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Trinidad is a town in central Cuba, known for its colonial old town and cobblestone streets. Its neo-baroque main square, Plaza Mayor, is surrounded by grand colonial buildings. Museo Romántico, in the restored Palacio Brunet mansion, and Museo de Arquitectura Colonial display relics from the town’s sugar-producing era. Iglesia de la Santísima is a 19th-century cathedral with a vaulted ceiling and carved altars.
The Courthouse in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It sits on a hill. It is the highest elevation courthouse in Pennsylvania.
This 1949 building is used for some of the administrative courthouse offices, such as the board of county administrators and the assessor, while the courtrooms are in a newer building.
Dubai, UAE - Dec 9, 2018. Modern buildings at downtown in Dubai, UAE. Dubai is a global city and business hub of the Middle East.
The new parliament building is just inside the new city gate, it's behind schedule and over budget.
It was designed by Renzo Piano who also designed the Scottish parliament building (which was also late and over budget - if memory serves me well).
I visited the Integratron building for a sound bath in Joshua Tree, California, for my birthday, September 2018. It was the most incredible experience and I highly suggest EVERYONE go for this deep and expanding cleansing.
The Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor) is an 18th-century neoclassical triumphal arch in Berlin, and one of the best-known landmarks of Germany. It is built on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to the town of Brandenburg an der Havel.
It is located in the western part of the city centre of Berlin, at the junction of Unter den Linden and Ebertstraße, immediately west of the Pariser Platz. One block to the north stands the Reichstag building. The gate is the monumental entry to Unter den Linden, the renowned boulevard of linden trees, which formerly led directly to the city palace of the Prussian monarchs.
It was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia as a sign of peace and built by Carl Gotthard Langhans from 1788 to 1791. Having suffered considerable damage in World War II, the Brandenburg Gate was fully restored from 2000 to 2002 by the Stiftung Denkmalschutz Berlin (Berlin Monument Conservation Foundation).[1]
During the post-war Partition of Germany, the gate was isolated and inaccessible immediately next to the Berlin Wall, and the area around the gate was featured most prominently in the media coverage of the opening of the wall in 1989.
Throughout its existence, the Brandenburg Gate was often a site for major historical events and is today considered a symbol of the tumultuous history of Europe and Germany, but also of European unity and peace.
In the background are No. 3 The Union Building, and No. 5 The NKK Building. In the distance is the newer Bund Center, where the Westin Hotel is located.
I refer to this as Samsung Cathedral, because there is a huge ad for the company draped over the front of the building. Samsung is helping restore the church.
I love the contrast in materials between the wooden arbor and the granite and glass building in the background.
I traveled to India for the first time to present a keynote at the 3rd Global Conference on Emerging Trends for Business Librarianship, November 21-22, 2017 at the Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad, India. I will also be attending the Asian business librarian meeting on Monday the 20th. Sunday the 19th of November we did some sightseeing and enjoyed the Heritage Walk of the center of this historic city. Here are various pictures of temples, mosques, historic buildings, cattle and other sites from the inner-city of Ahmedabad. We had a tremendous tour guide and it was a wonderful way to learn about the history of Ahmedabad. Here is the description of tour: "The 600 years old city of Ahmedabad (1411 A.D) has some of the finest Indian-Islamic monuments and exquisite Hindu and Jain temples. Its carved wooden houses are another unique architectural tradition. To experience the glory of Ahmedabad it is necessary to walk through the 'Walled City' and truly observe the nature of its rich and varied architecture, its art, religious places, its culture and traditions.With the purpose of unveiling this aspect of the city to the tourists and the citizens themselves The Heritage Walk of Ahmedabad was launched by the Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) in association with CRUTA Foundation, an NGO, on 19th November 1997, during World Heritage Week.A special feature of Ahmedabad is the plan of the old city, comprising numerous 'Pols', self-contained neighborhoods, sheltering large numbers of people. Some of these 'Pols' are virtually small villages, traversed by narrow lanes, usually terminating in squares (Chowks) comprising 'Community Well' and 'Chabutro' (for feeding birds). These 'Pols' were protected by gates, cul-de-sacs and secret passages. These historic residential settlements are explained in detail during the walk.The walk commences from the early 19th century Swaminarayan temple Kalupur, encompasses 20 main spots besides numerous areas and aspects of the old city and concludes at the famous 15th century Jama Masjid. Hence the Walk is popularly known as the journey of 'Mandir to Masjid'.The Walk, initiated more than one and a half decades ago, the first one of its kind by an Urban Local Body (ULB), has been continuing its journey with an unbroken record of 15 years and has lived up to its purpose of reviving the old city through rediscovery. The Ahmedabad model of Heritage Walk is being replicated in many other historic cities and towns of India like Jaipur, Amritsar, Lucknow etc. to conserve heritage and promote tourism." Pictures from Sunday November 19, 2017.
Construction site.
It is good that the city takes care of its buildings, however, it has a melancholic look to it.
Scenes along the way from Shilshole Bay Marina to 24th & Market Streets in Downtown Ballard and back to Shilshole Bay via NW 57th Street. Scenes of the path, of buildings along the way, of the Leif Erickson monument, and other elements including the jumble of signs along that 4 mile loop.
The Luma Building is a rare example in Glasgow of an art deco building and was built to coincide with the Empire Exhibition that same year and held in the nearby Bellahouston Park.
Its designer Cornelious Armour was a house architect for the SCWS who worked on a number of their factories and shops. Not a lot is known about his original work although he is credited with extensions to the SCWS linoleum factory, a listed building still in Falkland, in Fife. Interestingly, the same Swedish cooperative also had an interest in this factory. The fact is that Cornelius may simply have been a project architect working to a given design, for the Luma building is strikingly similar to the Luma building in Stockholm designed by Artur von Schmalensee and Eskil Sundahl in 1930. Like Luma in Glasgow, the Lumafabrikens buildings in Stockholm, now called Luma Park, are listed and preserved as offices and housing.