{"id":36936,"date":"2017-11-29T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/?p=36936"},"modified":"2017-11-29T10:33:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T15:33:07","slug":"color-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/collections\/color-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Spectrum: 8 Vibrant Celebrations of Color in Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Last week, we profiled <i><a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/collections\/black-facades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black: Architecture in Monochrome<\/a>, <\/i>a fantastic new photo book from Phaidon that showcases buildings clad in the world\u2019s most versatile hue. However, like the rest of us, Phaidon is not immune to the charms of color. They released another book this year, <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phaidon.com\/store\/architecture\/spectrum-9780714875286\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spectrum<\/a>, <\/i>that\u00a0features gorgeous photographs of surfaces of various colors, all taken by the esteemed architect and photographer John Pawson. Unlike <i>Black, <\/i>this book does not feature individual buildings, but rather zooms in on details, drawing out the full richness of the colors on display. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe connection between photography and architecture is an intimate one,\u201d wrote Pawson in the book\u2019s Introduction. \u201cWhere others might sketch or make notes, my reflex is to reach for a lens. Each of the photographs here\u00a0\u2014 selected from a collection measuring in the hundreds of thousands\u00a0\u2014 represents one such moment of reaching for the lens. They include fragments of narratives of individual projects, but also far-flung travels and observations of the moment\u00a0\u2014 the tiny things that catch the eye in the course of an ordinary day.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Spectrum <\/i>arranges these captured moments along the lines of a\u00a0\u2014 you guessed it\u00a0\u2014 spectrum, which each succeeding photograph featuring a color that is a shade different than the one that preceded it. The result is a seamless journey through reds, greens, blues and everything in between. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The following selections from <i>Spectrum <\/i>feature inspiring examples of color being used to emphasize architectural materials. Pawson intentionally eschews all but the most minimal contextual information for these images, leaving space for the viewer to imagine the limitless possibilities they suggest.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36940\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36940\" class=\"size-large wp-image-36940 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr119722805707712-2926844-1024x1019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr119722805707712-2926844-1024x1019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr119722805707712-2926844-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr119722805707712-2926844-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr119722805707712-2926844-768x764.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr119722805707712-2926844.jpg 1069w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Barajas, Madrid. February 2013<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">1. Yellow Beams<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Yellow is a color with mixed associations. While it is the color of sunshine, it can often be difficult to wield when used as a pigment. The wrong yellow can have a sickly aspect to it, which is why it has traditionally been known as the color of cowardice and deceit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The yellow on display in this mysterious Madrid room is certainly of a robust, healthy sort, tending toward orange. The secret might be in the raw concrete floor, which grounds the space, or the flood of overhead light.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36942\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36942\" class=\"size-large wp-image-36942 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr119722805707712-1166753-1024x1022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr119722805707712-1166753-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr119722805707712-1166753-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr119722805707712-1166753-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr119722805707712-1166753-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr119722805707712-1166753.jpg 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Jaffa, Israel. April 2013<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">2. Brick Red Tiles <\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Something about the sanguine richness of these cracked tiles is startling. They\u2019re old, damaged, but not quite faded. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Red is a difficult color to work with, but done right it can make an extraordinary impact. For a classic example, look to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Puck_Building\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Puck Building<\/a> in Nolita, a Romanesque Revival classic that all New Yorkers should recognize.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36943\" style=\"width: 988px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36943\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36943 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1710_MG_Spectrum_12.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"978\" height=\"1003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1710_MG_Spectrum_12.jpeg 978w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1710_MG_Spectrum_12-293x300.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1710_MG_Spectrum_12-768x788.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>New York, New York. February 2009. Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnpawson.com\/works\/spectrum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Pawson<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">3. Luminescent Glass<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Le Corbusier described architecture as \u201cmasses in light.\u201d And the best way to take advantage of the light is, of course, glazed surfaces. Nothing quite matches a Manhattan sunset in which glass towers are temporarily emblazoned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36944\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36944\" class=\"size-large wp-image-36944 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr11972280570771229556-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr11972280570771229556-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr11972280570771229556-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr11972280570771229556-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr11972280570771229556-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr11972280570771229556.jpg 1063w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>El Calafate, Argentina. February 2017<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">4. Blue Wood<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">One does not need to look to an expensive building to see colors and materials used to create beautiful effects. Chipped blue paint on the side of a barn can sometimes do just fine. Note the contrast between this rich, almost purple blue and the surrounding white chickweed.