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"Everything featured in this picture is bound together by one common factor - Portland Cement" - what? Even that tree?
A rather fine period piece this, 1971 being almost the high water mark of the 'brutalist' architectural use of concrete that would have meant excellent business for Blue Circle, one of the most recognisable trade names in the cement business. It was, as the brochure states, owned by the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd (Blue Circle being somewhat catchier than this title) and the selling organisation, The Cement Marketing Co Ltd. The company had its origins in an attempt in 1900 to bring together all UK manufacturers of cement that ended up 'only' bringing together around 70% of production; by 1911 another attempt brought in more and they were certainly for decades the major producer of cement and Portland cement. In 1920 the 'selling organisation', that included the famous and still independent name of Earle's, was formed and in 1978 they formally became 'Blue Circle'. The tradename is still with us but now owned by the French company Lafarge.
It isn't common to see a designer credited but here Don Kidman is. He appears to have been an illustrator as well as some BBC Publications contain drawings by him. This cover is a very fine bold image of the new world of planning and architecture and yes, I have known of concrete boats! It was printed by the well known Westerham Press who also undertook much work for London Transport in the day.
It must have been on the once-a-week (Fridays Only) 308 bus service from Thornbury to Yate that I first saw this house, Acton Court, in South Gloucestershire, said to be the best-preserved Tudor courtier's house in England. There was a ravishing one-second glimpse of this edifice of pink Pennant sandstone as the bus passed the gate on the road from Iron Acton to Latteridge. The house was in a picturesquely dilapidated condition then, in the second half of the 1970s. I'm not sure about ownership these days, but during a recent inspection, while the house was open to the public, the hand of English Heritage was much in evidence. What we see today is an enlargement of the original house built to accommodate King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn during their progress around the West Country in 1535. It's a pity about the relatively modern double Roman tiles: at one time the house would have been roofed with Pennant slates ...a most recalcitrant material, I should think, for such an application, but once commonly used in the Pennant areas east of Bristol. Some of the original roofing material survives on the lean-to structures grouped around the main building.
Explore 01-11-09 #157
Palapa roofing material stacked to be used - it is such a beautiful art creating palapas and other abode-roofs with these palm leaves.
First World War torpedo boat destroyer HMS Opal, is prepared for launch at the East Yard of William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland, September 1915 (TWAM ref. DS.DOX/6/8). She was an M-class destroyer and took part at the Battle of Jutland.
The Rivers Tyne and Wear were responsible for building many vessels, which served Britain during the First World War. This set remembers some of those warships that took part in the Battle of Jutland from 31 May to 1 June 1916. During the battle over 6,000 British sailors lost their lives and 14 Royal Naval vessels were sunk. The losses included the battlecruisers HMS Queen Mary and HMS Invincible, as well as the destroyers HMS Shark, HMS Sparrowhawk and HMS Turbulent, all built on Tyneside. Their memory lives on.
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This close-up shows just one portion of a cladding panel of the entrance-portico wall depicted in Part 3 of this series.
To get the most out of the following discussion of the constituent rock types visible in this image, take a moment to review the description in Part 1.
My hand provides scale. From tip of the longest finger to the wrist is 9 in = 22.9 cm.
Before we discuss the details of this photo, keep in mind that the Morton Gneiss is a classic example of that offbeat metamorphic rock type known as migmatite. As such, it's experienced different episodes of tectonic activity, metamorphism, and injection by younger granitoid magmas. That's why it's sometimes described, by me and others, as a "composite rock type."
While a migmatite's later ingredients may or may not be subsequently metamorphosed themselves, it's always best to classify the overall migmatite as metamorphic rather than igneous. After all, it's characteristic of very highly deformed and partially melted rock bodies found in ancient metamorphic terranes.
So please note that I've never said, in either my Flickr posts or my books, that the Morton should be classified as igneous.
