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This site has been used for a parish church since the late 17th century, but a “new” building, in the then-current Baroque architectural style, replaced the original structure in 1709. The current Gothic Revival facade, with its iconoc towers, indigenous stylistic elements, and pink stonework, was added between 1880 and 1890.
The Haringvliet sluices are a construction that closed off the estuary of the Haringvliet, Netherlands, as part of the Delta Works. The structure consists of 17 sluices, several kilometres of dam and a shipping lock.
The northernmost of the Delta Works, it was supposed to be finished by 1968 as the first part of the project.[1] Building started in 1957 and was finished in 1971. Instead of damming the estuary it was decided to build sluices in order to be able to let in salt water to prevent freezing of the rivers Meuse and Rhine and to drain these rivers in case of flood.
The sluices have two doors each of which the door on the sea side is the lowest. This has been done to mitigate the effect of the waves on the doors and the construction.
There are plans to open several sluices permanently, resulting in the estuary function of the Haringvliet being restored. This will be done in order to improve the ecological situation in the river Meuse and Rhine. It will allow the return of brackish water (with the associated flora and fauna) and will restore the main route for migrating fish. It will also result in a minor return of the tides in areas like Tiengemeten and the Biesbosch, both important nature reserves.
Panorama out of 2 captures taken with my DJI Mavic drone from 120 meters high
The Big Ol' Yellow Crane in Nantes, France.
Ondu 4x5 pinhole Camera
15 sec exposure
Kodak Tmax 100
developed in Tmax. 21°c, 7'30min
i actually like this second image better than the first -- there are so few brick buildings around here, not sure what this would have been used for originally?
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Austria - Europe
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beautiful stamp Austria postzegel postes timbres Autriche 6.00 Schilling violet purple Österreich Briefmarke Graz Landhaus county hall capitol city Graz (Steiermark, Styria) - seat of regional government selo de correio sello de correo frimaerke postzegel Oostenrijk اتریش تمبر bélyegek Ausztria طوابع النمسا znaczki Austria timbre stamp selo franco bollo postage porto sellos marka briefmarke francobollo revenue frankatur Austria
following info 'bout this stamp-theme with friendly acceptance by austrian post:
Architectural Monuments in Austria - "Landhaus in Graz"
Graz, the capital of Styria, was a popular settlement area in ancient times due to its ideal geographic location between Mur River and Mt. Schlossberg. The city was first mentioned in a document dated 1115. The name Graz is derived from the fortress built on Schlossberg (Gradec = small fortress). In 1180, Styria became a duchy that, 12 years later under the Babenbergs and reinforced in 1283 under the Habsburgs, became part of Austria. Being a borderland to the East, Styria fulfilled an important protective function, and was influenced by quite varied artistic movements in the course of the centuries. This is reflected by the numerous architectural and artistic highlights of Graz. The stamp shows a special gem of historical architecture in this city, the Landhaus of Graz. This house of the Styrian estates, developed over more than four centuries, has become the first and foremost secular building of the entire province. Initially, it comprised only a few houses that served as the chancellery and meeting place of the Styrian estates from 1494 on. After that, it was expanded into a major compound with several arcade courts from the 16th to the 19th century. In Schmiedgasse lane, you can see the oldest part of the building with the majestical round-arch door with its simple design that was allegedly built by the stonemason Hanns Schweigauer from Steyr in 1553. At the corner of Landhausgasse and Schmiedgasse streets, there is the knights' wing that was constructed by Italian architects between 1527 and 1531.
Multi-span bridges are structures of two or more arches supported on piers. They were constructed throughout the medieval period for the use of pedestrians and packhorse or vehicular traffic, crossing rivers or streams, often replacing or supplementing earlier fords.
During the early medieval period timber was used, but from the 12th century stone (and later brick) bridges became more common, with the piers sometimes supported by a timber raft. Most stone or brick bridges were constructed with pointed arches, although semicircular and segmental examples are also known. A common medieval feature is the presence of stone ashlar ribs underneath the arch. The bridge abutments and revetting of the river banks also form part of the bridge. Where medieval bridges have been altered in later centuries, original features are sometimes concealed behind later stonework, including remains of earlier timber bridges. The roadway was often originally cobbled or gravelled. The building and maintenance of bridges was frequently carried out by the church and by guilds, although landowners were also required to maintain bridges. From the mid-13th century the right to collect tolls, known as pontage, was granted to many bridges, usually for repairs; for this purpose many urban bridges had houses or chapels on them, and some were fortified with a defensive gateway. Medieval multi-span bridges must have been numerous throughout England, but most have been rebuilt or replaced and less than 200 examples are now known to survive. As a rare monument type largely unaltered, surviving examples and examples that retain significant medieval and post-medieval fabric are considered to be of national importance.
Despite some later alterations and repair work, Aylesford Bridge is a well preserved medieval multi-span bridge. It is a good example of its type and will retain evidence relating to medieval bridge construction and masonry techniques. Deposits buried underneath the bridge will preserve valuable artefactual, ecofactual and environmental evidence, providing information about the human and natural history of the site prior to the construction of the bridge.
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This record was the subject of a minor enhancement on 15 December 2014. The record has been generated from an "old county number" (OCN) scheduling record. These are monuments that were not reviewed under the Monuments Protection Programme and are some of our oldest designation records.
The monument includes a medieval multi-span bridge situated over the River Medway at Aylesford.
Aylesford Bridge is constructed of Kentish ragstone with seven arches including a central segmental arch and six pointed and double-chamfered outer arches. The bridge is about 4m wide between the centres of the stone-coped parapet. The end arches are partly buried by the river bank. The stone piers have cutwaters on the upstream and downstream sides on rebuilt concrete foundations. On each side are octagonal and triangular canted pedestrian refuges resting on buttresses over the piers. Below the bridge is a barge-bed constructed from large baulks of timber.
