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While photographing this mornings sunrise downtown Portland, I was drawn to the evolutionary structural trifecta presented with the Cherry Blossom Tree, Steel Bridge, and the Oregon Convention Centre. The sunlight was nice and warm, but my fingers were freezing!
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Single image converted to TIFF in NX2, Adjusted levels in CC, and sharpened/resized in LR5.
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day two of using the 40mm voight' enjoying it more and finally getting used to it.
leica m9
voigtlander 40mm nokton classic s.c. f1.4
The Home Tower Condo building located at 1720 Harrison St, Hollywood, FL 33020 was completed between 1963 and 1964.
Designed by local architect James M. Hartley, this 18-story high-rise stands at 207 feet and is a prominent example of mid-century Modernism architecture in South Florida.
Architectural and Structural Facts
Architect: James M. Hartley.
Height: 18 floors (approximately 207 feet tall).
Material: Concrete facade and block construction.
Style: Mid-century Modernism.
Building History and Significance
Original Purpose: The building was originally anchored by the Home Federal Savings & Loan Association on its lower commercial levels, which gave the tower its name.
Mixed-Use Layout: The property functions as a unique mixed-use space. It houses professional office condominiums on the lower levels and residential units on the upper floors.
Strategic Location: The building was purposefully placed directly adjacent to Young Circle and the ArtsPark at Young Circle. It sits directly on Harrison Street, which makes up Downtown Hollywood's historic commercial district.
Panoramic Views: Due to its height and proximity to the coast, upper-floor residents have unobstructed views stretching across downtown Hollywood all the way to the Atlantic Ocean and the Miami skyline.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.google.com/search?q=history+of+1720+harrison+st+holly...
www.loopnet.com/Listing/1720-Harrison-St-Hollywood-FL/391...
www.ewm.com/property/793-B26005673-1720-harrison-street-1...
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Otis in fhe Technik Museum Speyer. It sort of looks like he is inside a large machine. Fitting with the theme. I tried to frame it as if it were a large machine. Imperial walker anyone?
One Thousand Museum by Zaha Hadid Architects is a high-rise residential condominium under construction in Miami, Florida, U.S.A. The deep foundation required drilling to record depths of over 170 feet (52 m). The 62-story building is expected to rise over 700 feet (210 m) when completed in 2018, making it one of the tallest buildings in Miami. The depths of two auger-cast piles broke a record for Miami-Dade County that had recently been set by the Porsche Design Tower in Sunny Isles Beach. The building, which is located at 1000 Biscayne Boulevard, across from Museum Park, was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid. The exotic design of the building features a curving exoskeleton partially obscuring the balconies that also serves structural purposes, allowing the interior space to have fewer columns. The effect of the design and height on wind loading is part of the reason the foundation had to be exceptionally deep. The building is considered ultra-luxury, containing about 83 large units priced at about double the cost per square foot of nearby condominium towers, with amenities possibly including a rooftop helipad.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Thousand_Museum
www.1000museummiami.us/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlMiUxKL-1wIVTBu...
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No adjustments other than Sharpening
Wratten 22 Filter
Pentax LX
SMC PENTAX-M 1:1.7 50mm
JCH Street Pan 400
Eco Pro 1:1
01/11/2022
A view of the El Puente de l'Assut de l'Or bridge which is found in the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia.
This fabulous complex was designed by the brilliant architect, Santiago Calatrava.
You can see more shots of this amazing complex in my Valencia set.
The roof of the newly-opened Yujiapu Transit Hub in Binhai New Area, Tianjin.
I need to get down there again with a wide-angle lens.
Looking down into Pulpit falls. I'm not sure it works, but I liked the view of the rounded bowl shape the water carved in millennia past. Had the tripod right on the edge.
La estación de Hietzing es una estación de la línea 4 del metro de Viena. Se encuentra en el distrito XIII. Tiene conexiones con las líneas de autobús 51A, 56B, 58B y 156B.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estación_de_Hietzing
Hietzing (pronounced: HE-tsing) is a station on Line U4 of the Vienna U-Bahn.[1] It is located on the border of the Viennese districts Hietzing and Penzing. It opened as part of the Wiener Stadtbahn in 1898 and became an U-Bahn station in 1981.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hietzing_(Vienna_U-Bahn)
La estación de Schönbrunn es una estación de la línea 4 del metro de Viena. Se encuentra en el distrito XIII. Conecta con la línea de autobús 10A.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estación_de_Schönbrunn
Otto Wagner, the pioneering architect of Vienna's Art Nouveau era, was the designer in charge of the construction of Stadtbahn, a rail service running underground in some sections, as an elevated system in others, around 1900.
