Top: Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (c.1500)

Bottom: Oxford Divinity School (1427-83) (Photo by Xavier de Jauréguiberry)

I guess I’ll be spending the rest of the night drooling over fan vaults. XD Oh! And HELLO TO ALL! :D

Highly decorative and vividly colored pages common in Insular illuminated manuscripts. They usually contain geometric designs, intricate patterns of interlace, and animal forms (source). Carpet pages may have been intentionally designed to resemble prayer mats which were widely used during that time to help prepare worshippers for prayer. Above are images of the carpet pages from the Lindisfarne Gospels (c. 715). Located at the beginning of each book, they might have also helped prepare readers for the messages of the Gospel (source). 

Bath Abbey Fan Vault Ceiling (Bath, England).

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Bath Abbey Fan Vault Ceiling (Bath, England).

This is just so beautiful. :’D

” After the Dream ” Installation by Chiharu Shiota. 

Badminton School Block designed by Mitchell Taylor Workshop. 

Installation at the Clark Shoes International Headquarters by ROSO. 

” Move: Choreographing You ” Installation by Amanda Levete.

Dovecote Studio Renovation designed by Haworth Tompkins. 

Flying Pigsty designed by Amir Sanei.