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From yesterday's shot, this is the building in all it's brutalist cladded glory. Originally completed in 1975, this office block was converted recently into some of the worst flats in the country under the universally disliked (except in govt and slum landlord circles) Permitted Development Rights (PDR) scheme which allows developers to bypass community consultation, bypass planning standards, and allow them to build homes without contributing to local needs .
One reason why the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao is one of the most photographed buildings in the world is undoubtedly the facade, which is made from exactly 42,875 titanium panels. This is a re-edited version from a trip in 2019 with some more drama.
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.
Now in its' 11th year, Improv Everywhere's No Pants Subway Ride has exposed New York City, and eventually, the world to cold breeze of mass transit buy inviting the riders to drop trousers! From it's first ride with seven people to over seven thousand in New York alone, not to mention thousands of others around the world, the No Pants Subway Ride has grown from prank into to a barely clad movement!
Traffic light reflections at dusk on Avenida Abandoibarra in Bilbao, the largest city in the Spanish Basque Country.
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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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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.
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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.
3rd layer of insulation, you can see the wires here, going through the drilled holes in the vertical batons
Constructed during World War II.
Due to wartime shortages of building materials, the shed is clad with flattened kerosene tins.
A delicate evergreen tree, that has wonderful aroma, is my favourite!
Please click on the Hemlock Tree, you will get a super macro!
A small group of gritstone tors known as Madwoman's Stones on the heather-clad eastern end of Kinder Scout.
I do seem to take a lot of pictures of windows - the rear of Newtown House, Nottingham 2018. (16x9 crop)
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"Cladirea, cu fatade impodobite cu balcoane, atlanti si frontoane maiestuoase, construita intr-un amestec de stil moldovenesc si elemente baroce, a fost zidita in anul 1806 de catre inginerul Boyordi pentru familia lui Costache Catargiu, logofat al Tarii de Jos in vremea domnitorului Ionita Sandu Sturza (1822-1828). Edificiul a trecut succesiv in posesia mai multor proprietari, iar in anul 1837, el apartinea fruntasului unionist moldovean Mihail-Cantacuzino-Pascanu, care i-a facut o serie de modificari. Dupa alegerea lui Cuza ca domn al Moldovei (5 ianuarie 1859) si pana la 26 octombrie 1862, cind, in urma desavirsitii Unirii pe plan administrativ, capitala se fixeaza la Bucuresti, edificiul a fost inchiriat de Stat pentru a servi ca locuinta domnitorului."
Aurora Fecheci, "Iasii, arhitectura si legenda" 2003