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The urban staircase is much more than a simple means of vertical movement in a city. It is a functional and artistic element in its own right, which gives character to the urban space.
L'escalier urbain est bien plus qu'un simple moyen de déplacement vertical dans une ville. Il est un élément fonctionnel et artistique à part entière, qui donne du caractère à l'espace urbain.
Mönchengladbach City Library - Anno 1964 / North Rhine-Westphalia / Germany
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The Choir is a fundamental place in the spatial and functional conception of a Cathedral and its origin responds to a tradition linked to the Paleo-Christian basilicas, specifically in the “schola cantorum”. It is usual for the Choir to face the High Altar so that the liturgy can be followed. To this we must add that the cathedral clergy has altar and choir services as fundamental obligations, therefore, the Choir is an essential part, to the point that if there is no Choir there is no Cathedral.
The Choir is accessed through a Renaissance grille from the first half of the 16th century, completed by Francisco de Salamanca. The seats, made of different types of wood and where several authors took part, are from the beginning of the 16th century and have a magnificent sculptural and iconographic program. It should be noted that the 117 seat backs have completely different decorations, made with inlays based on Mudejar lacework. This type of Mudejar adornment in the Choir is only found in the Cathedral of Puebla in Mexico, where the influence of the Cathedral of Seville in New Spain is again evident.
In the center, a large Renaissance lectern, carved in wood, which was used to place the huge liturgical chant books. Dating from the second half of the 16th century, it was made, among others, by Juan Bautista Vázquez “the Old”, who also masterfully carved the Virgin with Child, who presides over the lectern.
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Traditional Japanese Fan made from handmade paper printed with the famous Hokusai Wave, particularly for our current mini heatwave, HCT 😄
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A hospital ward, could be anywhere I would think. It is functional too, as long as you know what kind of functions are included or excluded. Is a "sense of beauty" functional? Is a piece of art included in the functions offered by a hospital? A flower perhaps? Small things can make a big difference. Most important is the other thing one cannot see in this picture - the humanity of the hospital staff and the person-to-person contact between nurses, doctors and patients. Whatever the architecture. Fuji X-Pro1 plus Helios 44M-7 wide-open.
Die Stadtmühle von Glurns wurde mehrmals beschädigt oder zerstört, aber wegen ihrer großen Bedeutung für die Bevölkerung immer wieder aufgebaut. 2009 wurde sie komplett restauriert und ist heute wieder voll funktionstüchtig.
Ab 1330 war die Stadtmühle Glurns dank des von der Etsch abgezweigten Mühlbaches in Betrieb. Die Bauern konnten das Korn zu dieser Mühle bringen und der Bach diente aber auch den Gerbern in der benachbarten Gerbergasse zur Reinigung der Tierhäute.
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The town mill of Glurns was damaged or destroyed several times, but was rebuilt again and again because of its great importance for the population. It was completely restored in 2009 and is now fully functional again.
From 1330 the town mill of Glurns was in operation thanks to the Mühlbach, which branched off from the Etsch. The farmers were able to bring the grain to this mill and the stream was also used by the tanners in the neighboring Gerbergasse to clean the animal skins.
2021-10-15
Like the Southern Railway before it, NS has a small presence in Richmond. Richmond is surrounded by CSX track as former roads Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Coast Line, Chesapeake & Ohio and Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac lines radiate out of the city. For the NS, Richmond is mid-point of a branch line that breaks off the Norfolk to Roanoke main at Burkville and heads northeast through Richmond to a dead end at West Point - a distance of 100 miles.
Crews are based at a small yard in Richmond along the James River. Most days find 3 crews working. First is a yard crew that services a small customer base at Richmond. Two turn crews are next. One makes a turn to the end of the line at West Point where a huge WestRock paper mill is the main traffic generator. The other turn crew connects traffic to/from the outside world by going to Crewe, Virginia located on the main line.
Here symbol V24 starts their trip to West Point and is seen crossing the drawbridge over the James River and Kanawha Canal. The downtown skyline of Richmond is seen in the distance. The bridge is no longer functional in it's intended purpose to allow the passage of canal traffic. To the extreme right is the steelwork of the C&O, now CSX, viaduct along the James River.
