Architecture: Alexandre Jacques catalogues the patterned buildings of the world

Date
13 March 2014

Even if you’ve royally had enough of looking at photographs of patterns – patterns on clothing, on walls, on anything – I’d hazard a guess that you’ll be sucked in by these from Alexandre Jacques. The architecture buff has created a series of stunning images of the façades of buildings, where the patterns they bear make them seem to be fading hazily into the distance, and then painstakingly documented all of them in fascinating detail on his brilliantly concise website, Architectural Pattern.

The information he records includes the architect who designed the building: the floor count, the date that the construction ended and the design factors referenced in it, alongside a fairly in depth description of the structure itself. The result is not just-another-pattern-blog, but a gorgeously abstract series of images and an invaluable database of architectural and design knowledge. It has a lovely scroll too.

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Alexandre Jacques: Paris, Tour Novotel

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Alexandre Jacques: Société Générale

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Alexandre Jacques: Paris, Tour Espace 2000

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Alexandre Jacques: New York, 1221 Avenue of the Americas

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Alexandre Jacques: New York, 1 Liberty Plaza

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Alexandre Jacques: New York, New York Marriott Marquis

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Alexandre Jacques: New York, New York Times Building

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Alexandre Jacques: Paris, BNF

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Maisie Skidmore

Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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