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Construction of St. Michael's began in 1840 and was completed 5 years later. The church is constructed of locally quarried sandstone. Wollombi is a small historical village in New South Wales, Australia.
185 rue Belliard, Paris, 18e.
L'immeuble a été construit par Henri Deneux pour son propre usage, à l'angle de la rue Belliard et de la rue des Tennis. Cet immeuble de rapport de quatre étages est divisé en appartements, avec un toit-terrasse étanche qui pouvait accueillir des plantations.
La façade sur les rues est revêtue de carreaux de grès flammés colorés produit par les céramistes Gentil & Bourdet, qu'il a assemblé en motifs originaux. Pour le tympan de la porte d'entrée il reprend un sujet qui se trouvait sur les représentations d'architectes au Moyen Âge, il est décoré d'un panneau de céramique le représentant à sa table de travail.
Le plan de l'immeuble reprend les thèmes de l'architecture de la période 1890 - 1914 où les préoccupations hygiénistes sont importantes pour les architectes modernistes : permettre l'arrivée de la lumière et de l'air dans les appartements grâce aux bow-windows, placer des équipements sanitaires. L'architecte avait prévu une terrasse au grand air pouvant être arborée.
Henri Deneux a habité l'étage supérieur de l'immeuble et a loué les autres appartements.
Le projet a été élaboré à partir de mars 1910 ; la construction a duré d'octobre 1911 à la fin de 1913.
The building was built by Henri Deneux for its own use, in the angle of the street Belliard and the street of the Tennis. This four-storeyed residential property is divided into apartments, with a tight roof-terrace which could welcome plantations.
The facade on streets is dressed in tiles of colored flamed stonewares produced by the ceramists Gentil and Bourdet, whom he assembled in original motives. For the eardrum of the front door he resumes a subject which was on architects' representations in the Middle Ages, it is decorated with a panel of ceramic representing himself to his work table.
The plan of the building resumes the themes of the architecture of the period 1890 - 1914 when the concerns hygienists are important for the modernist architects : allow the arrival of the light and the air in apartments thanks to bow windows, place sanitary equipment.
The architect had planned a terrace in the open air which can be raised.
Henri Deneux lived in the upper floor of the building and rented the other apartments.
The project was developed from March, 1910; the construction lasted of October, 1911 at the end of 1913.
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Zahir Mosque @ Alor Setar, Malaysia.
** This mosque was built in 1912 & officially opened in 1915 by Sultan of Kedah.
Taken at the base of one of the Eiffel Towers leg you can get a feel for just how tall the structure is, showing just some of the iron and architecture on it.
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Sibiu, a city in Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 155,000 is the capital of Sibiu County. Sibiu is one of the most important cultural centers of Romania and it was designated a European Cultural Capital for the year 2007 (along with Luxembourg). Formerly the centre of the Transylvanian Saxons, the old city of Sibiu was ranked as "Europe's 8th most idyllic place to live" by Forbes. The first official record referring to the Sibiu area comes from 1191, when Pope Celestine III confirmed the existence of the free prepositure of the German settlers in Transylvania, the prepositure having its headquarters in Sibiu, named Cibinium at that time. It was probably built near a Roman settlement, one that would be known during the early Middle Ages as Caedonia. In the 14th century, it was already an important trade center. In 1376, the craftsmen were divided in 19 guilds. (Wikipedia)
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Senlis est une commune française, sous-préfecture du département de l'Oise, en région Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie. Elle se situe sur la Nonette, entre les forêts de Chantilly et d'Ermenonville au sud, et d'Halatte au nord, à quarante kilomètres au nord de Paris.
In addition to being the nation's first wildlife refuge, Lake Merritt is at the ecotone between uptown and downtown Oakland. The glass building is the Cathedral of Christ the Light.
Morón est l'une des dix municipalités de la province de Ciego de Ávila dans le centre de Cuba Morón est la ville la plus proche des grandes stations touristiques de Cayo Coco et Cayo Guillermo . www.gettyimages.fr/detail/photo/street-of-moron-cuba-phot...
Architectural details from the departure hall at Bangkok International Airport, Thailand.
Nikon D7000 & 16-85mm VR
Pretty much straight from camera other than a crop. An amazing building.
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A stairway in the 'Gare des Guillemins' railway station designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava . A breathtaking piece of architecture in strong contrast to the surrounding city of Liège.
Ⓒ Saúl Tuñón Loureda
El Ayuntamiento de Londres es la sede de la Autoridad del Gran Londres (GLA), que se compone del Alcalde de Londres y la Asamblea de Londres. Se sitúa en Southwark, en la orilla sur del Río Támesis, cerca del Puente de la Torre. Fue diseñado por Norman Foster y abrió en julio de 2002, dos años después de que se creara la Autoridad del Gran Londres.
El edificio tiene una extraña forma bulbosa, supuestamente destinada a reducir su superficie y por tanto mejorar su eficiencia energética, aunque el exceso de consumo de energía provocado por el uso exclusivo de cristal en una fachada doble sobrepasa el beneficio de la forma. A pesar de afirmar que el edificio "demuestra el potencial de un edificio público sostenible y casi no contaminante", las mediciones del consumo de energía han demostrado que el edificio es bastante ineficiente en cuanto al consumo de energía (375 kWh/m2/año), con una clasificación del Certificado de Eficiencia Energética en 2012 de "D" Se ha comparado con el casco de Darth Vader, un huevo deforme, una cochinilla y un casco de motocicleta. El antiguo alcalde Ken Livingstone se refirió a él como un "testículo de cristal", mientras que el actual alcalde, Boris Johnson, se ha referido a él como "la gónada de cristal" y más educadamente como "la cebolla". Sus diseñadores concibieron originalmente el edificio como una gran esfera que sobresaliera sobre el Támesis, pero optaron por un edificio más convencional en su lugar, girado 180 grados. No tiene parte frontal o trasera en el sentido convencional, sino que su forma se deriva de una esfera.
