The Marquis by TwoPynts
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My photos can't do justice to the amazing architecture of this building, but hopefully will give you an inkling of how impressive it is to experience firsthand. ----- Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel by John Portman and Associates - 1985 This hotel is billed as the largest convention hotel in the southeast. Marquis One and Marquis Two Towers are positioned on the north and south of the entrance. This hotel's lobby is even more spectacular than Portman's Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, designed almost 20 year earlier. The central atrium is 50 stories high. Metal balcony railings add a decorative quality. Portman's signature glass-walled "bubble" elevators are a joy to view and ride in. The entire edifice of the downtown Marriott Marquis curves disconcertingly. Slim on top, the building billows outward as it reaches ground level, giving the impression that it might be pregnant with a little Marriott. The 50 story high atrium, ringed with intricately shaped balconies, rises in concentric circles leaving visitors gasping. The shock rests in the size and surreal beauty of this internal architecture, which looks like the giant ribs of a massive creature. A prominent tower carries elegant glass-cage elevators silently into the 515-foot chasm. ----- Thanks for stopping by and for your stern looking comments on my last photo, The Glare.
----- Olympus C3030 & PhotoshopCS. (578)
Comments (35)
yikes ! very vertiginous ! i need to hold onto something....
impressiv architeture and very good capture and color.. impressiv work !!! excellent my friend ;) good week and BIG kiss!!!
Brilliant photography! VOTE
Beautiful photo. Love the architexture and design you made out of it. Excellent. V
Very futuristic for sure. Well done. Thank you for sharing.
such impressive photography and architecture. Kort this is really wild!!
WOW, fantastic images. really impressive presentation. excellent done,Kort #:O)
Spectacular montage, Kort! It is difficult to get a true sense of scale here, but this structure must be immense. Kudos!
Superb presentation, with subtle depth in the each of the "panels", the whole HALF-suggesting a strip of "film", which organizing image is right on. Try bordering panels on both sides, I suppose, and you got a triptych--or is it too busy? CALLING CYNLEE, CALLING CYNLEE....Let me see, The MAQUIS DE FRENCH UNDERGROUNDwrote the rules for prize-fighting, no?
Wow this building is amazing..must have been death defying to work on it...amazing views here Kort! Aloha!
BRaaapppPP!! GULP!!! ***GAsp!!! Jeez!!! I have never seen a photo that gave me such a serious feeling of "Vertigo"!!! Holy buckets!! What were you hanging from a bungie cord!! Yowza!!! Great shot, must avert eyes!!!
SPECTACULAIRE!
speechless, dumbfound here... this is simply amazing.
It is also fun to work on these buildings during construction. Nice presentation Kort. Real nice.
wow, looks fantastic, excellently done!!!! :=)
Fabulous shots all,Kortalouche.You did a brilliant job!The one on the left has my head spinning!
WOW, I can not tell which side is up. Excellent shot. Really cool
Wow ! Fantastic collage and capture ! Wonderful colors and details ! Most excellent work !!! V
What a magnificent structure! The angles shot are very illustrative.
I can imagine, yes... You're the world champion for that kind of stuff, in USA.. I've never been more impressed than when I saw the interior of the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas... It reminded me the senate building in Star Wars... Your shots here are really incredible...
WOOOOOOHAAAAAAA!!!!! Pretty awazing :) P&K
Spectacular and impressive images ! Congratulations, Kort, for your well deserved selection in LWitG [ Last Week in the Galleries = http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?ForumID=12379&Form.ShowMessage=2622811 ] :~)
That is very impressive and it looks immense! A great deal for one to try to capture and you did a great job! :0)
Extraordinarily impressive. Wish I could see it in real time.
your photos did justice in my eyes !! they are spectacular shots and pov!! ..awesome place!! WOW!
Spectacular views!
Impressive shots.
Oh wow, I can imagine this is HARD to shoot! Huge and beautiful! Whew! Impressive work, Kort, something very special here! :)
Yikes! I'm fallllling. Hope you had your safety belt while taking this picture. Excellent. Aloha
Impressive captures and wonderful POVs