Blocks Collection

UK, London, Canary Wharf

Sunrise with a Buddha Statue with the Hand Position of Dharmachakra Mudra in Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java
Borobudur, or Barabudur, is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist Temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. This temple is the worlds largest Buddhist temple

Tungsten carbide slip gauge blocks C016 / 2042
Tungsten carbide slip gauge blocks. These are used as a standard form of length measurement. They are precision ground (lapped) to a specific thickness and then stacked to create the required length

Advert for Shelley Vogue China 1931
Shelleys Vogue shape coffee set, usual in yellow and black overlapping block pattern. Advertisement for new catalogue with Shelley china tea, coffee, morning and dinner sets. Date: 1931

Penrose stairs, artwork
Penrose stairs, computer artwork. This is an impossible figure created by the physicist Roger Penrose and used by M C Escher in his illustration Ascending and Descending

Penrose stairs, artwork
Penrose stairs. Computer artwork of Einstein characters climbing a set of Penrose stairs. This is an impossible figure created by the physicist Roger Penrose

Southwark Military Hospital, Dulwich, South London
Ward blocks at Southwark Military Hospital which, during the First World War, was established in the St Saviours workhouse infirmary

Union Workhouse, Brighton, Sussex
Brighton Union workhouse on Race Hill, at Elm Grove in Brighton, Sussex, which opened in 1867. From 1915 to 1920 it was the Kitchener Indian Hospital and later became Brighton General Hospital

Impossible triangle, artwork
Impossible triangle, computer artwork. This is an impossible figure created by the physicist Roger Penrose. Impossible figures are objects that can be drawn but not created

Hatter Circa 1850
A London hatmaker blocks a gentlemans top hat : the body of the hat is made from rabbit fur, covered with beaver fur, and shaped according to the fashion of the day

The first plan for Philadelphia, devised by William Penn and Thomas Holme in 1682
5863766 The first plan for Philadelphia, devised by William Penn and Thomas Holme in 1682, 1684 (engraving) by Drogenham, G

Prambanan Temple (Candi Rara Jonggrang), Northeast of Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia
Candi Prambanan or Candi Rara Jonggrang is a 9th-century Hindu temple compound in Central Java, Indonesia. The temple compound is located northeast of the city of Yogyakarta

The Taipei 101 skyscraper tower, Taipei, Taiwan

Council Flats, Sheffield
Boys play on a climbing frame outside blocks of council flats on the Parkhill Estate, Sheffield

Peat cutting with blocks drying Isle of Skye, Scotland
MAB-20 Peat cutting with blocks / briquettes drying Isle of Skye, Scotland Extracting fuel fossil seam. Mark Boulton Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

The Day After Christmas by Mark Symons
Cosy front room festooned with decorations and filled with Christmas toys. Date: 1931

La Hacienda, Hong Kong, China
La Hacienda, luxury apartments in Mount Kellett Road, Hong Kong, China. Date: circa 1949

West Derby Union, Liverpool - Alder Hey Hospital
Ward blocks at Alder Hey Hospital. The hospital was opened in 1915 by the West Derby Union, Liverpool. Originally used for chronic and bed-ridden case, it later became a childrens hospital

Spectacular ice sculptures at the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China, Asia

British SE5A biplane on airfield, WW1
A British SE5A biplane, one of the main aeroplanes in use by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Seen here on an airfield, with crew. 1914-1918

Bedford, Street Scene
A road in the outskirts of Bedford showing modern blocks of flats. Date: 1964

New Tower Blocks Go Up
A striking impression of modern flats being constructed on a slum clearance site, the Woodside Development Plan, in Sheffield

Entrance at Troy (Ruins)
An entranceway through the Cyclopean walls of Gergis, Bournabashi at Troad (Troy/Hissarlik), the site of Ancient Troy excavated by Heinrich Schliemann

