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Custom buildings are not the easiest structures to build for a relative novice like myself. I originally was going to use Walthers' Modulars Kits for this project, but W.K. Walthers discontinued them. Therefore, I used DPM kits instead. The annex is a Pola Pickle Factory kit.
East end of the K Tech facility in Ashley IN. to the right is another rail customer coming on line. it will bring in liquid fertilizer (nitrogen)
Not sure what this shelter was built for but it seems close to the edge of this small lake!!! Perhaps it was for a boat???
Looks like I need to do something about the light leaks in my little Olympus Pen-D. Sometimes the leaks produce a helpful mayhem. Anyway--somebody in the local woods started a lean-to structure. Suitable subject for my ongoing series of triptychs exploring how we cannot capture in one frame how we see as we move through space and time.
Pen-D (half-frame) Tri-X (outdated since 2009)
The city of San Francisco sponsors a program to close various streets in the city on Sundays, to encourage people to get out and walk, bike, skateboard, and enjoy the urban scene.
This past Sunday Third Street was partially closed. Walking 1 block to the East revealed some views of the industrialized waterfront.
11-1-2016
Structure Fire
105 Josephine Rd, Garner
Polenta Elementary School
Mobile Unit
Cleveland FD, Clayton FD, 50-210 FD, 50-210 EMS, Johnston Co Fire Marshal.
Turtle inflatable structure. A temporary, pop up structure ideal for concerts, gigs, performances, theaters, festivals and shows. It can also be used as a pop up shop, bar or catering space. #EvolutionDome #Venue #Stage #Festival #Alternative #Theater #CateringSpace #PopUpShop #PopUpBar #ShowSpace #Inflatable #Temporary #Structure #Awning
This structure was erected in 1853 as the house of Henry Goerke on a hill overlooking the Mississippi River in Fountain City. In the fall of 1854, the building was used as the first Buffalo County Courthouse. It was used as such until 1859 when the county seat was removed to Alma. It is used today as a residence and is considered one of the oldest structures in the county.
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The Gem Theatre was opened in 1910. A fire gutted the building in 1934. The theater was rebuilt in 1936. The Gem Theatre closed in 1978. The building is located in the Cairo Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a contributing structure
NS lashup in Edon OH on the INER. this use to be a NS line till NS shed the line some 15 years ago. so to see an actual NS lashup on this line is somewhat amazing.
Built between 1959 and 1962, this Modern Futurist and Googie building was designed by Eero Saarinen and Associates for Trans World Airlines to serve as a Flight Center, or Terminal headhouse, for their passenger services at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. The building is an example of thin shell construction, with a parabolic and curved sculptural concrete roof and concrete columns, with many surfaces of the building's structure and exterior being tapered or curved. The building also appears to take inspiration from natural forms, with the roofs appearing like the wings of a bird or bat taking flight. The building served as a passenger terminal from 1962 until 2001, when it was closed.
The building's exterior is dominated by a thin shell concrete roof with parabolic curves, which is divided by ribs into four segments, with the larger, symmetrical north and south segments tapering towards the tallest points of the exterior walls, and soar over angled glass curtain walls underneath. At the ends of the four ribs are Y-shaped concrete columns that curve outwards towards the top and bottom, distributing the weight of the roof structure directly to the foundation. The east and west segments of the roof are smaller, with the west roof angling downwards and forming a canopy over the front entrance with a funnel-shaped sculptural concrete scupper that empties rainwater into a low grate over a drain on the west side of the driveway in front of the building, and the east roof angling slightly upwards, originally providing sweeping views of the tarmac and airfield beyond. The exterior walls of the building beneath the sculptural roof consist of glass curtain walls, with the western exterior wall sitting to the east of the columns and the eastern exterior wall being partially comprised of the eastern columns, with the curtain wall located in the openings between the columns. To the east and west of the taller central section are two half crescent-shaped wings with low-slope roofs, with a curved wall, integrated concrete canopy, tall walls at the ends, and regularly-spaced door openings. To the rear, two concrete tubes with elliptical profiles formerly linked the headhouse to the original concourses, and today link the historic building to the new Terminal 5 and Hotel Towers.
