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Interior detail of the Kaldirgochbiy mausoleum, located on the grounds of Tashkent's Islamic University, Uzbekistan. Photo taken on July 6, 2012.
Khan Theological School (aka Imam Gholi Khan Madrasa or Madrasa-i-Khan) was built in 1627. I am not sure if there are additional buildings (I assume there are). We only saw an impressively muqarna*-covered entrance gate, a beautifully domed vestibule, and a lovely courtyard. The courtyard is a classic four-iwan** plan, apparently square, with shallow iwans covered in gorgeous tilework (apparently the same on each side). and was graced with palms, pines, roses, and citrus trees, and a reflecting pool in the center.
I loved that the plantings gave attention to all the senses... the sound of a breeze in pines and palms is a delight, even as their shade refreshes the skin; the scent of roses fills the air and the citrus trees made my mouth water.
To see what the courtyard looked like in 1933, visit ArchNet's pages on the school. Be sure to view the large photos - it's quite fascinating!
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*Muqarnas are used in many ways in Islamic architecutre... see this page on Archnet for a full description, history, and references.
**An iwan is a large arched opening in the wall of a courtyard. Usually there are four; sometimes one leads to an interior hall of a mosque. The architectural theme apparently dates from ancient Assyria but became common in Islaimc architecture. The four-iwan plan is commonly used in domestic, religious, and public architecture in Iran and the region.
Read more about iwans, and see examples across time and space, here on Archnet.
'Sculptural Deck and Bicentennial Wings'
by Jacques Overhoff (b. Netherlands, 1933)
restored 2008 by Karen Fix: it had taken a beating from skateboarders
cast concrete and ceramic tile
1979
City College of San Francisco
San Francisco
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A ceramic tile wall by Athos Bulcão at Fiocruz/UnB is framed by a balsa tree (Ochroma pyramidale), of light-weight balsa wood fame.
Detail of azulejo panel by António Costa Pinheiro (1932-1015), Red line Alameda metro station, Lisbon.
My 2,500 photo on Flickr!
Hearts off an old bracelet, sling shot pellets, glass "globs," mirror glass, spectrum glass, BB's, hearts off a watch(her hands), ceramic tiles, stained glass, plastic gems, millefiori all married together!
Handmade tiles, shells, and small rocks. Approx. 12 inches in length. Photo taken by the artist on Pensacola Beach.
A bathroom razor blade tile disposal slot is an indication you are looking at the original tile. Peaks of Otter, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina.
This is a Ceramic tile Lobster located at the Ward Anderson playground at Bell Buckle Park.
Ward Anderson was a 2 year old boy who tragically died in a lake accident in the summer of 2005. Ward and his family lived in the town of Bell Buckle, TN. On October 28, 2005, on what would have been his third birthday, the town unveiled the Ward Anderson Playground including this statue at Bell Buckle Park.
All finished!! I chose "For You Blue" because it's one of my favorite songs from "Let It Be", my favorite Beatles album and because it was written and performed by George Harrison,my favorite Beatle :-)
Taken in the precrepuscular glow a few minutes shy of an autumn sunset. Facing more or less northwestward, from the grounds of the Sts. Sergius and Bacchus Church.
It's long past time I started paying back my debt to Islamic architecture—for all the hours of fascination and sheer delight I've been given in exploring the vast body of design expertise and artistry it contains.
My first view of the Sultan Ahmet Mosque was when I was aboard a ship sailing up the Sea of Marmara and into the Bosporus, in the supernatural light of an approaching thunderstorm. Against this ominous backdrop I quickly learned to distinguish it from the Hagia Sophia by its greater number of its minarets, six in all.
As is so often the case with the Late Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman monuments of imperial-city architecture, this magnificent structure is mostly made of locally derived building materials: Miocene-epoch Bakırköy Limestone and brick. But as we'll see in subsequent photos of this set, the breathtaking display of ceramic tile in the mosque's interior is the product of Iznik (or Nicaea, if you're Romano-Byzantine history fan).
And one small, smug, and self-satisfied note about how much I like the way the pastel pinks, blues, and buffs of building and sky hover over the darkened mass of trees.
To see the other photos and descriptions in this series, visit my Architectural Geology of Ottoman Istanbul album.
