Building of Gold

[CanadianMe]

Head Office of the Royal Bank of Canada. Each pane of Glass is sheeted in real gold.

 

[Parkerman]

Hah, nice.. I wonder how much gold was actually used.. Hmm...


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Good old wiki... Just incase anyone else was curious..

"The exteriors of the structures are largely covered with glass; together they have more than 14,000 windows. Each of these windows is coated with a layer of 24 karat (100%) gold. At a cost of about $70 per window, the total value of gold in the windows is over $1,000,000 but, due to the manufacturing technique used to make the glass, the gold is unrecoverable. The gold gives the windows a distinctive colour. Gold was used as an insulator to reduce heating costs."

 

[CanadianMe]

Hah, nice.. I wonder how much gold was actually used.. Hmm...


*edit*
Good old wiki... Just incase anyone else was curious..

"The exteriors of the structures are largely covered with glass; together they have more than 14,000 windows. Each of these windows is coated with a layer of 24 karat (100%) gold. At a cost of about $70 per window, the total value of gold in the windows is over $1,000,000 but, due to the manufacturing technique used to make the glass, the gold is unrecoverable. The gold gives the windows a distinctive colour. Gold was used as an insulator to reduce heating costs."

Thanks ......

 

[skiboarder72]

thats amazing!

 

[Tennessee Landscape]

very very cool capture.....

 

[CanadianMe]

very very cool capture.....

Thanks

 

[GeorgeUK]

Great capture, works well.

Shame the other building is sneaking in on the right hand side.

 

[guppyman]

Amazing shot. It looks like the building will go all the way to heaven...

 

[andrew99]

Wow, awesome shot!

Can you explain any post processing you did? It almost looks like HDR!

 

[CanadianMe]

It looked pretty much the same but was slightly over exposed and lacked vibrancy so just did those two adjustments and I got this. Its a funny building to shoot, the way the sun and sky reflects off it make a huge difference on what colour the building appears. A few minutes earlier it was overcast and looked nothing like it did in that shot. So far the only program I am using for my photos is Aperture and I use it for exposure and some vibrancy correction usually.

 

[JH2008]

I love pictures that have a story behind them. Good capture!

 

[Lorielle99]

loves it. reminds me of a line from a book.

 

[cpelsy2k1]

Great composition, great color, great shot! I want to say somewhere in my files I have a couple pictures of this building from various trips to Toronto. BTW Toronto is a gorgeous city, I cant wait to get back up there again!