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Sultan Ahmet Camii
Architect: Sedefkar Mehmed Agha
Client: Sultan Ahmed I
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Year: 1616
Style: Ottoman
Height: 43 metres
These repeated reflections in a domed area of the Miami Airport caught my attention and warranted a quick shot while literally passing through.
This is the former 1909 Police Headquarters at 240 Centre (correct spelling) St.The structure sits on a triangular lot that's in the center of three neighborhoods,SoHo,NoLita,and TriBeca.The Beaux Arts building was built around the time of the City Beautiful Movement (1890-1900) in the US.The Movement introduced monumental structures like this to add beauty to city neighborhoods at a time when there were many run-down tenements,high birth rates,and poverty in the area.When this building was designed it was for the purpose of "impressing both the police officer and prisoner with the majesty of the law".Another principle of the movement was that "civil structures foster civil behavior".I don't know about that one. The structure was converted to condominiums in 1983 with some of the rooms having 15'+ ceilings.People like L. DiCaprio,Steffi Graf,and Calvin Klein have lived here,or currently do daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/07/240-centre-street-...
The LA sky was a perfect blue, the skylight pink, and there were a million golden balls in the air ......
You really have to look up when you're at the California Science Center entrance atrium. It's a modern 'spin' from the traditional architectural dome.
Exposition Park, Los Angeles; October 2022
The famous Hôtel des Invalides in Paris, France. I got this shot from the roof terrace of the Montparnasse Tower.
The 16th century Mir-i-Arab Madrasa taken from the Kalyan Minaret at sunrise. Picture taken on a tour of Central Asia back in August 2001.
Camara / Camera: Nikon D5100
Objetivo/Lense: Tamron 18-200mm
Place: Bologna(Italy)
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Another photo from last week's early morning photo walk around central London. I happened upon this by chance when I was talking past - we miss so much by not looking up.
This is my 50th photo of my 100x project for 2016. That means I am only 50% of the way through with not much more time left!
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Today's edition of Armchair Traveling takes me back to our day in Cartagena, Colombia during our Panama Canal Cruise. The Old City of Colonial Cartagena is full of wonderful architecture and vibrant color.
The Winter Palace was the official residence of the Russian Emperors from 1732 to 1917. The palace was constructed on a monumental scale that was intended to reflect the might and power of Imperial Russia. It also became a symbol of excessive lavish wealth and the disparity between the very rich and the majority of poor Russian farm and factory workers. The Winter Palace has 1,500 rooms and 117 staircases. The storming of the palace in 1917, r, became an iconic symbol of the Russian Revolution.
I was last in St Paul's in 2016. Photography was not allowed in the church back then, but it is allowed now. This is a twelve shot shift lens panorama. If I had a tripod, there would be a bit more coverage on the edges, but this isn't bad for hand held.
This impressive basilica is the largest church in the world and the finest example of renaissance architecture anywhere.
The church was designed by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Construction began in 1506 and was completed by 1626. The dome is the tallest in the world (136.6m) and the basilica could easily accommodate the Statue of Liberty inside with torch raised and sitting on her foundation!
Handheld 360-degree panorama of 28 wide-angle exposures.
Ceiling and Iranian architecture inside summer pavilion of landmark Persian garden of Dowlatabad in Yazd, Iran.
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... the California Science Center Entrance is a modern 'spin' on traditional architectural dome. It includes a pink skylight and a 'million' golden balls.
Exposition Park, Los Angeles; October 2022
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The eye of the Pantheon
A ray of light from the oculus plays across the dome of the Pantheon.
3 Fun facts about the Pantheon dome
“The Pantheon dome, which measures 43.2m, held the record for the largest dome in the world for over 1300 years until Brunelleschi (who studied the Pantheon for inspiration) built the Duomo in Florence. However, to this day it is still the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world. Hadrian achieved this by gradually decreasing the thickness and using lighter volcanic materials such as pumice and tufa as it gets higher. The coffers in the ceiling also help to minimize the weight.
When the Pantheon was built the only source of light was the oculus in the centre of the dome. The opening measures 8.2m in diameter and is also referred to as ‘The Eye of the Pantheon’. A clever lighting trick is played out on 21 April, the founding date of Rome. At midday the sunlight hits the metal grille above the door, filling the entrance way with light. This would have illuminated the emperor in ancient times, reflecting his perceived status as a god on earth.
The [exterior of the] dome of the Pantheon was originally covered in bronze, which would have made the skyline of the city sparkle in the sunlight. However throughout the Middle Ages materials were gradually stripped away to be utilised elsewhere. Pope Urban VIII, who was a member of the Barberini family, famously took the bronze from the Pantheon’s portico in 1631 to construct cannons for the Vatican, giving rise to the saying ‘quod non fecerunt barbari, fecerunt Barberini’ (what the barbarians didn’t do was done by the Barberini).”
Source: Pasquale, Maria (March 2017). 10 Things You Didn't Know About the Pantheon, Rome. Available at: theculturetrip.com/europe/italy/articles/10-things-you-di...
Taken from the restored gardens on the other side of the river from the Taj Mahal in Agra, Utter Prudesh, India. Focus on the orange daisy with the Taj blurred out in the distance. Canon 5D4 with the Sigma 135mm Art lens.
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