Look as well as listen.
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Tower, which houses a 60 bell grand carillon.
This is the east side, the one that faces the large open common space of the main portion of North Campus.

DP121-2013  Posted May 1; processed ditto

From a distance the tower looks like a rather conventional (but  not especially attractive, in my opinion) design, with normal verticals, horizontals, and right angles.  But walk up close and examine it.  You'll think you're in a space warp.  There are few if any right angles.  Even some of the lines you'd expect to be horizontal are not.  It must have been a nightmare to construct.  It is also extremely difficult to photograph in a way that reveals all of the distortions because of the inherent perspective distortions in photographs.  This photo gives just a hint of all the oddities to be found in this extremely odd building.
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University of Michigan, North Campus
Ann Arbor,
April 27, 2013

(I'll have to do my commenting later today, probably much later.  My sister arrives today for a two week visit.  Yippee!)
Blue perforated sun-brellas
This one is in front of the Lurie Biomed Building, one of at least four major structures on the campus that carry the Lurie family name.

North Campus, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
March 10, 2013
Architectural details
Columns of the IOE Building frame the top of the Lurie Bell Tower while the LEC Building fills the frame on the right.

North Campus, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
March 10, 2013
(IOE = Industrial and Operations Engineering;  LEC = Lurie Engineering Center)
Architectural details.  The thing that most interested me in this view was that different coatings had been given to the windows in the different walls of this building, so that some windows gave of distinctly blue reflections, while others produced a yellow-green reflection.

North Campus, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
March 10, 2013
Robert H. Lurie Engineering Center, west side.
A covered exterior stairway.
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North Campus, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
November 18, 2012
Robert H. Lurie Engineering Center
This view tries to capture the architectural effect of the repetition of a general simple shape, the rectangle, in a variety of sizes, aspects, and materials.
For a closer view of one of the upper windows, showing the black and white tiles that frame it, see here:  http://smu.gs/UYdeOu
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North Campus, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
November 18, 2012
Robert H. Lurie Engineering Center
Even though this is a picture of windows, it's a picture about the ornamental tiles that frame the window.  Hence its inclusion in the gallery for building details and ornamentation.
To see the window it context, see here:  http://smu.gs/ZFTVG4
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North Campus, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
November 18, 2012
Robert H. Lurie Engineering Center, west side.
A study in lines and angles.
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North Campus, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
November 18, 2012
Robert H. Lurie Engineering Center
This glass 'tower' on the west side of the building echoes the actual Lurie Bell Tower, and captures the reflection of it as well.
A closer view of the glass tower itself is here: http://smu.gs/UYdugk
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North Campus, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
November 18, 2012
Look as well as listen.
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Tower, which houses a 60 bell grand carillon.
This is the east side, the one that faces the large open common space of the main portion of North Campus.

DP121-2013 Posted May 1; processed ditto

From a distance the tower looks like a rather conventional (but not especially attractive, in my opinion) design, with normal verticals, horizontals, and right angles. But walk up close and examine it. You'll think you're in a space warp. There are few if any right angles. Even some of the lines you'd expect to be horizontal are not. It must have been a nightmare to construct. It is also extremely difficult to photograph in a way that reveals all of the distortions because of the inherent perspective distortions in photographs. This photo gives just a hint of all the oddities to be found in this extremely odd building.
.
University of Michigan, North Campus
Ann Arbor,
April 27, 2013

(I'll have to do my commenting later today, probably much later. My sister arrives today for a two week visit. Yippee!)
Look as well as listen.
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Tower, which houses a 60 bell grand carillon.
This is the east side, the one that faces the large open common space of the main portion of North Campus.

DP121-2013  Posted May 1; processed ditto

From a distance the tower looks like a rather conventional (but  not especially attractive, in my opinion) design, with normal verticals, horizontals, and right angles.  But walk up close and examine it.  You'll think you're in a space warp.  There are few if any right angles.  Even some of the lines you'd expect to be horizontal are not.  It must have been a nightmare to construct.  It is also extremely difficult to photograph in a way that reveals all of the distortions because of the inherent perspective distortions in photographs.  This photo gives just a hint of all the oddities to be found in this extremely odd building.
.
University of Michigan, North Campus
Ann Arbor,
April 27, 2013

(I'll have to do my commenting later today, probably much later.  My sister arrives today for a two week visit.  Yippee!)
Look as well as listen.
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Tower, which houses a 60 bell grand carillon.
This is the east side, the one that faces the large open common space of the main portion of North Campus.

DP121-2013 Posted May 1; processed ditto

From a distance the tower looks like a rather conventional (but not especially attractive, in my opinion) design, with normal verticals, horizontals, and right angles. But walk up close and examine it. You'll think you're in a space warp. There are few if any right angles. Even some of the lines you'd expect to be horizontal are not. It must have been a nightmare to construct. It is also extremely difficult to photograph in a way that reveals all of the distortions because of the inherent perspective distortions in photographs. This photo gives just a hint of all the oddities to be found in this extremely odd building.
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University of Michigan, North Campus
Ann Arbor,
April 27, 2013

(I'll have to do my commenting later today, probably much later. My sister arrives today for a two week visit. Yippee!)
See photo in original gallery.