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Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, literally "Temple of the Golden Pavilion"), officially named Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺, literally "Deer Garden Temple"), is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan.[2] It is one of the most popular buildings in Japan, attracting many visitors annually.[3] It is designated as a National Special Historic Site, a National Special Landscape and is one of 17 locations making up the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which are World Heritage Sites.
The Golden Pavilion (金閣 Kinkaku) is a three-storey building on the grounds of the Rokuon-ji temple complex.[11] The top two stories of the pavilion are covered with pure gold leaf.[11] The pavilion functions as a shariden (舎利殿), housing relics of the Buddha (Buddha's Ashes). The building was an important model for Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion Temple) and Shōkoku-ji, which are also located in Kyoto.[2] When these buildings were constructed, Ashikaga Yoshimasa employed the styles used at Kinkaku-ji and even borrowed the names of its second and third floors.[2]
Architectural design
The pavilion successfully incorporates three distinct styles of architecture, which are shinden, samurai and zen, specifically on each floor.[8] Each floor of the Kinkaku uses a different architectural style.[2]
The first floor, called The Chamber of Dharma Waters (法水院, Hō-sui-in), is rendered in shinden-zukuri style, reminiscent of the residential style of the 11th century Heian imperial aristocracy.[2] It is evocative of the Shinden palace style. It is designed as an open space with adjacent verandas and uses natural, unpainted wood and white plaster.[8] This helps to emphasize the surrounding landscape. The walls and fenestration also affect the views from inside the pavilion. Most of the walls are made of shutters that can vary the amount of light and air into the pavilion[8] and change the view by controlling the shutters' heights. The second floor, called The Tower of Sound Waves (潮音洞, Chō-on-dō ),[2] is built in the style of warrior aristocrats, or buke-zukuri. On this floor, sliding wood doors and latticed windows create a feeling of impermanence. The second floor also contains a Buddha Hall and a shrine dedicated to the goddess of mercy, Kannon.[8] The third floor is built in traditional Chinese chán (Jpn. zen) style, also known as zenshū-butsuden-zukuri. It is called the Cupola of the Ultimate (究竟頂, Kukkyō-chō). The zen typology depicts a more religious ambiance in the pavilion, as was popular during the Muromachi period.[8]
The roof is in a thatched pyramid with shingles.[12] The building is topped with a bronze hōō (phoenix) ornament.[11] From the outside, viewers can see gold plating added to the upper stories of the pavilion. The gold leaf covering the upper stories hints at what is housed inside: the shrines.[9] The outside is a reflection of the inside. The elements of nature, death, religion, are formed together to create this connection between the pavilion and outside intrusions.
Garden
The Golden Pavilion is set in a Japanese strolling garden (回遊式庭園 kaiyū-shiki-teien, lit. a landscape garden in the go-round style).[6] The location implements the idea of borrowing of scenery ("shakkei") that integrates the outside and the inside, creating an extension of the views surrounding the pavilion and connecting it with the outside world. The pavilion extends over a pond, called Kyōko-chi (鏡湖池 Mirror Pond), that reflects the building.[5] The pond contains 10 smaller islands.[8] The zen typology is seen through the rock composition; the bridges and plants are arranged in a specific way to represent famous places in Chinese and Japanese literature.[8] Vantage points and focal points were established because of the strategic placement of the pavilion to view the gardens surrounding the pavilion.[10] A small fishing deck (釣殿 tsuri-dono) is attached to the rear of the pavilion building, allowing a small boat to be moored under it.[5] The pavilion grounds were built according to descriptions of the Western Paradise of the Buddha Amida, intending to illustrate a harmony between heaven and earth.[6] The largest islet in the pond represents the Japanese islands.[5] The four stones forming a straight line in the pond near the pavilion are intended to represent sailboats anchored at night, bound for the Isle of Eternal Life in Chinese mythology.[5]
The garden complex is an excellent example of Muromachi period garden design.[11] The Muromachi period is considered to be a classical age of Japanese garden design.[10] The correlation between buildings and its settings were greatly emphasized during this period.[10] It was a way to integrate the structure within the landscape in an artistic way. The garden designs were characterized by a reduction in scale, a more central purpose and a distinct setting.[13] A minimalistic approach was brought to the garden design, by recreating larger landscapes in a smaller scale around a structure.
Dendera Temple complex is one of the best-preserved temple complexes of ancient Egypt. The area was used as the sixth nome of Upper Egypt, south of Abydos.
The ceiling of the Dendera Temple, particularly in the hypostyle hall, is famous for its stunning, well-preserved astronomical and mythological scenes, featuring the goddess Nut arching over the cosmos, celestial bodies, constellations, and the famous Dendera Zodiac, showcasing Egyptian astronomy and deep spiritual beliefs with vibrant colors still visible after millennia
Part of tentative UNESCO World heritage site "Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods"
Patron: Muhammad Bey (nicknamed Abu al-Dhahab, father of gold, because of his generosity & wealth) 1735–1775, a Mamluk Ottoman emir, Shaykh al-Balad (civil governor) & de facto ruler of Egypt (r.1772-1775).
