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]]> Architects are constantly defying gravity. We built into and with the sky, and the way in which we engage it says a lot about our work. Building upward involves more than just getting your occupants to look up.

The following is a 10 image slideshow presented with hopes to inspire you to think about the sky creatively. These captured moments, ranging in complexity, illustrate just how delicate the balance is between our built forms and the sky which surrounds us.

Here are ten ways to built into and with the sky, to defy gravity and to help you design architecture that is more balanced, harmonious and awe-inspiring.

How To Build Into the Sky…

Frame it, to capture your own horizons. Travel into it, provide activity from high above. Listen to it, through a funnel of flutes. Capture the sky and bring it to ground-level. Move downward, changing your "ground". Peek up at it. Transition into the sky while writing in it. Lead the eye upward along a path. Move through it, like the wings of a bird. Build into it. Filter in all of its light. Remove boundaries. Blur the sky with your built form.
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