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It's a bench when you want to sit; it's an ugly thing that exercises your facial muscles into expressions of "ew."
North "Sure as Shit" Shore!
The Mini-Hubster presenting the door he made. Fully functional with working hinges. Hinges have been taped in preparation for painting.
Golden Monoliths
par/by SpY
Rue Faidherbe (Rambla), Lille
Imagined for lille3000’s 7th edition, the Golden Monoliths by Spanish artist SpY guide the visitors and participants of the parade to the heart of the city and its Fiesta. The gold titans seem like a modern take on the 17th century city gates, that welcomed the opening of carnivals and processions. They transform the urban landscape of Lille through the installation of fourteen golden shipping containers in a vertical position, aligned along its main street.
This monumental intervention reconfigures the everyday perception of the public environment, turning industrial objects into symbols that alter our understanding of space.
The street ceases to be a simple space of transit and becomes a ritual corridor, a passageway between
Originally conceived as utilitarian structures for global transportation and trade, the containers are decontextualized and coated in gold. Far from being a decorative gesture, this treatment converts their industrial purpose into an artistic resignification that oscillates between the functional and the symbolic.
SpY subverts the original identity of the containers through an installation that transforms the utilitarian into the mythological, in an exercise in spatial perception that invites reflection on the cult of consumption in modern society.
Source: fiestalille3000.com/en/exposition/golden-monoliths-2/
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À l’image des portes de ville du 17ème siècle qui accueillaient l’ouverture des carnavals et des processions, les Golden Monoliths de l’artiste espagnol SpY guident le public et les participants à la parade au cœur de la ville et de sa Fiesta. Ils transforment le paysage urbain de Lille avec quatorze conteneurs dorés érigés à la verticale le long de la rue Faidherbe.
Cette intervention monumentale reconfigure notre vision quotidienne de la ville, transforme des objets industriels en symboles qui modifient notre perception de l’espace.
À l’origine conçues comme des structures utilitaires pour le transport et le commerce global, les conteneurs sont décontextualisés et peints en or. Loin d’être un geste décoratif, cette métamorphose vient bouleverser leur essence industrielle et leur confère un sens artistique entre fonction et symbole, utilité et mythologie.
These photographs document the platform area at Starnberg station, not the main station building. The visible structure consists primarily of historic iron columns and beams that remain in active use but show clear signs of aging: corrosion, flaking paint, and uneven maintenance. What was once a coherent architectural system has become a fragmented, utilitarian framework.
The original platform roofs are completely gone. In their place, the iron skeleton stands exposed to weather and light. Rather than being restored, the structure has been stabilized through added construction: scaffolding, bracing elements, and protective netting that cut across the original geometry. This creates a layered visual language of old infrastructure and temporary reinforcement.
A newer canopy appears only in selected areas, mainly above stair access points. This roof is made of corrugated sheet metal (Wellblech) and serves a purely functional role. It offers basic protection but no architectural continuity with the historic structure. Large sections of the platforms remain open.
The site reflects the character of a “lost place” in operation. It is neither fully preserved nor abandoned. Ongoing disputes between heritage protection (Denkmalschutz), ownership responsibilities, and questions of funding for repair and upkeep have left the platforms in a state of visual and structural limbo. The result is an environment where historical fabric survives, but without clear restoration strategy.
Access is partially restricted through fenced zones and controlled pathways. This affects circulation and accessibility, including limited or indirect wheelchair access. The station continues to function, yet the platform space feels provisional — maintained just enough to operate, but not enough to recover its former architectural identity.
From a photographic perspective, the focus lies on the exposed iron framework, the absence of the original roof, and the contrast between historic construction and pragmatic modern additions. The images document a transitional state: a working railway platform that visually reads as a relic.
Dampfmaschinenhaus, Postdam, Brandenburg, Deutschland.
La antigua casa de máquinas de vapor para Sanssouci, también conocida como la "casa de bombas" o "mezquita", se encuentra en Potsdam en el Neustädter Havelbucht. A pedido del rey Friedrich Wilhelm IV, fue construido entre 1841 y 1843 bajo la dirección de Ludwig Persius para operar la gran fuente frente al Palacio Sanssouci. Es uno de los hitos históricos de la ingeniería en Alemania y es un excelente ejemplo de arquitectura oriental.
El edificio fue construido a petición del rey "a la manera de las mezquitas turcas con un minarete como chimenea". Aunque la incorporación de estilos arquitectónicos extranjeros era bastante común en ese momento, es el único edificio de este tipo en Potsdam. Tanto dentro como fuera de la "Mezquita de Potsdam", Ludwig Persius se orientó a un estilo de arquitectura árabe que se conoce como clasicismo tardío árabe. El complejo probablemente debe el complejo diseño de una casa funcionalmente funcional a su ubicación expuesta a orillas del Havel. La casa de máquinas de vapor era visible desde la terraza del jardín real en Sanssouci.
