Venus and Mars at its best! My reference, of course, is to the book written by, John Gray entitled Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus: The Classical  Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex. It’s a book written by a psychologist, who noticed that men and women have totally different ways of being in the world and communicating to one another. On the webpage “Taipei 101 HER Take”, I developed my vision of my visit to Taipei 101, Tallest Building in the World. When I showed it to Henry, he then revealed the photos he’d taken and voila! Viva la difference!!!  Here is evidence of a different vision of a building through MALE eyes. Sensual, sexy, structural, elegant ..... need we say more??? This is my ode to my amazing husband. He is poetry in motion, with an eye for mechanics, beauty and detail. While I’m visually  shopping the boutiques, pointing out the difference between Vivienne Westwood, Jean Paul Gautier and Miu Miu, Henry is analyzing the structure and the elegance of the parts, the erector set of the building itself. What fun to have Henry as a partner in this amazing life. I love his vision and his eye. In the year of our travels together, our photos have been pretty much in alignment. This is the first example of his extraordinary uniqueness. My hat is off to Henry! So, my love, keep on shooting those amazing photos, my Martian love!

PHOTOS: Left Column: 1.Interior, 4th & 5th floors. 2. Interior, 2nd & 3rd floors of the atrium mall. 3. Structural supports on the 5th - 10th floors (?) 4. Detail of quadrafoil/flower motif on the beams. Center Top: Close up of the beam construction with flower/quadrafoil motif and pink soffit lighting. Center Bottom: Underbelly of the escalators -- seen from below. Right  Column: 1. Steel support structures. 2. Atrium Ceiling. 3. Elegant structural columns. 4. Banners visually connecting the 2nd and 3rd floors.

PHOTO CREDITS: Henry Steinway Ziegler

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