Jaipur’s most distinctive landmark, the Hawa Mahal is an extraordinary, fairy-tale, pink sandstone. This beautiful view of the red and pink palace and its 'Jarokas' taken from the ground floor reaching the top most structure!

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El salón de baile presenta la particularidad de tener una tribuna para los músicos escondida tras una celosía para que estos pudieran hacer sonar sus instrumentos pero no ver al público de la sala. Toda la decoración tiene un carácter suntuoso como corresponde a la función de este ámbito. Así, los grandes espejos contribuyen a dar una mayor amplitud a la sala y multiplicar el efecto de las luces de las velas. Destaca también el mobiliario con un sofá central y banquetas y los apliques y candelabros originales del palacio del siglo XIX. El techo está decorado con la pintura “El consorcio de Valencia y Don Jaime por la Religión”, obra de Salustiano Asenjo fechada en 1866.

The ballroom has the particularity of having a gallery for the musicians hidden behind a latticework so that they could play their instruments but not see the audience in the room. All the decoration has a sumptuous character as befits the function of this area. Thus, the large mirrors help to give a greater amplitude to the room and multiply the effect of the candlelight. Also noteworthy is the furniture with a central sofa and stools and the original sconces and chandeliers from the 19th century palace. The ceiling is decorated with the painting "The consortium of Valencia and Don Jaime for Religion", a work by Salustiano Asenjo dated 1866.

El saló de ball presenta la particularitat de tenir una tribuna per als músics amagada després d'una gelosia perquè poguessin fer sonar els seus instruments però no veure el públic de la sala. Tota la decoració té un caràcter sumptuós com correspon a la funció daquest àmbit. Així, els grans miralls contribueixen a donar més amplitud a la sala i multiplicar l'efecte de les llums de les espelmes. Destaca també el mobiliari amb un sofà central i banquetes i els aplics i canelobres originals del palau del segle XIX. El sostre està decorat amb la pintura “El consorci de València i Don Jaime per la Religió”, obra de Salustiano Asenjo datada el 1866.

Under a canopy of stars

Where thought and truth divorce

In that latticework of dreams we are shameless.

Tu es brave dans ton amour dévoué à la compassion plus belle inspiration.

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Under a canopy of stars

Where Thought and Truth divorce

In that latticework of dreams we are shameless

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Hawa Mahal in Jaipur, also known as the Pink City, is a very important monument of the city. The monument is five stories high and the front of the monument is delicately carved with beautiful motifs. It is an outstanding example of the Rajput style of architecture. Hawa Mahal is not exactly a palace but more like a screen of superbly sculpted windows that look like the front of a palace. The palace was built for the royal ladies of Rajasthan to view the busy city life from inside a veil. The panoramic view of the pyramid shaped palace of winds looks brilliantly magnificent. Blue sky forming the background of this pink sandstone structure makes it appearance mystic and beautiful!

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Hawa Mahal (English translation: "The Palace of Winds" or "The Palace of Breeze") is a palace in Jaipur, India. Made with the red and pink sandstone, the palace sits on the edge of the City Palace, Jaipur, and extends to the Zenana, or women's chambers.

The structure was built in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh, the grandson of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh, who was the founder of Jaipur. He was so inspired by the unique structure of Khetri Mahal that he built this grand and historical palace. It was designed by Lal Chand Ustad. Its unique five floors exterior is akin to the honeycomb of a beehive with its 953 small windows called Jharokhas decorated with intricate latticework. The original intent of the lattice design was to allow royal ladies to observe everyday life and festivals celebrated in the street below without being seen, since they had to obey the strict rules of "purdah", which forbade them from appearing in public without face coverings. This architectural feature also allowed cool air from the Venturi effect to pass through, thus making the whole area more pleasant during the high temperatures in summer. Many people see the Hawa Mahal from the street view and think it is the front of the palace, but in reality it is the back of that structure. (Wikipedia)

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The state of Rajasthan has an aura of royalty. Its capital city, Jaipur attracts visitors from all over the world. The Pink City or Jaipur has a unique piece of architectural masterpiece – the Hawa Mahal. The panoramic view of this five storied Hawa Mahal that resembles the crown of Lord Krishna made of peacock feathers looks perfectly delightful. Hawa Mahal stands tall with Intricate designs, domed canopies, floral patterns, fluted pillars, fine stone inlay and arches. Hawa Mahal, made of red and pink sandstone, is a fusion of Rajput and Islamic styles of architecture and here it looks beautiful when pictured with bright blue sky!

