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YJP Administrative Center by HHD_FUN
Interesting use of a limited set of components. Only 6 different forms (12 when mirrored) were used to produce this facade for a office building in Binhai near Tianjin, China.
Spanish Pavilion by FOA
FOA created this seemingly irregular hexagonal tiling by simply shifting some of the internal vertices of groups of 8 tiles. By coloring the tiles in various colors, this further breaks up the underlaying regular pattern.
Patterns in Islamic Art Website
Here’s a great website that documents over 4000 examples of patterns in Islamic art and architecture. Photos can be browsed by country of origin, material, etc. There is also a good history and overview of the use of patterns in Islamic art and architecture.