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Papilio palinurus, the emerald swallowtail, emerald peacock, or green-banded peacock, is a butterfly of the genus Papilio of the family Papilionidae. It is native to Southeast Asia, but is regularly kept in butterfly houses around the world.
The iridescent green sheen of the bands of this butterfly is not produced by pigments. It's structural coloration produced by the microstructure of the wing scales. They refract the light and give rise to blue and yellow visible reflections, producing the perception of green color when additively mixed.
Papilio palinurus
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
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La Marseillaise is 135 m tall office skyscraper in the Euroméditerranée district of Marseille. Designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel and finished in 2018, the building is known for its innovative tricolor facade design, that is supposed to capture the reflection of the city's waterfront area and represent the color of the sky, cloud, and the surrounding neighbourhoods. The tower also used light and fiber concrete as its structural material to give an impression of an unfinished work.
CN L514 is done their work in Thamesville, and returns west towards Chatham to eventually turn south down the Sarnia Spur to Blenheim
Electric power companies tend to build large and very heavy, structurally sound buildings because they sometimes contain elements like transformers that deal in very large amounts of energy. It is protection and strength, in case of a malfunction. Photograph taken in Sacramento, California.
In the style of Helene Schmitz a “Swedish artist Helene Schmitz focuses on the fascinating structural details of plants in her macro photographs. Schmitz captures the intricate beauty of plants usually unseen by the naked eye.” By Joseph Pallante. The article is 27 Famous Macro Photographers to follow web site Great Big Photography World
Liverpool. UK
The Royal Albert Dock is a complex of dock buildings and warehouses. It was opened in 1846, and was the first structure in Britain to be built from cast iron, brick and stone, with no structural wood. As a result, it was the first non-combustible warehouse system in the world.
Vermeer 6x17 Panoramic Curved Plane Pinhole Camera | Fujifilm ACROS II 100 B&W | negative developed at home using Cinestill Dƒ96 monobath | negative scanned by Sony ILCEO ⍺6500 - Tamron 35mm ƒ2.8 | Post-processed using Negative Lab Pro.
Title Inspired from the works of Josef Albers
Ceiling at the Ian Potter Gallery, Federation Square, Melbourne.
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"Vladimir Tatlin was here, I think,
and Louise Bourgeois, most certainly was,
when the artist attempted to
create a blockade of structure
and esthetics."
Opened in 1935 the Marine Hall is set in the corner of an L-shaped colonnade in the Marine Gardens along the North Promenade. It is constructed of brick and reinforced concrete with structural steel framework to the auditorium. The external finish is Portland cement relieved with faience bands. There is a central reinforced concrete dome. Theatres Trust
A section of the Canada Water Library in London's Docklands. Architects: CZWG, 2012. Photo taken in September 2014.
This is a 7-story, 3-bay domestic building in the Art Deco style built in 1937. The structural system is fireproof. The foundation is reinforced concrete. The exterior walls are stucco. The building has a flat parapet roof. Windows are replacement aluminum casements. Unique octagonal porthole windows just above "Park Central Hotel" signage on the central bay of east elevation and at the same height on the easternmost part of the south elevation; Continuous band of windows rounded at corners wraps around northeast and southeast corners of building There is a single-story, full-span open porch characterized by an integrated (under the main) roof. Simple full-span porch with aluminum railings; Multi-colored terrazzo floor design; Extends slightly out from building set back Primary entryway is centered on east elevation; Glass double-door framed by dark wood; Terrazzo floor design on the porch points directly towards the primary door, which is also ornamented on the interior by different multi-colored terrazzo floor designs.
Symmetrical tripartite design on the primary facade; Round masonry porthole design at cornice; Octagonal porthole windows directly above first-floor level; Horizontal banding at building's corners; Multi-colored terrazzo floor designs; Neon "Park Central Hotel" signage centered directly above the porch on the east elevation; "Park Central Hotel" signage painted vertically on the east corner of the south elevation; Stepped ziggurat parapet roofline on east elevation; Streamlined vertical design with a recessed central section; Rounded corner windows on northeast and southeast corners just above porch level; Lightly ribbed vertical pilasters ornamented with spandrels; on either side of central bay form an inverted "L" design; Aluminum railings.
