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Goodwood Park Hotel [SEP] architect | Architecture.
The Goodwood Park Hotel building was built in 1900 to the design of R. A. J. Bidwell, of Swan and Maclaren. Its architecture has an eclectic Victorian flavour, with its turrets and decorated façade. The Tower Block has elements of the Queen Anne Revival style, and the tower itself may have been influenced by those found on castles in Germany's Rhineland region. The building was constructed for the sum of St$20,000.
History.
The Teutonia Club was an exclusive enclave first established on 28 June 1856 for | Eden Hall, Singapore
Eden Hall on Nassim Road, is the British High Commissioner's official residence in Singapore.
It was built in 1904 for Ezekiel Saleh Manasseh, a merchant who sold rice and opium, and originally came from Baghdad, and it was designed by the architect R. A. J. Bidwell, who also designed the Raffles Hotel and the Goodwood Park Hotel.
The architect Leonard Manasseh, nephew of Ezekiel Saleh Manasseh, was born there in 1916.
Ezekiel Manasseh died in the Changi Prison hospital in May | 1,100 | zeroshot-train |
Gresham Palace [SEP] architect | 1827. In 1880, the London-based Gresham Life Assurance Company bought the property, at a time when it was illegal for insurance companies in Great Britain to invest money in stocks, but rental income was an acceptable and legal investment. The company later decided to build its foreign headquarters on the site, and decided that they needed a grander setting for them. They commissioned local architects Zsigmond Quittner and Jozsef Vago to design the new structure, and in 1904, they began construction of the Gresham Palace, which was completed | Bishop's Palace, Galveston
The Bishop's Palace, also known as Gresham's Castle, is an ornate Victorian-style house, located on Broadway and 14th Street in the East End Historic District of Galveston, Texas.
History.
The Gresham mansion was made all of stone, and was sturdy enough to withstand the great hurricane of 1900. The Greshams welcomed hundreds of survivors of the hurricane into their home.
The house was built between 1887 and 1893 by Galveston architect Nicholas J. Clayton for lawyer and politician | 1,101 | zeroshot-train |
Heron Tower [SEP] architect | still popularly known as Heron Tower, though following a naming dispute in 2014 involving the tenant Salesforce.com the City of London ruled in favour of the property being officially named 110 Bishopsgate. The tower initially struggled to attract tenants in the depths of the Great Recession, but is now fully let.
Design and planning.
Designed by architects Kohn Pedersen Fox, the height of 110 Bishopsgate was planned to be only 183 m, identical to that of Tower 42, the City of London's then tallest building since 1980. | and 2011 she received the Stirling Prize, the UK's most prestigious architectural award, and in 2015 she became the first woman to be awarded the Royal Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects. Completed in 2012, the Shard London Bridge is the tallest building in the UK. Other major skyscrapers under construction in London include The Pinnacle, and Heron Tower. Modernist architect Nicholas Grimshaw designed the Eden Project in Cornwall, which is the world's largest greenhouse.
Arts Comics.
British comics in the early 20th century | 1,102 | zeroshot-train |
Hoge Heren [SEP] architect | Hoge Heren
The Hoge Heren (English: "High Gentlemen") is hybrid complex composed of two towers in the center of Rotterdam designed by Wiel Arets, located in the former Zalmhaven of the city near the Erasmusbrug. The building was completed in 2000. The complex is 102 meters heigh and has 34 floors. | . As they accumulated over the course of time, they were slowly crowded out, so not all schutterstukken have survived. The list of paintings that have survived up to the present day are as follows:
From fancy inn to old age home.
The complex was the domain of militiamen until well into the 17th century, but in 1688 Romeyn de Hooghe made an etching of the building, calling it the "Heren Logement", or gentlemen's hotel. In 1682 it had been restored by the city architect Lieven | 1,103 | zeroshot-train |
Hôtel d'Assézat [SEP] architect | Hôtel d'Assézat
The Hôtel d'Assézat in Toulouse, France, is a Renaissance "hôtel particulier" ("palace") of the 16th century which houses the Bemberg Foundation, a major art gallery of the city.
History.
The Hôtel d'Assézat was likely built by Toulouse architect Nicolas Bachelier for Pierre d'Assézat, a rich Toulouse manufacturer. The construction of the Hôtel began in 1555 and was not yet completed when Pierre d'Assézat died in 1581. It is an outstanding example of Renaissance palaces architecture of southern France, with an | The prosperous woad merchants of Toulouse displayed their affluence in splendid mansions, many of which still stand, as the Hôtel de Bernuy and the Hôtel d'Assézat. One merchant, Jean de Bernuy, a Spanish Jew who had fled the inquisition, was credit-worthy enough to be the main guarantor of the ransomed King Francis I after his capture at the Battle of Pavia by Charles V of Spain. Much of the woad produced here was used for the cloth industry in southern France, but it was also exported via Bayonne, | 1,104 | zeroshot-train |
Intiö Water Tower [SEP] architect | Intiö Water Tower
Intiö Water Tower () is an unused water tower in Oulu, Finland. The water tower of the Oulu Waterworks is located in the Intiö district.
Intiö Water Tower has been designed by architect J. S. Sirén and it was completed in 1927. It is the first water tower of the Oulu Waterworks. A water tower in Myllytulli had been built in 1921, but it was only used by the Veljekset Åström leather factory. The water tower is tall and capable of holding of water.
The | Oulu Cemetery
The Oulu Cemetery () is a cemetery located in the Intiö neighbourhood close to the city centre of Oulu, Finland.
The cemetery was inaugurated in 1781 by vicar Carl Henrik Ståhle. After the vicar the cemetery was first known as "Ståhleborg", the oldest section is still called with the old name. There are two funeral chapels in the cemetery: the old chapel designed by architect Otto F. Holm was completed in 1923 and is located in the older section. The new chapel designed by architect Seppo | 1,105 | zeroshot-train |
K. C. DeRhodes House [SEP] architect | K. C. DeRhodes House
The K. C. DeRhodes House is a classic 1906 Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie style home located at 715 West Washington Avenue in South Bend, Indiana. The home has been carefully restored by its current owners over more than two decades and remains in private ownership. It is one of two Wright homes in South Bend, the other being the Herman T. Mossberg Residence.
In 1906, newlyweds Laura Caskey Bowsher DeRhodes and Kersey C. DeRhodes built a two-story house in South Bend, Indiana, designed for | Also, according to her own statement, while in Wright's employ, Roberts designed the K. C. DeRhodes House in South Bend, Indiana, for her South Bend friend, Laura Caskey Bowsher DeRhodes.
After Wright went off to Europe with Mamah Borthwick Cheney in 1909, Isabel Roberts was among the remaining Oak Park Studio employees working to complete Wright's unfinished commissions. Wright had arranged for architect Hermann V. von Holst to oversee the work; he, with Studio employees Isabel Roberts and John Van Bergen, as well as Marion | 1,106 | zeroshot-train |
Królikarnia [SEP] architect | 's Theatre Entrepreneur and Chamberlain, Charles Thomatis, Count de Valéry, by royal architect Domenico Merlini. It was modeled after the famous Renaissance-era Villa Rotonda outside Vicenza, Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio.
On his estate, the Count established a brewery, brickyard, inn, mill, barn, and garden with vineyard. Thomatis has also been described as a pimp for King Stanisław August Poniatowski (reigned 1764–95); and the Count's "villa at Królikarnia [as] little more than a high-class | Królikarnia
Królikarnia (in English, "The Rabbit House") is a historic classicist palace in Warsaw, Poland; and a neighborhood in the Mokotów district of Warsaw.
Since 1965 the palace has housed a museum dedicated to Polish sculptor Xawery Dunikowski.
History.
The palace is named for its former function as a rabbit warren for Poland's King Augustus II the Strong (reigned 1697–1706 and 1709–33).
The Królikarnia was erected on the picturesque Wisła River escarpment between 1782 and 1786 for King Stanisław August Poniatowski | 1,107 | zeroshot-train |
Lasipalatsi [SEP] architect | Lasipalatsi
Lasipalatsi (; meaning literally "glass palace") is a functionalist office building designed in the 1930s, located on Mannerheimintie in the Kamppi district of Helsinki, Finland. Lasipalatsi is one of Helsinki's most notable functionalist buildings.
History.
An earlier building at the same location was the Turku barracks, which was destroyed in the Finnish Civil War in 1918. Lasipalatsi, designed by three young architects Viljo Revell, Heimo Riihimäki and Niilo Kokko, was built on the same site in 1936. Lasipalatsi, containing offices | as an architect from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1937. He made his architectural breakthrough already the year he graduated when he, together with fellow students Heimo Riihimäki and Niilo Kokko, won the architectural competition for the design of the Lasipalatsi, which had originally been intended as a temporary building comprising shops, restaurant and cinema, but which became one of the landmarks of Finnish "white functionalist" architecture. His next major work was the so-called Teollisuuskeskus (Industrial Centre), comprising offices, hotel (Palace Hotel) | 1,108 | zeroshot-train |
Lever House [SEP] architect | Lever House
Lever House is a glass-box skyscraper at 390 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Built in the International Style according to the design principles of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the building was designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Completed in 1952, it was the second curtain wall skyscraper in New York City after the United Nations Secretariat Building. The building features a courtyard and public space.
The construction of Lever House marked a transition point for Park Avenue in Midtown | later 1st Viscount Leverhulme), builder of the soap factory and model village at Port Sunlight, in 1888.
History Leverhulme Era.
Thornton Manor became the home of the Viscount Leverhulmes. William Lever bought the house in 1893 and lived here from 1888 until 1919, retaining ownership until his death in 1925. Lever started on a series of alterations and additions soon after his purchase. The architect Jonathan Simpson made some minor alterations but the first major work was designed by the Chester firm Douglas and Fordham in about 1896. This | 1,109 | zeroshot-train |
Linked Hybrid [SEP] architect | Linked Hybrid
Linked Hybrid () is a building complex built in Beijing, China designed by Steven Holl Architects. It is recognized for its environmental design and uses geo-thermal wells for cooling and heating. Linked Hybrid has won several awards such as the Best Tall Building Overall Award by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in 2009.
Located near the old city wall, it was designed as a pedestrian-oriented combination of public and private space that encourages the use of shared resources and reduces the need for | Splitterskyddad EnhetsPlattform
The SEP modular armoured vehicle ("Splitterskyddad enhetsplattform"), Swedish for "Fragmentation Protected Standard Platform", is a hybrid diesel-electric powered armoured fighting vehicle developed by BAE Systems AB. The vehicle is codenamed "Thor". The first demonstration models were produced in 2000 (tracked) and 2003 (wheeled). It was originally contracted by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration.
The series-hybrid electric drivetrains for both the wheeled (SEP-W) and two generations of tracked (SEP- | 1,110 | zeroshot-train |
Maison du Brésil [SEP] architect | Maison du Brésil
Maison du Brésil is a building in the Cité Universitaire complex in Paris, France, designed by noted architects Le Corbusier and Lúcio Costa for Brazilian students and scientists. It was built in 1957 and refurbished in 2000.
Function.
The Maison du Brésil is dedicated to housing of Brazilian students, professors, and research scientists who come to Paris for academic work. It also houses artists and other professionals doing internships in Paris. Since its opening in 1959, it has welcomed Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, | art galleries and at the Maison du Brésil in Paris in 2005, 2007 and 2010. "Brasilia. Flesh and Soul" was also presented during the summer of 2014, in the French city of Châlons-en-Champagne, and inaugurated by former State Secretary and current Deputy and Mayor of Châlons, Benoist Apparu.
Influences The architecture of Oscar Niemeyer "Brasilia. Travel towards Dawn" (2004).
In 2003, the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer received Jacques Benoit's proposal for a documentary film about the creation of Brasilia entitled | 1,111 | zeroshot-train |
New York Tribune Building [SEP] architect | New York Tribune Building
The New York Tribune Building was a building built by Richard Morris Hunt in 1875 in New York City. It was built as the headquarters of the New York Tribune, and was a brick and masonry structure topped by a Clock Tower. It was tall and when new the second-tallest building in New York, after Trinity Church. It was demolished in 1966.
