31/08/2026
And here we are at the end of another month, and its time to select an Image of the Month for August. An enjoyable month, not least because it contained another ("milestone" ) birthday for me. It also contained some enjoyable and memorable events and excursions. Although it was tempting to post another image of the Jaguar on one of those outings, I've chosen an image from our trip to London, and specifically from our visit the the British Museum. Not of the many exhibits and artworks but an artistic photograph of the eye-catching architecture.. As you enter the wonderful British Museum from the Main Entrance ( Great Russell Street) and head into the Great Court you are met with the cacophony of noise from the myriad of amazed visitors and, as you look up to to the reading room, you then see the captivating ceiling structure that crowns the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court. . Designed by ( Norman) Foster & Partners it is a tessellated, freeform grid structure that bridges the gap between the museum's historic wings and the central circular Reading Room. It actually comprises 3312 unique glass triangular segments. For the architecture nerds my research indicates that there are 4,878 individual steel members connected at 1,566 unique node joints. It covers a two-acre space measuring 100 meters by 72 meters, creating the largest covered public square in Europe