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Folded from a regular hexadecagon of textured paper; final piece ~12 inches across. This is a refolding of a design I exhibited at 5OSME this summer-- but somehow never posted to Flickr.
Here we have the radial symmetry of the center color changes nested inside the asymmetry of the eilliptical tato; at the same time, the asymmetrical polygon approximation is juxtaposed within the regular polygon that I started with.
Oakshott Court by Peter Tabori. Featured in Domus No.1048
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Original Postcard art on Etsy: Etsy: 100 Real People
Nikon D750 | Nikkor 18-35 f3.5-4.5
I was stupid not to think about this before, but I realized that smaller 'circles' can be made not only by adjusting the angle, but shortening each segment from 4 studs to 2. Here are the results.
By James Thomson, 1898-1900. Asymmetrical Renaissance office and retail corner block; 6-storey, basement and attic; 5 bays to West George Street (left pair slightly later in date) 3 to Dundas Street. Shops and office building, red sandstone ashlar. Modern shops at ground. Giant composite pilasters from 1st to 3rd floor, channelled at 1st, banded at 2nd and 3rd, dividing bays. Moulded cill courses. Pedimented dormer windows at centre, linked to polygonal corner pavilion with leaded ogee roof.
Further information courtesy of the Local Merchants' Association of Scotland Ltd. Built for William Connell Jnr, Iron Merchant. The left 1st and 2nd floor windows were derived from 16th century Heinrichsbau, Heidelberg Castle, via the secondary source of the Ritter Inn, Heidelberg, specified by Connell. The carved portraits depict leading iron merchants, including James Watt, J B Neilson, Dixon and Baird, and also the architect.
Polygonal lakes are very picturesque and easily accessible, so they are very popular with
photographers. It is a chain of small shallow lakes flowing one into another. They are located in the central part of the Khibiny Mountains.
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The Lena delta is one of the largest still pristine river deltas in the world. Its many naturally meandering arms form a magnificent tree-like shape. And ice wedges in the fine sediments of the treeless tundra form regular polygons with small ponds. The whole of the Lena Delta area has been nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On August 12, 1996, the Russian Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) significantly expanded the Lena Delta state nature reserve. At 14,330 square kilometres, the Lena Delta reserve ("Zapovednik") was already one of the largest and most important nature reserves in the Arctic. With its new size of 61,320 square kilometres, the expanded Lena Delta Reserve is now the largest protected area in Russia and one of the largest on earth. It is, however, only a small part of Sakha’s “Gift to the Earth”. Sakha, a republic approximately the size of Western Europe, decided in 1994 to designate at least 20% of its territory as a nature reserve.
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I was stupid not to think about this before, but I realized that smaller 'circles' can be made not only by adjusting the angle, but shortening each segment from 4 studs to 2. Here are the results.
I found acres of patterns like this out on the playa where the dendrites grow in the Mojave Desert. Polygons of shrinkage cracks form within a narrow range of diameters due to the material properties of the gypsite surface. This is how it looks from standing height. Low light at sunset adds some relief to the texture.
The Grade I Listed Bolingbroke Castle, built by Ranulf around 1220 in Bolingbroke, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
Most of the castle is built of Spilsby greenstone, as are several nearby churches. The local greenstone is a limestone that proved to be porous, prone to rapid deterioration when exposed to weather and a substandard building material. The castle was constructed as an irregular polygonal enclosure. The castle is one of the earliest examples of a uniform castle designed and built without a keep. It originally was surrounded by a large water-filled moat 31 metres (102 ft) wide. The curtain wall was up to 5 metres (16 ft) feet thick and defended by five D-shaped towers and a twin-towered gate house.
Similar to another castle built by Ranulf during the same period at Beeston in Cheshire, Bolingroke had no inner defensive keep. The castle relied instead on thick walls and the five D shaped defensive corner towers. Some design similarities are noted with the contemporary castle at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France that was also constructed without a central donjon.
The area was first fortified by the Saxons in the 6th or 7th century. In the 12th century the Normans built a Motte-and-bailey on a nearby hill above the settlement of Bolingbroke. The present structure was founded by Ranulf, Earl of Chester, in 1220 shortly after he returned from the Fifth Crusade.
Ranulf died in 1232 without a male heir, and his titles, lands and castles passed to his sisters. Following the death of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster in 1361 Bolingbroke passed through marriage into the ownership of John of Gaunt. His wife Blanche of Lancaster, daughter of Henry of Grosmont, was born at the Castle in 1345. John and Blanche's son, Henry, was also born at Bolingbroke Castle in 1367 and consequentially was known as "Henry Bolingbroke" before he became king in 1399.
By the 15th and 16th century, the castle had fallen into disrepair although repairs were carried out during the Tudor period. In 1636 a survey found that all of the towers were effectively beyond repair.
At the start of the First English Civil War, Bolingbroke was again put to use as a military fortification garrisoned by Royalist forces. In 1643 it was badly damaged in a siege during the Battle of Winceby. The following year, the castle was recaptured from the Parliamentarians but due to defeats elsewhere was relinquished again. In 1652 the castle was slighted to prevent any further use. The towers and walls were torn down and dumped into the moat.
The last major structure collapsed in 1815.
The castle, which is now a national monument, was excavated in the 1960s and 1970s. It was maintained by English Heritage up until 1995 when Heritage Lincolnshire took ownership. Much of the lower walls are still visible as are the ground floors of the towers. In the summertime, the castle is home to numerous events including performances of Shakespeare.