He considered the project an important contribution to the appearance of the city and paid as much attention to the large structural elements, such as bridges and station buildings, as to the small details, such as railings, lamps, signs and inscriptions, realizing a total design concept in the construction.
The Stadtbahn lines were laid out to connect the main railroad terminals in the city and to improve Vienna's position as the capital of the empire. As a connecting system among the railroads, the lines were peripheral; important radial lines never went beyond the planning stages.
www.wien.info/en/sightseeing/sights/art-nouveau/wagners-s...
Construction work at Paddington Basin, London, showcasing the impressive design and structure of a new building.
Eudialyte. The mineral is a structurally complex hydrous sodium calcium iron zirconium silicate. Kipawa Alkaline Complex. Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada.
The Tacoma Narrows Bridges don't like to remember their younger sister, Gallopin' Gertie. It's a part of their history they would prefer to forget.
Gig Harbor, Washington 2016
In Reykjavik harbouside, stark industrial lines and white window grids slice through a bold turquoise wall to create a sharp architectural contrast.
Tuas West Link, Singapore
Kodak Ektachrome EPP
Schneider 58mm Super-Angulon, Gaoersi 4x5
Tetenal Colortec E6
Epson v700 Perfection
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A slice through the vehicle to see how it's done. The window bars have had to be inverted in order to get the studs down orientation needed to support the panel sections, but it's not crucial that they are either one way up or the other. It has caused some potential structural issues elsewhere, and finding and fixing those are the next task.
In the background Ares in his soft cushion...
[Meyer-Optik Görlitz Orestor 100mm / 2.8]
Style Agfa Scala 200
Today the Cow Tower stands in the north-east corner of Norwich like a lost red brick Roman 'Pharos' or lighthouse, yet it has two possible claims to fame. Firstly it may be Britain's oldest 'pillbox' or defensive bunker for the firing guns, secondly it represents one of the first extensive uses of structural brick in Britain. Externally it resembles a Martello Tower or a Pictish broch; it even has the same tapering sides as both types of buildings. Yet other features, such as the cross-shaped gun loops, place it firmly in the Medieval period.
www.flickr.com/photos/barryslemmings/albums/7215766430910... to see the full set.
The Cow Tower was built between 1398 and 1399. Norwich was a prosperous city in the late 14th century, with a population of around 5,000 involved in key medieval industries and forming a centre for international trade. Between 1297 and 1350 the city had erected a semi-circle of defensive stone walls and ditches which assisted with collecting taxes, advertised the status of Norwich as a great city and also defended it against invasion or civil disorder. Remember that the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 was within living memory when Cow Tower was built and Norwich had suffered during that.
Gunpowder weapons had begun to be introduced into England in the early 14th century, initially being used as battlefield or siege weapons but rapidly being adapted for defensive purposes from the 1360s. Although they were expensive, by the 1380s their potential value in defending castles and city walls was well understood and specialised features had begun to be built. By 1385 Norwich had fifty artillery pieces for use along its walls. In Kent, at Bodiam, Cooling and the West Gate at Canterbury, gun loops had been added to new buildings between 1380 to 1385. Firearms were here to stay. Cow Tower is a logical development. A free-standing tower just for gunpowder weapons.
The stone walls of Norwich describe a rough letter 'C' with a bend in the River Wensum covering the north-east gap in the 'C'. When first built Cow Tower was called the Dungeon (from Donjon) but was then called the "tower in the Hospital meadows", as the surrounding land was then part of St Giles' Hospital. It was intended to function as a specialised artillery and handgun tower, housing gunpowder weaponry capable of suppressing attackers on the far side of the river and disrupting any assault river crossing.
