"Britain has only around 60,000 thatched homes left — 0.2 percent of its housing stock. But among England’s roughly 800 thatchers, the reed-versus-straw debate provokes enormous emotion and occasional fisticuffs."

Rukmini Callimachi for The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/realestate/thatch-roof-homes-england-long-straw-tradition.html

#Longreads #England #Suffolk #Thatched #Roof #Housing #Construction

Geometry creating a world of corners, triangles, lines and shapes. The light comes through different angles and the patters might appear surprising.

This pictures are taken in the mail train station in Vienna. It (re)opened 11 years ago and is my entry to the city several days a week.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix TZ101
Edit: none, sooc

#photography #architecture #blackandwhite #monochrome #geometry #shadows #triangles #shapes #walls #roof #windows #trainstation #vienna #maintrainstation #platform

Chimneys at dawn, Drôme, France. Janvier 2026.

#photography #photo #fotografie
#urbanphotography #roof

Даже на мыльницы можно делать красиво.

USE: Pentax E75

позже скину фотографий с 5d mark iv, и по возможности видео.

#roof #roofer #rooftop #roofing #pentax #samara #picture #photography #photo #photos #image #LandscapePhotography #UrbanExploration

#roof : the top covering of a building

- French: toit

- German: das Dach

- Italian: tetto

- Portuguese: telhado

- Spanish: techo

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