That understood, this photo shows two of the Morton's several constituents. The gray gneiss to the right of my hand is what I take to be the oldest granitoid-derived type. Originally granodiorite and tonalite, it has been assigned an age by the very sophisticated SHRIMP ("sensitive high-resolution ion micro-probe") technique of 3524 ± 9 Ma, or about 3.524 Ga. That makes it three-quarters the age of our planet. The black amphibolite shown in Part 4 may be as old or older, but to my knowledge it has not been dated yet.
In contrast, the pink gneiss at left and bottom center is one of the more youthful (but by our puny standards still ancient) intrusions, which have been dated from 3.37 Ga (3370 Ma) to 2.619 Ga (2619 Ma).
To see the other photos and descriptions in this set, visit my Magnificent Morton Gneiss album.
Iran's Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque is an architectural masterpiece of Safavid architecture. Its construction started in 1603 and was finished in 1618.
Photo taken on August 23, 2007 in Isfahan, Iran.
A small bird (I was told it might be a Lesser Goldfinch), helps itself to a hummingbird's nest, stealing or recycling the materials. I think this nest was abandoned since hummingbird fledgling season was over, so I'll give this guy the benefit of the doubt and say it was recycling for its own nest. ;-)
Inner city, downtown Hobart, Tasmania offers this rich contrast of building material - red brick, timber, corrugated iron and in the far distance aluminium
Ozarks Art Piece with elements of historic significance that are disappearing from the landscape.
Composition By Julie A. Brown © 2017
near Socorro, New Mexico, used to be a pond full of lives, I saw hints/marks/footprints of shell fishes, water fowls, racoons etc. now all gone.
zoomed partially on 20-35mm lens
This series complements my award-winning guidebook, Chicago in Stone and Clay: A Guide to the Windy City's Architectural Geology. Henceforth I'll just call it CSC.
The CSC section and page reference for the building featured here: 7.6; pp. 106-108.
Looking southwestward at the northern and eastern elevations.
It's world-famous for its design as an early skyscraper with load-bearing masonry walls. While it does in fact have some interior support provided by iron beams and columns, the structure's outer shell does most of the work, and the visceral impact of its dark and massive construction can only be fully experienced by visiting the building in person.
Designer John Wellborn Root did employ some lighter-toned Graniteville Granite quarried in the St. Francois Mountains of Missouri, but the bulk of the original Monadnock and Kearsarge sections is built of deep-brown Chicago Anderson Pressed Brick. In contrast, the Wachusett and Katahdin additions at the southern end of the block, were clad with matching Tiffany Pressed Brick manufactured in Momence, Illinois.
The massive Anderson brickworks complex was located on the bank of the Chicago River's North Branch. The firm most often used as its base material underclays (ancient soils) and marine shales extracted in the great coal-mining district of the Illinois Basin. These dated to the Pennsylvanian subperiod (Upper Carboniferous period),
On the other hand, the Tiffany works—not to be confused with Louis Comfort Tiffany's ornamental-glass and faience company headquartered out East—used clay mined on its own property, apparently from Quaternary glacial or postglacial sediments. When fired, this turned a standard red color; but when combined with manganese, it produced the required brown color instead.
For more on the geology of this architectural masterpiece, see my book Chicago in Stone and Clay, described at www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501765063/chicago-i... and at raymondwiggers.com/publications-of-raymond-wiggers/.
The other photos and discussions in this series can be found in my "Chicago in Stone and Clay" Companion album. In addition, you'll find other relevant images and descriptions in my Architectural Geology: Chicago album.
