Roger Bennion's photos with the keyword: Andrew Wiles Building

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

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

Explored! Thank you very much :-) Happy Fence Friday. All :-) The building in the background is The Radcliffe Obsevatory. An observatory is used for observing terrestrial or celestial events. Celestial events can be phases of the Moon. So, I am also using this photo in 'Sight and Sound' 'cos it can be linked to "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress" written by Jimmy Webb and performed by Linda Ronstadt. Good logic here methinks :-))) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ The Moon's A Harsh Mistress ~ Linda Ronstadt Please view on black :-)

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 :-))) This was an Orb of the Andrew Wiles Building in Oxford where I was trying to use the Orb technique for a second time. Don't quite know what I did but I was surprised by this result :-)

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.

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 :-)

Back to the Andrew Wiles Building :-)

The Andrew Wiles Building dating from 2013. In the background the Radcliffe Observatory dating from 1794.

The Andrew Wiles Building dating from 2013. In the background the Radcliffe Observatory dating from 1794.

~ Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) The Radcliffe Observatory dating from 1794 reflected in the Andrew Wiles Building dating from 2013. The following is an extract from Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radcliffe_Observatory "Radcliffe Observatory was founded and named after John Radcliffe by the Radcliffe Trustees. It was built on the suggestion of the astronomer Thomas Hornsby, who was occupying the Savilian Chair of Astronomy, following his observation of the notable transit of Venus across the sun's disc in 1769 from a room in the nearby Radcliffe Infirmary. The building is now used by Green Templeton College off the Woodstock Road and forms a centrepiece for the college.The original instruments are located in the Museum of the History of Science in central Oxford, with the exception of the Radcliffe 18/24-inch Twin Refractor telescope, which was transferred to the University of London Observatory." Extract from www.worldconstructionnetwork.com/news/oxford-university-opens-andrew-wiles-mathematical-institute-building-041013 as follows - “Oxford University in the UK has opened a new £70 million ($113 million) mathematical institute building. The building is named after the Oxford professor, Andrew Wiles, who proved Fermat's last theorem. Designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects, the Andrew Wiles building will feature six lecture theatres, 500 mathematical researchers and about 900 undergraduates. The building will have space to unite all of the university's mathematicians departments, who were previously based at three separate locations.”

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 :-))

Extract from the following website - www.maths.ox.ac.uk/giving/new-building “Mathematics plays a pivotal role in the progress of society and its continued growth relies on the exchange and development of research ideas, the encouragement and teaching of the next generation of mathematical thinkers, and outreach to the public and schools. Mathematics at Oxford has seen phenomenal growth and success over the past 10 years and to accommodate further success, the University is proud to announce the opening of the new Mathematical Institute on the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter. This new building is already providing the intellectual and physical environment in which mathematical culture can thrive and in which teaching and research enrich each other.”

Extract from following website - www.cherwell.org/news/2013/10/08/new-70-million-maths-building-for-oxford-university “Oxford University’s new Mathematical Institute facility, the Andrew Wiles Building, was officially opened on 3rd October 2013. The dedicated building will be at the centre of the department’s and its students’ academic life, serving for all 900 undergraduates, whilst boasting workspace for over 500 researchers and support staff, and featuring six lecture theatres which will also benefit the university as a whole. The building's design, by Rafael Viñoly Architects, aims to be architecturally sympathetic to the Oxford skyline. Named after one of Oxford's most celebrated mathematicians- Professor Sir Andrew Wiles, who famously proved Fermat's Last Theorem- the building reflects further mathematical influences in its architecture, from the paving patterns conceived of by Sir Roger Penrose, another Oxford mathematician, to the intricate canopies and windows.”

I don't know the lady but I was pleased her dress seemed to 'match' the architecture :-)

I expect this Building will feature fairly extensively in my photostream :-) It is the home of the Oxford University Mathematical Institute.

I thought it would be a good idea to get back over to Oxford and take a look at Oxford University's Mathematical Institute. It is now clear to me that this Building will have the same 'photographic draw' as the Biochemistry Building :-) The £70m building, that opened on 3 October 2013, is named after Andrew Wiles the Oxford professor who proved Fermat's Last Theorem, one of history's most difficult mathematical problems. I was also working on this but Andrew beat me to it :-)))