Minbar of Mihrimah Sultan Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey
Showing posts with label tiling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tiling. Show all posts
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Cross Pattern 4
Labels:
islamic pattern,
Mimar Sinan,
Ottoman,
tiling
Location:
Unknown location.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Hexagon Based Tesselation
Tomb of Izzettin Keykavus, Sivas/Turkey.
We can barely see the pattern on the spandrels over the two side windows.
The Concept
Take the mid points of a regular hexagon. Draw three axes as shown in the image(note the directions).
ghx file
Labels:
dodecagon,
equilateral triangle,
hex grid,
rhombus,
shifting,
three fold,
tiling
Sunday, January 16, 2011
sixfold pattern on hex-grid
A common hexagon based pattern found in beautiful tilings of Yeşil Cami (Green Mosque) in Bursa/Turkey. Equilateral triangles are arrayed around a regular hexagon.
ghx file
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