Islamic Monument: #98 (an imitation of the Mosque of Sinan Pasha, in Bulaq #349).
The remains of Bass Breweries Bass Maltings a Grade II listed complex on Mareham Lane, Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
The Maltings were built between 1892 and 1905 for Bass, Ratcliff and Gretton of Burton on Trent and were designed by H.A. Couchman. They are the largest maltings complex in the country outside Burton. It consist of eight red brick pavilions with a massive square tower and slender chimney in the centre. The total frontage is of about 1000 feet.
The Bass Maltings complex opened fully in 1905, replacing all the small malthouses in the area. The complex struggled to remain open during the Second World War, but survived and continued operating until 1960.
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner considered the huge brewing malthouses to be Lincolnshire's most important industrial architecture, stating in his book Buildings of England; "For sheer impressiveness, little in English architecture can equal the scale of this building. A massive four-storey square tower is in the centre of a line of eight detached pavilions.
The Maltings closed in 1960, and the two Robey engines were transferred to museums. In 1976 one of the pavilions caught fire and spread to the tower and a further two pavilions and the site has remained unused ever since.
Remains associated with a railway serving the maltings complex were uncovered during trial trenching on land to the west of the main buildings. A concrete culvert was also seen, although its full extent and function remain unknown.
In 2011 agreement was reached to convert the Bass Maltings site into shops, offices and more than 220 apartments and houses.
Stuff I folded there:
My XO Stars
Awareness ribbon (intermediate ver) Fung
Bumble Bee (flat)
Bettens Twist container
Fish (taguro)
HJ Rex (Ku)
Pegasus (Kamiya)
Skull (matt green)
Sheep 2015 (Taro)
and Robin (Lee)
Hummingbird (vietnam)
Panda (peyton) not yet
Heres a good one, this is the 'Beauty of Origami' joas table of ousa2015, another exhibit quicky.
This is an image created from my dataset and a second dataset. Processed using Nebulosity 4 and Photoshop.
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I spent a few days in Udaipur for a friend's wedding, which occupied most of my time there. I did get a short opportunity to sneak away and check out the City Palace by Lake Pichola. It's easily a place you could lose yourself for an hour or two strolling the grounds, and going room to room within the palace walls.
Read the full blog post: www.aisleseatplease.com/blog/inside-the-complex
The magnificent modern architecture of the Umeda Sky Building in Osaka, with its twin escalators defying gravity below The Floating Garden Observatory. After the twin scrapers were constructed in 1988, the center structure housing the garden observatory was hoisted up the entire way and secured at its current location. It is an impressive feet of engineering, and the only to and from the garden are via those two quite terrifying floating escalators.
“K15” 25 Interlocking Tetrahedra 150 units
5-fold view.
While considering less trivial weaving variations of “K14” (see my account on Instagram for a photo of this compound), I quickly came across a weaving pattern very similar to K10, the only primary differences being the inversion of the chirality of the exterior 2-fold axial whorls and the fact that the resulting compound happened to be the other enantiomorph. At the paper proportions used for “K14,” this resulted in a rather loose construction, since the proportions here are much thinner than those of “K10.” Consequently, I figured it worthwhile to complete the compound with an additional 5 tetrahedra, which is directly analogous to what Dirk Eisner did with his compound of 4 tetrahedra. The extra tetrahedron to each 4 tetrahedra cluster is untransformed; this is, it is neither translated nor rotated nor scaled from the tetrahedron which forms the symmetry polyhedron for each four-compound. The extra five tetrahedra would be a rather trivial addition if not for the fact that the 5th tetrahedron added to each 4 tetrahedra cluster has a different weaving relationship with the rest of the model than the other 4 tetrahedra. Thus, by my definition, this compound is a composition: although it is composed of only one type of frame and one paper proportion, that frame has 2 different independent weaving relationships, so that this could be perceived as 20+5 tetrahedra. The paper proportions are now comfortably tight, although the compound is still not rigid.
Paper proportions: .875”x11”
Designed by me.
Folded out of copy paper.
The World Trade Center (WTC) was a complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan in New York City that were destroyed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with six new skyscrapers and a memorial to the casualties of the attacks.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_trade_center
The North Tower (also known as Tower 1, Building One or 1 WTC) of the World Trade Center in New York City was completed and opened in 1972 at a height of 417 m (1,368 ft), distinguishable from the South Tower (2 World Trade Center) by the 360-foot-tall telecommunications antenna or mast on its roof. The address of this building was 1 World Trade Center with its own ZIP code of 10048. It was destroyed along with the South Tower in the September 11 attacks. The North Tower was the first tower to be struck at 8:46 AM and the second tower to collapse at 10:28 AM. No one in the 92nd floor or above survived the attack. The North Tower was the tallest building in the world for two years until it's height was surpassed by the Sears Tower which was built in Chicago.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Tower
The South Tower (also known as Tower 2, Building Two or 2 WTC) of the World Trade Center in New York City was completed and opened in 1973 at a height of 415 meters (1,362 ft), distinguishable from the North Tower by its outdoor observation deck and the absence of a television antenna. The address of this building was 2 World Trade Center with its own ZIP code of 10048. It was destroyed along with the North Tower (1 World Trade Center) in the September 11 attacks. The South Tower was the second tower to be struck at 9:03 AM and the first tower to collapse at 9:59 AM.