The Tribune Building was located at 154 Printing House Square at Nassau and Spruce streets, on the site of an earlier Tribune building | McGraw-Hill Building.
Selected works.
- Tribune Tower, Chicago, Illinois 1924
- American Radiator Building, also known as the American Standard Building, Manhattan, New York City 1924
- Ocean Forest Country Club, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 1926-1927
- New York Daily News Building Manhattan, New York City 1929
- Masonic Temple, Scranton, Pennsylvania 1930
- Rockefeller Center, Manhattan, New York City, where Hood was a senior architect on a large design team. 1933- | 1,112 | zeroshot-train |
Olympia 66 [SEP] architect | Olympia 66
Olympia 66 is a retail building in Xigang District of Dalian, China, designed by Aedas, which began construction in 2011. It is located on Wusi Road, one of the main commercial avenues in Dalian. Completed in 2015, Olympia 66 has 221,900 square meters of shopping, dining and entertainment space.
This shopping complex is adjacent to Dalian People's Stadium. To the east is the headquarters of the municipal government, in People's Square and Xinghai Square is to the west.
The design of | by Bishop Scott on Sep. 3, 1865, and two persons, Mrs. Robert Frost and Mrs. Charles (Martha) Grainger were confirmed. Also that day, Rev. Hyland married William Glendenning of Seattle to Jane Connor of Olympia. "Accompanying the above was a most generous supply of wine and cake. As we regretfully gaze at the empty bottles and the remnants of the bridal loaf we waft them out best wishes for happiness" said the Washington Standard of Sep. 9 of this event.
On April 2, 1866, St | 1,113 | zeroshot-train |
Palazzo Thiene Bonin Longare [SEP] architect | Palazzo Thiene Bonin Longare
Palazzo Thiene Bonin Longare is a patrician palace in Vicenza, northern Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio probably in 1572 and built after Palladio's death by Vincenzo Scamozzi. It is one of the city "palazzi" of the Thiene family that Palladio worked upon, the other being Palazzo Thiene in the near contrà Porti.
Since 1994 the palace has formed part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site the current name of which is "City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto".
History | Porto, home of the "Museo Palladio"
- Palazzo del Capitaniato, home of the city council
- Palazzo Porto
- Palazzo Porto in Piazza Castello (incomplete)
- Palazzo Thiene Bonin Longare (built by Vincenzo Scamozzi)
- Palazzo Thiene
- Villa Gazzotti Grimani, in the "frazione" Bertesina
Architecture Other sights.
Architecture Other sights Churches.
Some of the main historical churches:
- Cathedral of Vicenza (church of Santa Maria Annunciata), dating from early in the 11th century, and | 1,114 | zeroshot-train |
Piyale Pasha Mosque [SEP] architect | Piyale Pasha Mosque
The Piyale Pasha Mosque ( ), also known as the Tersane Mosque (literally: Shipyard Mosque), is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque located in the Kasımpaşa neighborhood of the Beyoğlu district in Istanbul, Turkey.
History.
The Piyale Pasha Mosque was designed by Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan for the vizier and grand admiral Piyale Mehmed Pasha. The mosque was built between 1565 and 1573.
Architecture.
Unlike other mosques designed by Sinan that have a large central dome, the Piyale Pasha | - Piyale Pasha Mosque
- Rüstem Pasha Mosque
- Şemsi Pasha Mosque
- Atik Valide Mosque
- Molla Çelebi Mosque
- Zal Mahmud Pasha Mosque
- Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex
- Haseki Sultan Complex
- Sinan Pasha Mosque
- Laleli Mosque
- Yeni Valide Mosque
- Nuruosmaniye Mosque
- Zeynep Sultan Mosque
- Teşvikiye Mosque
- Küçük Mecidiye Mosque
- Ortaköy Mosque
- Dolmabahçe Mosque
- Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque
- Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque
- Nusretiye Mosque
- Church | 1,115 | zeroshot-train |
Portland Building [SEP] architect | and is due to last about three years.
History.
The distinctive look of Michael Graves' Portland Building, with its use of a variety of surface materials and colors, small windows, and inclusion of prominent decorative flourishes, was in stark contrast to the architectural style most commonly used for large office buildings at the time, and made the building an icon of postmodern architecture. It is the first major postmodern tall office building, opening before Philip Johnson's AT&T Building, and its design has been described as a | Administrative Affairs.
The Consulate General in Munich is the third largest U.S. diplomatic post in Germany after Berlin and Frankfort.
Architecture.
The consulate is located in a custom-built office building, the last of the signature modernist U.S. Consulates built in Germany in the 1950s still in service. The work of renowned Bavarian architect Sep Ruf, the building is considered a historic monument. As the main building from 1958 is raised on concrete stilts, the original look was airy and light. Security measures, added several times | 1,116 | zeroshot-train |
Rajabai Clock Tower [SEP] architect | Rajabai Clock Tower
The Rajabai Clock Tower is a clock tower in South Mumbai India. It is located in the confines of the Fort campus of the University of Mumbai. It stands at a height of 85 m (280 ft or 25 storeys).
The tower is part of The Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai, which was added to the list of World Heritage Sites in 2018.
History.
The Rajabai Clock Tower was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, an English architect. He | is completed.
- Construction begins on the Indiana Statehouse Indianapolis, Indiana
- Rajabai Clock Tower in South Mumbai, India is opened.
Awards.
- Royal Gold Medal – Alfred Waterhouse.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Victor Laloux.
Developments.
- Thaddeus Hyatt introduces a patent for reinforced concrete to the United States.
Births.
- May 3 – Ralph Knott, English architect (died 1929)
- May 21 – Arthur Joseph Davis, English Beaux-Arts architect | 1,117 | zeroshot-train |
Sagrada Família Schools [SEP] architect | Sagrada Família Schools
The Sagrada Família Schools (, ) building was constructed in 1909 by the modern Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí near the site of the Basílica de la Sagrada Família. It was a small school building for the children of the workers building the Sagrada Família, although other children of the neighborhood attended, especially from the underprivileged classes.
The teaching was in charge of Magin Espina Pujol math.teacher and friend of Gaudí, whose photo teaching classes is in the current school.
The building has a rectangular footprint of by | , Etsuro Sotoo and the controversial Josep Maria Subirachs decorate the fantastical façades. Barcelona-born Jordi Fauli took over as chief architect in 2012.
The central nave vaulting was completed in 2000 and the main tasks since then have been the construction of the transept vaults and apse. , work concentrated on the crossing and supporting structure for the main steeple of Jesus Christ as well as the southern enclosure of the central nave, which will become the Glory façade.
The church shares its site with the Sagrada Família Schools building, | 1,118 | zeroshot-train |
Saluki Stadium [SEP] architect | at Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots, and numerous other high-profile collegiate institutions and pro football organizations.
Design.
360 Architecture and Image Architects, Inc. designed Saluki Stadium and J. E. Dunn Construction Group/Holland Construction Services Joint Venture is the general contractor.
See also.
- List of NCAA Division I FCS football stadiums
External links.
- Southern Illinois Salukis - Saluki Stadium
- New football stadium SIUC's 'missing component'
- SIU Board of Trustees approves planning | Saluki Stadium
Saluki Stadium is a stadium on the campus of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. It is primarily utilized by the Southern Illinois Salukis football team.
History.
Construction on Saluki Stadium was completed in August 2010. The horseshoe-shaped stadium seats 15,000 spectators and hosts the school's American football program, replacing McAndrew Stadium. It is the newest of the 12 facilities built by Football Championship Subdivision schools since 2000.
Saluki Stadium is part of the $83 million Saluki Way Project, which includes | 1,119 | zeroshot-train |
Sheats Goldstein Residence [SEP] architect | Sheats–Goldstein Residence
The Sheats Goldstein Residence is a home designed and built between 1961 and 1963 by American architect John Lautner in the Beverly Crest neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, just a short distance from the Beverly Hills border. The building was conceived from the inside out and built into the sandstone ledge of the hillside; a cave-like dwelling that opens to embrace nature and view. The house is an example of American Organic Architecture that derives its form as an extension of the natural environment and of the individual | Martin purchased Lautner's 3,650-square-foot Garwood Residence in Point Dume for $14 million.
Cultural impact Public buildings.
One of the few Lautner buildings regularly open to the general public is the Desert Hot Springs Motel, which was restored in 2001. The Bob Hope residence was made available for limited museum-sponsored public visits during 2008-2009.
In 2016, LACMA announced a donation of the Sheats Goldstein House from the current owner, James Goldstein. The donation includes the house, surrounding land, and a $ | 1,120 | zeroshot-train |
Swissôtel Berlin [SEP] architect | Germany's Leading Business Hotel and the 2007 Germany's Leading Conference Hotel. It was managed by Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts, which is part of the FRHI Hotels & Resorts group.
History.
In early 1991, the Hamburg architects Gerkan, Marg and Partners were retained to draw up a plan for the new Swissôtel Berlin and the commerce building, which led to a pre-notification in 1993. A number of versions with solutions for different unitizations were developed between 1995 and 1998. These plans coordinated between the Charlottenburg district | Swissôtel Büyük Efes
The Swissôtel Büyük Efes (formerly known as Büyük Efes Hotel) is a hotel located near Cumhuriyet Square in İzmir, Turkey. It is part of the Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts chain.
History.
The initial design of the hotel was prepared by architect Paul Bonatz in 1950, but was soon discontinued due to the architect's health problems. The project was soon reassigned to and completed by Turkish architect Fatih Uran. The hotel opened officially in 1964.
The hotel was originally owned by The Pension | 1,121 | zeroshot-train |
Walter L. Dodge House [SEP] architect | Walter L. Dodge House
The Walter L. Dodge House in West Hollywood, California, was an architecturally significant home, designed by Irving Gill in the Early Modern style. Though the Dodge House received significant recognition from architectural experts, it was targeted for redevelopment. A long preservation effort to shield it from the wrecking ball ultimately failed, ending with complete demolition in 1970. The Dodge House was replaced by apartments.
American architectural historian William Jordy and the American Institute of Architects ranked it among the 15 most architecturally significant American houses | Dodge House
Dodge House may refer to:
- in the United States
(by state, then city)
- Walter L. Dodge House, West Hollywood, California, formerly listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)
- Dodge House (Mishawaka, Indiana), NRHP-listed in St. Joseph County
- Augustus Caesar Dodge House, Burlington, Iowa, listed on the NRHP in Des Moines County
- Grenville M. Dodge House, Council Bluffs, Iowa, a U.S. National Historic Landmark | 1,122 | zeroshot-train |
Yong He Yuan [SEP] architect | Yong He Yuan
Yong He Yuan () is a complex of two residential towers designed by Florent Nédélec and located in Taipei, Taiwan.
Design.
The Yong He Yuan Residences has a unique design that incorporates a woven pattern throughout the facades of the towers. The pattern is made of a series of light stripped grey granites and dark aluminum panels. The facades incorporate large square windows in between the interlaced horizontal and vertical elements of the pattern and are generously recessed to provide additional shading and protection from the sun. | C. Y. Lee
C. Y. Lee may refer to:
- Chin Yang Lee (1915–2018), Chinese-American writer
- Chu-Yuan Lee (born 1938), Taiwanese architect
- Lee Chung-yong (born 1988), South Korean footballer | 1,123 | zeroshot-train |
25 Bank Street [SEP] architect | five buildings were designated HQ1 to HQ5, with 25 Bank Street designated as HQ2.
25 Bank Street, along with its neighbours HQ3 (40 Bank Street) and HQ4 (50 Bank Street) were all designed by César Pelli in the International style, featuring complementary external cladding of stainless steel, glass and stone. 25 Bank Street and 40 Bank Street, which are of equal height, are conjoined by the West Winter Garden glass enclosed concourse and all provide enclosed access to an underground retail mall. The building is designed | floor and manager's residence on the upper level. Work was completed in January 1909. At the same time the bank purchased additional land to extend their frontage to the main street on the eastern side of the building. It is not known if Cowlishaw was the architect for the new work, though this is likely as he is believed to have still been the bank architect at this time.
