Andrew Wiles Building, Oxford

There is always someone who wants to walk into my shot at the very moment I press the shutter :-)) Anyway, this is one of my fave buildings in Oxford to photograph. It is the Mathematical Institute named after Andrew Wiles the Oxford professor who proved Fermat's Last Theorem, one of history's most difficult mathematical problems. I would have probably proved the Theorem myself but Andrew beat me to it :-)) The tiling in front of the building is Penrose tiling, named after the mathematician Roger Penrose who invented it in the 1970s. Allegedly, no matter where you stand the pattern never repeats :-)

The Andrew Wiles Building (Oxford University’s £70m Mathematical Institute facility) was formally opened on 3 October 2013. The building was designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects and constructed by Laing O'Rourke. It is called the Andrew Wiles Building in acknowledgement of one of Oxford’s most distinguished mathematicians. The building provides workspace for a diverse community of more than 500 mathematical researchers and support staff, including faculty, research fellows and postgraduate students. It is a centre for the academic life of approximately 900 undergraduates.

Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) Added to ~ Sight and Sound and AbsOrbed More messing 'bout in GIMP Photo Software :-) I was only goin' to add this to AbsOrbed but then I thought there is a tower here so I could also link this to "Ivory Tower" by Blackmore's Night :-) This shot features the Andrew Wiles Building and the Radcliffe Observatory (now part of Green Templeton College) topped by The Tower of Winds in Oxford. ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Ivory Tower ~ Blackmore's Night

Congratulations to Sami for posting the 4,000th entry to 'Sight and Sound'. My post means there is only another 999 posts needed to reach our next milestone of 5,000 entries :-) My co-admins (Mick & Karen) are the absolute best!! And, of course, we have the best bunch of members....ever :-) Clearly a photographer must have decided to plant the red flowers :-) Makes it easy for me to link my photo to "Flowers Are Red" by Harry Chapin :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Flowers Are Red ~ Harry Chapin

Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) I hope this is 'abstracty' enough for Mick to allow me posting to AbsOrbed .......please, Mick :-))

A photo taken earlier this year. The main building is the Andrew Wiles Building in Oxford. It is the Oxford University Mathematical Institute. It opened in 2013. The building in the background is a small part of the Radcliffe Observatory. Construction started in 1772 and it opened in 1794. For 'Sight and Sound' I was looking for a mathematics link :-) I found one list that included Bob Dylan's "Love Minus Zero/No Limit". The explanation being it is "a love song that seamlessly blends in the relationship between mathematics and romance. According to Bob Dylan, the song title is a fraction and the formula for a good relationship". .......Of course I knew this :-))) I was going to use an original version but the only one I could find on YouTube didn't really sound like Bob to me!! I am, therefore, using Rick Nelson's version :-) Added to Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ Listen here ~ Love Minus Zero/No Limit ~ Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band

Andrew Wiles Building (6) I should note down exactly wot I do sometimes :-) Think there might have been some HDR goin' on here as well but who knows :-))

The building in the foreground is part of the Blavatnik School of Government in Oxford. In the background is part of the Andrew Wiles Building (Mathematical Institute). There is also some hoardings here that are hiding a building site where a massive development is underway. It will be 'The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities' and I believe it should open in 2025. It looks like it will be a very photogenic building and, hopefully, I will still be here to take some photos :-) There's a lot of glass here so for 'Sight & Sound' it will be "Glass Hearts by The Desert Rose Band. Added to Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ Listen here ~ Glass Hearts - Desert Rose Band