One fine summer day, although a very hot day, I was walking through one of the streets of Torre de la Horadada, in Alicante, Spain, and I passed a house with a latticework in its garden that produced some very curious shadows in the warm morning sun, in especially when they turn black and white. The magic of the projection of a grid on the lattice of the fence captivated my attention on the patterns of shadows that were deformed adapting to the geometric shapes that the beam of sunlight found in its path.

* Cambodian temples were built during Khmer regime much before 15th century. However after the fall of this dynasty the temples remained neglected for 5 long centuries, that is till 20th century.

Nobody realized how and when these trees completely captured several of the temples here. The roots have grown over, through and then under these temple foundations crushing them completely.

The trees at Cambodian temples are nicknamed as strangler trees of Angkor, as their growth results in death of host trees.

Two other varieties of trees too took firm root here, the Silk Cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) and Thitpok tree (Tetrameles nudiflora). They are common in tropical forests throughout the world. Birds and bats propagate these seeds which are sticky in nature.

Young strangler lives on the tree’s surface, grows long roots, and descends along the trunk of the host tree. Eventually they reach the ground, enter the soil and get a firm hold. As several roots go through this process they get grafted together, enclosing their host’s trunk in a strangling latticework.

Ultimately they create a complete sheath around the trunk. At many places we saw this network of roots, and they have fiercely strong grip.

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King of road racing and Queen of elegance. This 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Lungo Berlinetta Speciale. was built for competition (the C) and yet would transport a couple at very high speed in complete comfort and class. In many ways, the 2900B Lungo Berlinetta was the finest closed car produced in the pre-war era. Built with race-proven engineering and with a style of unsurpassed elegance, these fastback Alfas are among the finest cars in world.

On the track, the 2900 competition cars benefited from a decade of Alfa Romeo progress and became the most successful of their time. A trio of 2900As placed first-second-third at the 1936 Mille Miglia, while three specially built 2900MMs accomplished the same feat at the 1938 edition. The decision to make a road-going variant of these winning designs must have been easy.

Touring of Milan was responsible for almost the entire production of 2900B bodies and their exceptional ‘Coupé Superleggra’ or ‘Coupé Ultraleggro Aeroprofilato’ took advantage of the Lungo chassis and exaggerated it with a huge rear overhang. In total, Touring constructed only around 10 of these masterworks. The 2900 chassis was outfitted very similar to the competition cars.

The engine was similar to the Tipo B unit but was made from new castings in aluminum instead of magnesium. They retained a 10-main bearing crankshafts that sat in white metal babbits. The cylinder head was cast integral to the block with hemispherical combustion chambers and domed pistons. The valvetrain and axillary devices were all gear driven.

The men responsible for this model were engineer Vittorio Jano (designer of Alfa Romeo's P-Series Grand Prix racers and road-going sporting models) and body stylist Felice Bianchi Anderloni (founder of the coachbuilding firm Carrozzeria Touring in Milan). With the help of chief designer Aquino Gilardi, Anderloni helped pioneer Superleggera (super light) body construction. Instead of using heavy frames and rigid axles like so many other competitors, Alfa Romeo employed an intricate latticework of lightweight but rigid steel tubes that formed the framework for the elegant, hand-fashioned aluminum body shell. Shapes were tested by attaching felt strips to the body and the car was photographed while moving to record how wind flowed over and around it.

The original 8C had won LeMans 4 years straight, and this car is a barely detuned racing chassis. What a way to tour Europe!

Está ubicada en el muro occidental de la Mezquita de Córdoba: entre la puerta de San Miguel y el Postigo de Palacio. Se construyó con la ampliación de Alhaken II (a mediados del siglo X) y es una de las más bellas en cuanto a composición. El vano contiene un arco de herradura ciego que sirve de descarga y se encuentra inscrito en un alfiz. Sobre él, hay un conjunto de arquillos ciegos entrelazados y decorados en su interior con distintos motivos geométricos. A cada lado de la puerta, hay dos pequeñas ventanas cubiertas con celosías.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9ubOk998sw

Vicente Amigo. Mezquita

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It is located on the western wall of the Mosque of Córdoba: between the door of San Miguel and the Postigo de Palacio. It was built with the extension of Alhaken II (in the middle of the 10th century) and is one of the most beautiful in terms of composition. The opening contains a blind horseshoe arch that serves as a relief and is inscribed in an alfiz. Above it, there is a set of interlocking blind arches decorated inside with different geometric motifs. On each side of the door, there are two small windows covered with latticework.

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The dining room in the wonderful National Trust Property.

