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In 2000 major structural problems were found in the building, the concrete in the circle was in an advanced state of decay, and parts of the building were subject to subsidence. A debate raged whether to save the building or demolish one of the most beautiful halls in the UK. Designed by Robert J Beale in conjunction with Frank Matcham, and opened in 1903. Used as a multipurpose hall for stage, screen, concerts, exhibitions, conferences and dancing. Currently seats just over 1,000 on the flat front stalls, raised and stepped rear stalls (overlooking the dance floor), tiered balcony, and a range of boxes. The Venetian paintings either side of the proscenium dated from the 1950s, when the originals (by Jonas Binns) were over-painted. They have again been replaced with a new design in the 2007/8 restoration, overseen by architects Burrell, Foley, Fischer. Grade 2* listed.
Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England - Royal Hall, Ripon Road
October 2007, image reworked 2024
Badami (Kannada: ಬದಾಮಿ), formerly known as Vatapi, is a taluk in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka, India. It was the regal capital of the Badami Chalukyas from 540 to 757 AD. It is famous for rock cut and other structural temples. It is located in a ravine at the foot of a rugged, red sandstone outcrop that surrounds Agastya lake.
The name Vatapi has origin in the Vatapi legend of Ramayana relating to Sage Agastya. There were two demon siblings Vatapi and Ilvala. They used to kill all mendicants by tricking them in a peculiar way. The elder Ilvala would turn Vatapi into a ram and would offer its meat to the guest. As soon as the person ate the meat, Ilvala would call out the name of Vatapi. As he had a boon that whomsoever Ilvala calls would return from even the netherland,[citation needed] Vatapi would emerge ripping through the body of the person, thus killing him. Their trick worked until Sage Agastya countered them by digesting Vatapi before Ilvala could call for him, thus ending the life of Vatapi at the hands of Ilvala. Two of the hills in Badami represent the demons Vatapi and Ilvala.
Badami was the capital of the Early Chalukyas, who ruled much of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh between the 6th and 8th centuries. It was founded in 540 AD by Pulakesi I(535-566 AD),[citation needed] an early ruler of the Chalukyas. His sons Kirthivarman (567-598 AD) and his brother Mangalesha I (598-610 AD) constructed the cave temples. The greatest among them was Pulakesi II (610-642 AD) who defeated many kings but failed to capture Pallava's capital Kanchipuram.
The rock-cut Badami Cave Temples were sculpted mostly between the 6th and 8th centuries. The four cave temples represent the secular nature of the rulers then, with tolerance and a religious following that inclines towards Hinduism,[citation needed] Buddhism and Jainism. cave 1 is devoted to Shiva, and Caves 2 and 3 are dedicated to Vishnu,[citation needed] whereas cave 4 displays reliefs of Jain Tirthankaras. Deep caverns with carved images of the various incarnations of Hindu gods are strewn across the area, under boulders and in the red sandstone. From an architectural and archaeological perspective, they provide critical evidence of the early styles and stages of the southern Indian architecture.
The Pallavas under the king Narasimhavarman I (also called Mamalla Pallava) seized it in 642 AD. Vikramaditya I of Chalukyas drove back Pallavas in 654 AD. and led a successful attack on Kanchipuram, the capital of Pallavas [This statement needs reference]. The Rashtrakutas absorbed karnataka including Badami around 757 AD and the town lost its importance. The later Chalukyas of Kalyani defeated them and were able to keep region from 973 AD to 1189 AD, when it was occupied by the Hoysalas.
Then it passed on to Vijayanagara empire, The Adil Shahis, The Savanur Nawabs, The Marathas,[citation needed] Hyder Ali. The Britishers made it part of the Bombay Presidency.
Badami has eighteen inscriptions, among them some inscriptions are important. The first Sanskrit inscription in old Kannada script, on a hillock dates back to 543 CE, from the period of Pulakesi I (Vallabheswara), the second is the 578 CE cave inscription of Mangalesa in Kannada language and script and the third is the Kappe Arabhatta records, the earliest available Kannada poetry in tripadi (three line) metre. one inscription near the Bhutanatha temple, on a rock, testifies to Mamalla Pallava's victory over the Chalukyas in the year 642 CE. It also has inscriptions dating back to the 12th century in Jain rock-cut temple dedicated to the Tirtankara Adinatha.
In the Karnatic music and Hamsadwani raga the Vatapi Ganapatim Bhaje by the composer Mutthuswamy Deekshitar.[4] The idol of Vatapi Ganapati is now in Tiruchenkaatankudi near Thanjavur of Tamilnadu.
In 7th century, Vatapi Ganapati idol was brought from Badami (Vatapi - Chalukya capital) by Sirutondar(General of Pallavas) who defeated Chalukyas.
