Big Buildings and Balconies in Miami Beach

Most of these pictures were taken from along the boardwalk or on the beach, though there are exceptions.  The patterns formed are pretty.  I thought about breaking this post into smaller posts, but there isn't any guiding substructure to select a subset.  Each of these pictures is of the balconies on a large building.  Some buildings have two or even three shots.  Enjoy. 

Gold balconies.  A larger shot of this building shows up later. 

Dramatic weather.  This building stands tall in the face of a storm.   

 These next three shots are of the same building.  Sure looks like the Borg set up shop here, all the balconies have the same equipment on them. 

It's a pretty building.  

This picture is more fun on its side.  

White balconies with black railings.  

This building reminded me of the council chambers in Star Wars.  I expected each balcony to fly off and land whenever occupants needed to get to the beach.  

 Tall skinny drink of a building slice.  The width of the shot increases with the height of the building. 

 See through balcony walls.  Intimidating if you've a fear of heights. 

This golden building glowed when hit properly by the sun. 

 Older building with open block style railings. 

That's one way to get up and down, and you don't have to wait on the elevator.   

These next three are of the same building.  Stonehenge on top.  

Protruding side wing balconies.   

Round end-cap.

This art deco building's staggered balconies make a pretty pattern.  

Not sure what's in the spire.  The penthouse suite or a rotating restaurant?  

Big Buildings in Lisbon

Some larger buildings.  The problem with big buildings is they don't allow for good photography.  These are all downtown Lisbon. 

Interesting paint job and some round walls. 

Are they trying to imitate a Japanese pagoda?  Nice balconies all around the apartment.  I assume that each floor belongs to a separate unit.  

Who knew that the NSA had buildings in Lisbon?  

Balconies of Lisboa

More pictures of balconies, all from Lisbon. 

Decrepit building, with one giant outdoor balcony for all the rooms on each of the top two floors. 

Under attractive building, but with balconies set at a slight angle to the street.  The central wall is inset compared to buildings on the right or left.  Most folks have enclosed their balconies, allowing for additional living space.  

A modern building with round balconies.  On the right is a partially enclosed space.  

The top floor has little more than a nominal space.  The two floors below that have modest balconies, not yet very functional.  

Square balcony in a building that is being allowed to deteriorate.  

Balconies of Lisboa

Am starting to post pictures from my trip to Lisbon and Portugal.  This is a long series of posts!  It was a long trip after all. 

We start with pictures of balconies.  Mostly these are semi-modern buildings from the South of Lisbon.  Even not-very-interesting buildings have balconies, and even ugly buildings can have interesting balcony shots.  


First balconies.  Drab little building.  ERA real estate company is selling a double balcony apartment up at the next to top row.  I'm guessing two of owners have modified their two separate balconies into a single larger balcony. 

Smaller building.  Showing the different ways that people enclose their balconies.  

A modern balcony, nicely painted on a house in Laranjeiro.  

A long apartment block.  I'm not positive, but this is probably several buildings, all adjacent, built by the same builder at the same time with similar styles.  

This is in Lisbon.  A rebuilt building, quite pretty, squeezed between more industrial buildings to either side.  

Older building with old style rusting balconies.  In need of maintenance.  

Grand dame skinny buildings all in a row.  

More pro-forma balconies.  Good for tossing flowers to your loved one below, but not particularly functional.  

Modern balconies, south of the river Tagus.  

High rise.  People frequently enclose their balconies to gain functional living space. 

Shadows from the sun.  

Newer building showing beginning signs of wear.  

Older, short building.

Tiled building -- these are so lovely.  We'll have lots of posts of tiled buildings.  

Balconies of San Antonio

Visit to San Antonio.  Photos batch two.  These are of balconies.  Mostly apartments and hotels and one restaurant.

San Antonio has stark repetitive geometric designs in many places.  This is one example. 

Solar panels on the roof.  And a fire escape there on the left. Clouds and sky reflected in building windows. 

This is a shot out a window of the hotel Valencia.  San Antonio has many warm-colored buildings and views like this.  I particularly like the sun reflected off a window left of center.  It isn't a big courtyard as you can tell by the tiles at the bottom of the picture.  

And this is the same view out the same window of the same hotel Valencia.  Those big pots are for cooking industrial sized portions of food. 

This balcony was on the river walk.  I like the multiple geometric patterns, the glass, some reflections, the different directions and lines. 

This is a larger shot showing more of the background.  You can see what's been left out of the previous picture.