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2013-09-11

1200s, ancient, architecture, kufic, square kufic.

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Square kufic (text) from the Friday Mosque of Herat, first built in 1200. Pics from here.

2013-09-10

1970s, architecture.

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“raw concrete” aka brutalist-text-mode architecture.
Robarts Library at University of Toronto (1973).

2013-08-14

1000s, 1500s, ancient, architecture, tiles.

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The Basel Minster in Switzerland (1019 – 1500). Pics by Maya

2013-07-11

2010s, architecture, usa.

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Bee hives! The steel panels are hexagonal (nature’s own text mode) and they have triangular holes to let light in. Made by Courtney Creenan, Kyle Mastalinski, Daniel Nead, Lisa Stern and Scott Selin.

2013-07-09

1400s, ancient, architecture, labyrinth, tiles.

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Church of Saint Quentin. Began in 1195 and completed after 300 years; labyrinth dates from 1495.

2013-07-06

1300s, ancient, architecture, kufic, square kufic, tiles.

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Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble (1345, Iran)

2013-07-04

1900s, architecture, spain, tiles.

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Casa Batlló (1904) by Antoni Gaudí. Pic by Nespyxel

2013-06-23

architecture.

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Scandic Victoria Tower. Northern Europe’s tallest hotel, designed by Wingårdh arkitektkontor. First Photo by Rymdlego (who fed the world with über-catchy chipmusic in the 90s) and second from Wikipedia.

2013-06-08

2010s, architecture, tiles.

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Social facilities Ca L’Anita- Estanc de la Punta (Roses, Spain) by EXE arquitectura (2012). Pictures by Simón García. Via

2013-06-05

2010s, architecture, grid.

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Torre Marina in Vado Ligure, Italy. Designed by SP10.

via architectureland