Michael,
Of course, it's no mystery to you, but allow me to ponder Ben's experience of some weirdness with your arresting picture.
Michael Nagel: Bresaggio
Original
The format suits the feel of the building, is it me or is there some weird distortion going on there?
Michael Nagel: Bresaggio
Original - Marked Up for geometry and orthogonality
Ben,
Your sense of geometry is well-tuned. The slight distortions are important clues. The converging horizontal lines are perfect, except in the markings on the road. There there's an unexpected bend!
However the verticals at the sides of the building are bowed, as in a barrel distortion. My guesses are
1. Lateral distortion of a 24mm or much wider lens which, maybe, has been partially corrected.
2. Stitching perhaps, especially as the EXIF data is missing entirely and stitching programs can do that.
3. The road slopes in the front? Rather unlikely as then it is sloping away from the building.
4. A corrected fisheye: I don't think so.
It's intriguing to try to work backwards and determine how a picture was taken. Of course, michael can let is in to his secrets!
What really is so distinctive is the pretty perfect converging horizontal parts of the building. That also is the basis for sensing the distortion of the verticals. That makes me think of a stitching program with rectilinear projection.
Asher