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The central focus of the complex is the tomb. This large, white marble structure stands on a square plinth and consists of a symmetrical building with an iwan (an arch-shaped doorway) topped by a large dome and finial. Like most Mughal tombs, the basic elements are Persian in origin. The base structure is essentially a large, multi-chambered cube with chamfered corners, forming an unequal octagon that is approximately 55 metres on each of the four long sides. On each of these sides, a huge pishtaq, or vaulted archway, frames the iwan with two similarly shaped, arched balconies stacked on either side. This motif of stacked pishtaqs is replicated on the chamfered corner areas, making the design completely symmetrical on all sides of the building.
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Exposition des "structures sonores" de François et Bernard Baschet, pendant le festival les hivernautes à Quimper (France) en février 2007
Exhibition of the sound structures of François and Bernard Baschet, during the festival 'hivernautes' in Quimper (France) in February 2007.
The Clifton Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge, which opened on 8 December 1864, spanning the Avon Gorge and the River Avon, linking Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset, England. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the bridge is a grade I listed building and forms part of the B3129 road.
The idea of building a bridge across the Avon Gorge originated in 1753. Original plans were for a stone bridge, and later iterations were for a wrought iron structure. In 1831, an attempt to build Brunel's design was stopped by the Bristol riots, and the revised version of his designs was built after his death and completed in 1864. Although similar in size, the bridge towers are not identical in design, the Clifton tower having side cut-outs, the Leigh tower more pointed arches atop a 110-foot (34 m) red sandstone-clad abutment. Roller-mounted "saddles" at the top of each tower allow movement of the three independent wrought iron chains on each side when loads pass over the bridge. The bridge deck is suspended by 81 matching vertical wrought-iron rods.
Two men were killed during the bridge's construction; since opening it has gained a reputation as a suicide bridge. It has plaques that advertise the telephone number of The Samaritans and above the railings on the bridge there are anti-climb barriers. The Clifton Bridge Company initially managed the bridge under licence from a charitable trust. The trust subsequently purchased the company shares, completing this in 1949 and took over the running of the bridge using the income from tolls to pay for maintenance. The bridge is a distinctive landmark, used as a symbol of Bristol on postcards, promotional materials, and informational web sites. It was also used as a backdrop to several films and television advertising and programmes. It has also been the venue for significant cultural events such as the first modern bungee jump in 1979, the last ever Concorde flight in 2003 and a handover of the Olympic Torch relay in 2012.
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It looks to me like a foamy egg deposit made over an existing structure, similar to the one in next image.
Here's a possiblity:
"While it may seem unusual to see eggs deposited on top of a cocoon, this is how some tussock moths lay their eggs."
www.abundantnature.com/2012/11/eggs-on-hairy-cocoon.html
"If, while you are searching, you happen upon an empty hairy gossamer cocoon lacking this egg cluster, then you have come upon the former abode of a MALE Tussock Moth (see below). " onceuponamichigan.com/2011/12/
Ming Hu's ARCH 465 class created origami structures and tested which could carry the heaviest loads.
Iv driven past this low small brick building which is behind a wall but iv got no idea what it is anyway its on the A259 Old London Road right by the junction with Robertsons Hill Hastings ...
www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.865448,0.598029,3a,90y,303.62h,...
La Sagrada FamÃlia, Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada FamÃlia de son nom complet en catalan, ou Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia en espagnol (en français : « temple expiatoire de la Sainte Famille »), est une basilique mineure1 catholique de Barcelone érigée à partir de 1882.
C’est l’un des exemples les plus connus du modernisme catalan et un monument emblématique de la ville. Å’uvre inachevée de l’architecte catalan Antoni GaudÃ, la Sagrada FamÃlia est située dans le quartier du même nom (district de l’Eixample). L’architecte a conçu une minutieuse symbologie qui fait de cet édifice un poème mystique. Il a également fait preuve de grandes audaces de construction formelle, telles la manière de concevoir la structure d’arc paraboliquenote ou la combinaison des traitements sculpturaux naturalistes et de l’abstraction des tours. Selon les données de l’année 2004, la Sagrada FamÃlia est le monument le plus visité d’Espagne, dépassant l’Alhambra de Grenade et le musée du Prado à Madrid : en 2008, elle a attiré plus de 2,7 millions de visiteurs. L’œuvre réalisée du vivant d’Antoni GaudÃ, la crypte et la façade de la Nativité, a été déclarée patrimoine de l’humanité par l’Unesco en 20054.
Puisqu'il s'agit d’un temple expiatoire, les travaux sont exclusivement financés grâce à l’aumône. En conséquence, il n’a pas été possible de construire simultanément les différentes parties du monument lorsqu’il l’eût fallu, mais depuis les années 1990, l’affluence de visiteurs et le renom mondial de l’œuvre ont fait évoluer la situation économique.
Le siège de l’archevêché de Barcelone est la cathédrale Sainte-Eulalie, édifice construit à l’époque médiévale et situé au cœur du quartier gothique.
The BasÃlica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada FamÃlia (Catalan pronunciation: [səˈɣɾaðə fəˈmiÉ«iÉ™]; English: Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family), is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudà (1852–1926). Although incomplete, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and in November 2010 Pope Benedict XVI consecrated and proclaimed it a minor basilica, as distinct from a cathedral which must be the seat of a bishop. Construction of Sagrada FamÃlia had commenced in 1882, Gaudà became involved in 1883, taking over the project and transforming it with his architectural and engineering style, combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms. Gaudà devoted his last years to the project, and at the time of his death at age 73 in 1926 less than a quarter of the project was complete. Sagrada FamÃlia's construction progressed slowly, as it relied on private donations and was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War, only to resume intermittent progress in the 1950s. Construction passed the midpoint in 2010 with some of the project's greatest challenges remaining and an anticipated completion date of 2026, the centenary of GaudÃ's death.
The basÃlica has a long history of dividing the citizens of Barcelona: over the initial possibility it might compete with Barcelona's cathedral, over GaudÃ's design itself, over the possibility that work after GaudÃ's death disregarded his design, and the recent proposal to build an underground tunnel of Spain's high-speed rail link to France which could disturb its stability.
Describing Sagrada FamÃlia, art critic Rainer Zerbst said, "It is probably impossible to find a church building anything like it in the entire history of art" and Paul Goldberger called it, "The most extraordinary personal interpretation of Gothic architecture since the Middle Ages
To see the rainforest from a different angle, tourists can climb this structure, built originally for scientific observation. It's not for the faint of height!
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