The Houses of Parliament were magnificent, even more so than I had expected. What overwhelmed me was the attention to detail: every window had a slightly different pattern in stained glass, with a slightly different rose, that harmonized with every other window yet was subtly unique.
The windows below (from the main entry hall) were particularly intriguing, because from a distance they looked as if they had curtains; a closer inspection revealed that the "hanging curtains" were really just painted on the glass. Each window in the hall has a different set of "curtains", making the total the finest trompe-l'oeil I've ever seen!
And of course lots of math possibilities. Here's a new one: pick a rose window from the ones below, and give a complete set of instructions for its construction. (In fact, just try constructing it on GSP!).
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