Trionfo di Afrodite

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“Trionfo di Afrodite” (Triumph of Aphrodite) by Vito Tongiani, 2003
Largo Del Nero
Massa, April 2022

Roman mausoleum

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Roman mausoleum
Paseo de la Victoria
Córdoba, September 2022

“The Roman mausoleum of Córdoba is an ancient structure in the Jardines de la Victoria, Córdoba, Andalusia, southern Spain. It is a funerary monument of cylinder-shaped that corresponded to a group of funerary monuments of the Republican era, built in the 1st century AD. It was discovered in 1993 during archaeological excavations. It includes the chamber tomb that housed the Urn, as well as remains of the basement, cornices, and crenellated parapet. Unusual for such structures in Roman Iberia, it may have been designed by an Italian architect, due to similarities to other mausoleums in Rome and the rest of Italy. Its size also suggests that it belonged to a wealthy family. The mausoleum is located near the road that connected the ancient city with Hispalis (now Seville), and exited from the city by the western gate, or ‘Porta Principalis Sinistra’ (Puerta de Gallegos). The archaeological site also includes remains of the pavement of the latter.” (Roman mausoleum of Córdoba, Wikipedia)

Glass canopies

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Glass canopies by Alexander Beleschenko
22 Bishopsgate aka Twentytwo by PLP Architecture, 2020
Bishopsgate, City of London
London, May 2023

“The tower at 22 Bishopsgate in the heart of London rises 278 metres into the air, but one of the defining design features of the building is just above the heads of passers-by: The glass canopies. Read here why this is glass art at its best and what part sedak plays in it. A total of 149 laminates were colour-designed by artist Alexander Beleschenko for the 22 Bishopsgate building. In order to print his designs exactly on the glass, a precise printing technique was required, and at the same time the glasses had to meet high technical standards. This is where sedak was able to help and produced the safety glasses, which fully met the requirements both in terms of accurate print image and quality.” (A colourful glass artwork for London, GW News)

Fountain of Santa Chiara

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Fountain of Santa Chiara, 1858
Piazza del Carmine
Massa, April 2022

Casa de las Columnas

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Centro Cívico Casa de las Columnas (House of Columns)
Calle Pureza, Triana
Seville, September 2022

“The Casa de las Columnas is located in the centre of the Triana neighbourhood, specifically on Pureza street, opposite the apse of the Santa Ana parish church, near the Altozano and San Jorge castle, the convents of Nuestra Señora de la Salud, San Jacinto and Nuestra Señora de los Remedios. People say that it is placed approximately on the space of the disappeared Chapel of the Virgen del Buen Aire. In addition to this generally accepted statement, it can also be affirmed considering that the presbyter Fernando Narbona, when he built the Casa de las Columnas around 1780, placed a wooden cross in the garden in the place occupied by the Tabernacle. After the Spanish confiscation, the house was acquired along with other houses on Betis Street by the Cuban Rafael González Abreu, promoter of the creation of the Hispanic Cuban Institute of American History. In our century, it became a house or a neighbours' courtyard. In 1973, the building was declared in a state of ‘total ruin’ and eviction from it was established. In 1984 the Town Council bought the remains of the Casa de las Columnas from the Hispanic Cuban Institute of American History for twelve million pesetas and, in March 1987, the rehabilitation work on the building was awarded and completed in the summer of 1989. The building currently houses a Civic Centre of the Seville Town Council in which several municipal departments are housed in addition to a public library.” (Casa de las Columnas, Turismo Sevilla)

Broadwalk House

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Broadwalk House (refurbished) by Barr Gazetas, 2020
Appold Street
Bishopsgate, City of London
London, May 2023

“British Land’s Broadwalk House in the City of London is a 1980s building designed in the traditional banking hall style. Delivering on our brief to attract a new generation of banking tenant, our radical refit of the public reception, focussed refurbishment of seven floors of office space and creation of green roof terraces sets a high benchmark for transformative light touch design and sustainable workplace retrofits.” (Broadwalk House, Barr Gazetas)

Vitral

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Vitral (Stained glass)
Church of Santa Maria de Belém
Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Jerónimos Monastery)
Praça do Império, Belém
Lisbon, April 2019

“Further remodelling of the monastery was begun in 1898 subsequent to the work done by Parente da Silva in 1895 on the central annex, now simplified, as well as restoration of the cadeirals (the chairs used by the clergy in religious services), which were completed in 1924 by sculptor Costa Mota. In 1938 the organ in the high choir was dismantled at the same time that a series of stained-glass windows, designed by Abel Manta and executed by Ricardo Leone, were replaced in the southern façade.” (Jerónimos Monastery, Wikipedia)