In 1922 the bank purchased additional land to the west of the building adding to their earlier purchase. On 25 January 1943 the | 1,124 | zeroshot-train |
330 Hudson [SEP] architect | addition.
History.
Constructed in 1910, 330 Hudson originally was an eight-story warehouse building and was designed by Charles Haight. One of the original tenants was the Waterman Pen Company, Masback Hardware Company occupied the building from 1935 until 1979, when the Company moved to North Bergen New Jersey. Masback went out of business in 1996 and the transformation of the Hudson Square neighborhood from a manufacturing to a mixed use neighborhood led to the adaptive re-use of 330 Hudson.
Building description.
330 Hudson | 330 Hudson
330 Hudson is a building located at 330 Hudson Street, in the Hudson Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Plans for developing the building began in 2011 when landlord Trinity Real Estate signed a 99-year lease agreement with Beacon Capital Partners. The agreement sought to transform the building into a 350,000-square-foot finished office space, retail space at the base, attracting a variety of commercial tenants. The plans included restoration of the façade of the existing eight-story building and creation of a new eight-story | 1,125 | zeroshot-train |
500 Fifth Avenue [SEP] architect | 500 Fifth Avenue
500 Fifth Avenue, located between West 42nd and 43rd Streets in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, is a 60-floor, 697-foot (213 m), 659,132 sq ft office tower built from 1929 to 1931 and designed by the firm of Shreve, Lamb & Harmon in the Art Deco style. Constructed for Walter J. Salmon, Sr., it is adjacent to Bryant Park and the Salmon Tower Building, also built for Salmon.
It was the original transmitter site for CBS Radio's New York City | ), 1929
- 740 Park Avenue (with Rosario Candela), 1930
- 500 Fifth Avenue, 1931,
- Empire State Building, 1930–1931
- 14 Wall Street (formerly the "Bankers Trust Company Building") addition, 1931–1932
- Joel W. Solomon Federal Building and United States Courthouse (with R. H. Hunt), Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1932
- 99 John Deco Lofts (formerly "The Great American Insurance Company Building"), 1933
- Jerusalem International YMCA (architect Arthur Loomis Harmon | 1,126 | zeroshot-train |
Andrew Melville Hall [SEP] architect | Andrew Melville Hall
Andrew Melville Hall is a student hall of residence of the University of St Andrews located in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It was built in 1967 in the brutalist style, and it accommodates approximately 275 students.
History.
Designed in the New Brutalist style by the renowned architect James Stirling, Andrew Melville Hall was built during a major expansion of the University in the 1960s using prefabricated concrete modules. Errors in construction meant that extensive remedial work was required over several decades. Plans for further buildings | , house services, and maintenance.
Facilities In film.
Andrew Melville Hall was used for location shooting of the film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, "Never Let Me Go" starring Keira Knightley.
Sources.
- Kenneth Frampton, "Andrew Melville Hall", Architectural Design Magazine, Sept. 1970
- "Andrew Melville Halls of Residence", Adrian Welch / Isabelle Lomholt, www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk.
- "St. Andrews Dormitory", The Architecture Week Great Buildings Collection.
External links.
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BOK Center [SEP] architect | 30, 2008. The arena's schedule of concerts and other events began on August 31 with a community choir hosted by Sam Harris.
Designed by César Pelli, the architect of the Petronas Towers in Malaysia, the BOK Center is the flagship project of Tulsa County's Vision 2025 long-range development initiative. Local firm, Matrix Architects Engineers Planners, Inc, is the architect and engineer of record. The arena is managed and operated by SMG and named for the Bank of Oklahoma, which purchased naming rights for $ | improvements at many Tulsa County smaller municipalities.
History in Tulsa Politics BOK Center.
The flagship project of Vision 2025, however was an 18,000 seat multi-purpose event center/arena, later named as the BOK Center. Since its completion in 2006, the BOK Center has consistently ranked in the nation's top arenas for tickets sales, hosting the biggest names in the entertainment world. LaFortune personally selected world-renowned architect Cesar Pelli as the architect for the venue and his outstanding achievement that is now the BOK Center. | 1,128 | zeroshot-train |
Bodegas Güell [SEP] architect | Bodegas Güell
Bodegas Güell, in Catalan Celler Güell, is an architectural complex comprising a winery and associated buildings located in Garraf, in the municipality of Sitges (Barcelona), designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí.
History and description.
Gaudí received the commission for this work in 1882 from his patron Eusebi Güell, who had seen Gaudí's work at the Paris Expo in 1878; in this year Gaudí received a number of other commissions including the Palau Güell, the Pabellones Güell de Pedralbes, the Park Güell | , with their paraboloid shape like those of the Missions.
In 1895 he designed a funerary chapel for the Güell family at the abbey of Montserrat, but little is known about this work, which was never built. That year, construction finally began on the Bodegas Güell, the 1882 project for a hunting lodge and some wineries at La Cuadra de Garraf (Sitges), property of Eusebi Güell. Constructed between 1895 and 1897 under the direction of Francesc Berenguer, Gaudí's aide, the wineries have a triangular end facade | 1,129 | zeroshot-train |
Bushy House [SEP] architect | Bushy House in its first form was built in 1663 by William Samwell for Edward Proger, at a cost of £4000 (), as the lodge of the Keeper/Ranger of Bushy Park in what was at the time the North Park part. Proger had been made Ranger of Bushy Park to reward him for his loyalty to King Charles II during his exile.
It was rebuilt by Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (also spelt Montague) 1714 to 1715 after he had bought the three parks from the Duchess | naturalist, poet and writer, lived in Coleshill Road in Teddington from 1898 to 1902
- Frederick North, Lord North (1732–1792), British statesman, Prime Minister from 1770 to 1782, lived at Bushy House as his London suburban residence when Ranger of Bushy Park, from 1771 to 1792
- Gertrude Minnie Robins (1861-1939), novelist, born in Teddington
- Norman Selfe (1839–1911), engineer, naval architect, inventor, urban planner and advocate of technical education, was born in Teddington | 1,130 | zeroshot-train |
Casa Lleó Morera [SEP] architect | Casa Lleó Morera
The Casa Lleó Morera () is a building designed by noted modernisme architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, located at Passeig de Gràcia 35 in the Eixample district of Barcelona. In 1902 Francesca Morera assigned Lluís Domènech i Montaner to remodel ancient "casa Rocamora", built in 1864. She died in 1904, and the building was named after her son, Albert Lleó i Morera. The building is located on the corner of Carrer del Consell de Cent, and is one of the three important buildings of Barcelona | restoration project was completed, focused on the ground floor. Several elements such as the carriage entrance, several columns and some mosaics were recovered.
See also.
- List of Modernisme buildings in Barcelona
External links.
- Barcelona Tourist Guide: Casa Lleó-Morera
- Gaudí and Art Nouveau in Catalonia / Architecture / Domènech i Montaner / Barcelona / Casa Lleó Morera | 1,131 | zeroshot-train |
Castle of the Three Dragons [SEP] architect | Castle of the Three Dragons
The Castle of the Three Dragons (, ), is the popular name given to the modernisme building built between 1887-1888 as a Café-Restaurant for the 1888 Universal Exposition of Barcelona by Lluís Domènech i Montaner. This name was probably adopted from the 1865 play by Serafí Pitarra.
History.
In its time it was one of the main buildings of the exhibition, and before it the Palace of Fine Arts had ceased to exist. It was at the end of the main | of transparent pavilions that were designed by German architect Sep Ruf and have been classified as an historical monument. Located at the edge of the city, the campus offers an intensive work atmosphere. In the exhibition hall of the Academy and in the Gallery of the Academy, young artists publicly present their work. In addition to the main location in Nuremberg’s Zerzabelshof district, the college has been using space in the historical imperial castle in Lauf since 1985 as a branch location in which to accommodate the art education and art pedagogy classes | 1,132 | zeroshot-train |
Detroit Free Press Building [SEP] architect | Detroit Free Press Building
The Detroit Free Press Building is an office building designed by Albert Kahn Associates in downtown Detroit, Michigan. Construction began in 1924 and was completed in 1925.
The high-rise building contains on 14 above-ground and two basement levels. The building features Art Deco detailing, and is a steel-frame structure faced with limestone. Its design features stepped massing in the central tower and flanking wings. When constructed, the building housed editorial and business offices for the paper as well as printing | El Tovar Apartments
The El Tovar Apartments is an apartment building located at 320 East Grand Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan, in the East Grand Boulevard Historic District. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
Architecture.
Often attributed to the firm of Wiedmaier & Gay, the December 6, 1928 edition of the Detroit Free Press lists Robert J. West as the architect of the building. The El Tovar Apartment building is an excellent example of Spanish Moorish/Art Deco style. The El Tovar | 1,133 | zeroshot-train |
Estate Exchange [SEP] architect | Estate Exchange
The Estate Exchange at 46 Fountain Street, Manchester, England, is a Victorian office block by Thomas Worthington. It was built as Overseers' and Churchwardens' Offices in 1852, with the top two floors being added in 1858. It is a Grade II* listed building as of 3 October 1974.
The building is in an "Italian palazzo style, of red brick with sandstone dressings (and a) slate roof". Hartwell considers it the best building on Fountain Street: "Each floor is | the use of the ‘sick poor’ coming in for treatment from the ‘Cottonopolis’ of Lancashire and Yorkshire. The Devonshire estate architect, Henry Currey, architect for St Thomas’s Hospital in London, converted two thirds of the building into a hospital.
In 1881, the Buxton Bath Charity trustees, under their chairman Dr William Henry Robertson, persuaded William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire to give them the use of the whole building in exchange for providing new stables elsewhere in the town. Local architect Robert Rippon Duke | 1,134 | zeroshot-train |
Eugene A. Gilmore House [SEP] architect | Eugene A. Gilmore House
The Eugene A. Gilmore House, also known as "Airplane" House, is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed Prairie school home that was constructed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1908. The client, Eugene Allen Gilmore, served as faculty at the nearby University of Wisconsin Law School from 1902 to 1922. It is located within the University Heights Historic District, on Ely Place & Prospect Avenue.
References.
- Storrer, William Allin. "The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion". University Of Chicago Press | habitual offender. A prison psychiatrist diagnosed him with antisocial personality disorder with intermittent psychotic decompensation. He was granted conditional release in 1972 to live weekdays in a halfway house in Eugene, Oregon, and study art at a community college. Gilmore never registered and, within a month, he was arrested and convicted of armed robbery.
Due to his violent behavior in prison, Gilmore was transferred in 1975 from Oregon to the federal prison in Marion, Illinois, at the time a maximum security facility.
Gilmore was conditionally paroled | 1,135 | zeroshot-train |
Habitation de Québec [SEP] architect | Habitation de Québec
Habitation de Québec was an ensemble of buildings interconnected by Samuel de Champlain when he founded Québec during 1608. The site is located in what is now Vieux-Québec. It was located near the site of the abandoned First Nations village of Stadacona that Jacques Cartier had visited during 1535. It served as a fort and as dwellings for the new colony in New France. | "La vie de Joseph-François Perrault, surnommé le père de l'éducation du peuple canadien" (1898)
- "La fontaine d'Abraham Martin et le site de son habitation" (1903)
- "La maison d'Arnoux où Montcalm est mort" (1903)
- "La maison du Chien d'Or à Québec" (1905)
- "Les batailles des plaines d'Abraham et de Sainte-Foye" (1908)
- "La chapelle et le tombeau de Champlain" (1909)
He died | 1,136 | zeroshot-train |
House VI [SEP] architect | House VI
House VI, or the Frank Residence, is a significant building designed by Peter Eisenman, completed in 1975. His second built work, the getaway house, located on Great Hollow Road near Bird's Eye Brook in Cornwall, Connecticut (across from Mohawk Mountain Ski Area) has become famous for both its revolutionary definition of a "house" as much as for the physical problems of design and difficulty of use. At the time of construction, the architect was known almost exclusively as a theorist and "paper | its own name as Creature House Expression.
