Figure/Ground:Architecture+Travel Photography by Liao Yusheng
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Architecture:SORT BY [ DATE VISITED | ARCHITECT ]    
Contemporary Jewish Museum - Daniel Libeskind [ August 2008 / 10 photos ]
CCTV Headquarters - Rem Koolhaas/OMA [ July 2008 / 4 photos ]
National Centre for the Performing Arts - Paul Andreu [ July 2008 / 10 photos ]
Yokohama International Passenger Terminal - FOA [ December 2007 / 13 photos ]
Tadao Ando in Tokyo, 2005—2007 [ 15 photos ]
Harajuku Protestant Church - Ciel Rouge Creation [ December 2007 / 17 photos ]
M.H. de Young Museum - Herzog & de Meuron [ November 2007 / 21 photos ]
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art - Yoshio Taniguchi [ July 2007 / 5 photos ]
Imperial Hotel Entrance Hall - Frank Lloyd Wright [ July 2007 / 11 photos ]
Nakagin Capsule Tower - Kisho Kurokawa [ July 2007 / 8 photos ]
Morgan Library Expansion - Renzo Piano [ June 2006 / 1 photo ]
Guthrie Theater - Jean Nouvel [ June 2006 / 15 photos ]
Mikimoto Ginza 2 - Toyo Ito [ January 2006 / 8 photos ]
Christian Dior Omotesando - SANAA [ January 2006 / 5 photos ]
Salk Institute - Louis Kahn [ May 2005 / 20 photos ]
Walt Disney Concert Hall - Frank Gehry [ May 2005 / 34 photos ]
Gehry Residence - Frank Gehry [ May 2005 / 7 photos ]
Eames House - Charles and Ray Eames [ May 2005 / 17 photos ]
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels - José Rafael Moneo [ May 2005 / 19 photos ]
Caltrans District 7 Headquarters - Thom Mayne/Morphosis [ May 2005 / 29 photos ]
Tokyo International Forum - Rafael Viñoly [ November 2004 + January 2006 / 7 photos ]
Jubilee Church - Richard Meier [ November 2004 / 29 photos ]
Tomba Brion - Carlo Scarpa [ November 2004 / 32 photos ]
Auditorium Parco della Musica - Renzo Piano [ November 2004 / 31 photos ]
Prada Tokyo - Herzog & de Meuron [ September 2004 / 25 photos ]
Gallery of Horyuji Treasures - Yoshio Taniguchi [ September 2004 / 5 photos ]
Stata Center - Frank Gehry [ August 2004 / 17 photos ]
St. Mary's Church - Douglas Cardinal [ May 2004 / 10 photos ]
The Chapel of St. Ignatius - Steven Holl [ May 2004 / 18 photos ]
Seattle Public Library - Rem Koolhaas/OMA [ May 2004 / 41 photos ]
Kimbell Art Museum - Louis Kahn [ May 2004 / 25 photos ]
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth - Tadao Ando [ May 2004 / 18 photos ]
The Chapel of Thanksgiving - Philip Johnson [ May 2004 / 19 photos ]
La Chapelle Notre-Dame du Haut - Le Corbusier [ April 2004 / 45 photos ]
Jüdisches Museum Berlin - Daniel Libeskind [ April 2004 / 40 photos ]
Neue Nationalgalerie - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe [ April 2004 / 12 photos ]
DZ Bank - Frank Gehry [ April 2004 / 10 photos ]
Kapelle der Versöhnung - Reitermann & Sassenroth [ April 2004 / 11 photos ]
Herz Jesu Kirche - Allmann, Sattler & Wappner [ April 2004 / 23 photos ]
Vitra Fire Station - Zaha Hadid [ April 2004 / 28 photos ]
Vitra Design Museum and Factory - Frank Gehry [ April 2004 / 10 photos ]
Vitra Conference Pavilion - Tadao Ando [ April 2004 / 15 photos ]
St. Mary's Cathedral - Belluschi & Nervi [ September 2003 / 23 photos ]
Simmons Hall - Steven Holl [ August 2003 / 30 photos ]
MIT Chapel - Eero Saarinen [ August 2003 / 15 photos ]
Gropius House - Walter Gropius [ August 2003 / 13 photos ]
Fisher Center - Frank Gehry [ June 2003 / 15 photos ]
St. Mary's Cathedral - Kenzo Tange [ April 2003 / 23 photos ]
Site of Reversible Destiny - Arakawa & Gins [ April 2003 / 28 photos ]
Casa Milà "La Pedrera" - Antonio Gaudí [ July 2002 / 25 photos ]
La Sagrada Familia - Antonio Gaudí [ July 2002 / 35 photos ]
Parc Güell - Antonio Gaudí [ July 2002 / 9 photos ]
Barcelona Pavilion - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe [ July 2002 / 15 photos ]
MACBA - Richard Meier [ July 2002 / 22 photos ]
CAC - Santiago Calatrava [ July 2002 / 15 photos ]
Guggenheim Bilbao - Frank Gehry [ July 2002 / 17 photos ]
Church of the Light - Tadao Ando [ February 2002 / 14 photos ]
The Water Temple - Tadao Ando [ February 2002 / 16 photos ]
Villa Savoye - Le Corbusier [ November 2001 / 22 photos ]
Villa La Roche - Le Corbusier [ November 2001 / 9 photos ]
Wall House 2 - John Hejduk [ September 2001 / 26 photos ]
EMP - Frank Gehry [ June 2000 + May 2004/ 15 photos ]

Travel:
Beijing [ July 2008 / 54 photos ]
Bangkok & Ko Phangan [ March/April 2008 / 66 photos ]
Japan [ 2005—2007 / 86 photos ]
Indonesia [ May 2007 / 131 photos ]
Egypt [ March 2007 / 304 photos ]
Italia [ November 2004 / 428 photos ]
Seoul [ October 2004 / 66 photos ]
Western Canada [ May 2004 / 54 photos ]
Seattle [ May 2004 / 20 photos ]
Dallas [ May 2004 / 62 photos ]
Deutschland [ April 2004 / 249 photos ]
Basel [ April 2004 / 17 photos ]
China [ October 2003 / 292 photos ]
San Francisco [ September 2003 / 40 photos ]
Boston [ August 2003 / 26 photos ]
Tokyo [ April 2003 / 83 photos ]
Shanghai [ December 2002 / 28 photos ]
Taipei [ December 2002 / 13 photos ]
Hong Kong [ December 2002 / 12 photos ]
España [ July 2002 / 146 photos ]
Kyoto + Osaka [ February 2002 / 74 photos ]
Greece [ November 2001 / 60 photos ]
London [ November 2001 / 29 photos ]
Paris [ November 2001 / 19 photos ]
Amsterdam + Rotterdam [ September 2001 / 34 photos ]
Beijing [ June 2000 / 11 photos ]
Shanghai [ June 2000 / 18 photos ]

Interiors:
66 [ March 2005 / 29 photos ]
Beige [ April 2005 / 28 photos ]
Jean Georges Shanghai [ April 2005 / 34 photos ]
Perry St [ May 2005 / 26 photos ]
The Standard Downtown LA [ May 2005 / 33 photos ]
The Standard Hollywood [ May 2005 / 29 photos ]

New York Urban Explorations:
Fulton Fish Market [ December 2003 / 21 photos ]
The Collapsed Piers of Riverside Park South [ September 2003 / 30 photos ]
Chinatown After Dark [ August 2003 / 20 photos ]
Governors Island [ August 2003 / 10 photos ]
The High Line [ July 2003 / 50 photos ]














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