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A delicate sunrise from the drive back to Wales. After hectic twisting mountain roads it was quite soothing to see this pastel sunrise ove the Grey Corries. Sadly I've got no more snow clad peaks for a. while but this was a great final parting shot. Simmer Down is by Bob Marley and the Wailers. I need to go Christmas shopping in Cardiff today.
St.-Jakobs-Plaza is located in the Angerviertel which is part of the historic old town of Munich, Germany. The outside wall of the main synagogue of Munich (Ohel Jakob) can be seen on the left of the frame. It was built between 2004 - 2006 as the new main synagogue for the Jewish community in Munich. The building is a cubic concrete structure clad with travertine stone in its lower part and topped by a glass cube.
Two young women taking turns snapping shots of eachother at Heian Jingu, a beautiful shrine in Kyoto.
The vast majority of people we saw in Japan wore modern "western" clothing, but we saw women in kimono walking down the street or on the train more often than I expected. Typically they were carrying cell phones, shopping bags and umbrellas and just generally going about normal daily life.
The vehicle is the Element, one of Honda’s crossover utilities, offered during model years 2003-2011. They were built in East Liberty, Ohio. This one is missing an element of body cladding on the front fender. Who knows how that happened.
Honda’s Element was offered during model years 2003-2011 as one of their crossover utilities.
Here’s a video that appeared on BBC’s Top Gear tv program. They wanted to gauge the potential reception of the vehicle by the traditional Honda owners in the UK, apparently older people.
youtu.be/msYFxo0kP34?si=nkRtIdbOFZE62p_w The premise was that the Element would be deemed as for the cool and hip if the typical elderly Honda owner rejected it.
The king’s bridge watchman returns from hunting to find an ominous armor-clad stranger barring his way.
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Traffic light reflections at dusk on Avenida Abandoibarra in Bilbao, the largest city in the Spanish Basque Country.
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Lake Louise, Canadian Rockies, Canada.
Lake Louise has become symbolic of the quintessentially Canadian mountain scene. This alpine lake, known for its sparkling blue waters, is situated at the base of impressive glacier-clad peaks that have long been at the heart of Canadian mountaineering. At about 2.5 kilometres long and 90 metres deep, the lake offers a surreal paddling experience in the warm summer months and one of the most scenic skating rinks in the world in winter.
The hamlet of Lake Louise, located just minutes from the lake itself, has been developed over the last century to serve the needs of people visiting this astonishingly accessible and picturesque area of Banff National Park.
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The Nature is the most beautiful dress.
I needed to lie down prone on the snow for shooting this shot. Of course I did ! The snow was over 15cm deep and so soft. I remembered my childhood and got excited. It was so fun !!
A few years ago, Cambridge City Council was criticized in the press over the poor quality of its ageing public toilets. The council responded by commissioning architect Freeland Rees Roberts to design some stylish new toilet blocks for Cambridge's parks and public spaces. The first was built in a corner of Parker's Piece in 2004. And this, the second one, was built on Midsummer Common in 2005.
The unusually shaped copper roof was designed by the architects to complement shape and colour of neighbouring avenue of Horse Chestnut trees than run along Victoria Avenue.
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There's been colourful cladding in place alongside the one of Luxembourg's Route de Wasserbillig bridges, installed to mask the exterior of some long term renovation works.
Whilst the jury's out on which of the two eyesores is the least ugly (!), I was pleased to capture the shot I'd imagined of the Black-Headed Gull's light plumage against the colorful scene. With the cladding off in the background, the presence of the dull underside of bridge helped pick out the otherwise ordinary white quite well.
A nature spirit, clad in ancient mask and reed skirt, that protects its island with its mastery over the elements.
Built for the final round of the 2018 Bio-cup. The theme was to revamp one of our opponents past entries to the contest, so I decided to revamp Jayfa's "Kamaq."
The headquarters of Fuji TV is one of the most striking buildings in all of Japan. The buildings major focal point is a futuristic metallic clad building featuring a massive silver ball 32 metres in diameter protruding out of the upper floors of building. The ball weighs in at an estimated one thousand, two hundred tons and was actually built on the ground before being lifted into position some 123 metres off the ground. The ball serves as an observation deck offering spectacular views across Tokyo Bay and the Odaiba precinct.
