Last night I pulled together 20 examples of architecture in art for today’s post. As I scrolled through Pinterest pinning hundreds of images that appeal, I realized that one of the categories that make my heart flutter most is architecture. (You can look at my Architecture I and Architecture II Pinterest boards and see if you feel similarly.)
Artwork sucks me in, street style compels me to lose weight and dress with more verve, and food photos makes me wish I had more time and energy to really cook, but the architectural images draw me in more profoundly. Sure, it’s the design aspects in part—the corrugated metal, black stained siding, expanses of glass, pointy rooftops, and placement in the surrounding landscape transport me to another place, another time, another life I could have. Or maybe, just a house I might someday build.
So just for that reason, the realization that looking at sublime examples of contemporary dwellings elicits a response deeper than browsing well-designed living rooms and adorable, furry animals, here are occurrences of architecture in art, including photographs, paintings, illustration, sculpture, and collage.
Classic Bowling Architecture • Vorona Photography
Prints starting at $16 at Society6
Banco • Luciana Levinton
Prints starting at $124 • Original $10,000 • Saatchi Art
Universal Space • Cécile Van Hanja
Prints starting at $60 at Saatchi Art
Farewell • Rosalind Davis
$170 at Rise Art
Architecture • Sannngat
Prints starting at $17.67 at Society6
Yellow Surfer’s House • Ieva Baklane
Prints starting at $104 • Original $1,278 • Saatchi Art
False Memory • Ricky Allman
Starting at $60 at 20×200
Look Down • Gail Schechter
Starting at $20 at Minted
Dreamed Bungalow • Carola Schapals
$8,000 at Saatchi Art
Icons *2 (Trevi Fountain, Rome) • Nicolas Vionnet
$985 at Saatchi Art
Woodshed • Andrew McClintock
Starting at $22 at Minted
At the Sea II • Igor Vitomirov
Prints starting at $67 • Original $1,200 • Saatchi Art
Painting Edifico Chrysler y Empire State • Claudia Hernández
Saatchi Art
Modern Architecture • Lemonee on the Hills
Prints starting at $17 at Society6
Untitled00373 • Peter Matyasi
Prints starting at $125 / Original $1500 • Saatchi Art