Inside, the building features a great hall with a central mezzanine, and features curved concrete walls and columns, complex staircases, aluminum railings, ticket counters in the two halls to either side of the front entrance, a clock at the center of the ceiling, and skylights below the ribs of the roof. The space features penny tile floors, concrete walls and built-in furniture, red carpeting, and opalescent glass signage. On the west side of the great hall, near the entrance, is a curved concrete counter in front of a large signboard housed in a sculptural concrete and metal shell that once displayed departing and arriving flights. On the north and south sides of this space are former ticket counters and baggage drops, which sit below a vaulted ceiling, with linear light fixtures suspended between curved sculptural concrete piers that terminate some ways below the ceiling. To the east of the entrance is a staircase with minimalist aluminum railings, beyond which is a cantilevered concrete bridge, with balconies and spaces with low ceilings to either side, off which are several shops, restrooms, and telephone booths. On the east side of the bridge is a large sunken lounge with red carpet and concrete benches with red upholstered cushions, surrounded by low concrete walls that feature red-cushioned benches on either side, sitting below a metal analog signboard mounted to the inside of the curtain wall. To the north and south of the lounge are the entrances to the concrete tubes that once provided access to the concourses, which are elliptical in shape, with red carpeted floors and white walls and a white ceiling. On the mezzanine are several former lounges and a restaurant, which feature historic mid-20th Century finishes and fixtures.
The complex includes two contemporary hotel towers, the Saarinen and Hughes wings, which were designed carefully to harmonize with the original building and match its character. The two wings feature concrete end walls, curved Miesian glass curtain walls, and interiors with red carpeting, wooden paneling, brass fittings and fixtures, and white walls and ceilings. The only substantial modification to the structure's significant interior spaces was the puncturing of the two concrete tubes to provide access to these towers. The former terminal also features several service areas that were not previously open to visitors, which today house a massive fitness center, a cavernous underground conference center, and various meeting rooms and ballrooms, with all of these spaces, except the fitness center, being redesigned to match the mid-20th Century modern aesthetics of the rest of the building, with new fixtures, furnishings, and finishes that are inspired directly by the time period in which the building was built, and are nearly seamless in appearance with the rest of the building.
The fantastic building was designated a New York City Landmark in 1994, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Between 2005 and 2008, the new Terminal 5, occupied by JetBlue, was built, which wraps the structure to the east, and was designed by Gensler, and was carefully placed so as to avoid altering or damaging the character-defining features of the historic terminal. Between 2016 and 2019, the building was rehabilitated in an adaptive reuse project that converted it into the TWA Hotel, which was carried out under the direction of Beyer Blinder Belle, Lubrano Ciavarra Architects, Stonehill Taylor, INC Architecture and Design, as well as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and MCR/Morse Development. The hotel features 512 guest rooms, large event spaces, a rooftop pool at the top of the Hughes Wing, a large basement fitness center, and a Lockheed Constellation L-1649A "Connie" on a paved courtyard to the east of the building, which houses a cocktail lounge. The hotel is heavily themed around the 1960s, and was very carefully designed to preserve the character of this iconic landmark.
generation of complex shape through iterations of simple geometric form:
dodecahedral form
exploration of isometric mesh structure
30ft ENCLOSED WATCH TOWER –
RAF Barnham Nuclear Weapons Storage Facility was heavily secured and at the time was probably one of the most secure locations in the United Kingdom. The security element was the responsibility of the RAF Police (RAFP). Personnel from differing operating periods at RAF Barnham have stated that there were up to three varieties of RAF Police specialisations working at the site: 'Provost' 'Station' and 'Qualified Police Dog' (dog handlers).
Five Watch Towers, one at each point of the pentagonal fence, were located on the inside of the middle fencing when the site was decommissioned. These were accessible along the path within the sterile area near the fence line, some elements of which are still visible under the moss and foliage. A 6th vantage point was located on the maintenance building towards the centre of the compound. Each tower could see the others at the time of operational use (trees get in the way now) and were fitted with searchlights at a third of the way up and right at the top, possibly similar to those used on ships. It has been reported that the angle of the lights had to be limited as the Officer Commanding RAF Lakenheath had made complaints that his pilots were getting dazzled by RAF Barnham's watch towers.
The existing tall metal towers were believed to have been installed in late 1959/early 1960. Prior to this there were wooden ones, described as being pretty basic and about 15ft high, with a base around 6ft square with a large searchlight mounted in the centre which could be swung almost 360° in either direction. Access was reportedly by a wooden ladder and there was a single railing round about waist height. There was a field telephone at the top of the ladder and ''special'' binoculars were issued. The platforms were in roughly the same positions of the new towers but on the inside of the concrete path. It has been reported by another source that when the new towers were built, the fences had to be modified to accommodate them, via a U-shaped cut-out, visible on the site today.
As well as a standard outer fence and main gate picket post, the facility included an inner perimeter fence and within that an inner concrete wall with another picket post. The area between these two latter perimeters was classed as ''sterile'', with trip wires and flares in the gap between them and atop the wall, to alert the guard force to intruders. Pole-mounted lighting was positioned at regular intervals within the sterile area and halfway between the towers was a V-shaped bulge in the fence to allow patrolling guards the ability to look up and down the fence line from a small path that ran within the area. A telephone post was located at these bulges.