Maschrabiyya nennt man in der traditionellen islamischen Architektur dekorative Holzgitter, die als Gitterschranken in Moscheen oder als Fenstergitter bzw. als Balkonverkleidungen in Wohnhäusern und Palästen zum Einsatz kamen. Maschrabiyyas werden meist aus geschnitzten oder gedrechselten Holzstücken zusammengesetzt, die zu geometrischen Mustern angeordnet sind. Sie dienen dem Schutz vor direkter Sonneneinstrahlung ebenso wie der Belichtung, daneben auch der Raumbelüftung bei gleichzeitiger Wahrung der religiösen oder privaten Sphäre (wiki)

A mashrabiya (Arabic: ‫مشربية‬‎), also either shanshūl (‫شنشول‬) or rūshān (‫روشان‬), is an architectural element which is characteristic of Arabic residences. It is a type of projecting oriel window enclosed with carved wood latticework located on the second story of a building or higher, often lined with stained glass. The mashrabiya is an element of traditional Arabic architecture used since the Middle Ages up to the mid-20th century. It is most commonly used on the street side of the building; however, it may also be used internally on the sahn (courtyard) side. The style may be informally known as a "harem window" in English (wiki)

Maschrabiyya nennt man in der traditionellen islamischen Architektur dekorative Holzgitter, die als Gitterschranken in Moscheen oder als Fenstergitter bzw. als Balkonverkleidungen in Wohnhäusern und Palästen zum Einsatz kamen. Maschrabiyyas werden meist aus geschnitzten oder gedrechselten Holzstücken zusammengesetzt, die zu geometrischen Mustern angeordnet sind. Sie dienen dem Schutz vor direkter Sonneneinstrahlung ebenso wie der Belichtung, daneben auch der Raumbelüftung bei gleichzeitiger Wahrung der religiösen oder privaten Sphäre (wiki)

A mashrabiya (Arabic: ‫مشربية‬‎), also either shanshūl (‫شنشول‬) or rūshān (‫روشان‬), is an architectural element which is characteristic of Arabic residences. It is a type of projecting oriel window enclosed with carved wood latticework located on the second story of a building or higher, often lined with stained glass. The mashrabiya is an element of traditional Arabic architecture used since the Middle Ages up to the mid-20th century. It is most commonly used on the street side of the building; however, it may also be used internally on the sahn (courtyard) side. The style may be informally known as a "harem window" in English (wiki)

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The cloister gate.

Celosías del claustro Mudejar. Catedral de Tarazona (Aragón)

Cloister latticework, Mudejar style. Cathedral Tarazona (Aragon)

Frozen Trout Lake with the stunning backdrop of the snow-capped North Shore Mountains. This is a very rare occurrence for residents of Vancouver, as this is only the third time in over 25 years that ice was thick enough to allow for skating (BCIT).

Metro Vancouver’s frigid temperatures have given way to some ponds and lakes to turn into perfect skating rinks.

There is a latticework of blade marks on Vancouver’s Trout Lake after people took to the ice over the weekend [and today] to take advantage of a pretty rare opportunity. Charlie Carey and Mike Lloyd, City News

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La ermita de Santa Coloma en Albendiego (Guadalajara) – Spain; fue declarada Monumento Histórico Artístico en el año 1965. Las primeras noticias que se tienen de este lugar datan de un documento del año 1197, cuando se inicia su primitiva construcción románica.

La cabecera está formada por tres ábsides en forma de hemiciclo, y los dos laterales son rectos con ventanales abocinados.

Estamos ante una verdadera joya del románico; donde la piedra rojiza, las celosías de los ventanales tallados en piedra con bellas representaciones geométricas, elevan al nivel de sobresaliente este ejemplar de la provincia de Guadalajara.

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The hermitage of Santa Coloma in Albendiego (Guadalajara) - Spain; it was declared a Historic-Artistic Monument in 1965. The first news about this place dates from a document from the year 1197, when its primitive Romanesque construction began.

The head is made up of three hemicycle-shaped apses, and the two sides are straight with flared windows.

We are facing a true jewel of the Romanesque; where the reddish stone, the latticework of the windows carved in stone with beautiful geometric representations, elevate this specimen from the province of Guadalajara to an outstanding level.

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A 'flipped' mono version of this almost abstract photo of the concrete main stair in the Herzog & de Meuron designed Tate Modern Switch House extension. I took the original photo back in February but I've only just spotted it's potential as a suitable candidate for 'flipping'.

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From Wikipedia : "A ten storey tower, 65 metres high from ground level, was built above the oil tanks.

