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Sunday, February 28, 2021

An Art Moment

 I was browsing the web looking for the use of shells and specifically ammonites in design and art and came upon up these two marvelous modern staircases. Also a nice short article with examples.

shells in art and architecture

The first one is from a design for a Lego headquarters building.


This one was posted as simply a staircase in a “local museum”.



7 comments:

  1. Wow! Those staircases are beautiful but intimidating.

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    1. Yes - I can appreciate them more as art than something I'd want to walk down every day.

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  2. Very cool ... but now I'm dizzy!

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  3. I am now dizzy, but wow what wonderful staircases.

    God bless.

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  4. Amazing. I'm always blown away by the craftsmen who design and execute such building projects.

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  5. The curved treads of the museum stairs would do me in! They'd find me in a heap at the bottom.

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