The old steam engine house for Sanssouci, also known as the "pump house" or "mosque", is located in Potsdam in the Neustädter Havelbucht. At the request of King Friedrich Wilhelm IV, it was built between 1841 and 1843 under the direction of Ludwig Persius to operate the great fountain in front of the Sanssouci Palace. It is one of the historical milestones of engineering in Germany and is an excellent example of oriental architecture.
The building was built at the request of the king "in the manner of Turkish mosques with a minaret as a chimney". Although the incorporation of foreign architectural styles was quite common at the time, it is the only building of this type in Potsdam. Both inside and outside the "Potsdam Mosque", Ludwig Persius focused on a style of Arabic architecture known as Late Arab Classicism. The complex probably owes the complex design of a functionally functional house to its exposed location on the banks of the Havel. The steam engine house was visible from the terrace of the royal garden in Sanssouci.
Self-made polownia wood sculpture,a penholder,glassesholder and keyholder (magnetic).
a gift for my Doctor Patrick Cuypers
thanks for the visit have a nice day
Hey, guys,I'll start my road trips next week, so I guess I won't be around very much. Have a great Spring!
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Despite its age, the plant is still fully functional, providing approximately 45% of the water supply for Toronto and York Region.
The Tiki has performed surveys with Side-Scan, Magnetometer, Multi-Beam, Chirp and Spark for Geophysical and Bathymetric Surveys, also buoy placement and retrieval, underwater search and retrieval operations for the United States Geological Society (USGS), Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Lab (JHU), and Fugro Atlantic. While the homeport being Ocean City, Maryland, the Tiki will travel the East Coast, Gulf Coast and the Caribbean. The TIKI crew will tailor the vessel for your needs if necessary.
Captain H. Drexel Harrington (owner/operator) and his son, Captain H. Drexel Harrington lll, are both 200-ton Captains and have worked this vessel for the past 21 years. Captain Stormy has 48 years of ocean experience and his son and first mate, Drex, has 21.
Tiki Adventures operates aboard the Tiki XIV, which is an 80 foot steel trawler with comfort and functionality as the core principles of design. The Tiki’s 5 staterooms below offer traveling capacity of up to 12 guests. Four of the custom interior cabins sleep 2 and one cabin sleeps 4. On top, 2 spacious decks beckon you to take in the views of unspoiled beaches, marine life at play, and spectacular surf and sunsets.
A wife uses her husband's torso as a laptop stand while sitting on a bench inside the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Cal Cremat, Anyos, La Massana, Vall nord, Andorra, Pyrenees
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The architecture of the East Coast Main Line 14 mile Selby Diversion won’t win any beauty contest and can at best be described as functional.
Built to avoid risks to trains from mining subsidence, a new diversionary route, the first purpose-built section of high-speed railway in the UK runs to the west of Selby, construction started in July 1980, paid for by the National Coal Board and opened to British Rail Intercity East Coast Services on the 3rd October 1983.
LNER Azuma is the third generation of High Speed Intercity train to use the diversion, here Class 800 Bi-mode 800106 speeds under Field Lane Hambleton with a service for Edinburgh.
800106 1S19 13:53 St Neots to Edinburgh Waverley Services not running into London due to Kings Cross rebuilding work.
20th June 2020
C-FPCA, a 33-year-old Boeing 767-375ERBDSF, on approach to runway 06R at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario. It was arriving as ACA7254 (Air Canada) from Lima, Peru.
Serial number 24306 first flew on March 28, 1989. It began its career as C-FPCA with Canadian Airlines International Ltd. on April 18, 1989. It joined the Air Canada fleet when CAIL was acquired on January 1, 2001.
After being converted into a freighter by Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. at Lod, Israel; it started operating again on December 9, 2021.
It is the first of eight 767-300ERBDSFs that will eventually be wearing Air Canada Cargo titles.
Insomnia strikes again!
Woke up at 3 am, a few hours before having to leave to pick up Lisa from her all night shift, and couldn't get back to sleep, so I made coffee and figured I would use the time to perform another Picnik experiment.
This was a beautiful leaf under icy water on a gorgeous November afternoon, as the weather was transitioning from extreme cold to a gorgeous temperate period, so there was golden, warm late-afternoon sun shining down and illuminating the water of this creek in Fish Creek Park, which had this perfect, whole autumn leaf submerged in it and trapped against a rock.
Again, very impressed with the range and functionality of the Picnik editing package, although it is not obviously not as intensively versatile as Photoshop.
However, the editing for this photo only took about a quarter of the time that doing the same in Photoshop would have taken, so I can't complain.
I would imagine that there are going to be a lot of sad flickr photo editors come April when they get rid of Picnik!
We have many old bridges and viaducts here and further north. All seemed to have been built with such pride and elegance, and this is but one example.
The bridge carries something quite mundane, pipes which carry water further southwards. The stonework is very good, and the whole design aesthetically pleasing.
The River Lune floods severely very frequently, so this bridge has to be sturdy (on the other side of the bridge is a record of some of the flood heights).
