Stadium-shaped (a rectangle capped by semicircles) skylight, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. Palo Alto, California, 2013.
Photo by I. Peterson
January 31, 2016
January 30, 2016
Tessellated Tower
Tower with steep, tessellated roof. St. Olaf College. Northfield, Minnesota, 2010.
For another mathematical sight at St. Olaf College, see "Knight Moves in 3D."
Photos by I. Peterson
January 29, 2016
January 28, 2016
Steel Diamond
Diamond by Jiro Naito. Diamond Street, New Orleans, 2007.
For more mathematical sculptures and other sites in New Orleans, see "Geometreks in New Orleans," "Three Sentinels," "New Orleans Dawn," "Tensegrity Tower in New Orleans," and "South Meets South."
Photos by I. Peterson
January 27, 2016
January 26, 2016
January 25, 2016
January 24, 2016
Solid Illusion
She Who Must Be Obeyed by Tony Smith. Frances Perkins Building, Washington, D.C., 2015.
Other views of the sculpture, which consists of rhomboid units bolted and welded together.
For another sculpture by Tony Smith, see "Octahedral Moondog."
Photos by I. Peterson
January 23, 2016
Street Lights
The lighted signs stretched across the street are a public artwork. Torino (Turin), Italy, 2010.
Photo by I. Peterson
January 22, 2016
Pentagonal Climbing
Playground climbing structure with pentagonal symmetry. Mount Royal Park (Parc du Mont-Royal), Montreal, Quebec, 2010.
Photo by I. Peterson
January 21, 2016
Geometric Stepping Stones
Geometric stepping stones, Fountain of "Four Seasons" by Francois Stahly. Sydney G. Watson Square, San Francisco, 2010.
Photo by I. Peterson
January 20, 2016
Leaf on Leaf
Leaf on leaf on grid, part of installation by Susan Schelle and Mark Gomes. Bloor Parkette (southeast corner of Bloor Street West and Spadina Avenue), Toronto, 2009.
Photo by I. Peterson
January 19, 2016
The Big Sail
La Grande Voile (The Big Sail) by Alexander Calder. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2009.
Photo by I. Peterson
January 18, 2016
Birds on Wires
Birds on wires; points on intersecting lines. Austin, Texas, 2009.
Photo by I. Peterson
January 17, 2016
Roof Triangles
Pyramidal rooftop skylights, with triangular faces. Portland, Oregon, 2009.
Photo by I. Peterson
January 16, 2016
January 15, 2016
Annular Bench
Segmented annular bench on grounds of Sarah Lawrence College. Bronxville, New York, 2009.
Photo by I. Peterson
January 14, 2016
Memorial Parallel Lines
Parallel lines at the Irish Hunger Memorial, 290 Vesey Street. New York City, 2009.
Photo by I. Peterson
January 13, 2016
Banner Array
Array of banners. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Photo by I. Peterson
January 12, 2016
January 11, 2016
January 10, 2016
Plant Roots
Exposed plant roots. Rio En Medio Trail, Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico.
Photos by I. Peterson
January 9, 2016
January 8, 2016
Stele II
Stele II by Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015). Sculpture Garden, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Photo by i. Peterson
January 7, 2016
January 6, 2016
Icicle Distributions
Arrays of icicles hanging from eaves can form in a variety of geometric configurations. Meadville, Pennsylvania, 2010.
Photos by I. Peterson
January 5, 2016
January 4, 2016
Winter Sailing
Winter sailing on the Charles River. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2011.
Photo by I. Peterson
January 3, 2016
Barcelona Arches
Array of highlighted arches, Barri Gotic, Cuitat Vella (Old City). Barcelona, 2007.
Photo by I. Peterson
January 2, 2016
Hardware Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night as interpreted in door knobs and other hardware by David van Go-berg (David Goldberg). Union Hardware, Bethesda, Maryland.
