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The Dutch pavilion adressed the problem of how old forms of opera are old. This would, indeed, be a problem if there were not newer forms of opera.
The installation also included framed copies of it's own reviews, adding to the self-referentiality.
Scaffolding is a temporary structure used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures. It is usually a modular system of metal pipes or tubes, although it can be made out of other materials. Bamboo is frequently used in some Asian countries, like the People's Republic of China.
Exhibition at the Center for Architecture, curated by Greg Barton with exhibition design by OMA's Shohei Shigematsu
Product: Water blasting gun + RD Flex rotorjet
Operating pressure: 3000 bar
Pump type: HDP 124
Anwendung: Entrosten und entlacken von Gerüsten
Produkt: Hochdruckpistole + Rotordüse RD Flex
Betriebsdruck: 3000 bar
Pumpentyp: HDP 124
Painted by Sir James Thornhill, in the 1700's
He painted directly on to dry plaster, working on what must have been rather precarious scaffolding.
The West Wall itself shows Britain’s new royal family from Hanover in Germany. George I is surrounded by his children and grandchildren and the dome of Wren’s St Paul’s Cathedral looms large in the background.
Thornhill himself appears in the bottom right-hand corner with his paintbrushes and palette. Although the composition of this wall was certainly by Thornhill, it was probably painted by his highly skilled assistant Dietrich André
Self-portrait: Thornhill himself appears in the bottom right-hand corner with his paintbrushes and palette
Thornhill himself appears in the bottom right-hand corner with his paintbrushes and palette. Although the composition of this wall was certainly by Thornhill, it was probably painted by his highly skilled assistant Dietrich André.
Thornhill was paid just £3 per square metre for his work on the ceiling and £1 per square yard for the walls.
But his years of toil did not go unnoticed and Thornhill was awarded a knighthood in 1720.
Once the hall was completed it was deemed too grand to act as a dining hall and instead well-to-do visitors were allowed in to look around for a charge of £3 with the pensioners acting as tour guides.
The Painted Hall was deemed special enough for Admiral Nelson's body to lay in state their in 1806 and a plaque still marks the spot where his coffin lay.
From 1824 until 1936, the Painted Hall housed the National Gallery of naval Art and more than 300 works.
From 1939 onwards the room's function finally met its original purpose and it acted as a dining room for the Old Royal Naval College and a venue for important dinners, including the 1946 celebration dinner marking the formation of the United Nations.
The last restoration work was carried out in the 1950s when 15 layers of varnish had to be meticulously removed.
The latest conservation work was carried out by specialist company Paine & Stewart.
Wesley Kerr, chairman of the Heritage Lottery Fund Committee for London, who officially unveiled the conserved west wall and upper ceiling paintings, said: 'The Painted Hall is London’s Sistine Chapel – it is one of the most magnificent rooms in Europe and Thornhill’s work is one of the finest paintings in Britain.
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Elephant Rd, Elephant and Castle.
A stag made from scaffolding sits in a wasteland that was going to be a car showroom.
Scaffolding on Baskerville House in Centenary Square.
Seen from the Discovery Terrace at the Library of Birmingham.
Scaffolders training under the shadows of the cooling towers at Ratcliffe-on-soar power station. I was here this week on a High Voltage switching course.
Luckily I took this photo over a week before I needed it for 7DOS - no chance of taking photos in the sun today!
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The scaffolding next door.
There is going to be double story extension and we'll have even more bricks to look at! So I'll be planting some trees to soften the view.
The base of Shakespeare Tower is surrounded by scaffolding, protecting passers-by below, while abseilers investigate reports of bits falling off the building.
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The Safari (previously Dominian) cinema is a fantastic liswted building that fell on harder days. Laterly split in two with half being a evangelical church with a rather unpleasant history. It is now being renovated and a fantastic artodeco frontage restored although the body of the cinema will be lost forever. The scaffolding is a wonderful site and worth seeing on its own.
We never got so tired of seeing scaffolding everywhere. Big Ben, Palace of Westminster, St. Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle, York Minster, Stirling Castle, Edinburgh Castle, random buildings around town. I know where my next stock investments will go.
This is great. They build skyscrapers with bamboo scaffolding! Apparently its tensile strength is greater than that of steel. I prefer to believe its because human life isn't worth as much in Hong Kong.
By the way, I did some fact-checking on this issue by watching Rush Hour 2 again (well, I watch it every Thursday, what with it being my favorite movie and all). Remember the fight scene on the scaffolding outside the skyscraper? (Silly question, of course you do...) Well, it was on bamboo scaffolding. So I guess that means all the bamboo scaffolding I saw in Hong Kong WAS real.
This stuff was all over the place, even asissting the erection (yes, tee hee, get over it) of sky scrapers.
Now that I've seen the metal scaffolding all over the Parthenon I've decided that China and Greece need a cultural exchange so that the Parthenon can be held up with more picturesque bamboo supports instead.