The Tilal Liwa Hotel in Abu Dhabi's desert advertises itself with such an image and this image drew my attention to the hotel. In the original, of course, there is still a Bedouin with a dromedary in the archway, but I didn't have that - too much desert romance. Of course, the picture only succeeds early in the morning at sunrise - on the one hand because of the orientation of the pool, on the other hand the pool is only open from 8 a.m. and that early you can still get it deserted.

Mud tiles found on the side of the road in an area that was previously flooded.

Roof tiles, voluntarily decorated by plants, illustrating that life grows everywhere on Earth, hospitable location or not. Surely it grows someplace else in the universe. Wish we would find it "out there", sooner than later. Blotzheim, Alsace FR.

In my set: Dan's Miscellany

(Dan Daniels)

odc - simplicity

Decorative tiling in an Art Nouveau/ Art Deco building, Lindfield. Without intensive examination I would say that the building is on the cusp of these two styles; however the colours in the tiling make me lean towards Art Deco as I've seen similar in regional buildings that are more clearly part of the great Art Deco building boom in Australia.

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from tile-city

Cracked Australian Federation Era Tile.

full view of tile used for Macro Mondays

Explored June 6, 2023

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tiles' reflection

View of non-asbestos 1-foot square ceiling tile in room of building with asbestos paper sub-layer between tile and attic space above. The ceiling tiles were each individually nailed in place (not adhered) on a suspended grid of wooden furring strips. Nails were each hidden inside perforation holes. Surface of center tile has been peeled away showing brown, cellulosic, non-asbestos fiber matrix; asbestos paper shows slight yellow aging.

Collection of interesting tiles in different colors on external building wall in Porto, Portugal. Image taken during vacation in Portugal and Spain in early 2022.

Glass tile on pavement, Great Western Road, Glasgow

This is a close-up photo of the patterns and texture detail on a tile platter on a shelf in the Tusket Frenchies.

Bouquet

Glass tile on pavement, Great Western Road, Glasgow

Bundles of labeled Johns-Manville "Colorbestos" asbestos-cement roofing shingles with rough-beveled edges imitating the look of "rough-hewn slates". Each bundle contains 20 shingles that measure approx. 9"x16" (one square foot each).

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Macro Mondays: Imperfection theme

This is a chipped Rookwood ceramic (architectural) tile. I think it is a beautiful specimen even though it is imperfect. In addition to the chips, there are a few scratches and a bit of dust. You can see the whole tile in the comment below. (It has been rotated 180 degrees)

The tile measures 6" in length--the portion you see in this photo is about 2" of it.

Slate tiles

Renaissance Town Hall in Bardejov is a one-storey building of a block character, located on a regular rectangular plan view with a longer side in the north-south direction. It is characterized by high side shields of saddle tile roof and Renaissance oriel window on its east side, accessing the second floor. On the shield of the northern façade there are three carved windows and a town sign. The gable of the southern façade is completed by four windows, a clock and painted coats of arms of the town and Kingdom of Hungary. At the top of the southern gable stands the figure of the legendary knight Roland with a halberd (the work of master Ján of Prešov dated around 1509), a symbolic protector of town privileges. The original stone statue was replaced in 1641 by a wooden one covered with copper sheet. The current statue is a copy and is made entirely of copper sheet. The windows on all facades have the same shapes. Both roof gables are complemented by groups of statues and crockets – the southern gable: a lion, a man with beard, a cat, a monkey, a cloth merchant, the northern gable: a demon, a man with an hourglass, a dragon, a king, a stonemason and a man with a stick. As a monument of supraregional importance, the town hall, together with other monuments of the historic centre in Bardejov, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000.

kitchen tiles

the camera phone has dulled the wonderful glaze on these tiles.

Explored July 24, 2013 #69

This tile roof is rather brutal not least because of its riverside setting. However in a crop it is rather striking.

On the Portuguese Camino walking through Vila do conde.

One of the beautiful tiled signs in the abandoned Down Street abandoned tube station.

These tiles were hand made in Southern France. Each one was different and I had to grade and select them for an acceptable finish, to try to emulate the skill that went into making them.

Nikon F80

AF Nikkor f2/35D

Expired Agfa CT Precisa 100

Cross-processed in CineStill C-41

Stacked tiles, 2016.

Tiles around my hearth.

The Macro Mondays group has chosen Corner today.

Small mud cracks on large mud tiles, created by drying and weathering over time (Death Valley National Park, California)