BirkeyBlog » Architecture http://www.birkeyblog.com the personal musings and art of Randal Birkey Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:14:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Cathedrals Everywhere http://www.birkeyblog.com/2008/04/04/cathedrals-everywhere/ http://www.birkeyblog.com/2008/04/04/cathedrals-everywhere/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:24:35 +0000 rbirkey http://www.birkeyblog.com/?p=426 Continue reading →]]> When visiting Spain in March 2008, I was visually reminded of how many cathedrals there are in that country and in the rest of Europe. This was a sketch of just one of the many we visited while in Barcelona, Valencia and Granada. The most impressive and memorable was the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, by architect Antoni Gaudi.

Interior sketch of a Cathedral in Spain

]]> http://www.birkeyblog.com/2008/04/04/cathedrals-everywhere/feed/ 0 Sketches of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain http://www.birkeyblog.com/2008/04/04/sketches-of-the-alhambra-in-granada-spain/ http://www.birkeyblog.com/2008/04/04/sketches-of-the-alhambra-in-granada-spain/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:54:20 +0000 rbirkey http://www.birkeyblog.com/?p=415 Continue reading →]]> Here are some additional sketches I did while in Spain last month. The first is a window detail on the side of the place of the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain.

Alhambra Palace Facade Window Detail

This next one is a sketch of one of the older parts of the Alhambra… the castle or fortress section used to defend the original old city.

The Castle Portion of the Alhambra

And this sketch done in Granada is of a new hotel built on the side of a mountain that mimics the style of some of the Alhambra Palace which is further up the mountain.

Hotel in Granada, Spain

Another sketch is of the cathedral or chapel built on the Alhambra after the Europeans took Granada back from the Moors. The site was originally a mosque.

The Cathedral at the Alhambra

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