There are fragmentary references to an earlier tower in the area, responsible for collecting tolls and acting as a prison. This prison function could be the origin of the 'Dungeon' name but it is unclear if this was on the same site as the Cow Tower or merely refers to a different tower in the general area. Although the Cow Tower was not directly attached to the city walls, a protective timber palisade did link the tower with the city wall to the north-west, and ran south to meet Bishop Bridge. With the eye of faith today it is still just possible to see an raised bank fringing the river to the south of Cow Tower which was either the earth revetment to this palisade or else a simple earth bank to prevent flooding. It may even have functioned as both. The present footpath runs along the top of it and is about seven feet above the adjacent former meadow, now a sports field.
The city's accounts show details of payments for the construction of the tower between 1398 and 1399, including charges for 36,850 bricks, stone, sand, lime, a hoist and various equipment. One reason for the tower's height is that it stands on low-lying meadow facing a steep rise about 300 metres away on the other side of the Wensum. The city fathers may have feared that an attacker would set up camp on this rise and use artillery to bombard the city. In 1549 Robert Kett exploited this very weakness when he led an uprising in Norfolk. His army camped on the north-east side of the river, overlooking Cow Tower. Two rebel attacks were then made across the river into the hospital meadows, in an attempt to take nearby Bishop Bridge. Kett had brought artillery, which he turned on the Cow Tower, damaging the latter's parapets. The rebellion failed and the tower does not seem to have required extensive repairs. The hill opposite is now called Kett's Hill.
Cow Tower is a three-storey circular building with a protruding stair turret at the rear, the main building being 11.2 metres across and 14.6 metres tall, tapering towards the top. The walls, 1.8 metres thick at the base, are made of a core of flint rubble stone, faced on the inside and outside with brick. Various putlog holes can still be seen in the walls.
The brickwork, particularly on the stairwell, is well executed. Archaeologist T. P. Smith considers the tower to feature some "of the finest medieval brickwork" in England. It is the earliest known use of brick in an external load-bearing capacity in Norwich. The use of brick in this sort of fortification was both prestigious and practical, as brick absorbed the impact of artillery fire better than stone.
The quatrefoil gunports in the lower levels could have been used for both handgonnes and crossbows with some overlapping fields of fire. The roof was reinforced with large timber joists and could have supported heavier bombards; the tower's considerable height would allowed these bombards to reach across the river to the higher ground (Kett's Hill) which overlooks the city.
The parapet was crenellated with nine wide splayed embrasures and those embrasures facing out across the river were constructed flush with the floor of the roof, giving the bombards plenty of room to fire and the ability to depress to hit the river in front of the tower itself. Cow Tower has a simple ground floor entrance next to the stairwell turret and - while this is relatively poorly defended - objects could have been dropped from the roof on to anyone trying to force these doors. This is not a castle, it was a local defence 'hard point' capable of proving a severe nuisance to an attacker… and thus my analogy to a modern pillbox in the opening paragraph.
The interior has fireplaces and toilets. The ground floor may have formed a dining area with the floors above being used for military purposes and sleeping. The walls of the ground floor have curious diagonal chasing and sockets cut into them. These may have contained timbers to support brickwork that in turn supported the first floor or they are the remains of a magazine retrofitted in the tower in the 16th century.
Cow Tower is managed by English Heritage and Norwich City Council. The tower is now only a shell as the floors and the roof have been lost. The interior is visible through an iron gate. The riverside walk goes past and around it.
A deceased flower of a Phalaenopsis or moth orchid.
With highlights, shadows and blacks about -80 and texture +100 together with some extra tweaks in CameraRaw and Photoshop.
Made with Sony A99m2 with Minolta AF 100mm f/2.8 Macro and Lit with two LED Lights.
Il Duomo di Firenze, as it is ordinarily called, was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style with the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink bordered by white and has an elaborate 19th-century Gothic Revival façade by Emilio De Fabris. The cathedral complex, located in Piazza del Duomo, includes the Baptistery and Giotto's Campanile. These three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site covering the historic centre of Florence and are a major attraction to tourists visiting Tuscany. The basilica is one of Italy's largest churches, and until development of new structural materials in the modern era, the dome was the largest in the world. It remains the largest brick dome ever constructed. [from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Cathedral ]
Firenze/Florence, Tuscany
This building was constructed by English China Clays in the 1960s, as part of their large dryers at Burngullow. It originally housed a pair of large circular Buell drum dryers, later replaced by a slurry plant. The site closed in the mid 2000s, and the buildings have unfortunately been stripped of machinery and partly demolished.