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The Colonial Theater in South Hill, Virginia, dates from 1925, when the town had a population of around 1400. Originally constructed for musical performances and vaudeville, it was remodeled as a movie theater in 1933 with new lighting and sound systems. It had retail and office space (e.g. lawyers and insurance agents) on the second floor and a Masonic meeting hall on the top floor. For a period of time the building also housed the post office with its entrance on the clipped corner. During the 1930s it encouraged clean-up campaigns, offering “Tin Can Movies” with free admittance to children who brought in 25 tin cans; it supported the war efforts in the early 1940s by offering free admission for bringing in scrap iron. It closed down in the 1970s. In 2001 it was purchased by a civic group and in 2011, after some renovations, became a cultural center and a site for performing arts—the 400-seat theater on the bottom level, an art gallery and offices on the second, and a ball room on the third.
The 3-story red brick structure with 14,571 square feet is the tallest building in the town of South Hill. The style is commercial. It’s most noticeable feature may be the clipped corner, a design element often used for buildings with street corner entrances. One of the major repairs was replacing a deteriorated roof with one of standing seam metal, similar to the original. The walls of the front and right facades culminate in a parapet, subtly ornamented in brick panels; the theater section has solid walls. Below the parapetted portion is a wide overhang supported by brackets of brick between which is a series of stone tablets. These panels are framed in brick with white stones at each corner. The use of stone also accents each 2-story window section with white stones again at the corners. Separating the ground level from the upper two stories is a stone ledge. On the front façade are 1/1 double-hung sash windows in groups of two and threes, each with its own transom; they extend around the clipped corner onto the side façade. At street level there are large display windows with vertically segmented transoms. The corner entrance is a double-leaf wood door, each leaf with a single vertical pane; above is a transom which provides continuity with the design of the larger windows. The lobby entrance consists of two pairs of wood doors, each with an upper vertical pane and 6 smaller panes below. Aside from changes made to the lobby entrance, the structure possesses architectural integrity, maintaining the original design and use of materials.
I had no opportunity to go inside to see the floors of ceramic tile and the pressed tin ceilings. More on the interior design is at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (VDHR) site in the National Register nomination form, to which I’m indebted for much of this information. The theater was placed on the National Register of Historic Places May 19, 2003 with reference ID #03000448
The theater’s internet site is www.colonialcenterva.org/
The VDHR link to the pdf nomination file is
www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Mecklenburg/301-5...
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Exterior of Char Minar in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Char Minar means "four minarets" in Tajik. The towers are technically not minarets; the building functioned as the gatehouse to a long-gone madrassa. The towers are topped with attractive aqua-colored tiles that are common in Bukhara's historic sites. Photo taken on July 10, 2012.
While Clint was scrubbing the bathroom floor for the first time in 17 yrs, preparing for the arrival of Andrea.... He hit his head on the sink so hard that the sink pipe actually broke. This was the main reason we needed a plumber, but this ultimately culminated in us re-doing our shower to be a real shower.
You see -- One of Paul's friends is a plumber, so he fixed the sink pipe for us, by cutting out & replacing the rusted metal pipe with a pvc pipe. But since he was there, we seized the opportunity to employ him for the larger job of upgrading our bathroom to finally have a real shower. Those pictures will be posted, later.
ceramic tile, pipe, rust, rusted pipe.
bathroom, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
June 2, 2016.
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Grade II listed mural by Dorothy Annan (1900-83) made in 1960 and recently relocated to the Barbican. The 9-panel ceramic depicts various aspects of electronics and telecommunications in a semi-abstract style and was originally decorating a nearby telephone exchange. City of London.
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One of the many tile makers in the renowned Potteries towns of Staffordshire Richards eventually were such large producers they had three factories in Tunstall. In 1968 they merged with H & R Johnston, that company being one of the few survivors and now the UK's largest producers of ceramic tiles. Although this advert is immediate post-war the product range looks quite 1930s.
Ceramic tile direction sign chased into brick wall, with metal railings above. Hampstead, London Borough of Camden.
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I am very fond of decorative ceramic tiles having had a job for many years that was swimming in them - no pun intended! These joyous mythical fish can be found in the Gentlemans in what was the Yorkshire Club, now River House in York. They aren't described in the official Listing for this 1868 building and, if I'm honest, they feel later than 1868 more Edwardian in style. As to makers - the field and frieze tiles have a real feel of Medmenham but there were so many manufacturers at the time. That said they are lovely tiles.
Artist: Dorothy Annan, 1960. Panel 7 depicts waveforms on cathode ray oscilloscopes used in the testing of telecommunications equipment. The panel consists of 40 tiles which were scored, painted and fired by the artist in the Loughborough studio of Hathernware Ltd. The complete mural has now been re-sited to the Barbican Complex and has been Grade II listed. City of London.
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