Print Users Yearbook -- blue budgerigars
Print Users Yearbook -- two blue budgerigars sitting on a perch. Date: circa 1930s

MODERN OFFICE BLOCKS
Modern office blocks, built in the London Wall area of the City of London, after the World War Two Blitz. Date: 1960s

Examples of art on the RMS Queen Mary. At the top left are four statuettes carved from limewood blocks by Norman J Forrest, representing The Four Seasons, for the main tourist class staircase

Royal Playthings
An advertisement by F.Ad. Richter of Fenchurch Street, London for real stone building blocks, as played with by the Royal children

United Europe (1950S)
The flags of European nations are the building blocks from which the new Europe will be rebuilt, following World War Two

Old railway track at Winsford, Cheshire
Bullhead rail on stone sleepers at Over & Wharton (Winsford, Cheshire) on the LNWR. Possibly a re-use of redundant tramway blocks? Date: 1905

Two miners breaking up salt blocks in the salt flat, Danakil Depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia, Africa

South America, Colombia, Bogota, elevated view of the city centre showing illuminated buildings

South America, Brazil, Pernambuco, Recife, view of Recifes modern center from Olinda

Brazil, Rio de Janeiro state, Rio de Janeiro city, the Pedra da Gavea with Sao Conrado beach and the Intercontinental hotel in the foreground and in Tijuca National Park behind

Blue Colour Blocks
Orara Studio

Colour Block I
Orara Studio

Colour Block II
Orara Studio

Geometry of Color #1
Alisa Galitsyna

Geometry of Color #2
Alisa Galitsyna

Color Play #2
Alisa Galitsyna

ESOTERIC
Souren Arslanian

Architecture - Manhattan New York
Arnon Orbach

Kaleidoscope-3
Sally Ann Moss

Kaleidoscope-1
Sally Ann Moss

Kaleidoscope-2
Sally Ann Moss

Color Blocks
Ling Zhang

Colourfield 29
Ejaaz Haniff

Colourfield 30
Ejaaz Haniff

Illustration showing man using a treadmill to raise stone blocks. 1896; Leipzig
5311483 Illustration showing man using a treadmill to raise stone blocks. 1896; Leipzig; (add.info.: Date: 1896); Universal History Archive/UIG

An engraving depicting the making of Indian Ink: made from a lamp-black obtained by burning pine wood, lard and oil
5310960 An engraving depicting the making of Indian Ink: made from a lamp-black obtained by burning pine wood, lard and oil, and perfume

Ship cannon on gun carriage, showing gun-tackle, blocks and pulleys fixed to sides of gun-carriage and to side of ship
530463 Ship cannon on gun carriage, showing gun-tackle, blocks and pulleys fixed to sides of gun-carriage and to side of ship, by means of which gun is run up to, or drawn back from porthole

Stonemasons, wearing heavy leather safety aprons, sawing stone blocks and shaping with mallet and chisel
536352 Stonemasons, wearing heavy leather safety aprons, sawing stone blocks and shaping with mallet and chisel.; (add.info.: Stonemasons, wearing heavy leather safety aprons)

USA History: Granite blocks in the plains of Laramie
5313543 USA History: Granite blocks in the plains of Laramie.; SeM Studio/UIG

The paving near The Strand, near Temple Bar, with granite blocks, 1850
3359132 The paving near The Strand, near Temple Bar, with granite blocks, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the paving near The Strand, near Temple Bar, with granite blocks)

Building of Tower of Babel, 1716 (engraving)
535944 Building of Tower of Babel, 1716 (engraving); (add.info.: Building of Tower of Babel. Bible: Genesis 2. Bricks fired in on-site kilns, in foreground masons are working blocks of stone)

Chemstrand - White Woollen dress - Model Pattie Boyd
Client: Chemstrand - White Woollen dress - Model Pattie Boyd - Shoot: November 17, 1965. Date: 1965