The latest version of Creature House Expression published by Creature House Ltd is version 3.3.
In Sep 2003, Microsoft acquired the software product together with all related trademarks and titles and hired Dr. Alex S. C. Hsu as an architect. Eventually, Alex S. C. Hsu led a new Microsoft team to continue the development of the software under the code name Acrylic as part of a new Expression Suite Project initiated by Alex S. C. Hsu and others. In 2007, the original Expression application | 1,137 | zeroshot-train |
Kaiser Center [SEP] architect | Kaiser Center
Kaiser Center, also called the Kaiser Building, is a 28-story office building located at 300 Lakeside Drive, adjacent to Lake Merritt, in downtown Oakland, California, designed by the architectural firm of Welton Becket & Associates of Los Angeles. The property is bounded by Lakeside Drive, which terminates and joins Harrison Street at the site, 20th-, 21st-, and Webster-streets. When completed in 1960, it was Oakland's tallest building, as well as the largest office tower west of the Rocky Mountains. | Kaiser Convention Center
Kaiser Convention Center is a historic, publicly owned multi-purpose building located in Oakland, California. The facility includes a 5,492-seat arena, a large theater, and a large ballroom. The building is #27 on the list of Oakland Historic Landmarks.
History.
The Beaux-Arts style landmark was built in 1914; the architect was John J. Donovan. Originally known as the Oakland Civic Auditorium, it was renamed in honor of Henry J. Kaiser after a 1984 renovation.
The city closed | 1,138 | zeroshot-train |
Les Invalides [SEP] architect | , and the Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine, as well as the Dôme des Invalides, a large church, the tallest in Paris at a height of 107 meters, with the tombs of some of France's war heroes, most notably Napoleon.
History.
Louis XIV initiated the project by an order dated 24 November 1670, as a home and hospital for aged and unwell soldiers: the name is a shortened form of hôpital des invalides. The architect of Les Invalides was Libéral Bruant. The selected site was in the then | Harvard Graduate School of Design. His father, Dr. Marco Michahelles, was the leading wheat geneticist in Italy and other Countries.
He was in charge of the restoration of Les Invalides in Paris, as the assistant to the Chief Architect for Historic Monuments B. Monnet. For the Paris Municipality he was responsible for the landscaping of the Esplanade des Invalides as well as the Jardin de l'Intendant. For the Ministry of Veterans he renovated with F. Monnet the INI Hospital – Institution National des Invalides. For the Ministry of Finance, he | 1,139 | zeroshot-train |
Marina City [SEP] architect | tower cranes.
WLS-TV (ABC Channel 7) transmitted from an antenna atop Marina City until the Willis Tower (formerly known as Sears Tower) was completed. Local radio station WCFL operated out of Marina City in the office building of the complex. Local television station WFLD (FOX Channel 32) had its studios and transmitter at Marina City for 18 years until they were bought by Metromedia.
Marina City was the first post-war urban high-rise residential complex in the United States and is widely credited | Marina Kroschina
Marina Kroschina was a Ukrainian tennis player who played for the Soviet Union and won the 1971 Wimbledon girls' singles championships.
Life.
Marina Kroschina was born on 18 April 1953 in the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Her father was a painter and architect, and her mother, Olga Zobachova, a champion of chess in Uzbekistan and Central Asia. Kroschina committed suicide on 4 July 2000 in Kiev.
Career.
Marina Kroschina won the 1972 European Championship and the All England Plate in 1974. | 1,140 | zeroshot-train |
Meridian Condominiums [SEP] architect | Meridian Condominiums
Meridian Condominiums is the 19th tallest building in San Diego, California and is a prominent fixture in San Diego's skyline. It has a height of 371 ft (113 m) and contains 172 units. Located at 700 Front Street in the Horton Plaza district of Downtown San Diego, Meridian Condominiums is a 28-story building that utilizes a modern architectural style designed by the architect firm Maxwell Starkman & Associates. The skyscraper was built at a cost of $71.1 million.
See also.
- List of | tallest buildings in San Diego
External links.
- Official site
- Meridian Condominiums at Emporis.com
- Meridian Condominiums at SkyscraperPage.com | 1,141 | zeroshot-train |
One Marina Boulevard [SEP] architect | Marina Boulevard received a Certificate of Merit in the Best Buildable Design Awards, under the Commercial and Office Buildings Category.
History.
One Marina Boulevard was designed by DP Architects, and completed in 2004. Other firms involved in the development include Singapore Labour Foundation Management Services, Samsung Corporation, Beca Carter Hollings and Ferner, Hyder Consulting, Arup Singapore, Davis Langdon & Seah Singapore, Sika Services AG, Building Systems, and National Trades Union Congress. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on 28 February 2002, which formally kicked | Marina High School (San Leandro, California)
Marina High School was a public high school located in Washington Manor in San Leandro, California, USA, that operated from 1964 to 1982. It was part of the San Lorenzo Unified School District.
It opened in September 1964 on Wicks Boulevard with only freshman, sophomore and junior classes. Donald Hayes was the architect of Marina High, which gave Marina its distinctive roofline. The students mostly came from the former Foothill High School in Hayward. The first graduating class at | 1,142 | zeroshot-train |
Peter and Paul Fortress [SEP] architect | Peter and Paul Fortress
The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of St. Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress. In the early 1920s, it was still used as a prison and execution ground by the Bolshevik government.
Today it has been adapted as the central and most important part of the State Museum of Saint Petersburg History. The museum has gradually become virtually the sole owner of the fortress building, except | Leon Benois
Leon Benois (; 1856 in Peterhof – 1928 in Leningrad) was a Russian architect from the Benois family.
Biography.
He was the son of architect Nicholas Benois, the brother of artists Alexandre Benois and Albert Benois. He built the Roman Catholic cathedral of Notre-Dame in St Petersburg, the mausoleum of the Grand Dukes of Russia in the Peter and Paul Fortress, the Russian Chapel in Darmstadt, and the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Warsaw, among many other works. Benois served as Dean of the | 1,143 | zeroshot-train |
San Stae [SEP] architect | San Stae
San Stae is a church in central Venice, in the sestiere of Santa Croce.
San Stae, an abbreviation for Saint Eustachius, was founded at the beginning of the 11th century and reconstructed in the 17th century, and has a main facade (1709) on the Grand Canal of Venice, constructed by Domenico Rossi, and richly decorated with statuary by Giuseppe Torretto, Antonio Tarsia, Pietro Baratta, and Antonio Corradini.
The interior has a tomb for the Mocenigo family. The right wall contains altars | Ca' Tron
Ca' Tron is a palace in Venice, northern Italy, facing the Canal Grande. Part of the "sestiere" (quarter) of Santa Croce, it is situated between the Palazzo Belloni Battagia and Palazzo Duodo, near the church of San Stae. It is owned by the Università Iuav di Venezia and houses the Department of Design and Planning in Complex Environments.
The palace was rebuilt in the late 16th century, under the design of an unknown architect influenced by Jacopo Sansovino as the residence of | 1,144 | zeroshot-train |
Schürmann-Bau [SEP] architect | Schürmann-Bau
The Schürmann-Bau is an office building in Bonn, named after its architect Joachim Schürmann. The building houses the headquarters of the Deutsche Welle, after being originally planned for the members of parliament. The construction site was heavily damaged in spring 1993 by a flood of the Rhine. During the construction period there was no flood control installed. Only in 1997, the damaged building was renovated. Estimated costs were 700 million Euros.
Art.
Since September 2004 a series of art objects by international | Islamisches Recht (Society for Arab and Islamic Law) established.
- 1998 - Institute for the Study of Labor founded.
- 1999
- German Bundestag (legislature) relocated from Bonn to Berlin per Berlin-Bonn Act.
- Federal Court of Auditors and Federal Cartel Office relocated to Bonn.
21st century.
- 2001 - University of Bonn's Egyptian Museum founded.
- 2002
- Post Tower and Schürmann-Bau (office building) constructed.
- UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for | 1,145 | zeroshot-train |
Stahl House [SEP] architect | Stahl House
The Stahl House (also known as Case Study House #22) is a modernist-styled house designed by architect Pierre Koenig in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles, California, which is known as a frequent set location in American films. Photographic and anecdotal evidence suggests that the architect's client, Buck Stahl, may have provided an inspiration for the overall structure. In 2013 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
History.
Built in 1959 as part of the Case Study | lived to be 91. (1847–1938)
Architect John C. Stahl.
John C. Stahl was a German American who also enjoyed fine woods. Stahl graduated from Central High School (Old Main) and went on to night school to study building and design while working in architectural offices during the day. Stahl was only 28 years of age when he designed the Linsell House. He crafted the house just to the liking of Mr. Linsell by incorporating fine woods and Georgian style windows in his design. Stahl went on to establish | 1,146 | zeroshot-train |
Torre Intesa Sanpaolo [SEP] architect | panoramic terrace that provides far-reaching views over the city. At its base, a 364-seat multifunctional public hall/auditorium is hung from the transfer trusses four stories above ground level.
Renzo Piano, Grattacielo Intesa Sanpaolo's architect, described the skyscraper as "bioclimatic building", being naturally ventilated and cooled; with a substantial amount of its power requirement to be generated from photovoltaic panels that cover the southern façade. It was awarded the LEED Platinum rating, making it the only high-rise building in Europe to hold | Intesa Sanpaolo
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. is an Italian banking group resulting from the merger of Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI based in Torre Intesa Sanpaolo, Turin, Italy. In 2014 it was the largest banking group in Italy by market capitalization, and second by total assets. The bank has also experienced growth in the international market, focused in Central-Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
When it was formed in 2007 it overtook Unicredit Group as the largest bank in Italy with 13 million customers and | 1,147 | zeroshot-train |
Ultima Tower [SEP] architect | Ultima Tower
The Ultima Tower is a hypothetical supertall skyscraper, designed by American architect Eugene Tsui in 1991. It has been envisioned to be built in San Francisco, California and could accommodate up to 1 million people. With a total height of , the tower would be 2 miles tall, and comprise 500 stories if built. It is one of the tallest buildings/man-made structures ever conceived.
Statistics.
The proposed tower would have a diameter at the base of , and comprise , which is 140 | is planned to be 370 meters (1,214 ft) tall and is designed to be a green energy building.
Future developments.
Future developments Dubai City Tower.
The Dubai City Tower also known as the Dubai Vertical City is a proposed supertall skyscraper design announced on 25 August 2008. The supertall, created by an architect to display possibly future technologies, is the third tallest building ever fully envisioned after the X-Seed 4000 and Ultima Tower. If ever constructed, the Dubai City Tower will be much taller than | 1,148 | zeroshot-train |
Villa Noailles [SEP] architect | Villa Noailles
Villa Noailles () is an early modernist house, built by architect Robert Mallet-Stevens for art patrons Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles, between 1923 and 1927. It is located in the hills above Hyères, in the Var, southeastern France.
History.
Charles de Noailles was born in 1891, his wife Marie-Laure in 1902. They were married in 1923. Before their marriage, they became friends of artist-filmmaker Jean Cocteau, and Noailles commissioned a portrait of his wife | for about 2 million Euros.
- From 1930 to 1985, Elvira Popescu lived in a villa in Mézy-sur-Seine, Yvelines. The villa, acquired from fashion designer Paul Poiret, and remodelled in 1932 by architect Paul Boyer, was declared a historic monument in 1984, but it has since decayed. Bought for 1.8 million French francs in 1999, it is open occasionally to the public.
