Downtown St. Louis is an architectural time capsule. We have a collection of old buildings going back to the 1800’s with others that were built only decades ago. “Elevation” is a visual record of sorts of this timeline capturing the stark difference between 2 of St. Louis’ buildings, one older and another newer. One with rough, decorative lines where the other is smooth. The opposing textures captured in the beams of sunlight on a cloudy day reveal these two more recent builds, whiling hinting at the much older brick building below.
Not only does this photograph capture the different design styles, it also represents each period’s engineering capabilities. As time, technique, and technology progressed in engineering, so has our ability to increase the elevation of our builds. St. Louis’ architectural landscape continues to represent this well.