The Badami cave temples are a complex of temples located at Badami, a town in the Bagalkot District in the north part of Karnataka, India. They are considered an example of Indian rock-cut architecture, especially Badami Chalukya Architecture. Badami, the capital of the Early Chalukyas, who ruled much of Karnataka in the 6th to 8th centuries, lies at the mouth of a ravine with rocky hills on either side and a town tank in which water from the ravine flows. The town is known for its ancient cave temples carved out of the sandstone hills above.
The Badami cave temples are composed of four caves, all carved out of the soft Badami sandstone on a hill cliff in the late 6th to 7th centuries. The planning of four caves is simple. The entrance is a verandah (mukha mandapa) with stone columns and brackets, a distinctive feature of these caves, leading to a columned mandapa – main hall (also maha mandapa) and then to the small square shrine (sanctum sanctorum, garbhaghrha) cut deep into the cave.[3] The temple caves represent different religious sects. Among them, two (cave 2 and 3) are dedicated to god Vishnu, one to god Shiva (cave 1) and the fourth (cave 4) is a Jain temple. The first three are devoted to the Vedic faith and the fourth cave is the only Jain temple at Badami.
The cave temples date back to 600 and 700 CE. Their architecture is a blend of North Indian Nagara Style and South Indian Dravidian style. As described above each cave has a sanctum sanctorum, a mandapa, a verandah and pillars. The cave temples also bear exquisite carvings, sculptures and beautiful murals.
Important part of historical heritage at Badami cave temples are inscriptions in old Kannada script.
There is also the fifth cave temple in Badami – Buddhist temple in natural cave which can be entered only on all fours.
Banteay Srei is built largely of a hard red sandstone that can be carved like wood. Brick and laterite were used only for the enclosure walls and some structural elements. The temple is known for the beauty of its sandstone lintels and pediments.
A pediment is the roughly triangular space above a rectangular doorway or openings. At Banteay Srei, pediments are relatively large in comparison to the openings below, and take a sweeping gabled shape. For the first time in the history of Khmer architecture, whole scenes of mythological subject-matter are depicted on the pediments.
A lintel is a horizontal beam spanning the gap between two posts. Some lintels serve a structural purpose, serving to support the weight of the superstructure, while others are purely decorative in purpose. The lintels at Banteay Srei are beautifully carved, rivalling those of the 9th century Preah Ko style in quality.
Many niches in the temple walls contain carvings of devatas or dvarapalas.Noteworthy decorative motifs include the kala (a toothy monster symbolic of time), the guardian dvarapala (an armed protector of the temple) and devata (demi-goddess), the false door, and the colonette. Indeed, decorative carvings seem to cover almost every available surface. According to pioneering Angkor scholar Maurice Glaize, "Given the very particular charm of Banteay Srei — its remarkable state of preservation and the excellence of a near perfect ornamental technique — one should not hesitate, of all the monuments of the Angkor group, to give it the highest priority." At Banteay Srei, wrote Glaize, "the work relates more closely to the art of the goldsmith or to carving in wood than to sculpture in stone".
Seen in the Jardin du Luxembourg, 6ème arrondissement, Paris
AJ Pipon Panoramique f13cm Foyer 13x18 on Nikon D800
The AJ Pipon Panoramique f13cm lens is very small, which creates a very dark image in the viewfinder of the Nikon D800. As a result focussing the lens in low light, incl. overcast sky, is very difficult. This is exacerbated by the fact that the focussing helicoid of course allows movement beyond infinity (while 'normal' lenses have a infinity lock); thus even focussing on infinity poses problems.—This is not surprising, as even when choosing the largest aperture on the wheel (5mm), the maximum aperture the lens is capable of is f/26 (it could be improved to f/11 when removing the wheel).
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Image shot with Nikon D800 with Panoramique AJ Pipon Paris 13cm Foyer 13x18 (fitted in plastic M42 lens cap, M42 36–90mm focussing helicoid and a M39 to Nikon F adapter.— Part of the Antique Camera Simulator project.—Black and white Conversion with SilverEfex Pro 2.0
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RAF MILDENHALL, England -- Staff Sgt. Justin Andreas from Texas, and Airman 1st Class Bobby Lucas from Toledo, Ohio, 100th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department firefighters, use a handline as they practice extinguishing a fire in the structural trainer here Feb. 20, 2013. The firefighters train regularly on structural, aircraft and compartmental fires to ensure a quick and effective response in real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Dillon Johnston)
Temporary lights light the work space during night work. When the bridge is complete, a state-of-the-art LED lighting system will illuminte the new bridge.
The Institution of Structural Engineer's Young Structural Engineering Professional Award - Winner Kayin Dawoodi. © Arup
A52 Challenge: Triangle composition
Attempted this one again since it's an abundance of triangles and the grass under the structure had been cut which allowed me to sit on the ground. Still not 100% perfect, but closer than my previous attempts. It's so hard to see it all on the tiny screen of my camera while on scene to get everything lined up. So I just have to do my best and see what I've gotten after I get all the way home.
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And the girder is gently lifted, assuming you can say "gently" when referring to a girder that is 145 feet long, weighing 128,000 pounds.