Województwo Świętokrzyskie reprezentowane jest przez mocno rozwinięty przemysł materiałów budowlanych oraz mineralny. Na jego obszarze zlokalizowane są duże cementownie, zakłady przemysłu wapienniczego, ceramicznego oraz liczne kopalnie surowców mineralnych, kruszyw i zakłady przetwórstwa gipsu. Jednym z reprezentantów tego przemysłu na ziemiach świętokrzyskich są zakłady wapiennicze, należące do Grupy Lhoist w miejscowości Bukowa w gminie Krasocin. Jest to jeden z największych zakładów wapienniczych w Polsce, zlokalizowany niemalże po sąsiedzku z Cementownią Lafarge Małogoszcz. Początki zakładu w Bukowej sięgają roku 1922, kiedy rozpoczęto ręczny urobek kamienia wapiennego w kamieniołomach oraz wypał wapna w 4 piecach, opalanych drewnem. Budowę istniejącego po dzień dzisiejszy zakładu rozpoczęto w 1962 roku, natomiast 1 marca 1965 roku utworzono przedsiębiorstwo państwowe "Zakłady Przemysłu Wapienniczego Bukowa". W wyniku przekształceń własnościowych w latach 1994 - 1996 zakłady znalazły się w rękach belgijskiej Grupy Lhoist. Produkcja wapna palonego odbywa się w 7 piecach, w tym sześciu typu szybowego oraz jednym piecu regeneracyjnym Maerz. Po lewej stronie widoczna jest sylwetka pieca Maerz, wybudowanego około 2000 roku, o wydajności 700 ton na dobę. Jest to nowoczesna jednostka piecowa, opalana gazem ziemnym, czego efektem jest kondensacja pary ze spalin ponad 60 - metrowym kominem. Pozostałe, klasyczne piece szybowe typu 100C tworzą imponujący "szpaler" pośrodku fotografii, a umieszczone na szybach każdego z pieców litery tworzą napis "BUKOWA". Piece szybowe opalane są koksem, antracytem bądź mieszanką obu paliw i mają wydajność 150 ton na dobę. Każdy z pieców szybowych posiada 2 stalowe kominki, lecz spaliny są kierowane do odpylenia w filtrze workowym i odprowadzane charakterystycznym kominem z turbulizatorem i oznakowaniem przeszkodowym o wysokości 60 metrów.
Rok 2018 obfitował w liczne wizyty, w tym w przemyśle cementowo - wapienniczym. Z okazji nadchodzącego roku 2019 chciałbym życzyć wszystkim dużo zdrowia, szczęścia, pomyślności wszelakiej, wielu ciekawych wyjazdów i dalszego pogłębiania wiedzy w fascynującej branży przemysłu ciężkiego :)
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Gneral view of Bukowa lime works, owned by Lhoist. The plant was build in 1962 - 1965 and now it's one of the biggest lime works in Poland. The plant has 6 single - shaft lime kilns and one modern Maerz kiln.
Best wishes and happy New Year 2019 for all photographers, industrial and non - industrial lovers ;)
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10.10.2018 Bukowa, woj. Świętokrzyskie.
An interesting book produced in 1922 at a time when the post-WW1 slogan "Homes for Heroes" was still valid and many schemes for the more economic construction of houses, either by size, scale or construction methodolgy were being proposed. This was also the time when many municipal authorities were first seriously involved in the provision of social or council housing. This book, with a foreword by Sir Charles Ruthen, Director-General of Housing in the Ministry of Health, has a series of articles both on types and plans of 'modern cottages' but also looks at various contemporary construction methodology including 'modern methods of building' that involved either a decree of prefabrication or the use of 'labour' and cost saving materials such as concrete blocks. and the production of concrete. Many of these methods, similar to those considered in similar post-WW2 years, where not widely adopted and properties using such novel methods often displayed defects. In many ways the 'traditional' construction methods of brick and wet trades won out.
The book also has many pages of adverts for builders and suppliers, many of which allude to the construction methods discussed in the articles.
This was my first solo trip where i travelled to Aurangabad in Mahrashtra State of India.
Aurangabad, 2018
I took a nice normal picture of a nice normal building, and changed it 5 times until it wasn't nice and normal anymore. If you think this is manipulated take a look at the companion image "Building At You for the 30th Time" which has 25 more manipulations. When will I ever learn?
