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Atlantis, The Palm is a Dubai hotel resort located at the apex of the Palm Jumeirah. It was the first resort to be built on the island and is themed on the myth of Atlantis but includes distinct Arabian elements
In a city that has always blurred the line between counterculture and civic space, this flower-covered vehicle feels right at home. Set against a simple black backdrop and grounded by polished marble, the installation channels San Francisco’s long relationship with peace signs, psychedelia, and joyful excess. The form is unmistakable: a compact, forward-facing silhouette transformed into a rolling bouquet, its headlights glowing like friendly eyes beneath a crown of saturated color.
What makes this scene work is its balance. The symmetry is precise and architectural, almost formal, while the materials lean playful—dense florals, neon script, and oversized mushrooms arranged with care rather than chaos. Warm pinks, yellows, and oranges dominate, offset by cool blues in the neon and reflections below. The floor becomes part of the composition, mirroring color and light in a way that rewards slow looking.
This kind of installation feels distinctly San Francisco, where the legacy of the Summer of Love still surfaces in unexpected places, often indoors, often temporary, and often unapologetically sincere. The surrounding plants, holiday lights, and hanging peace symbols frame the scene without overpowering it, allowing the central object to read clearly even at a distance.
Photographed straight-on and centered, the image leans into clarity and graphic strength. It’s less about spectacle than tone: optimistic, slightly surreal, and grounded in the city’s comfort with expressive design. San Francisco doesn’t just preserve its past—it keeps remixing it.
Assigned to maintain the hotel entrance, this eager worker wipes the wet marble entrance of the luxury hotel during early dawn after a heavy rain. Hanoi, Vietnam, SE Asia
Detail of the floor of the Mafra National Palace Library.
Every country ought to have a marble-crazed king once in a while.
Late afternoon sun lights up the Winter Garden after a blustery cold and light-snow earlier in the day!
On the second level above the steps, looking out towards the Hudson River and Jersey City.
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students sit on a marble floor to receive a lecture at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand
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February 8, 2023 - Looking into the Rotunda on our docent led tour of the Ohio Statehouse.
"The Rotunda is one of the most remarkable spaces in the Statehouse. Stretching 120 feet from the floor to the skylight, the Rotunda is filled with 12 different colors and distributes light to other areas of the building.
The Rotunda skylight is 67 feet lower than the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
The crown jewel in the Rotunda's dome is its 29-foot-wide skylight. The center circle of the skylight is a hand-painted Great Seal of Ohio, a reproduction of the Seal that was in use in 1861 when the Rotunda was completed. The restoration of this skylight was funded by schoolchildren across the state in a penny-collection campaign, spearheaded by Bob Evans Farms.
The seal in the dome, which is 2'8" in diameter, is slightly different than the seal in use today. You'll notice this seal not only has the mountains, a sheaf of wheat and a bundle of arrows, but it also includes a canal boat in the foreground. The canals were an important mode of transportation at the time this seal was designed (circa 1847). The seal has changed multiple times in the course of Ohio's history.
The floor of the Rotunda consists of nearly 5,000 pieces of hand-cut marble from around the world. The salmon stones are from Portugal; the black and green marble is from Vermont; and the white marble is from Italy." Previous description: www.ohiostatehouse.org/about/capitol-square/statehouse/ro...
It;s shiny. More to bring in light in a large indoor open space that compliments the shops and restaurants and feature not more plantings than pampered palm trees.
With a potted plant in the niche
To all who visit and view, and – especially – express support and satisfaction: you are much appreciated!
Der bunte Marmorfußboden, eine Topfpflanze in einer Nische
Kedleston Hall
An extravagant temple to the arts. Commissioned in the 1750s by Nathaniel Curzon whose ancestors had resided at Kedleston since the 12th century. The house is framed by historic parkland and boasts opulent interiors intended to impress.
Designed for lavish entertaining, Kedleston Hall displays an extensive collection of paintings, sculptures and original furnishings reflecting both the tastes of its creators and their fascination with the classical world of the Roman Empire.
Inherited by George Nathaniel Curzon, Viceroy of India between 1899 and 1905, the hall also houses the many objects he amassed during his travels in South Asia and the Middle East, and in his role leading British rule in India.
Grade I Listed
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kedleston_Hall
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Marble Hall
Twenty fluted pink Nottingham alabaster columns with Corinthian capitals support the heavily decorated, high-coved cornice.
Niches in the walls contain casts of classical statues by Matthew Brettingham the Younger and others.
The floor is of inlaid Italian marble.
Nikolaus Pevsner describes this hall as one of the most magnificent apartments of the 18th century.
Acireale ist die grösste der sieben Siedlungen an der sogenannten Zyklopenküste, deren Namen mit Aci beginnen, den sie einer Legende verdanken. Laut Überlieferung soll sich Akis, ein Königssohn aus Latium, in die Seenymphe Galathea verliebt haben, auf die bereits der Zyklop Polyphem sein Auge geworfen hatte. In rasender Eifersucht erschlug er den Akis mit enormen Felsbrocken, den die Götter dann aus Mitleid in einen Fluss verwandelten.
Die Stadt, die auf einer Hochebene über der Küste liegt, wurde nach dem verheerenden Erdbeben von 1693 im Barockstil wieder aufgebaut. Mittelpunkt von Acireale ist die bühnenhaft gestaltete Piazza Duomo, an der die Basilica di Maria SS. Annunziata (Dom), die Basilica dei Santi Pietro e Paolo und der Palazzo Comunale (Rathaus) liegen.