Ironworkers attach crossframes at the right in this image. Shoring towers support the girders on the left.
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This golf course in Golden, Colorado was built at the site of an old clay mining operation. Soft clay horizons occurred between hard sandstone intervals of the Laramie Formation. The beds here are vertically oriented - structural tilting occurred during the Laramide Orogeny in the Tertiary. The Laramie Formation is a nonmarine, coastal plain to deltaic succession of mostly mixed siliciclastic sedimentary rocks - sandstones, siltstones, claystones, and coals.
After clay mining ceased, the site became a landfill for ash from coal burning operations. Landfill activity buried many dinosaur footprints preserved in the Laramie Formation sandstones. The locality is now an odd-looking golf course, but portions of the site are a "fossil preserve" with dinosaur footprints, plant fossils, and other features that can be closely examined along trails.
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Two versions of on-site signage:
Clay Mining
Since 1877, five generations of the Parfet Family have mined clay from this area. Previously operated as the Parfet Clay Pit, the ceramic and brick industry used clay from this area primarily for bricks and sewer pipe. The Governor’s mansion, East and South High Schools in Denver, and the Jefferson County Hall of Justice in Golden were built from the distinctive tan bricks.
The clay, deposited in lakes and swamps 68 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous, is part of the Laramie Formation. Uplift of the modern day Rocky Mountains some 67-55 million years ago tilted the rock strata to their near vertical position. The clay layers were excavataed as trenches, leaving the vertical fins of sandstone visible today. Trace fossils such as dinosaur tracks and leaf impressions are visible on many of the remaining sandstone walls. The pits on either side of the trail contain fossil footprints that have yet to be detailed.
Logs, wedged horizontally between the sandstone walls, served as a warning device to miners. If the walls started to give way, the miners would hear the logs creak or “sing” and move to safety.
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Clay Mining
Clay from the Fossil Trace Golf Course, previously operated as the Parfet Clay Pits, has been mined for the ceramic and brick industries since 1877 by five generations of the Parfet family. The predominant uses of this clay were for brick and sewer pipe. The tan brick was used to build the Governor’s mansion, East and South High Schools in Denver and the Jefferson County Hall of Justice in Golden. The clay was deposited in small ponds and depressions about 70 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period and became part of the Laramie Formation. The rock strata were tilted vertical by the uplift of the modern day Rocky Mountains to the west approximately 60-65 million years ago. Clay layers were excavated as trenches, leaving vertical fins of sandstone, which contain trace fossils. The sandstone was originally sand which was deposited when adjacent streams overflowed their banks during flood events.
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Stratigraphy: Laramie Formation, Maastrichtian Stage, upper Upper Cretaceous
Locality: outcrops at Fossil Trace Golf Course, southern side of the town of Golden, Colorado, USA
5 January. The structural topping is applied. A high tech combination of polypropylene fibres and cement is poured onto the polystyrene slab: 75 mm thick it will become part of the thermal envelope of the house..
When I went to the cemetery yesterday, I picked up some parakeet feathers for my nephew.
As they were from beneath the roost, they were slightly bespattered, so I washed them in a mild washing-up liquid solution. Hence, I found out that wetting destroys the structural blue and green coloration of the feathers. The colour returned as they dried out.
Left panel: wet; middle panel: half-dried out; right panel: completely dry.
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SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 11, 2012) - Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Jesse Bender and Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Scott Oku perform maintenance on an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Bounty Hunters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2 in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan P. Idle)
Bridge builder's plaque for the railroad truss bridge over the East Branch of the Saco River in Bartlett, New Hampshire. The bridge was built by the Built 1906 by the N.E. Structural Company of boston in 1906.
Crews worked around-the-clock during a temporary GCRTA track-outage in order to set steel over the rapid transit tracks - hence the need for lighting!
ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 14, 2014) Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Joshua Nichols, from Auburn, Neb., moves supplies aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is supporting maritime security operations, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Lorelei Vander Griend/Released)
First responders from across the country were in Virginia Beach for a massive structural collapse training exercise hosted by the Virginia Beach Fire Department and Virginia Task Force 2. The annual School was held at the sprawling complex of crawl spaces and staged disaster zones representing different scenarios – things first responders have seen and experienced first-hand. This course gives urban search and rescue teams a chance to practice their skills. More than 160 people took part in the hands-on training lasting for 8 days with students coming from as far as San Francisco, California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware.
Photographs by Craig McClure
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Premier SIPS Help Create a Tight, Well-Insulated Building Envelope for Finn Hill Junior High
The SIP panels will help the school district reduce energy costs, and allow for smaller, more cost-effective mechanical systems. Reducing heating and cooling consumption was critical for the building’s “net-zero energy ready” design, meaning that the potential area for the roof-mounted solar panels is sufficient to power all the school’s needs. The school will open with one of the largest solar panel installations in the state.
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Funding source: 2006 school district bond measure
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