The original western half of the Switch House was demolished to make room for the tower and then rebuilt around it with large gallery spaces and access routes between the main building and the new tower on level 1 (ground level) and level 4. The new galleries on level 4 have natural top lighting. A bridge built across the turbine hall on level 4 to provides an upper access route. The new building opened to the public on 17 June 2016.

The design, again by Herzog & de Meuron, has been controversial. It was originally designed with a glass stepped pyramid, but this was amended to incorporate a sloping façade in brick latticework (to match the original power-station building) despite planning consent to the original design having been previously granted by the supervising authority.

The extension provides 22,492 square metres of additional gross internal area for display and exhibition spaces, performance spaces, education facilities, offices, catering and retail facilities as well as a car parking and a new external public space."

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The Alhambra is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. It is now one of Spain's major tourist attractions, exhibiting the country's most significant and well-known Islamic architecture, together with 16th-century and later Christian building and garden interventions. The Alhambra is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Court of the Myrtles (Patio de los Arrayanes) has received different names throughout time. Its current name is due to the myrtle bushes that surround the central pond and the bright green colour of which contrasts with the white marble of the patio. It was also called the Patio of the Pond or the Reservoir (Patio del Estanque o de la Alberca) because of the central pond, which is 34 metres long and 7,10 meters wide. The pond divides the patio and receives its water from two fountains (one at each end of the pond). There are chambers on both sides of the patio and several porticoes on the shorter sides of it. These porticoes rest on columns with cubic capitals, which have seven semicircular arches decorated with fretwork rhombuses and inscriptions praising God. The central arch is greater than the other six and has solid scallops decorated with stylised vegetal forms and capitals of mocarabes.

On the ends of the southern gallery are larders with kitchen shelves of mocarabes and the following legend: «May our Master Abu Abd' Allah, emir of the Muslims, receive God's help and protection as well as a glorious victory». Most inscriptions that appear in this patio are praises to God or to the emir. The chambers that existed in this portico were partly demolished in order to build the Charles V Palace (Palacio de Carlos V). On the top floor, on a corridor, there is a six-arched gallery with a higher lintel in the centre. This gallery is decorated with wooden terraced bases covered with stylised vegetal forms and latticework from the 19th century.

Maschrabiyya nennt man in der traditionellen islamischen Architektur dekorative Holzgitter, die als Gitterschranken in Moscheen oder als Fenstergitter bzw. als Balkonverkleidungen in Wohnhäusern und Palästen zum Einsatz kamen. Maschrabiyyas werden meist aus geschnitzten oder gedrechselten Holzstücken zusammengesetzt, die zu geometrischen Mustern angeordnet sind. Sie dienen dem Schutz vor direkter Sonneneinstrahlung ebenso wie der Belichtung, daneben auch der Raumbelüftung bei gleichzeitiger Wahrung der religiösen oder privaten Sphäre (wiki)

A mashrabiya (Arabic: ‫مشربية‬‎), also either shanshūl (‫شنشول‬) or rūshān (‫روشان‬), is an architectural element which is characteristic of Arabic residences. It is a type of projecting oriel window enclosed with carved wood latticework located on the second story of a building or higher, often lined with stained glass. The mashrabiya is an element of traditional Arabic architecture used since the Middle Ages up to the mid-20th century. It is most commonly used on the street side of the building; however, it may also be used internally on the sahn (courtyard) side. The style may be informally known as a "harem window" in English (wiki)

I wonder if Hitchcock had this in mind for "Rear Window."

Al-Balad (Arabic: البلد‎) is the historic centre of Jeddah. Founded in the 7th century, Al-Balad was the heart of the city until the 1960s, when its inhabitants became wealthier and started to move to the suburbs. Poor immigrants moved in place of the Saudi population. In 1991 the authorities decided to preserve the architecture of Al-Balad, but little has been done so far. The projecting window enclosed with carved wood latticework, called mashrabiya, are typical of Arabic architecture.

April, Rocky Mountain Front Range, Colorado

In a potted plant outside of a delicious cake shop in Sapporo, Japan, this plant is so amazing to see in the autumn as it sheds it's outer sheath revealing an intricate latticework design.

Here and there

The Hawa Mahal is a palace in the city of Jaipur, India. It is built from red and pink sandstone.

The structure was built in 1799 by the Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh. Designed by Lal Chand Ustad Its five-floor exterior is akin to a honeycomb with its 953 small windows called Jharokhas decorated with intricate latticework. The original intent of the lattice design was to allow royal ladies to observe everyday life and festivals celebrated in the street below without being seen. This architectural feature also allowed cool air from the Venturi effect to pass through, thus making the whole area more pleasant during the high temperatures in summer.