Hasselblad 501CM with Zeiss Distagon f3.5 60mm CF, Kodak Portra 400, developed in Tetenal Rapid C41
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The Shard stands at 309.6 metres (1,016 ft) high and is currently the tallest building in the European Union. It is also the second tallest free standing structure in the United Kingdom. The glass pyramidal tower has 72 floors, with a viewing gallery and open air observation deck on the 72nd floor which stands at a height of 244.3 metres (802 ft).
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[This set has 7 images] Built 1921-1922 in Spanish Mission style, St. Agnes Catholic Church in Mena, Arkansas, uses fieldstone as its primary building material, the entire structure on a continuous cast concrete foundation. The locally obtained stone enhances the architectural style well. All the roofs are clad with green ceramic tile, from the gable roof on the front (eastern) facade to the hipped roof surfaces over the asymmetrical towers flanking the front entrance. My bad knee prevented taking photographs of the 3-sided apse on the western facade and other facades. The church is a single story. In the central gable above the entrance is a monumental symmetrically placed Gothic window of leaded glass and a trim of bricks as its surround. Stone simulates quoins on either side of this window. Below is a large entrance that mimics the shape of the window above. There is a double-leaf door with large single-pane sidelights. Just above the door is a rectangular stained glass pane and above this a single pane of an exaggerated triangle. Brick surrounds the door frame on 3 sides. The shorter tower at the entrance has a low hipped roof and two lancet windows, a short one at the lowest part and a taller one above (again with the brick at the outer edges). There are corner buttresses to this tower. The taller tower has the two lancet windows plus an open belfry in addition to the corner buttresses. On each tower is a cross. The National Register of Historic Places nomination form (link below) provides more information on the other facades and details of the interior, which I was unable to photograph. The dimensions of the church and 85x50 feet, the walls being 1 1/2 feet thick. The final cost in the early 1920s was about $25,000. St. Agnes was added to the National Register of Historic Places June 5, 1991 with ID#91000696.
The nomination form in .pdf format is found at www.arkansaspreservation.com/National-Register-Listings/P...
The church website is at www.stagneschurchmena.org/
The photos in this series:
1) front facade
2) front facade and a partial view of the north facade
3) a portion of the tall tower at the entrance
4) the shorter tower at the entrance
5) the entrance
6) the monumental window above the entrance
7) a close-up of the building material used throughout
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
Construction d'une usine pour la fabrication d'éoliennes en mer sur le site du port du Havre.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Normandie
Département : Seine-Maritime (76)
Ville : Le Havre (76600)
Adresse : avenue Lucien Corbeaux
Fonction : Industrie
Construction : 2020 → 2021
► Architecte : ENIA Architectes
► Gros œuvre : GTM Normandie-Centre
PC n° 076 351 19 H0078 délivré le 27/11/2019
Hauteur : ≈20,00
Surface de plancher : 22 ha
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A new gallery is starting to take shape in Sydney’s inner suburb chippendale where the brick facade is now fully visible. 1000’s of these small grey toned bricks create curves and waves that rise above you, it’s really stunning! The interior space is comprised of 3 sections; the gallery, a performance space and a central garden to link them all together.
The idea was initiated by a private patron whereby each element is authored by a different hand.
The Gallery architects are: @johnwardlearchitects
The performance space architects: @durbachblockjaggers
Engineering: @ttwengineers
Garden spaces: @360degreeslandscape
I can’t wait to explore the various ways the spaces crossover and interact with my camera 📷 .
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Exterior of Sulayman mosque in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Sulayman mosque is Kyrgyzstan's largest mosque. It has two floors and has a capacity of about 5,000 people, with an additional 15,000 being able to fit in the courtyard. Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev opened it in 2011. Photo taken on July 21, 2012.
The most expensive swimsuit in the world – a bikini worth 30 million dollars. Designed by Susan Rosen and Steinmetz Diamonds, the bikini is decorated with more than 150 carats of perfectly cut diamonds set in platinum.
