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The grey lourie, also known as go-away bird, grey loerie, or kwêvoël, is a bold and common bird of the southern Afrotropics. They are present in arid to moist, open woodlands and thorn savanna, especially near surface water. They regularly form groups and parties that forage in treetops, or dust bathe on the ground. Especially when disturbed, they make their presence known by their characteristically loud and nasal "kweh" or "go-way" calls, with the last syllable typically a descending drawl.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_go-away-bird
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The Louvre Inverted Pyramid is a skylight constructed in the Carrousel du Louvre, an underground shopping mall in front of the Louvre Museum in France. It may be thought of as a smaller sibling of the more famous Louvre Pyramid proper yet turned upside down: its upturned base is easily seen from outside.
The inverted pyramid marks the intersection of two main underground walkways beneath the Place du Carrousel and orients visitors towards the museum entrance under the Cour Napoléon. Tensioned against a 30-tonne (33-short-ton), 13.3-metre (44 ft) square steel caisson frame, the inverted pyramidal shape in laminated glass points downward towards the floor.
Directly below the tip of the downwards-pointing glass pyramid, a small stone pyramid (about 1 m, 3.3 ft) is stationed on the floor, as if mirroring the larger structure above: The tips of the two pyramids almost touch.
The Pyramide Inversée was designed by architect I.M. Pei, and installed as part of the Phase II government renovation of the Louvre Museum, known as the Grand Louvre project. It was completed in 1993. In 1995, it was a finalist in the Benedictus Awards, described by the jury as "a remarkable anti-structure ... a symbolic use of technology ... a piece of sculpture. It was meant as an object, but it is an object to transmit light."
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Tokyo Big Sight (Tōkyō Biggu Saito), officially known as Tokyo International Exhibition Center (Tōkyō Kokusai Tenjijō), is a convention and exhibition center in Tokyo, Japan,
Design (1996): AXS Architects.
Had some amazing cloud formations as storms rolled over the Owyhee mountains. This cloud appeared as an inverted funnel.
Spiral staircase within the dining hall of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge.
Murray Edwards is an all-female college in the University of Cambridge. (It was originally named New Hall when first founded.) Its building was designed by architects Chamberlin, Powell and Bon (known for designing London's Barbican Centre) and was completed in 1965.
Saudi Hawks are currently in the UK based at RAF Waddington for RIAT air display. This was a practice display flight over Waddington.
lilypads float on the surface of a pond with paperbark trees reflected in the background.
Image has been flipped 180 degrees.
Ricoh AF-5, Fuji 400
Almost no one on this beach looks at the inverted man, floating in mid-air, for just a moment.
A Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) enjoys riding and snacking on its meal, a mysteriously deceased Alligator along Florida's "Nature Coast".
This is the calm, the peace... all in one, all in Delft, the Netherlands. One of the places I belong
Explore: 25 on Tuesday, September 28, 2010
A vibrant mix of housing, work, and culture
About a hundred years after the opening of the Rheinauhafen harbor, in 1898, the former bustling goods transshipment location is being transformed into a new highlight in urban planning. The Rheinauhafen is located immediately adjacent to the city center of Cologne and is connected to the Rheingarten, which is located in front of the old city and was redesigned in the nineteen-eighties. From there, it extends for about another two kilometers until it reaches the popular southern area (Südstadt) of Cologne: an ideal location that is already having positive effects on the property’s use in the cultural, commercial, and residential sectors.
When all the construction work has been completed, there will be 235,000 square meters of gross floor plan area available in the Rheinauhafen. Approximately 30 percent of the space will be used for housing, 45 percent for offices, services, and foodservice, and 25 percent for culture. The three so-called Kranhaus (“crane house”) buildings will be a particular highlight. The shape of these buildings echoes that of historic cargo cranes. They will add to Cologne’s Rhine riverbank skyline and will be a particular eye-catcher for the Rheinauhafen.
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Central Business District, Singapore. Shot taken from Raffles Place.
A more conventional view of those buildings here: CBD Reflections
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