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Crataegus species are shrubs or small trees, mostly growing to (15–50 ft) tall,with small pome fruit and (usually) thorny branches. The most common type of bark is smooth grey in young individuals, developing shallow longitudinal fissures with narrow ridges in older trees. The thorns are small sharp-tipped branches that arise either from other branches or from the trunk, and are typically 1–3 cm (1⁄2–1 in) long (recorded as up to 11.5 cm or 4+1⁄2 inches in one case. The leaves grow spirally arranged on long shoots, and in clusters on spur shoots on the branches or twigs. The leaves of most species have lobed or serrated margins and are somewhat variable in shape. The fruit, sometimes known as a "haw", is berry-like but structurally a pome containing from one to five pyrenes that resemble the "stones" of plums, peaches, etc., which are drupaceous fruit in the same subfamily.
This time, a black and white view looking up at the curvaceous balconies of the 'Riverwalk' apartments, overlooking the River Thames at Westminster, in London. Architects: Stanton Williams.
The new building was designed by the British architect Norman, Lord Foster and civil & structural engineers Ove Arup & Partners with service design by J. Roger Preston & Partners, and was constructed by Wimpey International. From the concept to completion, it took seven years (1978–1985). The building is 180 metres high with 47 storeys and four basement levels. The building has a modular design consisting of five steel modules prefabricated in the UK by Scott Lithgow Shipbuilders near Glasgow, and shipped to Hong Kong. About 30,000 tons of steel and 4,500 tons of aluminium were used.
The original design was heavily inspired by the Douglas Gilling designed Qantas International Centre in Sydney (currently known as Suncorp Place).
The new Lobby and its 2-part Asian Story Wall were designed by Greg Pearce, of One Space Limited. Pearce was also the Principal Architect of the Hong Kong Airport Express (MTR) station. Conceived as a minimalist glass envelope, the new lobby is designed to be deferential to Foster's structure and appears almost to be part of the original.
The building is also one of the few to not have elevators as the primary carrier of building traffic. Instead, elevators only stop every few floors, and floors are interconnected by escalators.
The main characteristic of HSBC Hong Kong headquarters is its absence of internal supporting structure.
Another notable feature is that natural sunlight is the major source of lighting inside the building. There is a bank of giant mirrors at the top of the atrium, which can reflect natural sunlight into the atrium and hence down into the plaza. Through the use of natural sunlight, this design helps to conserve energy. Additionally, sun shades are provided on the external facades to block direct sunlight going into the building and to reduce heat gain. Instead of fresh water, sea water is used as coolant for the air-conditioning system.
All flooring is made from lightweight movable panels, under which lies a comprehensive network of power, telecommunication, and air-conditioning systems. This design was to allow equipment such as computer terminals to be installed quickly and easily.
Because of the urgency to finish the project, the construction of the building relied heavily on off-site prefabrication; components were manufactured all over the world. For example, the structural steel came from Britain; the glass, aluminium cladding and flooring came from the United States while the service modules came from Japan.
The inverted 'va' segments of the suspension trusses spanning the construction at double-height levels is the most obvious characteristic of the building. It consists of eight groups of four aluminium-clad steel columns which ascend from the foundations up through the core structure, and five levels of triangular suspension trusses which are locked into these masts.
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"De Kasbah", a striking complex of pile dwellings, Hengelo, the Netherlands.
Design (1973): Piet Blom.
Designed from the concept "Living as an urban roof" ("Wonen als stedelijk dak"). By building the houses on piles, room was created below as meeting place, parking, playing and common facilities. The building density achieved with this design is four times higher than in a normal residential area.
F'r instance, how am I gonna stop some big, mean Mother Hubbard from tearing me a structurally superfluous new behind? The answer, is a gun. And if that don't work? Use more gun. Like this heavy caliber tripod mounted little old number designed by me, built by me, and you best hope...