- Together with Elena Văcărescu, Anna de Noailles, and Marthe Bibesco, Elvira Popescu is considered to be the | 1,149 | zeroshot-train |
Weser Tower [SEP] architect | Weser Tower
The Weser Tower is a multistorey building in Bremen, designed by the American architect of German origin Helmut Jahn. The laying of the foundation was on 23 October 2007. The Tower of 82 metres height is the tallest office building of Bremen and was completed in 2010.
The 22 floors of the building have a surface of 18,000 square metres and thus place for 800 jobs. Among this large-scale project rank also a new hotel, a Varieté theatre, restaurants and further office buildings. Principal tenant are | Papenburgstrasse in Bremen, the prestigious NDL Building to plans by architect Johann Poppe, who was also the lead interior designer for the company's liners. The building, the largest in the city at the time, was in eclectic Renaissance Revival style with a tower. It was sold in 1942 to Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau and when the company was broken up into its constituent parts after World War II, passed to AG Weser. However, it had been severely damaged by bombing and was ultimately demolished and a Horten department store built | 1,150 | zeroshot-train |
Willow Tearooms [SEP] architect | Willow Tearooms
The Willow Tearooms are tearooms at 217 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland, designed by internationally renowned architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, which opened for business in October 1903. They quickly gained enormous popularity, and are the most famous of the many Glasgow tearooms that opened in the late 19th and early 20th century. The building was fully restored largely to Mackintosh's original designs between 2014 and 2018. It was re-opened as working tea rooms in July 2018 and trades under the name "Mackintosh at The Willow" | an architect and designer in the Arts and Crafts Movement and the main exponent of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom, designing numerous noted Glasgow buildings such as the Glasgow School of Art, Willow Tearooms and the Scotland Street School Museum. A hidden gem of Glasgow, also designed by Mackintosh, is the Queen's Cross Church, the only church by the renowned artist to be built.
Another architect who has had an enduring impact on the city's appearance is Alexander Thomson, with notable examples including the Holmwood House villa, | 1,151 | zeroshot-train |
Carlton Centre [SEP] architect | ground shopping centre with over 180 shops.
History.
The Carlton Centre was designed by the US architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Anglo American Properties began construction in the late 1960s by demolishing the old Carlton Hotel and the closing roads to form a city superblock. Excavations for the Carlton began in January 1967, and took two years to complete. Although occupation of the Centre began in 1971, construction was not finally completed until 1974. The building officially opened in 1973 at a total cost of over R88 | André
- La Citadelle (Bagnols-sur-Ceze, 1956–1961), architects Georges Candilis, Alexis Josic, Sadrach Woods, Guy Brunache, Paul Dony
- Villa Kerylos, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, (1903–1908), architect Emmanuel Pontremoli
- Hotel Carlton, Cannes, (1909–1913), architect Charles Dalmas, Marcellin Mayére
- Villa Vent d'aval, Grimaud, Var, 1928–1950, architect Pierre Chareau
- Palais de la Méditerranée (1929), architect Charles Dalmas, Marcel Dalmas
- Centre de | 1,152 | zeroshot-train |
Casa Gasull [SEP] architect | Casa Gasull
The Casa Gasull is a building in Reus, Catalonia, Spain, designed by Modernista architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner.
The Casa Gasull was designed in 1910 and was finished in 1912. The building is close to Casa Rull, another Catalan Modernista building, also designed by Domènech i Montaner.
See also.
- Lluís Domènech i Muntaner
- Reus
- Modernisme | the Modernist style and has architectural, historical, artistic, cultural and social importance. It is adjacent to another Modernist building designed by Lluís Domènech i Muntaner, the Casa Gasull. Nowadays, as a public building of the city council, some cultural events take part in the building and the garden surrounding the building.
See also.
- Lluís Domènech i Muntaner
- Reus
- Modernisme | 1,153 | zeroshot-train |
Chicago Opera House [SEP] architect | Chicago Opera House
The Chicago Opera House, was a theater complex in Chicago, Illinois, designed by the architectural firm of Cobb and Frost. The Chicago Opera House building took the cue provided by the Metropolitan Opera of New York as a mixed-used building: it housed both a theater and unrelated offices, used to subsidize the cost of the theater building. The theater itself was located in the middle of the complex and office structures flanked each side. The entire complex was known as the "Chicago Opera House Block | Ave, it continues to be an active Episcopal parish.
- 7th District Police Station, Chicago, Illinois (1888) Co-architect Franklin P. Burnham
- Kane County Courthouse, Geneva, Illinois (c. 1890–92). Co-architect Franklin P. Burnham.
- World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago (1893) Government Building. Co-architect Burnham.
Selected works As supervising architect.
- Grand Opera House, Dubuque Iowa (1890) Edbrooke's only surviving opera house design.
- San Jose Post | 1,154 | zeroshot-train |
City Center Square [SEP] architect | City Center Square
City Center Square is a skyscraper in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, built by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, in the Spring of 1977. It occupies the entire block of 11th Street to 12th Street, and from Main Street to Baltimore Street. It's tower is 30 stories tall, constructed with a reinforced concrete structure evident by the look of the exterior. It is the tenth-tallest habitable structure in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, and the fifteenth-tallest habitable structure in Missouri at . | In September 2007, the nonprofit Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts (VisArts), a former Rockville Mall tenant, opened its doors as a center for classes, galleries and programs.
External links.
- Deadmalls.com website (accessed Sep 6, 2008)
- Rockville Town Square (accessed Sep 6, 2008)
- City of Rockville, Rockville Town Center website (accessed Sep 6, 2008) | 1,155 | zeroshot-train |
Estádio Algarve [SEP] architect | stadium has a capacity of 30,305 and was built for the Euro 2004 tournament. Aside from football, it has also hosted music festivals and concerts, and was temporarily converted into a super special stage during the 2007 Rally Portugal (part of the 2007 World Rally Championship season).
The Estádio Algarve was designed in the summer of 2000 to UEFA and FIFA standards by Populous. The design team included WS Atkins engineers and local partners including Marobal. The design is regional in nature, alluding to the maritime traditions of Portugal and | Estádio Algarve
The Estádio Algarve is an association football stadium located between Faro and Loulé, in Portugal. It was the former home of Farense and Louletano, having received some Olhanense and Portimonense matches during their respective stadiums' works of renovation. From 2004 to 2013, Louletano shared the stadium with Sporting Clube Farense.
The Estádio Algarve was also the temporary home ground of the Gibraltar national football team and it also hosts the final match of the Algarve Cup, a major annual international tournament in women's football.
The | 1,156 | zeroshot-train |
King's House on Schachen [SEP] architect | was built between 1869-1872 to designs by architect Georg von Dollmann. It is often described as a hunting lodge, though Ludwig never used it for this purpose, instead utilizing it for birthday and anniversary celebrations. The building is the least-known of the palaces built by Ludwig. One room (known as the "Turkish Room") occupies the entire upper-floor of the castle, and is elaborately decorated in an Oriental fashion. The extravagant upstairs interior stands in stark contrast to the exterior and ground floor, | King's House on Schachen
The King's House on Schachen () is a small villa ("Schlösschen") at Schachen, Wetterstein mountain massif, about 10 km south of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, built by Ludwig II of Bavaria. The castle was constructed between 1869 and 1872. It can only be reached by a three- to four-hour hike, either from Elmau or Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and provides a view of Zugspitze.
King's House.
The King's House on Schachen | 1,157 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Vernon [SEP] architect | Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon was the plantation of George Washington, the first President of the United States, and his wife, Martha Washington. The estate is situated on the banks of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, near Alexandria, across from Prince George's County, Maryland. The Washington family had owned land in the area since the time of Washington's great-grandfather in 1674. Around 1734 they embarked on an expansion of the estate that continued under George Washington, who began leasing the estate in 1754 | , Boulder, Colorado, USA
- Mount Vernon International Film Festival, Sep 2014, New York, USA.
- Golden Orchid International Film Festival, Sep 2014, State University, Pennsylvania, USA
- UnderFunded International Film Festival, Sep 2014, Provo, Utah, USA
- Columbia Gorge International Film Festival, Aug 2014, Vancouver, WA, USA
External links.
- http://www.simplysonicstudios.com/#!the-debt/c23qo
- Official Movie Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyhJ9f1mxEE
- Official Festivals and Awards section of the Film's website: http://www.shoolizadeh.com/the-debt-festivals-awards | 1,158 | zeroshot-train |
Paul VI Audience Hall [SEP] architect | Paul VI Audience Hall
The Paul VI Audience Hall () also known as the Hall of the Pontifical Audiences is a building in Rome named for Pope with a seating capacity of 6,300, designed in reinforced concrete by the Italian architect Pier Luigi Nervi and completed in 1971. It was constructed on land donated by the Knights of Columbus.
It lies partially in the Vatican City but mostly in Italy: the Italian part of the building is treated as an extraterritorial area of the Holy See and is used by the Pope as | Building (also published as Trade Group Offices), Canberra (1970), Australia. Architect Harry Seidler & Associates
- MLC Centre, Sydney (1973) Architect: Harry Seidler & Associates
- Thompson Arena at Dartmouth College (1973–74)
- Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, San Francisco, California (1967) (collaborating with Pietro Belluschi)
- Paul VI Audience Hall, Vatican City (1971)
- Australian Embassy, Paris (1973) Consulting engineer. Architect. Harry Seidler & Associates | 1,159 | zeroshot-train |
Reform Club [SEP] architect | and 1914 8 per cent of the Club's membership had ties to the banking sector, some even holding directorships. While club members like Bram Stoker and Henry Irving mingled with Liberal bankers from prominent families like the Rothschilds and Goldschmidts, oftentimes women in theater did not have similar access or even the backing of guarantors needed to impress bankers of this caliber.
The Reform Club's building was designed by renowned architect Sir Charles Barry and contracted to builders Grissell & Peto. Construction began in 1837 and was finished in 1841. This | deterioration. This was done by architect Miguel Constanzó.
Reform War until 1923.
Like all other convents and monasteries in Mexico, this convent was disbanded after the Reform War in 1861, but its associated church continued to operate as such until 1917. The property became state property and the complex has housed a number of institutions such as the Jurisprudence School, the National Girls’ School and others until after the Mexican Revolution. From 1911 and 1922, the new Secretariat of Public Education (SEP), took over the | 1,160 | zeroshot-train |
Rietveld Schröder House [SEP] architect | Rietveld Schröder House
The Rietveld Schröder House () (also known as the Schröder House) in Utrecht (Prins Hendriklaan 50) was built in 1924 by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld for Mrs. Truus Schröder-Schräder and her three children.
She commissioned the house to be designed preferably without walls. Both Rietveld and Schröder espoused progressive ideals that included "a fierce commitment to a new openness about relationships within their own families and to truth in their emotional lives. Bourgeois notions of respectability and propriety, with their emphasis on discipline | own furniture factory, and changed the chair's colours after becoming influenced by the "De Stijl" movement, of which he became a member in 1919, the same year in which he became an architect. The contacts that he made at "De Stijl" gave him the opportunity to exhibit abroad as well. In 1923, Walter Gropius invited Rietveld to exhibit at the Bauhaus. He built, the Rietveld Schröder House, in 1924, in close collaboration with the owner Truus Schröder-Schräder. Built in Utrecht on the | 1,161 | zeroshot-train |
Saskatchewan Legislative Building [SEP] architect | Saskatchewan Legislative Building
The Saskatchewan Legislative Building is located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and houses the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.
History.
