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Architectural photography does more than document buildings; it captures the dialogue between light, space, and the built environment. From early salt prints of Egyptian ruins to the sleek, modernist glass of the 20th century, Luminous-Lint offers a sophisticated map of how photographers have interpreted structure and urban growth.

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Contents

Introduction
1Introduction to architecture
Architectural acoustics
2Franz Max Osswald: Sound photographs in architectural models, from Franz Max Osswald's applied acoustics laboratory at ETH Zurich (1930-1933)
Early examples
3A world of roofs
4Calvert Richard Jones: Daguerreotype: Margam Castle, Wales
5Mission Héliographique
6Achille Quinet: Restoration of the Royal Chaalis Abbey
7William and Mary Howitt: Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain (1862)
8William Howitt: Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain and Ireland, Second Series (1864)
Scotland
9Thomas Annan: The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow
10Archibald Burns: Edinburgh
England
11Philip Henry Delamotte: The Crystal Palace (1854-1855)
12Robert Henry Cheney: The country houses and architecture of England (1850s)
13Arthur James Melhuish: Windsor and Windsor Castle (1854-1856)
14The Society for Photographing Relics of Old London
15Harry Gedford Lemere: National Photographic Record and Survey (ca 1900)
16Frederick Henry Evans: England, Kelmscott Manor
17Roger Mayne: Wapping
France
18France: Paris - Notre Dame
19France: Paris - Notre Dame, Facade
20France: Paris - Notre Dame, La Porte Rouge
21Charles Marville: France: Paris
22Édouard Baldus: France: Paris
23Delmaet & Durandelle: The Paris Opera (1861-1875)
24Pierre-Ambroise Richebourg (attributed): Élysée Palace, Paris (ca. 1867)
25Albert Fernique: Ecole centrale des arts et manufactures (1875)
26Louis-Émile Durandelle and Albert Chevojon: Grand Hotel Terminus-Saint Lazare, Paris (1889 or later)
27Eugène Atget: The streets and buildings of Paris
Belgium
28Edmond Fierlants: Belgium: Architecture (1860s)
Germany
29Leopold Ahrendts: Berlin
30Albrecht Meydenbauer: Photogrammetry
31August Sander: Cologne
32Hugo Schmölz: German architecture
33Bauhaus
Italy
34Carlo Naya: Italy: Venice: Palaces
35Carlo Naya: Italy: Venice: Grand Canal
Spain
36Joan Martí Centellas: Barcelona
Russia
37Albert Felisch: Russia, St. Petersburg
38Ivan Bianchi: Russia: St. Petersburg
India
39Thomas Biggs: Architecture at Ahmedabad, the Capital of Goozerat (1866)
40James Fergusson: Illustrations of Various Styles of Indian Architecture (1869)
41John Henry Ravenshaw: Gaur; its Ruins and Inscriptions (1878)
Australia
42Album of Sydney, N.S.W., Australia (1870)
43Unidentified photographer: The buildings of Sydney, N.S.W., Australia (1873)
USA
44George Robinson Fardon: San Francisco Album. Photographs of the Most Beautiful Views and Public Buildings of San Francisco (1856-1857)
45Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives - Book covers
46Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives
47Edward Steichen: The Flatiron
48Albert Bardem: Construction of the Commercial National Bank, SW corner Martin and Wilmington Streets, Raleigh, NC (1912-1913)
49Lewis W. Hine: Empire State Building (1929-1931)
50Berenice Abbott: Changing New York
51Andreas Feininger: The architecture of New York
52Ezra Stoller: Architecture
53Julius Shulman: Architecture
54Frank Gohlke: Grain elevators
Brazil
55Marcel Gautherot: The architecture of Oscar Niemeyer in Brasilia
Building types
56Skyscrapers
Survey projects
57Historic American Buildings Survey - HABS
USA, California
58William A. Garnett: Aerial views of Californian suburbia
59Robert Adams: The construction of suburbia
Styles and movements
60Pictorialism and architecture
Architectural details and modifications
61Egypt: Wall art, bas-relief, hieroglyphics and graffiti
62Brassaï: Graffiti
63Aaron Siskind: Chicago
64Aaron Siskind: Gloucester
Structures
65Doorways
66Arches
67Windows
68Gates
69Fountains
70Bridges, viaducts, trestles and jetties
Cities in decay
71Roger Mayne: Leeds, slum clearance
Photographers
72Bernd & Hilla Becher: Framework Houses (1959-1971)
73Candida Höfer: Architectural space
74Thomas Ruff: Architecture
75Thomas Kellner: Architecture
76Hiroshi Sugimoto: Theatres
77John Divola: Isolated Houses
Techniques and processes
78Gelatin silver prints: Architecture
Conclusions
79Conclusions on architecture

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