inside of a whale with all the exposed arches. (I quickly edited few pics I snapped below just now-- I didn't like them as much as the roof; I felt I wasn't able to capture how amazing they felt in person)
Gaudi was a truly astonishing architect. If architecture moves you in any way, it is absolutely worth the trek to Barcelona to experience his multiple structures open for viewing. The level of vision, detail, organic harmony, and quality of work that made it into his structures stuns me. Many years ago, I fancied architecture as a career, but wisely chickened out, and detoured into engineering and science.
Even the most jaded engineers should be able to appreciate the underlying mathematical elegance of his structures. The particular shape of his arches while quite beautiful, is also the most mechanically efficient use...Show more →
Here's my take in BW. I used a slight yellow in highlights and even slighter in shadow.
The attic of La Pedrera was filled with information on Gaudi's catenaries and his inspirations from nature. The attic also looks like the inside of a whale with all the exposed arches. (I quickly edited few pics I snapped below just now-- I didn't like them as much as the roof; I felt I wasn't able to capture how amazing they felt in person)
Mar 20, 2026 at 09:35 PM
p.1 #7The Sentinels of La Pedrera
Yes indeed. To my eye, that photo is mighty fine in B&W. Fun too that scale is ambiguous, if you don't know what you are looking at, which I would imagine would apply to many,
The interior is the very definition of structural elegance. It is a mind bend to imagine how they figured out the exact geometry to make such complex, overlapping shapes work. The link I provided suggests is was done in an ingenious, empirical manner, whereby strings were hung, and allowed to assume the approximate shape of an inverted arch, simply by their own weight. Weights were hung from these string arches in specific intervals, representative of whatever load would be applied to the actual arch, whether from roofing or additional structure(s) above. Brilliant, the actual geometry of how the structure would need to be built in the inverse is revealed.
The interior is the very definition of structural elegance. It is a mind bend to imagine how they figured out the exact geometry to make such complex, overlapping shapes work. The link I provided suggests is was done in an ingenious, empirical manner, whereby strings were hung, and allowed to assume the approximate shape of an inverted arch, simply by their own weight. Weights were hung from these string arches in specific intervals, representative of whatever load would be applied to the actual arch, whether from roofing or additional structure(s) above. Brilliant, the actual geometry of how the structure would need to be built in the inverse is revealed.
Mar 21, 2026 at 01:06 PM