monumental miniature

the casino marino near dublin ireland. designed by william chambers for irish land owner. 

palladio’s favourites

roses of heliogabalus

videos of pantheon in rome showing a strange ritual on the anniversary of the day nero had christian martyrs smothered to death with the petals of roses.

and there is the more believable tale of a young roman noble man suffocated under rose petals at one of heliogabalus's banquets. laid to rest two thousand years ago no name on his sarcophagus and when that was opened his perfectly preserved body found in those same rose petals that smothered him.


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adriaan nelemans—bas relief watercolour

the 3d watercolour reliefs of classical buildings by adriaan nelemans. fills a niche that is underfilled as architectural drafting goes.

palladio—keyplan 3d

one of palladios villas made using keyplan 3d app.

palladio—winged device

palladios winged device, a central arched opening with two narrower flat topped openings to its left and right. here at scadding avenue and sherbourne street the side openings are equal to the centre piece.

centering—piranesi

centering—piranesi



piranesis engraving of construction on londons blackfriars bridge with the centering in place.

that construction technique where a scaffold arch is built to use as a frame to build a stone or brick arch.

when the permanent arch is finished the temporary centering is taken down.





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ruins of toronto

architecture—fragment

fragment of a corinthian capital on display as a garden ornament at the campbell house museum at 160 queen st. west.

garden pavilion

more acanthus

james pages instructions for drawing the acanthus and other ornamental foliage’s used to decorate some euroese architecture. the complete text can be read online at the internet archive or downloaded for reading offline.

we need more acanthus.

palladio—rotonda

one level variation on palladios villa rotonda.

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keep calm--palladio

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townscape--lightscape

reflected light on the facade of union station.

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toronto gardens

july 2017. a thistle growing in a large red planter near front and sherbourne. 

townscape--lakeview

 

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wallgarden--harris pumping station

 

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townscape--monument

symmetrical and asymmetricallycomposed arrangement of simple geometric forms surrounded by wilderness.

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toronto parks

the east end of queen street. harris water treatment and pumping station. maintenance work during the summer of 2017.

edward catich--lettering

biographic video about edward catich the letterer with a controversial theory about the origins of lettering on the stone monuments the romans built