"Do you know this building?" Game Thread

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Near Belgium perhaps?

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[Michael Hiles]

Near Belgium perhaps?

 

West of France - excellent. Close to (but not on) the coast. But much further south than Belgium. 

[stuny]

Perhaps in Loches or Blois?

[Michael Hiles]

Perhaps in Loches or Blois?

 

Good guess, but further south, closer to the coast, but on a river that is not the Loire. I am sure you give a passing thought to the place (but not the building) not infrequently.

Edited September 15, 2016 by Michael Hiles

[Michael Geschlecht]

Hello Michael,

 

Is that a Looney lying on the pavement just above & to the left of the white piece of paper in the middle on the pavement between the 2 walking people & the tables?

Best Regards,

 

Michael

Edited September 15, 2016 by Michael Geschlecht

[Michael Hiles]

Is that a Looney lying on the pavement just above & to the left of the white piece of paper in the middle on the pavement between the 2 walking people & the tables?

 

 

Jeez, Michael you have good eyes. I always like to drop a Looney into pictures. In fact my wife thinks I'm the looney behind the picture.

[adan]

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Place du Palais is the street, and Porte Cailhau the tower gate.

 

Bordeaux, alongside the Garonne. Built c. 1493-96.

 

Interestingly (Michael probably knows this) - cailhau (also calhau) is a gascon variation of caillou (stone or pebble), which is also the name of an animated Canadian children's character (books and TV). Can't trace the cinema connection, however.

Edited September 16, 2016 by adan

[Michael Hiles]

Adan,

 

I’m impressed – you’re absolutely right, including the reference to Caillou.

 

The film reference is pretty tenuous and obscure – on the other side of the Porte Cailhau is a statue of Eleanor of Aquitane, wife of Henry II of England. Katherine Hepburn and Peter O’Toole starred in The Lion In Winter featuring Henry and Eleanor. 

 

Away you go.

[adan]

So before I go on, I do need to ask an ethics question.

 

I did study architecture prior to moving on to photography. But I do not "know" every building in the world.

 

However, my work as a journalist, and particularly as a news-room editor/designer, means I have highly-developed research skills. Not, pehaps, CIA-analyst-level - but I can make Google and Wikipaedia jump through hoops, sometimes. And my dad was a literary historian (although in his day, the research was harder - hours in the British Museum, the Bodleian, the Folger, Library of Congress etc. - and thousands of 4x6 notecards. His pet project was tracing the "Dick Whittington's Cat" story back through Arabic and Hindu trading cultures).

 

I just want to make sure it is fair play to "discover" a building through skillful searching, rather than "knowing" it through personal face-to-face experience.

 

BTW - Caillou the cartoon came to my attention via finding the gascon language reference on the French WP page for Porte Cailhau, and then back-checking caillou for spelling and translation to English.

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If any of our "do you know xxx" threads was to rely on members actually knowing the things being shown, they would become stuck really fast. I think those threads all depend on the knowledgeable members using their common sense and not cornering all contributions (if that's the term I wanted).

[adan]

OK, then. My only starting hint is that this building is dramatic from many angles - this is one less often seen.

 

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Reminds me of Mesa Laboratory, Denver.

[adan]

...but is it?

[helged]

Based on your reply, likely not...

[adan]

I was just fishing for a more - definite - answer.

 

It reminds you of the "Mesa Laboratory" of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), in Boulder, Colorado - because it is that exact building. I.M. Pei, 1964-67.

[Michael Hiles]

I just want to make sure it is fair play to "discover" a building through skillful searching, rather than "knowing" it through personal face-to-face experience.

 

 

In my opinion, researching a building on the WWW is fine (perhaps because I do it). I think that a photo of a building posted as a challenge should be a picture made by the poster (or perhaps spouse...). I would have problems with a picture taken from a 3rd party source. Others may disagree.

[helged]

I was just fishing for a more - definite - answer.

 

It reminds you of the "Mesa Laboratory" of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), in Boulder, Colorado - because it is that exact building. I.M. Pei, 1964-67.

[helged]

Sorry that my response slipped in the above post... I actually visited the Lab a few years ago. Fascinating and inspiring place!

 

Let's see whether I can post something interesting...

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