An advertisement for children's building bricks for Christmas, 19th century
5311003 An advertisement for children's building bricks for Christmas, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1883); Universal History Archive/UIG

1861 cartoon illustration showing a road builder ramming paving and kerb blocks into place
5308719 1861 cartoon illustration showing a road builder ramming paving and kerb blocks into place and frightening a horse with the sudden noise; (add.info)

Geometric Moonscape
Alisa Galitsyna

the boy on the roof
Holger Droste

On top of apartments
Mohammadreza Momeni

Aerial view of Kansas City, Missouri, USA Date: circa 1930s

Aerial view showing the Salford skyline, Greater Manchester. 18th November 1977

General views of a council estate in Walthamstow, London. 21st July 1992

Western Tower, Station Hill, Reading, 2nd March 1966

Western Tower, Station Hill, Reading, Circa 1970

Broadway, Downtown and the Entrance to the Harbour, New York
View from the top of the Woolworth Building, Manhattan, New York, USA - Broadway, Downtown and the Entrance to the Harbour. circa 1910s

Chelsea Flower Show 2013, Daily Telegraph garden, Designer Christopher Bradley Hole

Docklands development, London, England. A mass of cranes and jibs during construction work on tower block offices in the old docks Date: 1989

The Fontana Fraterna is a public source of the city of Isernia, of which it is considered a symbol. Isernia, Molise, Italy

Prayer tablets (Ema), Meiji Shrine, Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan

Africa, Namibia, Keetmanshop. Quiver trees and dolerite dykes

Canada. Calgary skyline at sunrise

Jokulsarlon, southern Iceland. Icebergs on the glacier lagoon

Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon, Iceland. Blocks of ice ashore over the black sand beach

South America, Colombia, view of the skyline of Cartagena

Colombia, Caribbean coast, Cartagena, Caribbean, view of the skyline of the port of Cartagena

View of Kowloon Bay with Kowloon Peak in the background, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

South America, Brazil, Ceara, Aerial view of Fortaleza city one of the 2014 World Cup cities

Bauhaus
Emma Make

NOS Testscreen # 03
Huib Limberg

Saturday Afternoon
Andreas Agazzi

Balcony geometry
Jeroen van de Wiel

She's a woman
Artem Pozdniakov

She's a woman
Artem Pozdniakov

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"From London to Indonesia: Exploring the World of Blocks" Sunrise in Canary Wharf, London: A stunning view of towering blocks against the UK skyline. Finding peace at Borobudur, Indonesia: A Buddha statue in Dharmachakra Mudra amidst ancient stone blocks. Precision engineering with tungsten carbide slip gauge blocks: Unveiling the secrets of measurement accuracy. Timeless elegance from 1931: Admiring a vintage Shelley Vogue China advert featuring delicate porcelain tea sets and decorative blocks. Mind-bending artistry with Penrose stairs: Discovering optical illusions through intricate block designs. Tracing history at Brighton's Union Workhouse: Reflecting on societal changes within imposing brickwork blocks. The illusionary marvels of impossible triangles: Appreciating artistic mastery that challenges perception using geometric shapes and blocks. Healing heroes at Southwark Military Hospital: Commemorating the dedication of medical professionals within solid hospital structures. Stepping back in time to a hatter's workshop circa 1850: Imagining bustling creativity amid stacks of hat-making materials and wooden blocks. Artistic wonders revisited with Penrose stairs once again: Marveling at how this timeless concept continues to captivate audiences worldwide. Modern office spaces redefining work environments with sleek glass and steel high-rise blocks. Exploring Prambanan Temple in Central Java, Indonesia: Uncovering architectural grandeur as intricately carved stone blocks form an awe-inspiring Hindu temple complex. Intriguingly diverse yet interconnected, these various interpretations and manifestations of "blocks" remind us that they exist not only as physical entities but also as symbols representing human ingenuity, cultural heritage, creative expression, precision engineering, historical significance, and even optical illusions across different corners of our world