Park Plaza Hotel coloured glass facade, Westminster Bridge, London
Park Plaza Hotel coloured glass facade, Westminster Bridge London
Westminster Park Plaza Hotel is another colourful addition to the urban fabric of London. Built 2010, Architect: BUJ architects.
Detail of apartments at 171 Tower Bridge Road, Southwark, London
Detail of apartments at 171 Tower Bridge Road, Southwark, London.
Detail of apartments at 171 Tower Bridge Road, Southwark, London
Clad in brightly coloured horizontal bands of corrugated aluminium, the building is intended to emulate the red and white streaks of the surrounding traffic flows caught on a long-exposure camera shot. The building’s rounded corners reduce its visual bulk and also reflect the constant movement around its base. Built 2006. Architect: Glas Architects. Structural Engineers: Barton Engineers
Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre yellow, red and orange glass facade detail, London.
The colour intensity changes depending on the angle of light hitting the glass cladding
Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre facade. Architect: Haworth Tompkins. Artist Collaborator: Antoni Malinowski
I’m all for the tasteful use of vibrant colour in London’s new buildings and Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre is a great example. Built: 2007. Architect: Haworth Tompkins. Artist Collaborator: Antoni Malinowski
Battersea power station viewed from the north bank of the Thames at dusk. July 2012
One of my favourite buildings in London – I wonder what the future holds for her? Battersea power station viewed from the north bank of the Thames at dusk. Built: 1933-55 Decommissioned: 1983. Architect: Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (designer of the red telephone box).
Facade detail of Blue Fin Building also known as Bankside 1, London
Blue Fin Building facade detail
Graduated tone of the Blue Fin Building facade, London
The Blue Fin Building also known as Bankside 1, London takes its name from the 2,000 vertical fins on it of varying blue colours to provide solar shading for the offices within. Built: 2008. Architect: Allies and Morrison
Aluminium tiles and round windows of Ravensbourne College catch the evening sun.
Facade showing different sized windows created with only three tile types.
Corner detail of tiling on Ravensbourne College by Foreign Office Architects
Detail of the tessellating pattern of three tile shapes
The cladding appearance changes dramatically according to the prevailing light strength
The facade of Ravensbourne College, London is created by an interesting system of tessellation geometries which allows the creation of seven different types and diameter of windows out of only three different tiles. The pattern is so unique it has now been patented to protect its use. The building was designed by Alejandro Zaero-Polo and Farshid Moussavi of Foreign Office Architects in 2010.
Interior of Octagonal Pavilion Tomb of the Sheikh Abdolsamad, Natanz, Iran.
Detail view of khanqah portal; muqarnas semi-dome, Shaykh ‘Abd al-Samad Mosque, Natanz, Iran.
Portal of Abd-al-Samad-tomb
Facade of Shaykh ‘Abd al-Samad Mosque
Detail of mosaic tiling
Natanz gets in the news as the location of Iran’s nuclear facility but much more interesting is the beautiful Abdolsamad Tomb & Mosque. This is a large funerary complex which has grown up organically around the tomb of Abd al-Samad, a follower of the famous Sufi saint Abu Said who died in 1049. The central feature of the site is the octagonal tomb around which is built a four-iwan congregational mosque dated to 1309. Internally the tomb is a cruciform chamber which is converted to an octagon at roof level. The roof is a blue-tiled octagonal pyramid dome outside and internally comprises a tall muqarnas vault.
West-side iwan of the Jameh Mosque, Isfahan
North-side iwan, Jameh Mosque, Isfahan
South-side iwan seen from North-side arch, Jameh Mosque, Isfahan
Muqarnas (decorative corbel) Jameh Mosque, Isfahan
Muqarnas (decorative corbel) Jameh Mosque, Isfahan
The Jameh Mosque is the congregational mosque (Jameh) of Isfahan city, Iran (Persian: مسجد جامع اصفهان – Masjid-e-Jāmeh). The mosque is the result of continual construction and reconstruction from around 771 to the end of the 20th century making it one of the oldest mosques still standing in Iran. I felt the Muqarnas (decorative corbels) are amongst the most beautiful in Islamic architecture for their sublime combination of subtle colour, complex geometry and heavily sculptural form.
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