Back inside to the 3 rd layer of insulation, wood cladding. I lost count of how many packs we bought. You can see also the wires protruding where the sockets will be. Holes drilled through the vertical batons to join the electrics in a loop from socket to socket then into the fuse box.
Excerpt from the plaque:
Hey Hey Paula 1998: Mixed-media installation with 544 photographs, and rotary telephone with audio on a painted wooden table
Hundreds of smiling, mostly white, pearl-clad women line the walls. They are brides-to-be, featured in New York Times engagement announcements on Sundays between 1989 and 1992. As an anthropological study, this work presents a Western parallel to the South Asian practice of arranged marriage. A reflection on her own hybridized identity, here Dhaliwal contends with the tension between conformity and independence. The personal strain in her work “is another way of saying I am a person – I did and do exist – despite the fact that the British ignored me and the Sikh culture tried to repress me.”
Dhaliwal invites you to pick up the red telephone where, on the other end, American pop duo Paul & Paula croon the 1962 ballad “Hey Paula.” In ironic contrast to the work’s critical lens, the song emphasizes the mythology of Western romantic love.
At the foot of the apse side walls are two famous mosaic panels, completed in 547. On viewer left (but privileged right side from perspective of Christ in apse) is a mosaic depicting the East Roman Emperor Justinian I, clad in Tyrian purple with a golden halo, standing next to court officials, generals Belisarius and Narses, Bishop Maximian, palatinae guards and deacons. The halo around his head gives him the same aspect as Christ in the dome of the apse, but is part of the tradition of rendering the imperial family with haloes described by Ernst Kantorowicz in The King's Two Bodies. Justinian himself stands in the middle, with soldiers on his right and clergy on his left, emphasizing that Justinian is the leader of both church and state of his empire. The later insertion of Bishop Maximian's name above his head suggests that the mosaic may have been modified in 547, replacing the representation of the prior bishop with that of Maximian's.
The gold background of the mosaic perhaps shows that Justinian and his entourage are inside the church. The figures are placed in a V shape; Justinian is placed in the front and in the middle to show his importance with Bishop Maximian on his left and lesser individuals being placed behind them. This placement can be seen through the overlapping feet of the individuals present in the mosaic.
On the opposite wall, the more elaborate panel shows Empress Theodora solemn and formal, with a golden halo, crown and jewels, and a group of court women as well as eunuchs. The Empress holds the Eucharistic vessel for the Precious Blood, and her panel differs from that of Justinian in having a more complex background, with a fountain, cupola, and lavish hangings. They are adorned with intricately patterned textiles, possibly luxurious silks imported from the Sassanian Persian Empire. One scholar has argued that Theodora was depicted after her death in 548, but that theory has not been widely accepted due to other evidence that the mosaics were completed by 547 when the church was consecrated. This is the only certain image of the Empress Theodora, and stands in contrast to her depiction in some of the political rhetoric of the era.
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Al pie de los muros laterales del ábside hay dos famosos paneles de mosaico, terminados en 547. A la izquierda del espectador (pero en el lado derecho privilegiado desde la perspectiva de Cristo en el ábside) hay un mosaico que representa al emperador romano oriental Justiniano I, vestido de púrpura tiro con un halo dorado, de pie junto a los oficiales de la corte, los generales Belisario y Narsés, el obispo Maximiano, los guardias palatinos y los diáconos. El halo alrededor de su cabeza le da el mismo aspecto que Cristo en la cúpula del ábside, pero es parte de la tradición de representar a la familia imperial con halos descritos por Ernst Kantorowicz en Los dos cuerpos del rey. El propio Justiniano se encuentra en el medio, con soldados a su derecha y clérigos a su izquierda, enfatizando que Justiniano es el líder tanto de la iglesia como del estado de su imperio. La inserción posterior del nombre del obispo Maximiano sobre su cabeza sugiere que el mosaico pudo haber sido modificado en 547, reemplazando la representación del obispo prior por la de Maximiano.