The Saskatchewan Legislative Building was built between 1908 and 1912 in the Beaux Arts style to a design by Edward and William Sutherland Maxwell of Montreal. The Maxwells also supervised construction of the building by the Montreal company P. Lyall & Sons, who later built the Centre Block of the federal Parliament Building in Ottawa after the 1866 Parliament Building was destroyed by fire in 1916. Piles began | Wascana Centre
Wascana Centre is a 930 hectare (9.3 km/2,300 acre/3.6 mi) urban park built around Wascana Lake in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, established in 1912 with a design from renowned architect Thomas Mawson. The park is designed around the Saskatchewan Legislative Building and Wascana Lake. High-profile features include the University of Regina, Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Conexus Arts Centre, Saskatchewan Science Centre, and CBC Regional Broadcast Centre. Wascana Centre brings together lands and buildings owned by the City of Regina, University of Regina, and | 1,162 | zeroshot-train |
Scharinska villan [SEP] architect | Scharinska villan
Scharinska villan is a pink building at the street Storgatan 63-65, located next to Döbelns park in Umeå, Sweden. Scharinska villan was designed by the architect Ragnar Östberg and it was erected in 1904-1905 for Egil Unander-Scharin and his family. In the 1950s the building also housed the family business AB Scharins Söner.
The building.
The exterior of the building is somewhat Victorian. There is a gable crest over the windows, with prominent arched windows on the ground floor. The | in Chicago and in 1896 he went on a three-year study trip to, among others, England, France, Italy and Greece. Dating from the early 1900s, he lived and worked in Umeå in north Sweden. Scharinska villan in Umeå is considered one of Östberg's best works during his youth.
Östberg became the most famous architect within the so-called "national romanticist" movement in Sweden. His body of work from the period range from public buildings, such as Stockholm City Hall, to mansions for | 1,163 | zeroshot-train |
Torre Insignia [SEP] architect | Torre Insignia
Torre Insignia (also called Torre Banobras and the Nonoalco Tlatelolco Tower) is a building designed by Mario Pani Darqui which is located on the corner of Avenida Ricardo Flores Magnon and Avenida de los Insurgentes Norte, in the Tlateloco housing complex in Cuauhtémoc in Mexico City. At its completion in 1962, the tower became the second tallest building in Mexico after the Torre Latinoamericana. The tower is not currently in use and is being renovated. It is the tallest building in the Tlatelolco area and the third highest in the | Torre Mayor, Torre Ejecutiva Pemex, World Trade Center Mexico City, Torre Latinoamericana (Latin American Tower), HSBC Towe, Edificio Reforma Avantel, St. Regis Hotel & Residences and Torre Insignia.
This building, together with the Edificio La Nacional, Edificio Miguel E Abed APYCSA, the Torre Latinoamericana, Tower Contigo and Edificio El Moro, is one of only six buildings that survived five major earthquakes throughout its history. The first earthquake of 7.9 on the Richter scale occurred in July 1957. The second, in September 1985 | 1,164 | zeroshot-train |
Villa Gazzotti Grimani [SEP] architect | Villa Gazzotti Grimani
The Villa Gazzotti Grimani (1542) is a Renaissance villa, an early work of architect Andrea Palladio, located in the village of Bertesina, near Vicenza in the Veneto region of northern Italy.
In 1994 UNESCO designated Villa Gazzotti Grimani as part of the "Vicenza, City of Palladio" World Heritage Site. Two years later the World Heritage Site was expanded to include Palladian villas outside the core area and accordingly it was renamed as "City of Vicenza and Palladian Villas of the Veneto". | Architectural details.
The villa was designed and built in the 1540s for the Venetian Taddeo Gazzotti and, like a number of Palladio's buildings, it incorporates a pre-existing structure. In 1550, before the building was completed, Gazzotti was facing financial problems and sold the villa to Girolamo Grimani.
The external form of the villa shows the person who commissioned it to have been a man who wanted to make his influence clearly visible. For the first time Palladio presents the body of the building as a clearly defined | 1,165 | zeroshot-train |
West Tower [SEP] architect | Awards.
At the 4th Liverpool Daily Post Regional Property Awards in association with RBS, Beetham West Tower won Aedas the best Mixed Use Development prize. This prize was awarded for best use of land which would normally have stood barren; creation of an "iconic" building; and best use of limited space.
Administration.
In February 2011, the West Tower went into administration after the parent companies were hit by falling property prices. Out of the 123 apartments, 106 had been purchased as buy to let investments | and investment banking.
History of BHF Bank.
The bank was formed on 1 January 1970 as the Berliner Handels- und Frankfurter Bank from the merger of the Frankfurter Bank (founded in 1854) and the Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft (founded in 1856). In 1970, when the BHF-Bank tower was built by the German architect Sep Ruf, it was the highest building in Frankfurt. The banks changed its name to BHF-Bank in 1975. Through the 1970s and 1980s it was in the top three to | 1,166 | zeroshot-train |
Alston Hall [SEP] architect | Alston Hall
Alston Hall is a 19th century Victorian gothic style country mansion located in Longridge (near Preston) in Lancashire, England. It is not to be confused with the 15th century Alston Old Hall nearby.
History.
Alston Hall, designed by the architect Alfred Darbyshire, was built c.1876 for John Mercer, a Newton-le-Willows colliery owner. It passed down to his grand-daughter, who was a nun, and was then sold to the Eccles cotton manufacturing family who sold it in turn | and lost at Norfolk. He was returned unopposed as MP for Dunwich at a by-election on 21 February 1738. At the 1741 British general election he went back to Bere Alston where he was returned unopposed.
In 1742, Morden inherited the Norfolk properties of his mother's brother Harbord Harbord, and assumed the surname Harbord in place of that of Morden by royal licence to meet the will's conditions. In the 1740s he began the construction of Gunton Hall designed by the architect Matthew Brettingham. He was made a | 1,167 | zeroshot-train |
Cefntilla Court [SEP] architect | Cefntilla Court
Cefntilla Court is a 19th-century country house (with 17th-century origins) in Llandenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, which was substantially rebuilt by Thomas Henry Wyatt for Richard Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan. The house is a Grade II* listed building.
Richard Somerset's father FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan commanded the British forces during the Crimean War. He died in 1855 and Richard succeeded him, his elder brother having died earlier. In 1858, a large group of the late Lord Raglan's | Cefntilla Halt railway station
Cefntilla Halt was a request stop on the former Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway. It was opened on 27 March 1954 and was open for less than two years, closing in 1955 when the railway closed. It was not near any particular village but was located near Cefntilla Court, the family seat of the Somerset family, the current holders of the title Baron Raglan and relatives of the House of Beaufort. It was construction was first suggested by FitzRoy Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan to the | 1,168 | zeroshot-train |
One Roxas Triangle [SEP] architect | the Philippines.
The Project Team.
The One Roxas Triangle was designed by international architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP in cooperation with local architectural firm Pimentel Rodriguez Simbulan & Partners; while the structural design was provided by international engineering company Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire Inc. in cooperation with renowned local engineering firm Aromin & Sy + Associates. Construction management works were provided by TCGI Engineers, quantity surveying works by Davis, Langdon and Seah Philippines, and the general contractor is D.M. Consunji, Inc.
Members of the engineering | One Roxas Triangle
The One Roxas Triangle, also known as the One Roxas Triangle Tower 1 or Roxas Triangle Tower One, is a residential condominium skyscraper located in Makati, Philippines. It is owned by Roxas Land Corp., and was developed by the combined efforts of Ayala Land, Inc., Hongkong Land, Ltd. and Bank of the Philippine Islands. It stands at 174.3 metres (571.85 feet), it is currently the 8th-tallest "complete" building in Makati, and the 15th tallest "complete building" in | 1,169 | zeroshot-train |
Piscine Molitor [SEP] architect | development of aquatic recreation in France still lagged behind that of Great Britain and Germany. However, public pools also hosted bathing facilities, as many French homes did not have their own bathrooms.
Piscine Molitor was built in 1929 by architect Lucien Pollet, who was working for "Les Belles Piscines de France" and had designed three other pool complexes. It was designed to resemble an ocean liner and was adorned with Art Deco stained glass by Louis Barillet. In the summer of 1929, Olympic athlete Johnny Weissmuller, who was | as retail, restaurants, and parking facilities.
In popular culture.
The title character of Yann Martel's Man Booker Prize winning novel "Life of Pi", Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, is named after Piscine Molitor. This book was made into a movie of the same name which was released in 2012.
External links.
- Legacy of Piscine Molitor | 1,170 | zeroshot-train |
Porte Saint-Martin [SEP] architect | Porte Saint-Martin
The Porte Saint-Martin is a Parisian monument located at the site of one of the gates of the now-destroyed fortifications of Paris. It is located at the crossing of Rue Saint-Martin, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin and the "grands boulevards" Boulevard Saint-Martin and Boulevard Saint-Denis.
History.
The Porte Saint-Martin was designed by architect Pierre Bullet (a student of François Blondel, architect of the nearby Porte Saint-Denis) at the order | Caillot, architects.
19th arrondissement.
Château d'eau du boulevard Bondy, Corner of rue de Bondy and Boulevard Saint-Martin, now in front of the grande Halle of la Villette, Porte de Pantin. (1809–1812). Removed from its original location in 1867.
L'Accueil de Paris, Femme au Bain. Square de la Butte-du-Chapeau-Rouge, (1938). Raymond Couvegnes, sculptor, Léon Azéma, architect.
Fontaine de la porte de La Villette, Square de la Porte | 1,171 | zeroshot-train |
RCBC Plaza [SEP] architect | as a whole, is considered by its developers to be the largest and most modern office development in the country.
Design and construction.
The RCBC Plaza was designed by international architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP, in cooperation with local architectural firm W.V. Coscolluela & Associates. The structural design was provided by international engineering company Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire in cooperation with local engineering company R.S. Caparros Associates & Company. Project management services was provided by Bovis Lend Lease, while construction management works were provided by Pacific Orient | Medal of Merit awardee from the Philippine Institute of Architects PIA and 1969 Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan awardee; former Dean Emeritus of the Mapua Institute of Technology
- William Coscolluela (1997) - architect and recipient of the Gold Medal of Merit award from the Philippine Institute of Architects PIA; awarded BCI Asia Top Ten Architects in the Philippines; founder of W.V. Coscolluela and Associates; projects include RCBC Plaza, Zuellig Building, Philam Life Tower, Robinsons Galleria, SM City North EDSA, and Discovery Shores Boracay
- Paulino Lim | 1,172 | zeroshot-train |
Red Gate Building [SEP] architect | Red Gate Building
The Red Gate Building is one of seven Stalinist skyscrapers, designed by Alexey Dushkin. Its name comes from the Red Gate square.
Features.
The main tower has 24 levels and is tall. The building also incorporates two 11-story apartment blocks, designed by the same architect. Both the right and the left wing contain around 300 flats.
History.
The skyscraper was laid down in 1947 and completed in 1953. The construction of the tower was complicated by its location near the Moscow Metro | elements. Corwin also was responsible for the design of the decorative elements found in the Chateau Theatre and Oakwood Cemetery gate.
The Plummer Building is among the more than 200 structures designed by the Ellerbe firm in Rochester. They are also the architect of record for other Mayo buildings including the 1914 "Red" Clinic building, the 1922 Mayo Institute for Experimental Medicine building, the 1954 Clinic building, and the 2002 Gonda Building, as well as the Rochester Methodist Hospital.
Its ornamental bronze doors nearly always stand open, | 1,173 | zeroshot-train |
Rideau Hall [SEP] architect | to the public for guided tours throughout the year; approximately 200,000 visitors tour Rideau Hall annually. Since 1934, the Federal District Commission (now the National Capital Commission) has managed the grounds.
History.
History McKay villa.
The site of Rideau Hall and the original structure were chosen and built by stonemason Thomas McKay, who immigrated from Perth, Scotland, to Montreal, Lower Canada, in 1817 and later became the main contractor involved in the construction of the Rideau Canal. Following the completion of the canal, | Rideau Cottage
Rideau Cottage is a historic residential building located on the grounds of Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ontario. The two-level, 22-room Georgian Revival home is owned by the Canadian Crown and has traditionally been inhabited by persons associated with the Governor General of Canada, including the viceroy's private secretary. It has been occupied by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family since 2015.
History.
