تصاویر خیره کننده مناظر معماری با دید پرنده از عکاس نیوزیلندی Amos Chapple

Hermitage Pavilion, in the grounds of the Catherine Palace, at sunrise. Autumn from above; aerial images of Saint Petersburg before the long northern winter begins.

The Lotus Temple, dotted with pigeons at sunrise. Designed by an Iranian exile, the building serves as the centre of the Bahai’i faith in Delhi.

Morning over Maximum City.
Known to the locals as “Hill 3” this knoll jutting above Mumbai’s northern slums is no more valuable than the land below. Access to running water, which the hill lacks, is far more valuable than any view.

The “Eixample” district of Barcelona, with Sagrada Familia. The octagonal city blocks were designed to allow light and space on the street corners.

Buda castle on August 20. The barge in the centre of the Danube is loaded with fireworks, launched later that night to celebrate Hungary’s national day.

Paris’ Sacré-Cœur glowing in a hazy sunrise.

Clouds swirl through the pillars of Sagrat Cor Church, high on a hill above Barcelona. Twenty minutes later a thunderstorm hit the city.