Gestalt in Architecture

Law of Similarity

I thought the fountain was a good example of similarity because when you look at it you see an entire fountain but it actually many similar shapes put together.










These round columns give the appearance of a straight line.










Law of Proximity

Here these shapes are all the same and placed close together so your eye groups them all together.

Law of Pragnanz 

This photo is a reflection of the entrance of the Eccles Art building.  It shows pragnanz because the windows are reduced to their simplest form of rectangles.

Law of Continuity

If you look at the doorway, your eye moves continuously from side of the arch to the other even though there is a space.

Law of Closure

Well this in not actually architecture...but even though you only see part of the piano and the young lady, you know the rest is there.

Here is a photo that I thought contained several of the principles.