Amazing interior roof of the Corn Exchange, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Church dedication: St Mary

Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK

Taken inside Sainte Chapell - 1/16sec F6.3 ISO 6400 - hand held shot

Union Theological Seminary. Upper West Side

Seville Quarter Pensacola FL

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Location: Hotel Sapphire, Wellawatta, Colombo

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Central United Methodist Church, 23 East Adams Avenue.

Designed by Gordon W. Lloyd in 1876.

Spain

16th century

Wood, carved, painted and gilded

The ceiling covering gallery 459 is a testament to the resilience and persistence of traditional Islamic design in Andalusia after the Christian Reconquista. This so-called mudéjar style was especially prevalent in the Aragon and Castile-León regions of Spain, where many Christian churches incorporate similar ceilings. The ceiling is comprised of thirty carved, painted, and gilded pinewood panels. The ceiling originally was designed for a smaller space; it was later expanded, explaining its somewhat uneven geometric pattern. In addition to the Islamic-inspired star pattern, a whimsical frieze of gilded running animals, flying birds and swirling vine scrolls decorates the cornice.

Foto Alvaro ed Elisabetta de Alvariis in via dei Prefetti

Gloria di S. Nicola di G. Triga 1730

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St. Elias The Prophet Ukrainian Catholic Church; Brampton, Ontario.

My interest in simple lines and shapes continues...

Our hanging ceiling fan in motion meets two of the current ODC challenges.

The double-domed ceiling of the Lady's bedchamber in Castell Coch.

Forbidden City, Beijing, China

Altro Whiterock Chameleon ceilings installed at Salesian School

We went to Bath today. The ceiling in Bath Abbey is quite spectacular, and they have a mirror so that you can see it more easily. We, of course, used it to do a dodgy group self-portrait.

Choir - medieval barrel ceiling, c1355, Hid under a plaster vault by Thomas Pitt in 1764, but revealed and restored by Ewan Christian in 1850s. Repainted in 1970 under Dykes Bower : detail

The ceiling of Sea Fort Square

at Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, watching The Lord of the Rings musical :)

Ceiling of mosque in Istaravshan

This is only one tiny little part of the mosque and still there is incredible detail. I'm still not quite sure how this only took 7 years to complete.

HR Giger Bar, Gruyères Castle

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Canadian Museum of Nature; Ottawa, Ontario.

Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra, Portugal

Taken at the Shuānglín Temple (双林寺, shuānglín sì)

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Cirencester Parish Church

Spain

16th century

Wood, carved, painted and gilded

The ceiling covering gallery 459 is a testament to the resilience and persistence of traditional Islamic design in Andalusia after the Christian Reconquista. This so-called mudéjar style was especially prevalent in the Aragon and Castile-León regions of Spain, where many Christian churches incorporate similar ceilings. The ceiling is comprised of thirty carved, painted, and gilded pinewood panels. The ceiling originally was designed for a smaller space; it was later expanded, explaining its somewhat uneven geometric pattern. In addition to the Islamic-inspired star pattern, a whimsical frieze of gilded running animals, flying birds and swirling vine scrolls decorates the cornice.

Inside Tour of Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The interior features ornate rooms, each with specific themes. The workmanship throughout is exquisite, as fine as you'd discover in any castle.

The exterior support of Masjid Al-Aqsa, made of interlocking arches and mini-domes for structural support.