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An advert from the 1934 edition of "Specification", issued annually by the Architectural Press and containing an index of building and construction subjects, relevant specifications along with allied contractors and materials. This is for Vinculum cast stone, a produce made by a subsidiary of the large Tarmac Ltd whose head offices were based at Ettingshall in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.
Tarmac Ltd had been founded in 1905 by the Wolverhampton worthy Sir Alfred Hickman whose iron works at Ettingshall produced the waste material slag that formed the basis of 'tarmac' along with tar. The product had been the brain child of one Edgar Hooley who had in 1902/3 first patented the mix and formed the first works at Denby. These had foundered and Hickman bought the concern out. Tarmac prospered as the need for durable roads and surfaces became vital as road traffic increased and by the 1930s they had several works close to iron works so as to be able to utilise the waste materials.
Vinculum was another product born out of such waste - in this case, slag dust bound with Portland cement and cast into reinforced forms. The material was not only used to help Tarmac expand into the growing council house construction market but was also, as here, sold as an ideal material for the 'decoration' of suitably imporessive civic and commercial building facades. So here we have six views of municipal swimming baths and pools - one of which certainly bears a local Wolverhampton coat of arms so I think that nails a possible location for that one! The others - well..
The design of the advert is quite charming if 'staid' in graphic design terms but the use of the fish motif along with bubbling water certainly adds to the theme!
Zespół regeneracyjnych pieców wapiennych.
A battery of two 450 tpd PFR lime kilns.
Drugim niezwykle ważnym zakładem w kujawskim "białym" zagłębiu" jest wytwórnia wapna palonego i hydratyzowanego. W obecnym miejscu zakład istnieje od roku 1956, kiedy to w ramach powojennej modernizacji obiektów zagłębia wapiennego powstały dwa piece obrotowe do wypału wapna. W 1975 roku uruchomiony został nowy oddział wypału wapna Bielawy II w oparciu o dwa nowoczesne piece regeneracyjne firmy MAERZ. Ich zasada działania opiera się o dwa naprzemiennie pracujące szyby, z których w jednym zachodzi proces wypalania wapna, a drugi jest ogrzewany spalinami z tego procesu. Co kilkanaście minut następuje zamiana, czyli tzw. rewersja i szyb opalany staje się szybem ogrzewanym. Dzięki temu uzyskuje się duże wydajności produkcyjne wapna przy jednoczesnym niskim zużyciu paliw w porównaniu do tradycyjnych pieców szybowych czy obrotowych. Paliwo dostarczane jest do pieców poprzez szereg lanc, umieszczonych w ich górnej części. Każdy z tych pieców ma wydajność 450 ton wapna palonego na dobę. Aby uzmysłowić duży rozmiar instalacji warto nadmienić, że wysokość kominów wynosi 50 metrów. Piece opalane są obecnie pyłem węgla brunatnego oraz rezerwowo gazem ziemnym. W przeszłości podstawowym paliwem był mazut, lecz restrykcyjne przepisy środowiskowe i konieczność jego ciągłego podgrzewania zadecydowały o wycofaniu tego paliwa. Tuż obok znajduje się zakład hydratyzacji wapna, gdzie produkowane jest wapno gaszone, używane między innymi w budownictwie. Obecnie zakład należy do spółki Trzuskawica SA, która jest częścią globalnego koncernu Cement Roadstone Holding (CRH).
More London is a development on the south bank of the River Thames. It includes the City Hall, a sunken amphitheatre called The Scoop, office blocks, shops, restaurants, cafes, and a pedestrianised area containing open-air sculptures and water features, including fountains lit by coloured lights. The Shard is also referred to as the Shard of Glass. It stands approximately 309 metres (1,014 ft) high, and is currently the tallest building in the European Union. HMS Belfast is a museum, originally a Royal Navy light cruiser. It is permanently moored in London and is operated by the Imperial War Museum.