"Its 170,000 pieces of aluminium are a hive-like structure of latticework, controlled by the vibrations of honeybees in a hive at Kew that is connected to the sculpture."

Puente de cinco tramos roblonados de celosía metálica tipo Cruz de San Andrés, con 253 m de longitud total,apoyados sobre pilas de fábrica.

Obra del ingeniero Prudencio Guadalajara, fue construido a finales del siglo XIX, momento en el que el deficiente estado del único puente existente en el momento, el puente de piedra, el crecimiento urbano, un incipiente tráfico rodado y la prosperidad de los últimos años, así lo requerían.

El proyecto fue iniciado en 1882, y las obras en 1892, siendo inaugurado en el 1900.

Bridge with five riveted sections of metal latticework, St. Andrew's Cross type, with a total length of 253 m, supported on factory piles.

A work by engineer Prudencio Guadalajara, it was built at the end of the 19th century, when the poor condition of the only existing bridge at the time, the stone bridge, urban growth, incipient road traffic and the prosperity of recent years, so required.

The project was started in 1882, and the works in 1892, being inaugurated in 1900.

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The Empress Nūr Jahān built I'timād-Ud-Daulah's Tomb, sometimes called the "Baby Tāj", for her father, Mirzā Ghiyās Beg, the Chief Minister of the Emperor Jahāngīr. Located on the left bank of the Yamuna river, the mausoleum is set in a large cruciform garden, criss-crossed by water courses and walkways. The are of the mausoleum itself is about 23 m2 (250 sq ft), and is built on a base that is about 50 m2 (540 sq ft) and about one meter high. On each corner are hexagonal towers, about thirteen meters tall. Small in comparison to many other Mughal-era tombs, it is sometimes described as a jewel box. Its garden layout and use of white marble, pietra dura, inlay designs and latticework presage many elements of the Tāj Mahal.

The walls are white marble from Rajasthan encrusted with semi-precious stone decorations – cornelian, jasper, lapis lazuli, onyx, and topaz in images of cypress trees and wine bottles, or more elaborate decorations like cut fruit or vases containing bouquets. Light penetrates to the interior through delicate jālī screens of intricately carved white marble.

Many of Nūr Jahān's relatives are interred in the mausoleum. The only asymmetrical element of the entire complex are the tombs of her father and mother, which have been set side-by-side, a formation replicated in the Taj Mahal.

Looking through a beautiful metal latticed screen from the second floor down below evokes visual mystery inside the Aga Kahn Museum in Toronto. In fact, look more closely, you just may see the image of a face. Designed by architect Fumihiko Maki in collaboration with Toronto-based architectural firm Moriyama and Teshima.

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The Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba, whose ecclesiastical name is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption is the Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Córdoba dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and located in the Spanish region of Andalusia. The structure is regarded as one of the most accomplished monuments of Moorish Islamic architecture.

According to a Wikipedia account, a small Visigoth church, the Catholic Basilica of Saint Vincent of Lérins, originally stood on the site. In 784 Abd al-Rahman I ordered construction of the Great Mosque, which was considerably expanded by later Muslim rulers. Córdoba returned to Christian rule in 1236 during the Reconquista, and the building was converted to a Roman Catholic church, culminating in the insertion of a Renaissance cathedral nave in the 16th century.

The above photo is of the extremely delicate stone latticework framed by an equally beautiful series of arches through which light was coming filtered from the top. You may like to enlarge the photo to see the intricacies of the lattice work in stone- finer than even the work done on cloth pieces.

Please also have a look below at the same place being photographed by another photographer , in a different light setting.

Está ubicada en el muro occidental de la Mezquita de Córdoba: entre la puerta de San Miguel y el Postigo de Palacio. Se construyó con la ampliación de Alhaken II (a mediados del siglo X) y es una de las más bellas en cuanto a composición. El vano contiene un arco de herradura ciego que sirve de descarga y se encuentra inscrito en un alfiz. Sobre él, hay un conjunto de arquillos ciegos entrelazados y decorados en su interior con distintos motivos geométricos. A cada lado de la puerta, hay dos pequeñas ventanas cubiertas con celosías.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9ubOk998sw

Vicente Amigo. Mezquita

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It is located on the western wall of the Mosque of Córdoba: between the door of San Miguel and the Postigo de Palacio. It was built with the extension of Alhaken II (in the middle of the 10th century) and is one of the most beautiful in terms of composition. The opening contains a blind horseshoe arch that serves as a relief and is inscribed in an alfiz. Above it, there is a set of interlocking blind arches decorated inside with different geometric motifs. On each side of the door, there are two small windows covered with latticework.