Day 56 – Old buildings
“New ideas often need old buildings.” ~ Jane Jacobs This quote just seemed to fit perfectly as this is Magdalen College, Oxford
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Oxford
25
Feb
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11
Feb
Day 42 – Ashmolean
‘I Elias Ashmole, out of my affection to this sort of Learning…have amass’d together great variety of naturall Concrets & Bodies, & bestowed them on the University of Oxford” ~ Elias Ashmole This is the […]
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20
Oct
Day 294 – Cloisters pale
But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloisters pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight; Casting a dim religious light.John Milton
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21
Aug
Day 234 – Magic thing
“A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself.”~ Laura Gilpin
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9
Mar
Day 69 – Timelessness
“Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.”~ Frank Gehry
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25
Sep
Day 268 – Two worlds
“A tomb is a monument placed on the limits of two worlds.” ~ Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
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3
Sep
14
Jul
Day 195 – Song School
“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.” ~ Confucius I discovered this door inside Magdalen […]
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30
Jun
Day 181 – The Radcliffe Camera
“the most magnificent Structure in Oxford” ~ Thomas Salmon The Radcliffe Camera (Camera, meaning “room” in Latin; colloquially, “Rad Cam” or “The Camera”) is a building of Oxford University, England, designed by James Gibbs in […]
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29
Jun
Day 180 – Spires of Oxford
“I saw the spires of Oxford As I was passing by, The gray spires of Oxford Against a pearl-gray sky.” ~ Winifred Mary Letts These are the beautiful ancient spires of Magdalen college, Oxford
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