grounded
tidewrack altar
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Wooden pallet deposited by the tide on rocky shoreline of grey stones. Various coloured leaves and other tidewrack has accumulated on top. The still water beyond reflects the clouds and sky above.
np: boris & Sunn O)))) — Altar
Lynebank Hospital Administration building, Dunfermline.
Constructed in 1965, it is an important example of Brutalist architecture of the post-war period. Designed by Alison and Hutchison and Partners (Harry Horace Macdonald - partner in charge).
A four storey asymmetrical cuboid structure, comprising of lecture theatre and office block.
A rare and substantially unaltered example of this style of architecture at a hospital site in Britain, showing earlier Soviet Constructivist and proto-Brutalist British influences, whilst also being a modern take on the Scottish fortified tower-house.
np: Exploding Star Orchestra — Three Blocks of Light
wind gathered
tidal drift line
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A line of leaves in various colours, tidal drifting on the surface of the River Forth
np: Jamie Branch — Leaves of Glass