El fondo dorado del mosaico quizás muestra que Justiniano y su séquito están dentro de la iglesia. Las figuras están colocadas en forma de V; Justiniano está colocado al frente y en el centro para mostrar su importancia, con el obispo Maximiano a su izquierda y personajes menores colocados detrás de ellos. Esta disposición se puede ver a través de los pies superpuestos de los individuos presentes en el mosaico.
En la pared opuesta, el panel más elaborado muestra a la emperatriz Teodora, solemne y formal, con un halo dorado, corona y joyas, y un grupo de mujeres de la corte, así como eunucos. La emperatriz sostiene el vaso eucarístico para la Preciosa Sangre, y su panel se diferencia del de Justiniano en tener un fondo más complejo, con una fuente, una cúpula y suntuosos tapices. Están adornadas con textiles con patrones intrincados, posiblemente sedas lujosas importadas del Imperio persa sasánida. Un erudito ha argumentado que Teodora fue representada después de su muerte en 548, pero esa teoría no ha sido ampliamente aceptada debido a otra evidencia de que los mosaicos se completaron en 547 cuando la iglesia fue consagrada. Esta es la única imagen segura de la emperatriz Teodora y contrasta con su representación en parte de la retórica política de la época.
Ikat-clad Abui women at the Takpala Traditional Village on Alor Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, dance around a bronze Moko drum.
Excerpt from www.mplus.org.hk/en/the-building/design/:
Terracotta Cladding
A modular terracotta cladding system covers the building’s facade and various sections of the ground floor. Distinctive cladding designs with a marked materiality are a signature of Herzog & de Meuron’s buildings. Referencing traditional Chinese roofs, the glazed ceramic tiles of the M+ building are made from a special clay mixture that was extruded through a mould in a ceramic factory in Chianti, Italy—a region historically rich with natural clay deposits. They were assembled into precast units in Shenzhen and shipped to Hong Kong. There are two main categories of modular panels: one for the podium and the other for the tower. The podium panels consist of semi-cylindrical tubes that partially cover the walls and columns in the Main Hall and the different openings of windows, vents, and mechanical systems on the facade. In the tower panels, rows of terracotta mullions and tiles are cast in concrete as part of an aluminium frame with window glazing, functioning as sun-shading louvres for the interiors. The panels lining the tower’s facade facing Victoria Harbour have grooves for insetting LED lights. Altogether, the glazed panels form a seamless stretch of undulating dark-green tiles across the facade, shifting in hue depending on the weather and time of day. The corrugated forms of the terracotta panels, which can be seen at the hem of the podium, add a graphic accent to the angular structure of the building.
Die neuen Domhöfe in der Einkleidung der Baugerüste.
The new cathedral courtyards in the cladding of the scaffolding.
30 St Mary Axe, aka "the Gherkin", is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London. Completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004, it is 41 stories high (591 ft). Architects: Norman Foster and Arup Group.
3rd layer of insulation, you can see the wires here, going through the drilled holes in the vertical batons
Love taking photos like this, a solitary cloud peeping out from behind the modern, contemporary architecture of the new Showcase cinema in Southampton, UK.
This photo got to #252 in Explore on Monday, May 21, 2018
Built in 1808, this Federal and Greek Revival-style house was constructed by Philip Yeiser, with the central brick section being the original house, with two wings added later in the 19th Century, along with a two-story ionic portico on the front facade. Yeiser owned most of the land now occupied by the surrounding historic district and neighborhood, which was subdivided later in the 19th Century, and noticeably stands further back from the street than the other houses in the neighborhood. The house features a central wing two stories tall and five bays wide, capped with a side gable roof, with five eight-over-eight double hung windows on the second floor and four twelve-over-twelve windows on the first floor, flanking a central front door with a decorative pilaster and cornice surround, with a decorative transom, a two-story ionic portico with a decorated front pediment, with four circular columns in the middle and two square columns on the ends, and two one-story side wings with decorative balustrades on the roof, two twelve-over-twelve double-hung windows on the front facade, and dentils at the roofline, with the whole house being clad in stucco to unify the exterior appearance. The house is a contributing structure in the Lexington Avenue-Broadway Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.