Maze of the Week #55 - Lotus Temple Maze

Maze of the week #55 takes us to Delhi, India for the Lotus Temple Maze. I like to make mazes of great architecture and this qualifies as just that. What a unique building. It opened in 1986 and was designed by Fariborz Sahba. You can read all the facts and figures about it on the Wikipedia page.

Check out a video of the building that focuses on the Baha’i faith:

A Photo of the Building:

Lotus Temple

Kevin Doncaster, flickr

The Maze: I went with a black and white version but added in shadows to give it a more realistic look.

Lotus Temple Maze

Lotus Temple Maze

I hope you enjoy the maze. Download is available on the homepage. Watch the maze being made here on my new YouTube channel:

Coming next week:

Another famous building in India !

Maze of the Week #54 - Heydar Aliyev Center Maze

Maze of the week #54 takes us to a new country with the Heydar Aliyev Center Maze located in Baku, Azerbaijan. I found a picture of this very cool building as I was searching for great architecture around the world. Designed by the Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, it houses an auditorium, a gallery hall and a museum. You can read more about the museum on the Wikipedia page.

Check out a video of the building:

A Photo of the Building:

Heydar Aliyev Center

Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

The Maze: I went with a black and white version. (to make in color I would just need to make the windows blue).

Heydar Aliyev Center Maze in black and white

Heydar Aliyev Center Maze

I hope you enjoy the maze. A download of the maze is available.

Coming Next week:

A famous temple in India !

Maze of the Week #53 - Museo Soumaya

We start 2023 with one of my favorite mazes that I have ever made. It is of the Museo Soumaya located in Mexico City. The maze is of the building named the Plaza Carso, opened in 2011 and designed by Mexican Architect Fernando Romero. You can read the wiki about it here, or visit their website and plan a trip.

Now this maze made me rethink what the possible solutions are to a maze. One of the most popular options that people inquire about is the hidden message maze where the solution is a word. The solution to this maze is a variation on that theme. You’ll have to solve it to find out what it is !

Check out a video of the museum:

A Photo of the Building:

Museo Soumaya

Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

The Maze: Almost completely black and white. Large. And a very fun solution !

Laberinto del Museo Soumaya

Museo Soumaya Maze

I hope you enjoy the maze. A download of the maze is available.

Did you know I have a YouTube channel ? I will be uploading maze videos there starting today ! Check it out !

Coming next week:

A building from Azerbaijan !?

My 2023 Website Outlook

In 2022 I switched from daily mazes to weekly mazes and really preferred this schedule. This allowed me to put more work into each maze and create mazes that were more like artwork. Each Monday I launched a new maze with a blog post.

For 2023 this format will continue - a new maze each Monday launched with a blog post. I will also be makig weekly videos.

What type of mazes will I see on the site ?

  • Building Mazes - a nice subject to create a maze with, & my favorite

  • Sign Mazes - for some reason I like making this type of maze like this sign maze.

  • Scene Mazes - new. you’ll understand when you see it. Update - like this walking Street.

  • and a few new one off experimental subjects to keep things interesting !

What will be new ?

  • YouTube Videos - I will show some of the mazes being made in steps, edited into short videos. This will also include videos of mazes being solved. You can check out my channel here.

  • New Shapes - I have already made a few mazes that are very wide and a square shaped maze. Expect more interesting shapes in 2023. I have found that if I make a make that is of a subject with a weird shape, I shouldn’t try to fit that maze to a standard sheet of paper. If I do I end up with a maze with a lot of white space or with a maze too small to solve. The maze size is the maze size regardless of the paper. Deal with it.

  • Multi Maze Pictures - I have already made 2 mazes that include multiple mazes within them. One has 10, the other has 4 !! For what is coming in the future, these are subjects where some zones are impassable so multi-maze makes a lor of sense. Also, very large mazes where multiple mazes will fit. Check out this example of a famous building maze.

  • More International Mazes - 44 mazes from 2022 were from the USA with only 4 other countries represented. There will be many more International mazes !

How can I suggest a maze subject ?

Let’s have a great 2023 !