The Collections: Architecture

The buildings and structures around us provide shelter and warmth, protecting us from the elements.  Some are so stunning that we cannot help but stop to marvel at their design, while others seem so common that we cannot help but pass through them without giving their walls and corners more than a cursory glance. 

New York Public Library; New York, NY

There are those spaces that are the blend of the utilitarian and the beautiful, where the balance between their purpose and their beauty exists in a state of tension.  Even something so familiar to us can become a new place when we approach it from a new perspective.

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