David Gray's pictures of the week 13-8-2007

DAVID GRAY photography
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This week's pictures take a little look at Amsterdam architecture. The centre of this great Dutch city overflows with fine buildings from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and it also has a great deal of excellent modern architecture, mainly on the outskirts. It all reflects the Dutch genius for domesticity. Crammed into a small country and at constant risk from flooding, they have long excelled at creating houses and urban spaces that are practical, homely and very attractive. The Dutch just know how to live well, individually and together. Here in England, still building miles of soulless estates on flood plains, we could learn a lot from them.

Ground-floor window with shutters in the Jordaan district (image 2735-40)

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