...not pointed at you.
Das Rote Haus mit seinem in den Hang gebauten Eiskeller zählt zu den im 18. Jahrhundert am Heiligen See errichteten Weinmeisterhäusern. Mit der Anlage des Neuen Gartens erwarb König Friedrich Wilhelm II. 1790 Haus und Grundstück. Das bislang sichtbare Fachwerk verschwand nun unter einer Putzfassade mit rotem Anstrich. Das seither als „Rotes Haus“ bezeichnete Gebäude diente als Dependance des Marmorpalais zur Unterbringung von Mitgliedern des Hofstaats. Die Bewohnung des Hauses setzte sich auch nach der Abdankung der Monarchie 1918 und dem Ende der sowjetischen Nutzung des Neuen Gartens 1953 unter der Verwaltung der Staatlichen Schlösser und Gärten fort. Wegen starker baulicher Mängel war das Haus seit 1990 nur noch stark eingeschränkt nutzbar, seit 2018 stand es gänzlich leer. Nach Abschluss der Sanierung soll es wieder als Wohnhaus genutzt werden.
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Das Rote Haus mit seinem in den Hang gebauten Eiskeller zählt zu den im 18. Jahrhundert am Heiligen See errichteten Weinmeisterhäusern. Mit der Anlage des Neuen Gartens erwarb König Friedrich Wilhelm II. 1790 Haus und Grundstück. Das bislang sichtbare Fachwerk verschwand nun unter einer Putzfassade mit rotem Anstrich. Das seither als „Rotes Haus“ bezeichnete Gebäude diente als Dependance des Marmorpalais zur Unterbringung von Mitgliedern des Hofstaats. Die Bewohnung des Hauses setzte sich auch nach der Abdankung der Monarchie 1918 und dem Ende der sowjetischen Nutzung des Neuen Gartens 1953 unter der Verwaltung der Staatlichen Schlösser und Gärten fort. Wegen starker baulicher Mängel war das Haus seit 1990 nur noch stark eingeschränkt nutzbar, seit 2018 stand es gänzlich leer. Nach Abschluss der Sanierung soll es wieder als Wohnhaus genutzt werden.
www.spsg.de/schloesser-gaerten/masterplan/sip2-projekte/r...
The Red House with its ice cellar built into the slope is one of the wine masters' houses built on the shores of the Holy Lake in the 18th century. When the New Garden was laid out, King Frederick William II acquired the house and grounds in 1790. The previously visible half-timbering now disappeared under a plaster façade painted red. The building, now known as the "Red House", was used as an annexe to the Marble Palace to accommodate members of the court household. After the abdication of the monarchy in 1918 and the end of Soviet use of the New Garden in 1953, the building continued to be inhabited under the administration of the State Palaces and Gardens. Due to critical structural defects, the building's use has been severely restricted since 1990 and it has been completely empty since 2018. Once the renovation is complete, it will once again be used as a residential building.
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The Baroque observatory is considered the structural symbol of the monastery of Kremsmünster, and at the time of its construction was known as the "mathematical tower". In art history it is described not only as one of the historical beginnings of modern highrise building architecture but also as the first preserved independent museum edifice. At first the monastery authorities had contemplated erecting the observatory above the bridge gate. Fr. Anselm Desing had already completed plans and a wooden model, which has been preserved. This project was abandoned and in 1748 the decision was made to erect a fully free-standing building in the garden. Once again, the designs were drawn up by Desing, and construction was completed within ten years. This nine-storey structure was meant to house a universal museum in which the visitor would be led from inanimate nature (minerals and fossils on the second floor) over to lower living nature (plants and animals), on to the human sciences and arts (art chamber and picture gallery on the third and fourth floors), then on to the cosmos (the observatory on the sixth floor) and finally to the reflection of God (the chapel on the seventh floor).
Kremsmünster . Upper Austria . Austria . Europe