Presence of Seven in the Light of Movement (detail showing stacked glass plates) by Danny Lane, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania.
Photos by I. Peterson
October 31, 2015
October 30, 2015
Topological Sculpture at Queen's
Topological sculpture, inspired by the Moebius strip, by Alan Dickson, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
Five Sculptures on Topological Themes, 1972 by Alan Dickson, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
Another topological sculpture inspired by the Moebius strip.
Topological sculpture sometimes described as "the donut on the pole."
Photos by I. Peterson
October 29, 2015
Plane Trees of Berkeley
Gnarly London plane trees, after pruning, Campanile Esplanade, University of California, Berkeley.
Sather Tower (Campanile), at dusk.
Photos by I. Peterson
October 28, 2015
October 27, 2015
Parabolic Mist Tree
The straight lines of the sculpture define a parabolic curve.
Photos by I. Peterson
October 26, 2015
October 25, 2015
October 24, 2015
Domino Diamonds
Pattern on the facade of the Louise and James Robert Moffett Molecular Biology Building, University of Texas at Austin.
Photos by I. Peterson
October 23, 2015
Geodesic Pentagon
Pentagon of an attempted geodesic structure, Hyde Park, Austin, Texas.
For more on geodesic domes, see "Hexagons, Pentagons, and Geodesic Domes" and "Norwegian Sol."
Photos by I. Peterson
October 22, 2015
Punch Card Windows
The dark, narrow windows that punctuate the facade of Paul Rood Hall at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo appear randomly distributed. They also make the facade resemble an IBM punch card. Perhaps these windows are not randomly placed but encode a secret message.
Built in 1971, Rood Hall houses classrooms, laboratories, a geology museum, a computer center, and a particle accelerator facility.
Photos by I. Peterson
October 21, 2015
Edison's Lab
Edison's laboratory, Thomas Edison National Historical Park, West Orange, New Jersey, 1983.
Photos by I. Peterson
October 20, 2015
October 19, 2015
Parallelepiped Skeletons
Rectangular parallelepipeds, decoration, AT&T Hotel and Conference Center at the University of Texas, Austin.
Photo by I. Peterson
October 18, 2015
Henry Moore at MIT
Three-Piece Reclining Figure, Draped (detail), by Henry Moore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Photo by I. Peterson
October 17, 2015
October 16, 2015
Integral House
Curves are a central feature of Integral House, built for mathematician and textbook author James Stewart (1941-2014), Toronto, 2009.
View of ravine-facing exterior.
Expansive interior space that could be used for concerts.
Custom lighting fixtures.
Pillars with a curvy cross section.
Wavy door handle.
James Stewart in his home office, 2009, when Integral House was nearly complete.
Photos by I. Peterson
October 15, 2015
Bead Creatures
For other creations based on tilings of the hyperbolic plane, see "Hyperbolic Quilt."
Photos by I. Peterson
October 14, 2015
Square Root of Pi
Symbols for the square root of pi are among the adornments on a stainless steel trash container, Euclid Corridor, Cleveland, 2011. "Visual trash" artwork, inspired by a bad computer printout, by Mark Howard.
Photos by I. Peterson
October 13, 2015
Beauty Saloon
Does that trim come with a brew? Tbilisi, Georgia, 2012.
For other scenes from the Republic of Georgia, see "Three Bells," "Circling the Square," "Jagged Crack," "Market Packing," and "A Normal Haystack."
Photo by I. Peterson
October 12, 2015
October 11, 2015
October 10, 2015
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