Mosaic, originally uploaded by Simon Crubellier.
There is a lot of construction happening in suburbia lately and I notice there is a trend for rendered concrete block walls. All very nice but they all look the same after a while. Here’s a similar look but with a mosaic touch. Good on them. You are not going to forget the location of this property at the bottom of Walterton Road, Maida Hill in London.
DK11b, originally uploaded by inmotionmosaics.
Renee Zellweger.
Today is the day that the “Miss Potter” movie is being released to general release in the UK and having seen a review of it on the “At the Movies” show with Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton, it seems worth watching.
The mural is in Austin, Texas.
Tiled ceiling, originally uploaded by Steve Roe.
Usually its floors that are mosaicked. In this case it is a ceiling. I wonder if any extra reinforcing was required and what kind of tiles were used.
Prague.
I think its great that whenever I think of Osaka, I remember they are the sister city of Dunedin, New Zealand and that they have a rather interesting incineration plant.
Maishima, Osaka, 2005, originally uploaded by Mr Jez.
An incineration plant that with its golden balls looks more like some bizarre Islamic mosque than the usual image of somber grey tower and glass and concrete blocks surrounded by starkness.
Maishima: Incineration Plant, originally uploaded by Jeffrey & Mami.
This is hardly your usual incineration tower!
Maishima: Incineration Plant, originally uploaded by Jeffrey & Mami.
Maishima: Incineration Plant, originally uploaded by Jeffrey & Mami.
And the base of the tower looks like some whimsical tree in a children’s story. I can just imagine Dinglemouse from that absolute classic “Badjelly the Witch” pop out of here.
It should be no surprise then that this amazing piece of industrial architecture is one of Hundertwasser’s final works.
Maishima: Sludge Center, originally uploaded by Jeffrey & Mami.
Even potential expanses of concrete wall have been painted different colours and those boxy shapes softened by mosaic curves. And the windows are all different.
Maishima: Sludge Center, originally uploaded by Jeffrey & Mami.
Note the reflection! It must be a very interesting experience driving down that road and then arriving here…
Maishima: Sludge Center, originally uploaded by Jeffrey & Mami.
Love those warm oranges, terracottas and red and the contrast with the jade green.
And someone has remembered the other meaning of the word “Plant”:
Maishima: Incineration Plant, originally uploaded by Jeffrey & Mami.
Oh, and where was that boring old chimney again?
Found it…
Maishima: Sludge Center Chimney, originally uploaded by Jeffrey & Mami.
So does the inside reflect the outside?
Maishima: Incineration Plant Entrance, originally uploaded by Jeffrey & Mami.
Pure Hundertwasser. Minimal straight lines.
Maishima: Incineration Plant Central Control, originally uploaded by Jeffrey & Mami.
And he’s even encouraged people to sneak in an extra curve in a purely functional area.
Shows that ‘industrial’ and ‘functional’ need not be synonymous with ‘boring’ and ‘ugly’!
Good on the city of Osaka for having the courage to do something so radically different 
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Poolhouse mosaic III, originally uploaded by van swearingen.
Washington DC.
I like the different shades used for the skin tones.
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