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There are lots of things not quite right with this, which is why its been hanging around since last year. If I was being fussy, I'd pick out the barrel roll, the shallow dof and the slight off-centredness as things I wouldn't put up with these days, but having said that, I like it it. Because it makes your eyes go right funny.
Norwich, Norfolk, UK
I can't quite express how much detail was lost during the jpg conversion and upload to flickr. So much so that I re-edited it. Now I'm late making the tea.
Exeter College Chapel Oxford
The college saw much building work during the 1850s to the designs of Sir George Gilbert Scott, including the chapel (1854-60, inspired by the Sainte Chapelle in Paris),
The windows are by Clayton and Bell.
Philadelphia's PSFS Building built for the ArchBrick skyscraper challenge. I have always liked and wanted to replicate this building even though a mostly rectangular structure isn't the most difficult to build in LEGO. Unintentionally, it ended up being 1:650 in scale like many of the other real-world architectural MOCs out there.
John Nicholls (1823-1859) was a well educated man who made a living from the cotton industry in Ardwick. When John died, aged 36, his mother and father paid tribute to him by the creation of a charitable school for poor boys. This school was named Nicholls Hospital, taking 4 years and £20,000 to complete it was opened in 1881 for the sons of poor persons. At the time the word hospital referred to the poor, most of which suffered from various illnesses. The building continued as a school in several other incarnations until it closed as Ellen Wilkinson High School. In 2000 refurbishment began but major damage was done to the Victorian building by a fire that broke out damaging large parts of the roof. Restoration of the Nicholls House building took 18 months, and was finally completed in 2002.
Graduations? I’ve got none, but I have degrees, or do I? {May 15// 118}
As they say… if there is no photo, did it really happen? I don’t have one single graduation photo simply because I have never gone to a single graduation of my own. However, I’ve gone to many other peoples graduation and cheered them on embarrassingly. This is me cheering on the fellows in our NYU masters of education program 12 years ago.
Today, I may not be graduating students, but I am graduating and retiring my helmet that saved me on the bike today! Yikes, I’ve never gone down for the count like that before. I can never leave my 30s and enter into my 40s without cheating death at least once… as they say. Cheers, helmet. I heart you today.
Złota 44 is a residential skyscraper[1] (192 meters high, 52 story[2]) in central Warsaw, Poland. It was designed by the Polish-born American architect Daniel Libeskind[3] in association with Polish architects Artchitecture. It has been developed by US real estate investment manager Amstar and Warsaw developer BBI Development, which bought the topped-out but unfinished building from its initial developer ORCO.
The name Złota 44 comes from the building's address - Złota ("Golden") Street. It is located next to the Palace of Culture and Science, the tallest building in Poland (237 m), and the Złote Tarasy shopping center. At 192 meters tall, Złota 44 is the sixth tallest skyscraper in Warsaw.
Złota 44 is one of the tallest residential buildings in Poland and the European Union. It is a luxury 52-story skyscraper reaching a height of 192 meters and containing 287 apartments. All apartments will be equipped with the home management system (HMS),[4] which facilitates control of the air conditioning, roller blinds, heating, illumination and allows the possibility of placing online orders from restaurants or other service. All residents will receive a security card, which allows them to reach only the floor where their apartment is.[5]
Złota 44 offers a multitude of services and amenities to its residents. They will have access to a wine cellar which accommodates up to 10,000 bottles and includes a tasting room.[5] In addition to a 25-meter swimming pool (the largest private pool in Poland) the recreational floor has, a jacuzzi, massage rooms, a Finnish sauna, a steam room and an outdoor terrace. The floor features a private cinema with a golf simulator, a playroom for children and conference rooms. A dedicated concierge is at the disposal of residents