Two electric sliding gates at the outer and inner fence and a traditional style split middle wire gate acted as ''vehicle traps'' for any vehicle driving in or out. At the front sliding gate was a personnel turnstile controlled by the RAFP guardroom. At the rear sliding gate was personnel access to the inner picket where flammables and other contraband (matches, cigarettes, lighters etc) were surrendered before entering the ''Danger Area''.
RAFP Dog Handlers patrolled the site and the RAFP station staff manned the watch towers and pickets. The area between the outer and middle fence was patrolled by the Dog Handlers, with elements of the outer perimeter reportedly just spools of barbed wire.
Information sourced from – rafbarnham-nss.weebly.com/security.html
Image from the Ministry of Housing and Local Government publication 'Development Plans: A Manual on form & content' published in October 1970. JR James served at the Ministry as Chief Planner between 1961 and 1967.
Inflatable structure by Hans Walter Muller
for an architecture exhibition at Arc En Rêve / Bordeaux, July 2012
Studio Ad Hoc / HWM
Locking up, in a tensile structure @ Dammam cornish ..
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Ad-dammam Cornish last tuesday for a photography class assignment..
The Assignment was to choose a theme and take photos for it, while adjusting the Iso, aperture and the shutter speed ..
Our theme ( me and my friends) was about the Cornish.. Sunset time and at night , Ofcourse we were late and we missed the sunset :(
I wasn't there the last class so I didn't got it right.. hoping from now On, my Photogrphy skills will improve, Ur comments will help me alot..
Enjoy :D
For a small trek through Delhi’s landscapes, try Northern Ridge, in the winters. Throw in exploration of some of the sites of 1857 which played out in this area, and it is a day well spent. Our heritage walk in Northern Ridge traces a route connecting a few landmarks of 1857 in the Kamla Nehru Northern Ridge. We start at Delhi University Vice Chancellor’s office, which is a notable example of colonial building style. It used to be the Vice Regal Lodge when the new city of Delhi was under construction. One piece of gossip about this building is that it was in the Registrar’s office here that Lord Mountbatten (last Viceroy of India) proposed to Edwina. To complete the triangle & the irony, we now have a bust of Nehru looking wistfully towards the building!!
The second stop on our heritage trail is the Flagstaff Tower. This is the most prominent building on the Ridge & is frequently a part of the British accounts of 1857. It is here that European families took shelter for a night before fleeing from the rebels in Delhi. They waited for reinforcements but when it became apparent that no help could reach them, they escaped towards Karnal. This was ridiculed by the local papers as the ‘English gathering at the flagstaff’. The building is a protected monument & stands on a bit of clearing, at a height. There is vegetation all around now, but contemporary photographs show that the Ridge was mostly barren. The forest was planted by the British after they took over Delhi.
And this protected forest hides many a surprise within it. Some tracks have been made pucca for joggers & those on early morning walks. However, once you move into the interiors the ridge has much more than the monkeys. Some monuments are completely hidden behind vegetation & rocky contours of the terrain. For example, a grave enclosure, a guardhouse & the Khooni Jheel. There are tiny temples which long haired holy men living among the trees; badminton courts & playgrounds, should you care to look. Obviously, this is no deserted jungle. Our walking tour takes us into the interior of the Ridge for a glimpse.
Some distance to the south of Flagstaff Tower is the Chauburja Mosque, or the 4-turret mosque. Considered to be a Tuhgluq-period mosque, it has been much altered over centuries & has evidence of late Mughal architecture as well. It was also the site of a British picket. A little further is the Hindu Rao hospital & the complex has a few sites of interest. A hunting lodge built by Firuz Shah Tughluq stands behind the hospital & now it is locally called Pir Ghaib or the place where a saint vanished from. A completely ruined structure, the complex is also believed to have been an observatory & has a baoli next to it. Bara Hindu Rao was once the residence of William Fraser, the British Resident & after he was murdered, it became the property of Maratha nobleman, Hindu Rao. Close by stands the Ashokan Pillar & again Firuz Shah Tughluq was the one responsible for getting it here from Topra. The last stop on our heritage walk was the Mutiny Memorial built on the site of Taylor’s battery. The inscriptions of the memorial give details of battles between Delhi Field Force & the rebels in 1857. Given that the British version sees the rebellion as a ‘mutiny’ & that they were the winning side, the memorial is called Munity Memorial. There is some attempt by the Indian government to provide the other side of the story as well. There is plaque stating the rebels were fighting against colonial rule, and the monument is now called Jeetgarh (fort of victory) as well!
(posted by Kanika Singh & Pushpa Mandal, team members, Delhi Heritage Walks)