Construction on the building, which was based on a design by architect F. P. Rubidge, began in 1866 and concluded | 1,174 | zeroshot-train |
Sjöö Castle [SEP] architect | with the renowned Swedish architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder (1615-1681) and the architect and master builder Mathias Spieler (1640-1691), Stenbock built Sjöö Castle to his estate. The construction work lasted from 1669 until 1679.
The nearby Church of Holm - closely connected with the castle - was erected in 1678, under the watchful eyes of Andreas Hackzelius (1630-1681) who became the first Rector - head of congregation - of the Parish of Holm to utilize the new facilities.
The patronage of | Sjöö Castle
Sjöö Castle (modern spelling: Sjö) is a castle in the tiny Parish of Holm (population in the year 2000: 26), in the Municipality of Enköping in Uppland, Sweden. The Sjöö Castle Palace with its park is considered one of the most beautiful in Sweden, with its perfect and harmonious proportions.
History.
The recorded history of the courtyard of Sjöö Castle begins from the Middle Ages. In 1409, Peter Laurensson took over the estate.
In 1541, Gustav Vasa bought | 1,175 | zeroshot-train |
Sun Plaza [SEP] architect | Sun Plaza (Bucharest)
Sun Plaza is a shopping mall in Bucharest, Romania, managed by CBRE Romania and owned by Sparkassen Immobilien AG, under the design of the international firm of architects Chapman Taylor.
The mall has:
- 1 hypermarket Cora (11,300 m²)
- 1 DIY Leroy Merlin (12,300 m²)
- 138 stores - including anchors: Zara, C&A, H&M, Hervis, Humanic, Deichmann, Koton, Flanco.
- 15 screen cinema complex Cinema City
- fast- | small things could pretty up City Hall Plaza. Boston Globe, Sep 16, 2007. pg. 2.
- Matt Viser. Fount of futility finally runs dry; City Hall Plaza eyesore gets a concrete solution. Boston Globe, June 9, 2006. pg. B.1.
- Jack Thomas. 'I wanted something that would last': At 89, an architect stands by his plan for City Hall after four decades of both condemnation and praise. Boston Globe. October 13, 2004.
- Talk | 1,176 | zeroshot-train |
Villa Jeanneret-Perret [SEP] architect | Villa Jeanneret-Perret
The Villa Jeanneret-Perret (also known as "Maison blanche") is the first independent project by Swiss architect Le Corbusier. Built in 1912 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret's hometown, it was designed for his parents. Open to the public since 2005, the house is under the patronage of the Swiss National Commission for UNESCO and has been proposed by the Swiss Government for inscription on the World Heritage List.
History.
In February 1912, Charles | recherche IBM, La Gaude, (1960–1962)- architect Marcel Breuer
- Villa Seynave, Grimaud, Var (1961) architect Jean Prouvé
- Port-Grimaud, Grimaud, Var, (1963–1972, François Spoerry
- Villa de Noailles, Hyères, (1923) Robert Mallet-Stevens
- La Tourette, Marseille, (1948–1953) architects Fernand Pouillon, Renė Egger
- Immeuble-facade du Vieux-Port, Marseille (1949–1954), architect Fernand Pouillon, Andre Devin, Andre LeConte, Auguste Perret
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Westminster Scholars War Memorial [SEP] architect | Westminster Scholars War Memorial
The Westminster Scholars War Memorial, also known as the Crimea and Indian Mutiny Memorial, is an 1861 memorial designed by George Gilbert Scott, installed near Westminster Abbey in Broad Sanctuary, London, United Kingdom.
Description.
The statue at the top, carved by J. R. Clayton, depicts St George slaying the dragon. It also features statues of St Edward the Confessor, Henry III, Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria, carved by J. Birnie Philip. Its base is flanked by four lions. | , later to become Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster.
In 1919–20 the turrets on the "west" front were found to be in danger of collapsing into the street below. They were taken down and rebuilt by the Sheffield firm of O'Neill & Son under the direction of Charles M. Hadfield, grandson of the Cathedral's original architect. In 1924 the War Memorial Chapel in the "north" transept was opened, commemorating the fallen in World War I. By 1934 the Cathedral's spire was found to have strayed from the perpendicular and | 1,178 | zeroshot-train |
Casa de los Botines [SEP] architect | Casa Botines
The Casa Botines (built 1891-1892) is a Modernist building in León, Spain designed by Antoni Gaudí. It was adapted to serve as the headquarters of Caja España, a local savings bank.
History.
While Gaudí was finishing the construction of the Episcopal Palace of Astorga, his friend and patron, Eusebi Güell recommended that he build a house in the center of León. Simón Fernández and Mariano Andrés, the owners of a company that bought fabrics from Güell, commissioned Gaudí to build a | , Singapore
- Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Serangoon, Singapore
Spain.
- Astorga Episcopal Palace, Astorga
- Casa de los Botines, León
- Cathedral of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna
- Facade and spire of Cathedral of Santa Eulalia, Barcelona
- Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor, on Tibidabo hill, Barcelona
- Gothic Quarter, Barcelona
- Sobrellano Palace, Comillas
- Cathedral of María Inmaculada of Vitoria
- Butrón Castle | 1,179 | zeroshot-train |
Château Pastré [SEP] architect | figs and apricot. The Pastrés had three large houses built in the park between 1845 and 1865: the Château Estrangin, Château Pastré and Château Sanderval.
Building.
The Parisian architect Jean-Charles Danjoy designed the Château Pastré, the largest of the buildings, completed in 1862. The three-story building was designed to meet the needs of its owners for a place where they could hold entertainments for many people. The "Nouvelle Revue" in its gossip section "Chronique de L'Élégance" in 1884 described a play | for the seminary at Coutances, but died before the work could start.
Danjoy created the design for the Château Pastré in Marseille, commissioned by the shipowner and merchant Eugène Pastré (1806-1868) and his wife, Céline de Beaulincourt-Marle. Completed in 1862, the chateau is now home of the "Musée de la Faïence de Marseille".
Danjoy died on 4 September 1862 in Paris.
His son Eugène Gustave Édouard Danjoy (1838-1905) was also a successful architect.
Édouard was | 1,180 | zeroshot-train |
Duke of York Column [SEP] architect | Duke of York Column
The Duke of York Column is a monument in London, England, to Prince Frederick, Duke of York, the second eldest son of King George III. The designer was Benjamin Dean Wyatt. It is sited where Regent Street meets The Mall, a purposefully wide endpoint of Regent Street known as Waterloo Place and Gardens, in between the two terraces of Carlton House Terrace and their tree-lined squares. The three very wide flights of steps down to The Mall adjoining are known as the Duke of | John Harper (architect)
John Harper (1809–1842) was an English architect.
Life.
Harper was born at Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn, Lancashire, on 11 November 1809. He studied architecture under Benjamin and Philip Wyatt, and when with them prepared the designs for Apsley House, York House, and the Duke of York's Column.
Harper went into practice as an architect at York. When travelling in Italy to studying art, he caught a malarial fever in Rome. While still in a weak | 1,181 | zeroshot-train |
Hilton Buenos Aires [SEP] architect | Hilton Buenos Aires
The Hilton Buenos Aires is a five star hotel in the Argentine capital. The establishment is located in the city's Puerto Madero section.
Overview.
The Hilton Buenos Aires was designed by Mario Roberto Álvarez, constructed by local developer Benito Roggio at a cost of around US$80 million, and inaugurated in January 2000. The seven-story hotel includes 417 rooms.
The hotel collaborated with U.S. toymaker Mattel in 2007 to redesign a number of its rooms thematically, resulting in a 'Barbie' | , Cap Juluca
- Carimar Beach Club, Mead's Bay, The Valley
- CuisinArt Resort and Spa, Rendezvous Beach
Antigua and Barbuda.
- Lashings, Runaway Bay
Argentina.
- Alvear Palace Hotel, Buenos Aires
- Hilton Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
- Marriott Plaza Hotel, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
- Sofitel Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Armenia.
- Grand Hotel Yerevan, Yerevan
- Armenia Marriott Hotel, Yerevan
- Ani Plaza Hotel, Yerevan
- Tsaghkadzor | 1,182 | zeroshot-train |
Meols Hall [SEP] architect | Meols Hall
Meols Hall is a historical manor house in Churchtown, Merseyside, dating from the 12th century but largely rebuilt by Roger Fleetwood Hesketh in the 1960s.
History.
Meols Hall dates back to the late 12th century, when the manor was granted to Robert de Coudray of Penwortham. The manor has since passed down through marriage and inheritance, and in the 16th century the heiress married an illegitimate son of the Hesketh's of Rufford, subsequent generations have kept this name. Rufford. Much of the old house | Meols Cop High School
Meols Cop High School, often abbreviated to MCHS, is a mixed 11-16 comprehensive school located in Southport, Merseyside, England. The school was opened in 1941 and originally consisted of two separate single sex secondary modern schools. One half of the building accommodated the girls and one half the boys – the hall was shared.
In 1979 the two schools amalgamated to form Meols Cop High School under the leadership of Alan Hall, the boy's secondary modern head teacher. The school now has | 1,183 | zeroshot-train |
Michigan Union [SEP] architect | clubhouse. On the first floor was a large dining room, a smaller dining room, a large lounge, a game room, and a kitchen; on the second floor was a billiard room, a reading room, a directors' room, and an apartment for the steward.
The Union soon outgrew the building, and in 1910, the Michigan Union hired the architect brothers Irving Kane Pond and Allen Bartlit Pond to design a new building. The Union acquired two adjacent lots, one of which was owned by the | of architect Sep Ruf was built in the spacious park as a semi-official residence for the Chancellors.
Palais Schaumburg became home to the federal ministry for environment, conservation as well as reactor safety ("Bundesministeriums für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit") when it was formed in 1986. After the reunification of Germany in 1990, five "Federal Ministers for Special Affairs" kept offices in the palais.
The palais was used at the signing of the treaty about the creation of a currency, economy and social union | 1,184 | zeroshot-train |
Queen Elizabeth II Great Court [SEP] architect | Queen Elizabeth II Great Court
The Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, commonly referred to simply as the Great Court, is the covered central quadrangle of the British Museum in London. It was redeveloped during the late 1990s to a design by Foster and Partners, from a 1970s design by Colin St John Wilson. The court was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000.
Description.
The court has a tessellated glass roof designed by Buro Happold and executed by Waagner-Biro, covering the entire court and surrounds the original | concrete storage bunkers of the British Library, is today the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, an indoor square with a glass roof designed by British architect Norman Foster. It houses displays, a cinema, a shop, a cafe and a restaurant. Since 1998, the British Library has been located in a purpose-built building just outside the northern edge of Bloomsbury, in Euston Road.
Also in Bloomsbury is the Foundling Museum, close to Brunswick Square, which tells the story of the Foundling Hospital opened by Thomas Coram | 1,185 | zeroshot-train |
Saint-Jean-Berchmans Church [SEP] architect | Saint-Jean-Berchmans Church
Saint-Jean-Berchmans Church () is a Roman Catholic church in the borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located on Rosemont Boulevard, east of Papineau Avenue.
History.
Saint-Jean-Berchmans Church was built from 1938 to 1939 based on plans by Lucien Parent and René-Rodolphe Tourville. It is distinguished by a Latin cross, with nave with three aisles, and its stone cladding. The church possesses a | St. John Berchmans Church
St. John Berchmans Church or St. Jan Berchmans Church may refer to:
Belgium.
- St. Jan Berchmans Church in Etterbeek, Brussels (not a parish church)
- St. Jan Berchmans Church in Borsbeek
- St. Jan Berchmans Church in Diest
- St. Jan Berchmans Church in Mechelen
- St. Jan Berchmans Church in Tessenderloo
- St. Jan Berchmans Church in Vilvoorde
Canada.
- Saint-Jean-Berchmans Church in Montreal
India.