On the 107th floor of this building was a popular tourist attraction called Top of the World Trade Center Observatories. On the roof was an observation deck accessible to the public and a disused helipad at the center.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Tower
The Woolworth Building, at 57 stories, is one of the oldest—and one of the most famous—skyscrapers in New York City. More than 95 years after its construction, it is still one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States as well as one of the twenty tallest buildings in New York City. The building is a National Historic Landmark, having been listed in 1966.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworth_Building
Two World Financial Center is one of the largest skyscrapers in New York City, located at 225 Liberty Street in the Financial District of the New York City borough of Manhattan. Rising 645 feet (197 m), the building is the second tallest of the four buildings in the World Financial Center complex that stands in southwest Manhattan. It is similar in design to Three World Financial Center, except that its roof is dome-shaped rather than 3 WFC's solid pyramid design.
Two World Financial Center was severely damaged by the falling debris when the World Trade Center towers collapsed due to the September 11 attacks. The building had to be closed for repairs from September 11, 2001 until May 2002 as a result of damage sustained in the terrorist attacks. Though the building has an address on Liberty Street, its most prominent facade is on West Street between Liberty and Vesey Streets.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_World_Financial_Center
One World Financial Center is a skyscraper in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is located at 200 Liberty Street between South End Avenue and West Street. It was built in 1985 as part of the World Financial Center complex. It is a 40 story building reaching the height of 577 ft (176 m). It has a leasable area of 1,628,000 ft² (151,000 m²). Similarly to other WFC buildings it has a unique roof which is a flat-top pyramid. It is connected to the rest of the WFC complex by a skybridge over Liberty Street.
The building is located across the street from the World Trade Center site and was significantly damaged in the September 11th attacks. The initial dust cloud and other explosions shattered many windows, majorly damaging nearby Winter Garden Atrium and other buildings of the WFC. It was closed for several months and reopened after restoration.
Five of the seven stacks that still stand at the old blast furnace complex in Ensley, on the southwest edge of Birmingham, Ala.
There are a bunch of smaller stacks that were knocked down and left where they fell, and are now being overtaken by brush.
If you look at historical photos of this sprawling facility, there's dozens of stacks and a pall of pollution hanging overhead. You can imagine the smells and sounds, too. But today it's quietly reverting to nature, and seems relatively clean, not counting whatever is hidden in the soil from a century of steel production.
Taken years ago in an abandonded mining area. This is the passage in which carts (correction here?) were travelling over.
I used my first ever DSLR, Sony A200 + 18-70
Established as a Benedictine foundation in 1020 by King Canute, the Abbey at Bury St Edmunds housed the body of the martyred King Edmund. For centuries pilgrims from throughout the world came to worship and the Abbey grew in strength and wealth. At the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII in the 16th century, the Abbey was dismantled and fell into ruin. The current day Cathedral, St Mary’s Church, the Abbeygate and Norman Tower are all that remain of the mighty complex of church buildings that once stood alongside Angel Hill
An architectural shoot, together with Susan Sanderus, Kees Smans and Joel Tjintjelaar.
Thanks for a fantastic day!
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Exposure: 50 seconds
Aperture: f/18.0
Focal Length: 10 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Filter: ND 110
P.p. PHS CS5
The Tower Complex, Great Yarmouth, is an all-in-one leisure & entertainment complex. Fun family activities, Jurassic Journey, a viewing tower, eateries, clubs & bars and live entertainment are all under one roof.
The Meteora is a rock formation in central Greece hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries, second in importance only to Mount Athos. The six monasteries are built on immense natural pillars and hill-like rounded boulders that dominate the local area.
tokyo, filmed with Kodak Portra 160, japanese gardens, cool early in the morning, It's my favorite film, original 4K, no people, new, my best, thanks, japan
Kodak Professional
Portra 160
Eastman Kodak Company
The gate of the Imperial Palace seen beyond the pine trees
at sakashitamon gate, tokyo imperial palace, 2023
Kodak Portra 160 Professional Grade Colour Negative Film
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the Lucy spacecraft aboard is seen at Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Lucy will be the first spacecraft to study Jupiter's Trojan Asteroids. Like the mission's namesake – the fossilized human ancestor, "Lucy," whose skeleton provided unique insight into humanity's evolution – Lucy will revolutionize our knowledge of planetary origins and the formation of the solar system. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)