Nikola Olic's Playful Facade Photos 'Reimagine' Their Subjects

In his ongoing study, Nikola Olic - a Serbian photographer based in Dallas, Texas - focuses on “architectural photography and abstract structural quotes that reimagine their subjects in playful, dimensionless and disorienting ways.” Often isolating elements of a facade, which obscures the viewer's sense of scale and perspective, Olic provides short descriptions of each image, acting as a “demystifying tool” and reminding us of the everyday nature of his subject matter. In the third collection shared with ArchDaily, the photographs are taken in Dallas, Fort Worth, Las Vegas, New York, Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Hong Kong.


Chocolate Building / Las Vegas, Nevada
The completely saturated visual space of two buildings of the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas clashing against each other into a stable central column reminds of a half-melted chocolate bar offering a tasty break from high-stakes stress in the gambling capital of the world.

United Chrysler Nations / New York City
The Chrysler Building and the United Nations building are about half a mile apart, connected by New York City's 42nd Street, and also by a zoom lens from western edge of Queens.

Building with Slices / New York City
An important part of the beautiful west-side view of New York City is Frank Gehry's glass-heavy IAC building. It is his first design completely covered in glass, using a method that cleverly obscures the divisions between floors, with 1349 unique panels imported from Italy. Lined up behind it across 19th street which separates the two buildings is another glass-heavy building perfectly complementing the saturated visual space of the two structures as viewed from the narrow sidewalk alongside the busy and loud 11th avenue.

Credit: Archdaily
© Nikola Olic

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