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36938\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36938\" class=\"lazy lazy_media_item wp-image-36938 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr119722805707712-1368238-1024x1019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr119722805707712-1368238-1024x1019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr119722805707712-1368238-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr119722805707712-1368238-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr119722805707712-1368238-768x764.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acr119722805707712-1368238.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>New York, New York, USA. April 2013<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">5. White Paint<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cColor is an attribute people don\u2019t necessarily associate with my work,\u201d writes Pawson. \u201cThere is a presumption that it is all about whiteness.\u201d But as Pawson understands, white itself is a color, prone to subtle variations in shade and texture. This photograph of a spackled wall brings out the richness of a surface that many would think of as incomplete.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36945\" style=\"width: 962px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36945\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36945 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/new_196-bloomsbury-london.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"952\" height=\"944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/new_196-bloomsbury-london.jpg 952w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/new_196-bloomsbury-london-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/new_196-bloomsbury-london-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/new_196-bloomsbury-london-768x762.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Bloomsbury, London. July 2012<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">6. Aquamarine Glass<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/great-court-at-the-british-musuem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great Court of the British Museum<\/a> is the largest covered public square in Europe. Its canopy of 3,312 tesselated glass windowpanes was designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/foster-partners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foster and Partners<\/a> and unveiled in 2000. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Pawson\u2019s photograph captures a portion of the ceiling at a moment when the light was, as painters often say, \u201cinteresting.\u201d It\u2019s one of the few structures in the book that is immediately recognizable.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36946\" style=\"width: 986px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36946\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36946 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_278-bendinat-mallorca-spain.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"976\" height=\"944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_278-bendinat-mallorca-spain.jpg 976w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_278-bendinat-mallorca-spain-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_278-bendinat-mallorca-spain-768x743.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Bendinat, Mallorca, Spain. November 2011<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">7. Raw Concrete<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>Spectrum<\/em>\u00a0features a number of photographs that linger over every architect\u2019s favorite surface: raw unfinished concrete. Outsiders don\u2019t get it, but for the sensitive viewer attuned to concrete&#8217;s charms, grays can be as captivating as blues or reds. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The sunlight flooding into this space from an aperture overhead is reminiscent of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pantheon,_Rome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pantheon<\/a> in Rome and its famous <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oculus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oculus<\/a>, which stands atop what is still the <a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/practice\/materials\/kaynemaile-mesh-facade-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world&#8217;s largest unreinforced concrete dome.<\/a>\u00a0When it came to concrete, the Romans knew their stuff.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36941\" style=\"width: 962px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36941\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36941 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_096-sedona-arizona-usa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"952\" height=\"944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_096-sedona-arizona-usa.jpg 952w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_096-sedona-arizona-usa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_096-sedona-arizona-usa-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_096-sedona-arizona-usa-768x762.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Sedona, Arizona. February 2005<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">8. Desert Rocks <\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While a natural surface, the red bed sandstone featured in this image should be an inspiration to architects. The complementary contrast between the orange-red stone and the turquoise sky is truly stunning. There are few things in nature that stand out this boldly and brightly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>All images via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phaidon.com\/resource\/9780714875286-spectrum-preview.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phaidon<\/a> unless noted otherwise. To see more of Pawson&#8217;s extraordinary photographs, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phaidon.com\/store\/architecture\/spectrum-9780714875286\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spectrum.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36955 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/9780714875286-ph-940-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/9780714875286-ph-940-2-1.jpg 940w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/9780714875286-ph-940-2-1-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/9780714875286-ph-940-2-1-768x449.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following selections from Spectrum feature inspiring examples of color being used to emphasize architectural materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":36970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"architizer_featured_type":"insert","architizer_featured_image":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"architizer_project":[],"architizer_brand":[],"architizer_firm":[],"architizer_product":[],"class_list":["post-36936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collections","category-inspiration"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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