- Beautiful Penrose tile in architecture
Meredith College
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Amsterdam
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Kuilema Pottery
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Alex Feldman
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Helsinki, Finland
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Eric Osman
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Mark's garage
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Puget Sound
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Carleton College
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Qatar,PBS-NOW
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Mike Guetta (Montreal)
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Richard & Leonie
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Most of the tiles used in architecture are periodic. The same tile and pattern
can be extended and repeated to infinity on the plane. It is rare to see
aperiodic tiles. Here is a small sample of Penrose tiles. Other examples are
found in Australia and Europe. It takes a lot more planning and work to install
Penrose tiles. This challenge seems to make the Penrose tile more desirable.
Fractals in art and nature
Art with math ideas
This CD has more information on Penrose tiles and other tessellations
Photo credit:
Penrose bench in Amsterdam by Javier Lopez
Kuilema Pottery: http://www.stonewaretile.com
Meredith College, David Allen Company, photo by David Timberlake
Helsinki Science Museum, Finland, by Kadon Enterprises
Mark's garage in Colorado by Dave Boll
University of Puget Sound, Science Center, Foucault Pendulum
Mathematics and Computer Science Building, Carleton College by Michael Tie
Education City in Qatar,
NOW TV show at PBS May 16, 2008
Mike Guetta is owner of
penrosetiles.ca, which produce non-periodic tiles in Montreal, Canada.