Day 41 – Science ceiling
“Ceilings must always be considered. They are the most neglected surface in a room.” ~ Albert Hadley This is the ceiling in the Science museum in London. Clearly not somewhere I have been recently because, […]
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“Ceilings must always be considered. They are the most neglected surface in a room.” ~ Albert Hadley This is the ceiling in the Science museum in London. Clearly not somewhere I have been recently because, […]
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
“London is a bad habit one hates to lose.” ~ William Sansom Apart from visiting my parents in London I have not seen her properly in a VERY long time and I miss her so […]
“A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature.” ~ Guillaume Apollinaire
This is the beautiful and ornate Leadenhall Market in the City of London financial district. It is one of the oldest markets in London dating back to the 14th century however the current roof structure, […]
“A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit.” ~ Ezra Pound
“The space within becomes the reality of the building.” ~ Frank Lloyd Wright And when the space within is abandoned and unloved that becomes the reality of the whole building. This was, as you can […]
“There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners.” ~ Antoni Gaudi Sadly having all our buildings this way would just not be practical […]
“The car has become an article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad, and incomplete in the urban compound.” ~ Marshall McLuhanI found this car, along with a whole load of others, all parked […]
“There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers’ battle with the heavens that cover them.” ~ Federico Garcia Lorca This is the Shard. It is 95 storeys high and towers 309.6 metres up […]