Guess the Architecture! 9/1/12

The picture is of the ceiling of the Baha'i "House of Worship" located in Wilmette, IL.

The image translates to Yá Bahá'u'l-Abhá (يا بهاء الأبهى "O Glory of the Most Glorious!")...

There are similar Baha'i structures located around the world, here are some....

Australia....

Uganda....

Sydney, Australia

Unless you were actually there, how can you know? You must have some kind of software that analyzes the picture and crosses it to an image on the internet.

This is a shot of the dome from directly underneath....It's called the "Dome of Light"...

Yup, The Baha'i House of Faith in Wilmette, Illinois.

Dome Sweet Dome

Please forgive me if I sound like a wet blanket but, quite honestly, Internet search engines make CR4's Guess the Architecture blog not much of a challenge, really, and unless you're an architect or spend your waking hours between the glossy, expensive pages of architectural references and trade rags and architectural websites, or unless you've travelled the World and the Seven Seas and seen it all, chances are your chances of guessing whatever it is are pretty slim. There's just too much Out There and I'd bet the farm that most people have neither the time nor the considerable wealth required to See It All. For example..

One recent pic appearing here was taken in Edinburgh, Scotland and one of CR4's members recognized it right off the bat, the member having lived there and seen the landmark on a regular basis. Very handy - if you happen to live there. For my part, I've never been to Edinburgh nor to many other places. I love to travel but, sadly, but Life had other plans.

I don't participate in this blog generally. Why not? Because either I'd have to live in the place, know it from my travels or cheat. I cheated, if only to see if I could, and so please do not mark my picture entry as a Good Answer (if you're so inclined), because my name isn't Google Images / Advanced Image Search and this wasn't my guess. Rather, I just pushed the buttons. If I told you this week's photo was taken in Wilmette, Illinois, it's only because I took some computer's word for it and, as a career software developer, I've come to distrust computers more than most.

For my part, I'd much rather see something on par (same flavour, as it were) with CR4's Challenge Question. Something that is accessible to everyone. Architecture, because of its sheer abundance and geographical dispersion, is not.

Cheers!

I just followed your path. The first time using Google Images but I had the answer in four minutes.

Perhaps you could clearly state the rules for us, since you seem to have a thorough understanding of them....

What are you trying to accomplish? Are you trying to show everyone how smart you are? This was supposed to be GUESS THE ARCHITECTURE, not find it on the internet. All you have done is eliminate all competitors from the game. Please rethink what this forum is about and let others play. Sorry SolarEagle, but it had to be said, like it or not.

So go ahead and guess....Have you been there?

I agree with you. The challenge is to actually know, not find it in a web search. Any fool can do that. Sorry, but It means more when it's from personal experience. This is not an "open book" quiz. It's a cheap way to earn points.

You should guess before you read the answers....I'm not stopping anyone from guessing....My answer could be wrong....

I don't agree with using nasty comments coupled with the post anonymously feature to voice an opinion...

But it might be more fun for others if you didn't post the Google image results right away. We do share the solution within a few days. It might be nice for the community to be able to guess without having the answer visible immediately.

Or, perhaps you could continue to post it, but mark your comment as off-topic so it's not visible?

Savvy et tu ?.....

Your answer is obviously correct. Anyone reading that blog for the first time will accept it is correct and won't bother guessing. Just doing a Google image search and advanced image search will find the image very quickly.

I also suspect the