Taken in the Lune Valley with a small compact Canon camera
The Glade Creek Grist Mill is a fully functional replica of the original Cooper's Mill. Babcock State Park is a park located along the New River Gorge on 4,127 wooded acres in the Appalachian Mountains of southern West Virginia approximately 20 miles from the New River Gorge Bridge. Print Size 13x19 inches.
La Massana city. Living in Andorra. View from Anyos Beixalis, La Massana, Vall nord, Andorra, Pyrenees - (c) Lutz Meyer
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Stoneware from the Beardsley Pottery on Denman Island, in the "Leaf" pattern. Purchased in Victoria circa 2005.
Golf Ordino areal at Ruta del Ferro. El Vilar, La Cortinada, Ordino (parroquia), Vall nord, Andorra, Pyrenees
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The former Nissan Dealership site is to become the new police station for Huddersfield.
A new regional HQ is being built in Dewsbury, while Huddersfield the larger of the two towns will get a reduced, in size and service, police station.
A functional if not aesthetically pleasing building.
Anyway more information here: www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/new-hudde...
About 20 kilometres (around 12 miles) outside Orange, New South Wales is the genuine heritage town of Millthorpe and we had to have a look at this. We realised we had been through before. This is the railway station, recently reopened as such which is also a very smart cafe where we had a lovely lunch. Sadly the town's success in many ways is also a bit of a negative, despite it being a weekday, the streets with their refurbished and upmarket shops were also busy and the preponderance of parked cars somewhat inhibited the photographic ambience of the widespread heritage architecture and values. It happens!
For anyone travelling, as I have said before some of these magnificent towns look like a page out of Australian history. There are quite a few around which will have you stepping back into the 19th century, colonisation architecture still standing doesn't go back further than that really. If you are travelling, you will find them more in the older states where primary building materials were stone and brick, like Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales. Some wonderful ones are places like Campbell Town, Oatlands, Ross and Rothwell in Tasmania, several through the centre of Victoria, Millthorpe, Gulgong, Sofala, Hill End, Carcoar, Canowindra and the little towns I have mentioned recently in New South Wales and places north of the Barossa in South Australia. There are many more, these are just a sprinkle but well worth the visit. All are on good roads. I come from Queensland where there are also some rarer good ones (it was settled a little later and much was made of the less durable timber for building) but Charters Towers is a good one as is Ravenswood and places in the scenic rim around Brisbane. I am not so familiar with Western Australia, anyone want to chime in with other recommendations, please do so.
Play scale LEGO TIE Bomber that is a mod of @scruffybrickherder's on Instagram.
Mine, however, features functional laser cannons, proton missile, and bomb bay with proton bombs.
Free instructions available on Rebrickable: rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-80758/bk.bricks/imperial-tiesa-b...
Urbanitzacio del Salze, Escas Els Plans, La Massana city, La Massana parroquia, Vall nord, Andorra
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This image is part of a new still-life series. My daughter-in-law is a potter and runs a pottery studio where she and others teach classes. One of the other potters, Gabriella, also makes wonderful brushes, the likes of which I have never before seen. As soon as I saw them on display I knew I had to shoot them. Gabriella says they are based on ancient Chinese brushes used for their calligraphy. Apparently, the Chinese invented brushes around 300BCE. Gabriella makes hers with harvest black and yellow bamboo. Some are finished with a torch. The hairs are moose, squirrel, and buck tail. The brushes are fully functional and can be used to apply color to pottery, or viewed as artwork in their own right.
To see more in the series, click Brushes.
Although no longer functional, the Kilauea Lighthouse on the north shore of the Hawaiian island of Kauai is still an impressive sight. The lighthouse was in service from 1913 to 1976. The surrounding area is now a wildlife refuge, and if you look closely at the photo, you may be able to spot some white seabirds, as well as a sailboat.
Looking uphill toward the Downtown Historic District in Vicksburg, Mississippi! Don't see a whole lot of brick laden streets anymore. This one's been patched and re patched but it's still functional.
I think this helps to understand the layout of the main space.
It is actually a square and four different sections/functional areas are created by dividing the space in a cross.
Counterclockwise, starting from the right:
-> dining area/occasional seconf office
for me
-> lounge / sofa area
-> little office corner ( the desk actually
doesn't belong in the square, as it's
placed in the nook, created from the
diagonical shape of the roof ) with
bookcase / media area between the
small and the big Expedit units.
-> reading corner/area and stairs up to
the bedroom and open dressing
areas.
....the tiny kitchen in placed directly
behind the reading area. The
bathroom is close to the entrance
area with the tool unit in front of the half
semicircular smaller window.
Views of the entrance can be found
here:
www.flickr.com/photos/ivy_style33/sets/72157621632739156
and of the bathroom here:
www.flickr.com/photos/ivy_style33/sets/72157622250448312
I guess it'll help more to draw the plan, so I'll do that in the next days.
Vall d'Incles, Incles, Canillo parroquia, Vall d'Orient, Andorra, Pyrenees
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