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Painted in unmistakable Golden State Warriors colors, this Bayview home turns heads with its bold combination of deep blue and golden yellow — a tribute to Dub Nation embedded right into the neighborhood’s architectural fabric. The bright marigold façade, outlined in cobalt trim, echoes the team’s classic palette, bringing a sense of pride, energy, and regional identity to an otherwise modest stucco duplex.
From the painted garage door to the geometric entryway and bay windows, the entire exterior pulses with hometown spirit. A decorative flourish above the second-floor windows subtly nods to Spanish Revival styling, but the real story is the fandom on display: a love letter to the Warriors written in color. Whether or not the owner intended it, this home has become a beacon of team pride and neighborhood individuality.
Situated on a typical San Francisco slope, the house contrasts sharply with the neutral tones of its neighbors, radiating the joyful defiance and creative flair that define Bayview. It’s a perfect snapshot of how local architecture becomes a canvas — not just for design, but for cultural allegiance.
For photographers, sports fans, or anyone drawn to visual storytelling in urban spaces, this house is a slam dunk.
A recent ( and first) visit to the wonderful and vibrant city of Porto revealed a surprise around every corner. This single site looked like a lesson in photography with a very obvious checklist of colours, light, shadow, angles and textures very evident.
A icónica Casa das Conchas, em Salamanca, combina o estilo gótico e renascentista, com a sua impressionante fachada decorada com mais de 300 conchas. Construída no século XV, esta joia arquitetónica reflete a história e a tradição da cidade.
Ancient decorative facade
June 28, 2023 - Oraintxe Pamplona is a cargo delivery company based in Pamplona. This picture was taken on Calle San Saturnino.
Fine decorative frontage at the Café Wien on Breite Straße, bearing the date of 1583. Elaborate leaded lights and a dartboard motif of which more can be seen at No. 62.
Breitestraße 62, carefully preserved traditional house frontage with carved or moulded decoration based on a sort of dartboard motif.
April 22, 2022 - Facade detail on Korenmetershuis, Graslei 12 Ghent, Belgium.
April 22, 2022 - Korenmetershuis, Graslei 12 Ghent, Belgium.
April 22, 2022 - "Kraanlei # 79-81, Ghent, Belgium is the address of two old and very beautiful, protected heritage buildings. The contrast against the two new/renovated apartment buildings on either side is stark.
The building on the left of the two is known as 'The Works of Mercy'. A Baroque design with Flemish tiles from the mid 17th century. Decorated with six scenes of the works of mercy (practices considered meritorious in Christian ethics): burying the dead, saving prisoners, visiting the sick, feeding the hungry, ravaging the thirsty and dressing the naked. The seventh scene of hospitality is symbolised by the house itself, originally an Inn.
The building on the right of the two is known as 'The Flute Player/Flying Deer'. Also a Baroque design with a gable roof of Flemish tiles and dated 1669. Multiple relief panels depict the allegories of the senses, namely: sight, hearing, smell, taste and feeling. The sixth panel being the flying deer." Previous text from the following Flickr user: www.flickr.com/photos/24517262@N06/49880027618
April 22, 2022 - "Kraanlei # 79-81, Ghent, Belgium is the address of two old and very beautiful, protected heritage buildings. The contrast against the two new/renovated apartment buildings on either side is stark.
The building on the left of the two is known as 'The Works of Mercy'. A Baroque design with Flemish tiles from the mid 17th century. Decorated with six scenes of the works of mercy (practices considered meritorious in Christian ethics): burying the dead, saving prisoners, visiting the sick, feeding the hungry, ravaging the thirsty and dressing the naked. The seventh scene of hospitality is symbolised by the house itself, originally an Inn.
The building on the right of the two is known as 'The Flute Player/Flying Deer'. Also a Baroque design with a gable roof of Flemish tiles and dated 1669. Multiple relief panels depict the allegories of the senses, namely: sight, hearing, smell, taste and feeling. The sixth panel being the flying deer." Previous text from the following Flickr user: www.flickr.com/photos/24517262@N06/49880027618
A garden on the rooftop of a building in Paris city.
Don’t really know the exact purpose, it could be decorative, architectural enhancement, temperature control, recreational opportunities, habitats for wildlife….etc.
Anyways, it’s a beautiful addition to the building. Don’t you agree?
Once a year there's an Open Monument Day here, when you can visit buildings not usually open to the general public. We went to look at the Huis met de Neuzen (House with the Noses) on an Amsterdam canal, Singel 116.
The house was built (1644) for a wealthy merchant of Amsterdam, Cornelis de Graeff (1599-1664), who between 1643 and 1662 was the annual burgomaster of the city no less than ten times. The story is told that his friends as a token of their esteem paid for the construction of the decorative facade; but they teasingly also played a practical joke. The effigies of Cornelis and his two sons - Pieter and Jacob - are adorned with exceptionally large noses. And indeed, if you examine the portrait of De Graeff (1636) by Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy (1588-1653/6) - see inset - you'll see a rather big conker.
The fine house later came into the possession of Abraham Mijlius and his wife Elisabeth Ida Seignette who rebuilt (1752) much of it and commissioned painted wall papers by Antonie Elliger (1701-1781).
Europe, Portugal, Lisboa, Parque das Naçoes, Sede Vodaphone (uncut)
This fascinating building, the office of Vodaphone in Portugal, was designed by Alexandre Burmester and José Carlos Gonçalves (2002). It’s noteworthy ‘cause of the rhythm of its building masses and the micro rhythm of its façade that is constantly changing – partly that is, the façade is a combination of geometric immobile decorative blocks covering the blind parts of the facade and articulated and movable ‘brises soleil’ covering the windows. Its style - something between hyper modernist and post modernist ;-)