Aylesford Bridge is thought to have been constructed in about the 14th century, and is situated downstream from the probable site of an earlier ford. A grant of pontage was issued in 1331, although it is possible that this relates to a timber predecessor. In about 1824, the two centre arches were replaced by a single arch of 18m span, removing a pier to allow passage for larger river traffic.
Aylesford Bridge is Grade I listed.
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Inspired by D.James and all of his fantastic patterns and textures.
Looking out from the inside of the Seattle Public Library.
The original colour file for the black & white conversions.
This wooden structure is a remnant of sea defences at Happisburgh Norfolk.
This intriguing observation from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a gravitationally lensed galaxy with the long-winded identification SGAS J143845+145407. Gravitational lensing has resulted in a mirror image of the galaxy near the center of this image, creating a captivating centerpiece. A third distorted image of the galaxy appears as a bridge between them.
Gravitational lensing occurs when the mass of an enormous celestial body – such as a galaxy cluster – curves spacetime and causes the path of light from distant objects to visibly bend around it, as if by a lens. Appropriately, the body causing the light to curve is called a gravitational lens, and the distorted background object is referred to as being "lensed.” Gravitational lensing can result in multiple images of the original galaxy, as seen in this image, or in the background object appearing as a distorted arc or even a ring. Another important consequence of this lensing distortion is magnification, allowing astronomers to observe objects that would otherwise be too far away or be too faint to see.
Hubble has a special flair for detecting lensed galaxies. The telescope's sensitivity and crystal-clear vision let it see faint and distant gravitational lenses that ground-based telescopes cannot detect because of the blurring effect of Earth's atmosphere. Hubble was the first telescope to resolve details within lensed images of galaxies and is capable of imaging both their shape and internal structure.
This particular lensed galaxy is from a set of Hubble observations that take advantage of gravitational lensing to peer inside galaxies in the early universe. The lensing reveals details that allow astronomers to better understand star formation in early galaxies, which gives scientists insight into how the overall evolution of galaxies unfolded.
Text credit: European Space Agency (ESA)
Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Rigby
For more information: www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/hubble-captures-a...
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London King's Cross Concourse Architecture- fisheye
Completed in time for the 2012 summer olympics in london, the 'king's cross station' redevelopment by london-based practice john mcaslan + partners is opening to the public. the redeveloped 150 meter long concourse of this historical train station welcomes transient visitors toward the underground ticketing and entry points as well as retail. tripling the size of the previous space, the semi-circular ceiling structure emerges from sixteen sky tree columns which branch as is rises and tapers.
Soaring 20 meters above ground level, the steel diagrid spans the entire length forming the largest single-span within currently constructed station buildings in europe covering an area of 7,500 square meters.
The original three storey elevation of masonry and brickwork were restored and are displayed within the spacious interior.
A mezzanine with shops wraps the perimeter offering a vantage point of the focal cluster of supports. links to the train platforms, bus and taxi connections. regenerating this quarter of the city, the masterplan has influenced the direction of infrastructural changes to the underground, nearby st. pancras and surrounding urban context. it is projected that 50 million passengers
will pass through the updated premises each year.
www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/19838/john-mcaslan-p...
London King's Cross Concourse Architecture
London King's Cross Concourse Architecture
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The Low Lighthouse is one of three lighthouses in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England and the only one which is still active. It is a Grade II listed building.
Burnham-on-Sea is notable for its beach and mudflats, which are characteristic of Bridgwater Bay and the rest of the Bristol Channel where the tide can recede for over 1.5 miles (2.4 km). Burnham is close to the estuary of the River Parrett where it flows into the Bristol Channel, which has the second highest tidal range in the world of 15 metres (49 ft),second only to Bay of Fundy in Eastern Canada. The constantly shifting sands have always been a significant risk to shipping in the area.
The low wooden pile lighthouse or Lighthouse on legs is 36 feet (11 m) high; the light being at 23 feet (7.0 m) was built by Joseph Nelson in 1832, in conjunction with the High Lighthouse to replace the original Round Tower Lighthouse, which itself had been built to replace the light kept burning in the tower of St Andrews Church to guide fishing boats into the harbour.
It stands on nine wooden piers, some with plate metal reinforcement. The structure is whitewashed with a vertical red stripe on the seaward side.
The lights were inactive between 1969 and 1993 and were re-established when the High Lighthouse lights were permanently discontinued. They have a focal plane of 7 metres (23 ft) and provide a white flash every 7.5s plus a directional light (white, red, or green depending on direction) at a focal plane of 4 m. It is operated by Sedgemoor District Council
Eine leere Sonnenblumenblüte zeigt erstaunliche Strukturen.
An empty sun flower blossom does exhibit astonishing structure.
Life is just like any buildings
it need a strong structure to get it balanced ..
Me =)
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لا تظلم الناس ما يدريك عل لهم.
.ما لو علمت من الأعذار تعتذر
.. يا صاح أنت ترى الأشياء ظاهرها..
والناس فيهم من الأسرار ما ستروا..
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الله تعالى بيده الأمر، يخفض القسط ويرفعه، كل يوم هو في شأن، وليست الذلة والمرارة التي تعيشها الأمة الإسلامية حتماً صارماً لا يزول، والتاريخ لا يعرف الكلمة الأخيرة، بل هو في دورات متعاقبة يتحقق فيها التقديم والتأخير، والعلو والهبوط، والتمكين والاستضعاف، ولا شيء يدمر إمكانيات الأمة، ويجرها إلى اليأس والقنوط والانتحار مثل الإحساس بالعجز والتوقف عند حالٍ خاص.
د.سليمان العودة
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