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Title
Harvard Square Subway Station, Stairwell To Boston Train Platform
Contributors
researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
Date
creation date: between 1954-1959
Location
Creation location: Cambridge (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 70.08
Period
Modern
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Techniques
documentary photography
Type
Photograph
Copyright
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access Statement
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Identifier
KL_001730
DSpace_Handle
"The Kansas City plaza (Country Club Plaza) is a unique and splendid shopping district built by the J. C. Nicholas Co. in the 1920s. It is claimed to be the first suburban shopping district in the United States located in the blocks around 48th Street and Nichols Road... . The architecture of the Plaza mirrors influences of Seville, Spain." (www.kansascityplaza.us/) For more information and photos visit sites.google.com/site/tileinstallationdbal/mo_kansas-city....
This is the same smaller full dome discussed and shown in part in the previous photo of this series.
It's in the mosque's domes and semidomes where the stunning artistry of the İznik Tile most powerfully expresses its grace, symmetry, chromatic harmony, and suggestion of divine order, all through abstract floral and vegetative motifs. Two decades ago I taught a Chicago Architecture Center course entitled The Botany of Architecture. It was a treat to present this seemingly offbeat topic, but what an opportunity I missed in not focusing then on this magnificent building.
While I'm still not sure of the geologic origin of the clays used specifically for the İznik faience, some interesting sources kindly provided by SRL Gemstone, available in the Comments section of Part 4 of this set, confirm that Turkey has had a number of regional centers of world-class ceramic production over the centuries.
İznik, whose pre-Ottoman name was Nicaea, is also of interest to students of Late Roman and Byzantine history. Besides being the venue for early Christian Church councils, it served as the capital of a breakaway empire during the temporary Latin takeover of Constantinople in the thirteenth century AD.
To see the other photos and descriptions in this series, visit my Architectural Geology of Ottoman Istanbul album.
Baldosas de aspecto satinado y textil crean distintos efectos gráficos sin necesidad de recurrir a la decoración.
Twill Stripes Grey 13,2 x 13,2 cm, Pencil Bullnose Stripes Grey 3x20 cm.
See the goldfish? :)
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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.
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Topkapi Palace is, in my opinion, one of the most overpriced and overrated attractions on planet earth. Visiting the harem cost an additional fee on top of the already-steep general admission cost, and this is the only photo I got out of the deal that I'm even willing to show. I wish I would have skipped this and played backgammon all day instead. Learn from my mistake.
Tolteca Tlacuilo in Old Town Artisans complex at 186 N. Meyer Avenue in the historic El Presido neighborhood of Tucson, Arizona. Carly Quinn is a very; talented hand glazed tile artist located in Tucson. You can learn more about her and her work here:
Tonight I had dinner with my sister who has a place in Tucson. I was telling her about Carly Quinn's work and was going to suggest that she look into having some of it in her home. Turns out that she knew about Carly, had met her and had her design some tile work for her home. I probably don't have to tell you but, the tiles she purchased do not have a day of the dead theme and are more typical of the beautiful designs that Carly mostly produces.
Victoria Baths is a Grade II* listed building, situated in the Chorlton-upon-Medlock area of Manchester, in Northwest England. The Baths opened to the public in 1906 and cost £59,144 to build. Manchester City Council closed the baths in 1993 and the building was left derelict. A multi-million pound restoration project began in 2007.
The baths were designed by the City Surveyor, T. de Courcy Meade, and his assistant, Arthur Davies. The work was supervised by Henry Price, the newly appointed city architect. The baths were opened in September 1906 by the Lord Mayor of Manchester who described the building as a "water palace". For 86 years the Baths provided essential leisure facilities. Private baths and a laundry were housed there along with three swimming pools and a Turkish bath. The main swimming pool was floored over in the winter months to hold dances. In 1952 the Victoria Baths installed the first public Aeratone (jacuzzi) in the country.
In the design and construction of the Baths, a great deal of money was expended, Manchester having at that time one of the world's wealthiest municipal coffers. The façade has multi-coloured brickwork and terracotta decoration, the main interior public spaces are clad in glazed tiles from floor to ceiling and most of the many windows have decorative stained glass.
The Baths were closed by Manchester City Council in 1993. The Friends of Victoria Baths was formed and began to investigate the possibility of running the Victoria Baths independently.
Various fund-raising attempts failed to bring about a restoration of the Baths, although work to prevent further deterioration of the building started in 1998
n September 2003, the Baths won the first series of the BBC's Restoration programme. The building was chosen by a public phone-vote from a short-list of ten buildings in danger of dereliction in the UK. It was awarded £3.4 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the money raised through the phone-voting process. The Prince of Wales visited the baths a month later to help celebrate the win.
It was intended that the money would be spent on re-opening the Turkish bath by around 2006, with other parts following later at a cost of around £15–20m. However, the redevelopment plans were dealt a blow one year later when quantity surveyors delivered a much larger estimate of £6.3m to restore the Turkish baths. The Heritage Lottery Fund requested further details about the full redevelopment before they would hand over any money for the first phase. Final planning approval to begin a restoration process was not received until September 2005.
In September 2006, as part of a number of events to mark the centenary of the building's opening, the gala pool was filled for the first time in 13 years.
The first phase of restoration work consisting of structural work and repairs began on Monday 19 March 2007, and was completed in September 2008. In 2011 the Baths were used as a filming location, a concert venue, and an exhibition centre.
New his and hers bathroom for the new bedroom includes divided sinks and a large glass walk-in shower.
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This is a ceramic tile I made in the winter of 2010. For some reason I never photographed it until recently. Hence, it's only now being posted. It was a class assignment. Lowfire ceramic. 18"x18"
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.
The situation was in comfortable alignment with the 21c repuation of the city in which it occurred: Salford, England!
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In Salford, Greater Manchester, England, on August 10th, 2017, outside "Cillian Nails" on Blackfriars Street (A6 road), south of Chapel Street.
The building is a Grade II listed building on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, listed as "The Crown Tavern," erected in the early 19th century, with tiles from later in the 19th century.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Greater Manchester (7026570)
• Salford (7010478)
Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• adhesive tape (300310136)
• ceramic tile (300010678)
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• glazing (coating process) (300053914)
• outdoor advertising (300213181)
• posters (300027221)
Wikidata items:
• 10 August 2017 (Q34379127)
• 19th-century architecture (Q69595903)
• 225 (Q857154)
• A6 road (Q4649590)
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• Grade II listed building (Q15700834)
• indoor tanning (Q47154624)
• Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Q16867176)
• tanning bed (Q646347)
• watt (Q25236)
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Decoration and ornament—Plant forms (sh85036250)
• Flowers in art (sh85049347)