- Saint John Berchmans Church, | 1,186 | zeroshot-train |
Sainte Marie de La Tourette [SEP] architect | Sainte Marie de La Tourette
Sainte Marie de La Tourette is a Dominican Order priory, located on a hillside near Lyon, France designed by the architect Le Corbusier, the architect’s final and most important building. The design of the building begun in May 1953 and completed in 1961. The committee that decided the creation of the building considered that the primary duty of the monastery should be the spiritual awakening of the people and in particular the inhabitants of nearby areas. That's why the monastery was placed in Eveux-sur | Trappists):
- see List of Cistercian monasteries in France
Christian religious houses arranged by order Dominicans.
- Convent of Sainte Marie de la Tourette ("Couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette"), friars (Éveux, Rhône)
Christian religious houses arranged by order Franciscans.
- Capuchin Friary, Crest ("Monastère des Capucins de Crest") Capuchin friars, (Crest, Drôme)
- Convent of Poor Clares, Gravelines
Christian religious houses arranged by order Premonstratensians.
- see List of Premonstratensian | 1,187 | zeroshot-train |
Villa Jeanneret [SEP] architect | Villa Jeanneret
Villa Jeanneret and Villa La Roche are two houses in Paris, designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in 1923-1925 and renovated by Charlotte Perriand in 1928. No longer inhabited, they house the Fondation Le Corbusier museum and archives. The houses are located at 8-10 square du Docteur-Blanche, 16th arrondissement, Paris. Villa Jeanneret is not open to the public.
In July 2016, the house, Villa La Roche, and several other works by Le Corbusier were inscribed as UNESCO World | where he used to share his valuable experiences during his service tenure as well as address the candidates who were appearing in examinations conducted by Staff Selection Commission.
References.
Press Information Bureau news item http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=48560 | 1,188 | zeroshot-train |
Auberge de Provence [SEP] architect | Auberge de Provence
Auberge de Provence () is an auberge in Valletta, Malta. It was built in the sixteenth century to house knights of the Order of Saint John from the langue of Provence. It now houses the National Museum of Archaeology.
History.
Auberge de Provence was first built in 1571 or 1574–75 to a design by Girolamo Cassar. Prior to its construction, the Langue of Provence had been housed in the Auberge d'Auvergne et Provence in Birgu.
The building was extensively renovated in the 17th century | 's architect who had accompanied them after the fall of Rhodes. Further alterations including redesigning the façade were made later on by Bartolommeo Genga. The auberge was located within Birgu's "collachio", adjacent to Auberge d'Auvergne et Provence and Auberge d'Aragon.
The langue of France moved to a larger auberge in the new capital Valletta in around 1571, but it also retained the Birgu auberge until 1586. Along with the other auberges in Birgu, the building was subsequently sold to private owners. In the early 19th century, the | 1,189 | zeroshot-train |
Big Ben [SEP] architect | to be silent until the work has been completed in the 2020s.
Tower.
Tower Origin.
Elizabeth Tower, previously called the Clock Tower but more popularly known as Big Ben, was raised as a part of Charles Barry's design for a new palace, after the old Palace of Westminster was largely destroyed by fire on the night of 16 October 1834. The new parliament was built in a neo-gothic style. Although Barry was the chief architect of the palace, he turned to Augustus Pugin for the design | The area takes its name from the pastoral run taken up in the 1860s by Peter Fitzallan MacDonald. It is believed to be an Aboriginal word (language and dialect unknown) meaning "main camping ground".
In July 1872, a Rockhampton architect John William Wilson found a large salt water crocodile known as Big Ben dying in Alligator Creek (it had been shot). Big Ben had originally inhabited the lower reaches of the Fitzroy River but had been frightened by the shipping in the river and had retreated to Alligator | 1,190 | zeroshot-train |
Charles L. Manson House [SEP] architect | Charles L. Manson House
The Charles L. Manson House is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed home in Wausau, Wisconsin.
Built over two years (1938 - 1941) for a successful local insurance agent, the Charles and Dorothy Manson House is among Wright’s Usonian designs. The home uses a square unit system, but introduces 30 and 60 degree angles to eliminate right angle corners. However, the strong horizontal line of the house descending three levels down the sloping wooded lot has the silhouette of Wright’s Prairie School houses. | Tours
- CHARLES L. MANSON HOUSE, WAUSAU, WISCONSIN (1938) (S.249)
- Manson House Photo - Wausau | 1,191 | zeroshot-train |
Civil Rights Memorial [SEP] architect | schools was unlawful and 1968 is the year of the assassination of Martin Luther King. The monument was created by Maya Lin, who is best known for creating the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Civil Rights Memorial was dedicated in 1989.
The concept of Lin's design is based on the soothing and healing effect of water. It was inspired by a passage from King's "I Have a Dream" speech "...we will not be satisfied "until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty | Conklin (c. 1940) – architect, archeologist; designer of United States Navy Memorial, co-designer of Reston, Virginia
- Lloyd L. Duxbury (c. 1940) – Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
- Burke Marshall (1940) – U.S. Assistant Attorney General; head of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice during the Civil Rights Era
- Bud Palmer (1940) – professional basketball player (NY Knicks); jump shot pioneer; sportscaster; New York City Commissioner of Public | 1,192 | zeroshot-train |
Columbus Pump House [SEP] architect | Columbus Pump House
The Columbus Pump House, which is also known as the Columbus Power House, and the Senior Center, was designed by architect Harrison Albright and completed in 1903. In 2016 the building was renovated to become a restaurant for the Upland Brewing Company. The building stands on the banks of the East Fork of the White River at the foot of Second Street in Columbus, IN, Indiana. From 1903 to 1951 it served as the city's water works and pumped water from the river for domestic use; | Carmel Tap House, their second site to serve food. In the summer of 2016, Upland opened a new restaurant location in Columbus. It is fixed in the old Columbus Pump House building downtown, giving it the name "The Pump House". Later that same year, Upland opened The Wood Shop to serve as the home for their sour ale production, located next door to the Bloomington Brewpub. The Indy Tasting Room was renovated in 2018 and in 2019 saw a restaurant added on. The expanded space became known as | 1,193 | zeroshot-train |
Craigiehall [SEP] architect | Craigiehall
Craigiehall is a late-17th-century country house, which until 2015 served as the Headquarters of the British Army in Scotland. It is located close to Cramond, around west of central Edinburgh, Scotland.
Craigiehall was designed by Sir William Bruce, with input from James Smith, and completed in 1699 for the Earl of Annandale, who had recently acquired the Craigie estate through marriage. It is a good surviving example of one of Bruce's smaller houses, and set a pattern for such villas in the Edinburgh area | is shown on 18th century maps of the area, and would have been consistent with Bruce's symmetrical layout.
Charles Hope-Weir's improvements.
In 1741, the 2nd Marquis of Annandale left Craigiehall to his nephew, Charles Hope-Weir (1710–1791), second son of Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun. Hope-Weir travelled to Europe on the grand tour in 1754-55, taking with him the young architect Robert Adam, and was inspired to improve the Craigiehall policies on his return. A | 1,194 | zeroshot-train |
Place Viger [SEP] architect | Place Viger
Place Viger was both a grand hotel and railway station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, constructed in 1898 and named after Jacques Viger, the first Mayor of the city. Although combined stations and hotels were common in the United Kingdom in the late 19th century, Place Viger was the only such combination in Canada.
Place Viger was designed by Bruce Price for the Canadian Pacific Railway, and was built near what was then the central core of Montreal, in proximity to the financial district, the city hall | was Windsor Station.
Constructed in the French château-style common to railway hotels built by the Canadian Pacific, Place Viger housed the railway station in its lower levels and a luxurious hotel on the upper floors. Place Viger enjoyed an enviable setting adjacent to the gardens of Viger Square, allowing both railway travellers and hotel guests to stroll along the garden paths.
The shifting of Montreal's commercial core to the north-west, and the onset of the economic depression of the 1930s, proved disastrous for Place Viger. | 1,195 | zeroshot-train |
Solow Building [SEP] architect | Solow Building
The Solow Building, located at 9 West 57th Street, is a Manhattan skyscraper built in 1974 and designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. It is located just west of Fifth Avenue between 57th and 58th Street, next to the Bergdorf Goodman department store and the Plaza Hotel.
At 50 stories and in height, it is the 71st tallest building in New York. For decades, the building's only nearby competitor in height was the GM Building, located one block north and east. | Administrative Affairs.
The Consulate General in Munich is the third largest U.S. diplomatic post in Germany after Berlin and Frankfort.
Architecture.
The consulate is located in a custom-built office building, the last of the signature modernist U.S. Consulates built in Germany in the 1950s still in service. The work of renowned Bavarian architect Sep Ruf, the building is considered a historic monument. As the main building from 1958 is raised on concrete stilts, the original look was airy and light. Security measures, added several times | 1,196 | zeroshot-train |
Sri Temasek [SEP] architect | palace.
Design.
The construction of the Istana Singapore (then called Government House) and Sri Temasek was ordered by the Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Harry St. George Ord, after the original governor's residence had to be demolished in 1859 to make way for Fort Canning on the hill that bears its name. Sri Temasek was designed by John Frederick Adolphus McNair (1829–1910), a civil engineer who was appointed Executive Engineer and Superintendent of Convicts of the Straits Settlements, and built largely using Indian convict labour | quarters at the rear of the building were turned into a heritage gallery. The restoration works on Sri Temasek won the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Architectural Heritage Award in Category A (national monuments and fully conserved buildings) in 2008.
Use.
When first built in 1869, Sri Temasek was the residence of the Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements (later Colonial Secretary/Chief Secretary of Singapore). All holders of the position had resided in Sri Temasek from 1869 to 1959. It is currently designated as the official residence | 1,197 | zeroshot-train |
Villa Arnaldi [SEP] architect | Villa Arnaldi
Villa Arnaldi is an historical edifice in Meledo di Sarego, Province of Vicenza, northern Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio in 1547. It remains unfinished.
The modest, incomplete Villa Arnaldi may seem like an unusual candidate for the list of Palladio's architectures. It provides evidence, however, of the process usually only visible in final results, the transformation of a pre-existing building into a new architectural style. In 1547 Vincenzo Arnaldi, one of Vicenza’s richest and most influential citizens, commissioned the | Magni lapidis Compositione et Operatione, Authore adhuc incerto";
- "Sententia Ioannis Baptistae Montani, de sublimatione";
- Pseudo-Arnaldus de Villa Nova, "Rosarius philosophorum Arnaldi de Villanova";
- "Novum lumen eiusdem vel alterius";
- Pseudo-Arnaldus de Villa Nova, "Epistola Magistri Arnaldi de Villa nova super Alchymiam ad regem Neapolitanum";
- "Liber perfecti Magisteri, qui Lumen Luminum nuncupatur . . . vocatur etiam Flos florum Arnaldi de Villanova, longe correctior & melior hactenus | 1,198 | zeroshot-train |
Villa Stein [SEP] architect | Villa Stein
Villa Stein, designed by Le Corbusier, was built in 1927 at Garches, France. The building is also known as Villa Garches, Villa de Monzie, and Villa Stein-de Monzie.
Located at 17 Rue de professeur Victor Pauchet, the villa was built for Gabrielle Colaco-Osorio de Monzie (1882–1961) and Sarah Stein, Sister-in-law of Gertrude Stein, between 1926 and 1928.
External links.
- Villa Stein - Le Corbusier - Great Buildings Online
- Villa | , Koblenz-Lützel
- Freiherr-vom-Stein-Straße 3 – sophisticated villa; building with mansard roof on irregular footprint, Baroque and Renaissance Revival motifs, 1908/1909, architect Kaspar Bauer
- Freiherr-vom-Stein-Straße 5 – villa resembling a country house; plastered building on quarrystone pedestal, Renaissance Revival motifs, 1907/1908, architect Hermann Karl Herter
- Freiherr-vom-Stein-Straße 6 – villa resembling a country house; plastered building, partly timber-frame, 1907/1908, architect Hans Best | 1,199 | zeroshot-train |
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