Die Fassade der Basilica dei Santi Pietro e Paolo wurde im 18. Jh. von dem in Acireale lebenden Pietro Paolo Vasta entworfen, der zusammen mit seinem Sohn Alessandro auch die Freskomalereien im Kircheninnenraum schuf. Da die Kirche mit gelbem Fenstergläsern ausgestattet wurde, ist das Innere ganz ungewöhnlich in zitronengelbes Licht getaucht.
St.Stanislaus RC Church, Buffalo NY, Oct '08
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As if the Palace of Versailles wasn't large enough they have a whole other palace past the Versailles gardens.
Maple St, Middlebury, Vermont USA • The Marble Works, a vibrant, mixed residential & commercial complex, with fine restaurants, shops, a pharmacy, galleries & a wide-variety of services. ∆ The Brandon Italian Marble Works moved from Brandon in 1898 to a large site conveniently located between the Middlebury Falls and the railroad station. The company built four, long, single story buildings and sheds of rough laid scrap blocks of marble. ∞ Their Facebook page.
☞ This structure is listed on the Vermont State Register of Historic Places. Source: Data excerpts from "The Historic Architecture of Addison County: including a listing of the Vermont State Register of Historic Places"; Vermont Division of Historic Preservation; Curtis B. Johnson, Editor; © 1992.
☞ I think the Marbleworks is part of the Middlebury Village Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (#76000223), since November 13, 1976. I'm still seeking confirmation; if not, I will correct.
The marble-floor BNZ Foyer (as it was called then). My job was to organise performances of jazz, classics, folk, ethnic dance and song - anything that attracted an audience. Fantastic acoustics, very co-operative front-of-house team, very popular concerts: it was a fantastic job!
May 25, 2025 - Ohio Statehouse "Also situated in the Rotunda, the Lincoln-Vicksburg Memorial, sculpted by Thomas D. Jones of Cincinnati, consists of a white Carara marble bust of Abraham Lincoln and a marble relief of the Confederate Army's surrender at Vicksburg. The bust is the only portrait statue that Lincoln sat for during his lifetime, and is considered a good likeness. When asked by the artist what he thought of the work, Lincoln replied, "I think it looks very much like the critter."
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6) I'm on 24 hour leave ... can't a girl have a glass of OJ in peace ... I thought Lord Vader killed off all these flashlight swingin' fools!
Spili, at the foot of the Kedros mountains, is the seat of the bishop of Crete. These are pictures of the orthodox church complex and seminary at the edge of the village.
European mini-trip day 4, Château #4
Joachim and Ann restored the dining room with 18th century Provençal furniture thought to be sympathetic to the tastes of the Marquis de Castellane. The room has an especially beautiful marble floor and wood paneling from ceiling to floor.
The dining room was classed as a Historical Monument in 1934.
The living area on the upper level with ?Barcelona? chairs by Mies van der Rohe (Knoll International), the lamp ?Arco? by Achille Castiglioni (Flos), a plain white sofa (Ikea) and tables designed by the architect. The metal bar was custom made.
This beautiful project on Wilton Place located in the heart of Knightsbridge involved a full refurbishment and renovation over 6 floors including basement swimming pool with sauna, steam room and gym. In addition, there is a beautiful, west-facing roof terrace, patio garden and a private lift.
The beechwood hotel is Worcester's only boutique hotel.
According to their website:
" the Beechwood Hotel in Worcester, MA offers its guests luxury boutique hotel lodging with spectacular visual delights both inside and out. Situated in a Biomedical Park, the trees, historical buildings and impeccable landscaping surrounding the property create a picturesque and relaxing atmosphere.
A gracious foyer greets you, while a magnificent stained glass window above draws your gaze upward. Marble floors and unique lighting lead you to custom-designed furnishings surrounding an antique mantle and fireplace."
An MC Escher painting? Nope, it's the wonderful marble inlay floor at the trading hall of La Llotja de la Seda, Valencia's old silk exchange. Looking down as you walk on it messes with your balance big time!
Ancients-Moderns couple in the British Museum
" It is of course understood that intelligibility [about the notion of presentism] does not dictate any conduct, you can make various uses of this intelligibility, you can precisely say: " Ah it is wonderful this presentism that gives me so many opportunities, so much flexibility, so much speed, so many possibilities of ubiquity, so many possibilities of living in real time, etc. " or you can say: "this presentism, what a calamity that plants me with a perpetual present" which is that of a great number of people in the world today, starting with Immigrants who are only a moment, day after day, and who obviously cannot access any kind of project, all those who are deprived of projects or prohibited from projects undergo a presentism that is not particularly exalting " F. Hartog, translated from an interview given in french to Politika about the notion of " regimes of historicity " (march 8, 2017)
The whole of this area was re-ordered by J.L. Pearson when the nave was restored at the end of the 19th century. Pearson took parts of the old screen and built them into the surround of the High Altar. Pearson also designed the reredos behind the Altar. At the same time the floor of inlaid marble was laid down.
September 2013.
Open House is the annual opportunity to explore hundreds of buildings in London for free and see the architecture. Many of the buildings are not normally open to the public.
The main Foreign Office building in King Charles Street was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices, but Matthew Digby Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, designed and built the interior of the India Office. It was built with rich decoration to impress foreign visitors.
The Durbar Court is at the heart of the India Office and was first used in 1867 for a reception for the Sultan of Turkey, but dates only from 1902 when some of the coronation celebrations of King Edward VII were held there.