Una escalera helicoidal de 500 m, que recuerda a la del Museo Solomon R. Guggenheim de Nueva York, asciende toda la altura del edificio. En la cima del edificio de diez plantas hay un espacio de exposiciones y reuniones llamado "London's Living Room", con una mirador abierto ocasionalmente al público. La escalera ofrece vistas del interior del edificio, y pretende simbolizar la transparencia; Foster usó un elemento similar en su reconstrucción del Reichstag en Berlín. En 2006 se anunció que la Agencia del Cambio Climático de Londres instalaría células solares fotovoltaicas en el edificio.
El edificio se sitúa en el municipio de Southwark, junto al Río Támesis. Forma parte de un proyecto mayor llamado More London, que incluye oficinas y tiendas. Junto al Ayuntamiento hay un anfiteatro hundido llamado The Scoop, usado en verano para actuaciones al aire libre; sin embargo, no es parte de la jurisdicción de la GLA. The Scoop y sus alrededores fueron diseñados por Townshend Landscape Architects. La estación del Metro de Londres y National Rail más cercana es London Bridge.
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City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA), which comprises the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. It is located in Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge. It was designed by Norman Foster and opened in July 2002, two years after the Greater London Authority was created.
Background
For the first two years of its existence, the Greater London Authority was based at Romney House, Marsham Street in Westminster. Meetings of the London Assembly took place at Emmanuel Centre, also on Marsham Street.
City Hall was constructed at a cost of £43 million on a site formerly occupied by wharves serving the Pool of London. The building does not belong to the GLA but is leased under a 25-year rent. Despite its name, City Hall is neither located in nor does it serve a city (as recognised by English constitutional law), often adding to the confusion of Greater London with the City of London, which has its headquarters at Guildhall. In June 2011 Mayor Boris Johnson announced that for the duration of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the building would be called London House.
The predecessors of the Greater London Authority, namely the Greater London Council and the London County Council, had their headquarters at County Hall, upstream on the South Bank. Although County Hall's old council chamber is still intact, the building is unavailable for use by the GLA due to its conversion into, among other things, a luxury hotel, amusement arcade and aquarium.
The building has an unusual, bulbous shape, purportedly intended to reduce its surface area and thus improve energy efficiency, although the excess energy consumption caused by the exclusive use of glass (in a double facade) overwhelms the benefit of shape. Despite claiming the building "demonstrates the potential for a sustainable, virtually non-polluting public building", energy use measurements have shown this building to be fairly inefficient in terms of energy use (375 kWh/m2/yr), with a 2012 Display Energy Performance Certificate rating of "D". It has been compared variously to Darth Vader's helmet, a misshapen egg, a woodlouse and a motorcycle helmet. Former mayor Ken Livingstone referred to it as a "glass testicle", while the present mayor, Boris Johnson, has referred to it as "The Glass Gonad" and more politely as "The Onion". Its designers reportedly saw the building as a giant sphere hanging over the Thames, but opted for a more conventionally rooted building instead. It has no front or back in conventional terms but derives its shape from a modified sphere.
A 500-metre (1,640 ft) helical walkway, reminiscent of that in New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, ascends the full height of the building. At the top of the ten-storey building is an exhibition and meeting space called "London's Living Room", with an open viewing deck which is occasionally open to the public. The walkway provides views of the interior of the building, and is intended to symbolise transparency; a similar device was used by Foster in his design for the rebuilt Reichstag (parliament) in Germany. In 2006 it was announced that solar photovoltaic cells would be fitted to the building by the London Climate Change Agency.
The building is located on the River Thames in the London Borough of Southwark. It forms part of a larger development called More London, including offices and shops. Next to City Hall is a sunken amphitheatre called The Scoop, which is used in the summer months for open-air performances; it is not, however, part of the GLA's jurisdiction. The Scoop and surrounding landscape were designed by Townshend Landscape Architects. The nearest London Underground and National Rail station is London Bridge.
Hargrave and Cumberland, Winnipeg, Manitoba (built 1909).. New edit of a photo from 2009: www.flickr.com/photos/bryanscott/4274938047/
En el año 1992 se realizó una restauración parcial de ésta Portada y se incorporó un elemento contemporáneo a una de sus jambas: la figura de un astronauta.
Detail in the North Portal of the new Cathedral of Salamanca.
A partial restoration of this cover was made in 1992 and joined a contemporary element among their jambs: the figure of an astronaut.
Salamanca. Castilla y León. España.
Dead trees, and an old abandoned house is all that is left of this worn out farm.
Goodnoe Hills, WA.
The French Quarter in New Orleans is interesting night or day. I loved the color, texture, and feel of the old streets and architecture. It was especially handy to have the 28-300mm lens for shots like this to have the option of zooming to 300mm and compress the image.
Camera Nikon D800
Exposure 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture f/16.0
Focal Length 300 mm
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias -1/3 EV
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