tag > Architecture
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Impressions from St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy
#Cryptocracy #Art #History #Religion #Architecture #SacredSpaces
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"Anti-homeless architecture" perfectly symbolizes a militarized culture that prioritizes profit over people.
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Future archaeologists might view the shift from millennia-old sacred temple construction to the modern tradition of building Apple Store consumer temples as a defining moment in the decline of human civilization.
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Hostile architecture is an urban-design strategy that uses elements of the built environment to purposefully guide behavior. What is it's opposite?
The Mosquito is a machine used to deter loitering by emitting sound at high frequency. This "hostile design" device is categorized by opposition as a sonic weapon targeted only at children and young people
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Omar Khayyam Mausoleum, Neyshabur, Iran
Omar Khayyam, best known for his poetry Rubáiyát, was a Persian polymath learned in the ways of astronomy, philosophy, and mathematics. Born in the ancient city of Nishapur, he died in 1131 at 83 and was buried in his hometown.
The poet’s tomb survived the test of time through Mongol invasions and natural disasters, developing into part of a shrine. In 1934, the Iranian government under the Pahlavi dynasty commissioned the reconstruction of his mausoleum, which would be completed 31 years later.
Designed by the architect Hooshang Seyhoun, the new Omar Khayyam Mausoleum is an outstanding beauty many consider a masterpiece of modern Persian architecture. A large marble monument standing in a serene garden, it is decorated with verses from Rubáiyát written in the taʿlīq script, glowing in an oasitic blue shade.
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Rodez Cathedral, South of France. Someone tried to destroy this with his car yesterday. Wicked place
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Pavilion of Listening to Springs. Lofty Messages of Landscape. Your strength of conviction can be effortlessly super charged by accessing the innate powers of nature. Urban planning could be much better.
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Interior of the Marmara University Faculty of Theology Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. Built in 2015, the mosque can accommodate 4,500 people.
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The Living City – The Rise and Fall, and Rise Again of Sir Patrick Geddes
Patrick Geddes is regarded by many as the father of citizen participation, and is renowned for his theories based on the “autonomous community” and “bottom-up” planning. He pioneered the place-making approach, was founder of the urban conservation movement and originated the phrase, “Think Global, Act Local”.
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Stairway of the Temple of Kukulcan, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Laura Gilpin (1891 - 1979), 1932
