The Waldorf Astoria Chicago: A Walled Courtyard in a City
A hotel in Chicago's Gold Coast with a private walled entrance courtyard and French-influenced interiors.
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We are writing a photographer’s field guide to every wedding venue we would happily work in, city by city. Each guide covers the light, the timing and the frames that work – and says plainly where we are drawing on craft rather than on having shot there.
Lincoln Park Zoo: Reading a City Park Hour by Hour
A zoo set within Lincoln Park, with a lily pond, historic brick animal houses and the skyline rising behind the trees.
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The New York Botanical Garden: Four Ways Out of the Scale Problem
A very large botanical garden in New York, with extensive designed landscapes, woodland and a conservatory.
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The Chicago History Museum: Making the Glass-Dome Frame
A museum on the southern edge of Lincoln Park, with a stained glass dome, mosaic floors and park frontage.
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The Central Park Zoo: Four Ways Out of the Small Zoo Problem
A compact zoo within Central Park in New York, with a sea lion pool at its centre and the park immediately outside.
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The LondonHouse Rooftop: One Decision Governs the Whole Evening
A rooftop terrace on a 1923 building at Michigan Avenue and the Chicago River, looking along the river and across the skyline.
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The Bronx Zoo: Four Ways Out of the Fencing Problem
A very large zoo in New York, with extensive grounds, tropical houses and a butterfly garden.
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The Shedd Aquarium: Four Ways Out of the Bright-Aquarium Problem
A classical aquarium on the Museum Campus, with an Oceanarium wing whose windows face Lake Michigan and the skyline.
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The Greenwich Hotel, New York: How the Light Moves
A red brick hotel in New York's TriBeCa, with warm textured interiors and a courtyard.
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The William Vale, New York: How the Light Moves
A Brooklyn hotel with panoramic views across the water to the Manhattan skyline.
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