Oriel Chambers,Liverpool UK

Oriel Chambers by Peter Ellis 1864 Liverpool UK is the subject of my latest sale to an architecture book.

It is a remarkable building which predates the modern style of construction both in its form and its style. It is a revolutionary design

The image can be purchased from Alamy

Mosque

This is an upshot of a Mosque I visited today which is under construction. It is the dome to an extension of the original Mosque. It is to be cladded in timber with a lead covering.

You can see a larger version of this photo at my photoblog here

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Kings Chapel, Cambridge, UK

Pinnacle - mostly found in Gothic architecture where a buttress or parapet is terminated with a turret like form, often decorated with crockets etc. The main function of the pinnacle on a buttress is to provide mass for downward thrust. Here is an image of a new pinnacle prior to installation:-

More images of pinnacles by Andy Marshall

Occulus and Pediment

Occulus and segmental pediment to the remarkable Unitarian Meeting House built in 1711 in a provincial Baroque style with gauged and rubbed brickwork Bury St Edmunds Suffolk East Anglia UK

Dogstooth

Early English Dogstooth Ornament (C13th), Holy Trinity Micklegate York UK.