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' We should learn from the snail it has devised a home that is both exquisite and functional.'
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Bremer Baumwollbörse
Das Gebäude der Bremer Baumwollbörse wurde zwischen 1900 und 1902 an der südöstlichen Ecke des Marktplatzes, zwischen Schütting und Neuer Börse, errichtet.
Bremen Cotton Exchange
Located on the corner of Wachtstraße and the Marktplatz, the building which originally had five storeys was completed in 1902. It combined the latest structural techniques (becoming Bremen's first steel-framed building) with a high degree of functionality and an imposing Neo-Renaissance facade.
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Dieses ist noch kein Silvesterupload!
The new year is round the corner, but life goes on and on...
This is not yet my upload for New Year's Eve!
Less than three months after emerging from the assembly plant in La Grange, Illinois, a Union Pacific a SD40-2 glides through North Yard in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 16, 1979.
UP 3569 was built by EMD in March 1979, and retired from the roster in January 2001.
A small piece of the mosaic ("Fuctional Vibrations" by Xenobia Bailey) overhead the entrance of the Hudson Yards station of the #7 Flushing Line station, Tenth Avenue and 34th street. Chelsea, NYC -- March 28, 2019
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It is generally accepted in research today that the monumental building known as the "Great Temple" did not serve religious worship, but was built as a representative royal reception hall. Discussions continue as to whether it could have been part of the royal palace, but the residential quarter right next to it is too small for that, and associated functional buildings (kitchen, stables, etc.) are missing. The previous designation "Great Temple" (origin of the name) is still in use, although now often in quotation marks or with the addition of "so-called". Occasionally, "South Building" (south of the Wadi Musa) may be found as well.
In the last quarter of the 1st century BC, as part of the monumental development of the center of Petra, the Nabataeans cut terraces deep into the bedrock of the Katute hill and laid out flat areas, traversed by channels for the drainage of rainwater. On this slope they constructed in several phases this largest freestanding architectural complex in Petra, a structure of 7560 m2 of floor space on three levels, the highest of which rises 25 m above the Colonnaded Street.
just have these dusty pencils with metal framed erasers on it ... (the only color was the blue of the metal parts, there was no desaturation of other colors)
Taken for Saturday Self Challenge 19/03/2022 - Decorative .
First thought for this was the upper window in a big posh house , however , Jan did mention railways and they are always good for some embellishment on the older architecture . Here on this station the pillar supports to the station canopy are functional but on the load spreading supports at the top are quite decorative . I first tried a compressed view on platform two but not happy as I clipped the top a bit too tight plus a gutter got in the way from whichever end I took the shot . Platform one one the other hand presented a clear shot of the whole line of pillars with their elaborate top sections .
Also in shot is a passenger waiting on a seat , not sure about how he looks , but then this is the London platform - not a place to look forward to visiting as far as I am concerned .
A sight and sound to calm things down -----
This is the view when we reached the well five stories underground. The well is covered by the mesh and the light seen here is natural light ..coming from a huge skylight.. The -5, -4 and part of -3 can be seen here..
For those who have not seen my previous VAV picture , here is a brief description :
A Vav is a Gujarati word for step well. In ancient India, the step wells were constructed by the kings to counter the water problems in the semi arid regions of Gujarat and Rajasthan. These step wells provided water for drinking, washing and bathing. These are inverted temples where the topmost level/floor is at the ground level and then one goes down multiple levels below to the step well.
Back then the architects used the principles of rain water harvesting to keep the well functional and their knowledge to built such huge structures to withstand the impact of earthquakes.
This particular Vav called the Adalaj ki Vav is a stepwell located in Adalaj village near Ahemdabad and has 5 levels below the ground. It was built in 1498. The way these have been constructed, there is ample sunlight at each level ...
You can read more about Adalaj ki Vav here : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adalaj_Stepwell
Do you think modern world architects need to learn a thing or two from ancient architects ?? planning and respecting nature maybe ??
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Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg is a spectacular Model World featuring many Land- and Cityscapes from around the world containing model trains, moving cars, ships and even a fully functional airport with starting and landing planes.
All of this is meticulously handcrafted to the smallest Detail.
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Also make sure to visit this wonderful World, whenever you are in Hamburg.