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Inside Lincoln Memorial: Lying between the north and south chambers is the central hall containing the solitary figure of Lincoln sitting in contemplation. The statue, finally stood 19 feet (5.8 m) tall from head to foot. The white marble sculpture weighs 159 tons.

Big Black Building by Justin

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Manhattan by A_Paris_ou_Ailleurs

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Février 2012

Selfridges Building Birmingham by WorcesterKevin

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Ponte Estaiada by Alan Oliver

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NYC - Flatiron Building by luca bardazzi

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Il Fuller Building, meglio noto come Flatiron Building ("ferro da stiro"), con i suoi 86,9 metri di altezza è stato uno dei più alti grattacieli di New York sin dal suo completamento nel 1902. Situato a Manhattan, l'edificio fu progettato dall'architetto di Chicago Daniel Burnham in stile Beaux-Arts su un lotto triangolare compreso tra la 23a strada, la 5th Avenue e Broadway guardando verso il Madison Square Park Conservancy.

I newyorkesi furono subito attratti dall'edificio tanto da scommettere quanto a lungo sarebbe riuscito a resistere alle forti raffiche di vento che soffiano dove sorge. Il nome Flatiron fu coniato proprio dai cittadini della Grande Mela a causa della forma del palazzo che ricorda molto quella di un ferro da stiro (in inglese Iron). La punta dell'edificio è larga solamente 2 metri e si estende per 86,9 metri in altezza, divisi su ventidue piani. Il Fuller Building restò l'edificio più alto di New York City fino alla costruzione del Park Row Building.

Fonte Wikipedia.

The Haussmann building by Peter Miller

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The most famous and recognizable feature of Haussmann's renovation of Paris are the Haussmann apartment buildings which line the boulevards of Paris. Street blocks were designed as homogeneous architectural wholes. He treated buildings not as independent structures, but as pieces of a unified urban landscape.

In 18th century Paris, the architecture still existing before Haussmann, buildings were usually narrow (often only six meters wide); deep (sometimes forty meters) and tall - as many as five or six stories. The ground floor usually contained a shop, and the shopkeeper lived in the rooms above the shop. The upper floors were occupied by families; the top floor, under the roof, was originally a storage place, but under the pressure of the growing population, was usually turned into a low-cost residence.

In the early 19th century, before Haussmann, the height of buildings was strictly limited to 22.41 meters, or four floors above the ground floor. The city also began to see a demographic shift; wealthier families began moving to the western neighborhoods, partly because there was more space, and partly because the prevailing winds carried the smoke from the new factories in Paris toward the east.

In Haussmann's Paris, the streets became much wider, growing from an average of twelve meters wide to twenty-four meters, and in the new arrondissements, often to eighteen meters wide.

The interiors of the buildings were left to the owners of the buildings, but the facades were strictly regulated, to ensure that they were the same height, color, material, and general design, and were harmonious when all seen together.

The reconstruction of the rue de Rivoli was the model for the rest of the Paris boulevards. The new apartment buildings followed the same general plan:

•ground floor and basement with thick, load-bearing walls, fronts usually parallel to the street. This was often occupied by shops or offices.

•mezzanine or entresol intermediate level, with low ceilings; often also used by shops or offices.

•second, piano nobile floor with a balcony. This floor, in the days before elevators were common, was the most desirable floor, and had the largest and best apartments.

•third and fourth floors in the same style but with less elaborate stonework around the windows, sometimes lacking balconies.

•fifth floor with a single, continuous, undecorated balcony.

•mansard roof, angled at 45°, with garret rooms and dormer windows. Originally this floor was to be occupied by lower-income tenants, but with time and with higher rents it came to be

Source: Wikipedia

Dancing Building by Alex L'aventurier,

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Prague

capraia buildings by Lucilla Bertocchini

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EXPLORED 13 aug 2009; # 229 thanks everybody!!!!!!

Trias building Leipzig by Daniel Möller

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green building by anzyAprico

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this building looks like a flower pot huge.

[La Mia Città] Villa Reale Comunale durante #PianoMilanocity by Urca

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rmit/bubble by Andrew Sampson

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Rmit Bubble Building - not finished yet, but destined to be a landmark and to have thousands of photos taken of it.

I had a day off today, so went out with my cameras into the city to be a tourist. I uploaded some photos along the way and will upload more shots from the higher res cameras later

Manitoba Legislative Building by Bryan Scott

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Pride Winnipeg's 25th, Broadway Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

First Coat of Paint by Diem Chau

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We got the first coat of paint on a few weeks ago... it's been raining ever since! UGG! We've had a few days of sun, but there's always a drizzle in the morning or afternoon so the siding never has time to dry out. The joys of living in Seattle.

I'm lovin' the color! Now I wish I had painted the house this color too. Maybe when we need a new paint job 4 or 5 years from now...

the last warehouse by jody miller

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View On Black

Probably one of the only multi-story warehouse buildings left in the old industrial district just southeast of downtown LA.

Twenty years ago, this huge area was filled with buildings like this one. Now, the whole area has been leveled and condos and apartments take their places. Great for urban development, bad for the history-loving photographer and preservationist.

There were two other groups of photographers/videographers setting up for shoots here on Sunday morning.

CHRYSLER BUILDING (NYC) by Sifro González

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El edificio Chrysler (Chrysler Building en inglés) es un rascacielos art decó situado en el lado este de Manhattan (Nueva York, Estados Unidos), en el 405 de la Avenida Lexington y en la intersección de la Calle 42. Se ha convertido en un símbolo distintivo de la ciudad. Con sus 319 metros (1.047 pies) de altura,2 3 fue el edificio más alto del mundo durante 11 meses, hasta que fue superado por el edificio Empire State en 1931. Construido originalmente por la corporación Chrysler, el edificio es actualmente copropiedad de TMW Real Estate (75%) y Tishman Speyer Properties (25%). El edificio Chrysler fue diseñado por William van Alen, el contratista William H. Reynolds y posteriormente vendido a Walter Percy Chrysler como sede central para su compañía.

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The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco skyscraper in New York City, located on the east side of Manhattan in the Turtle Bay area at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. Standing at 319 metres (1,047 ft),it was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931. After the destruction of the World Trade Center, it was again the second-tallest building in New York City until December 2007, when the spire was raised on the 365.8-metre (1,200 ft) Bank of America Tower, pushing the Chrysler Building into third position. In addition, The New York Times Building, which opened in 2007, is exactly level with the Chrysler Building in height.

The Chrysler Building is a classic example of Art Deco architecture and considered by many contemporary architects to be one of the finest buildings in New York City. In 2007, it was ranked ninth on the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects.It was the headquarters of the Chrysler Corporation from 1930 until the mid-1950s, but, although the building was built and designed specifically for the car manufacturer, the corporation did not pay for the construction of it and never owned it, as Walter P. Chrysler decided to pay for it himself, so that his children could inherit it.

En: Wikipedia

IMG_2918 by Babu Moshai