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FR : Situation orageuse délicate du 23 Août 2015 non loin des Baux-de-Provence, la dégradation se déplace rapidement et aussi très pluvieuse. Peu de photographies dû à une cellule de déclenchement capricieuse et de mon retard sur le lieu... néanmoins ce fût une superbe ambiance avec de nombreux coups de foudre proches sur le relief.
ENG : Delicate stormy situation August 23, 2015 not far from the Baux-de-Provence, the degradation is fast and very rainy. Few photographs due to a capricious trigger cell and my late to the place ... Nevertheless it was a great atmosphere with many close lightning strikes on the relief.
Août 2015 - Alpilles et Les Baux-de-Provence / Bouches-du-Rhône / Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Nearly completed demolition on 1316 S. Broad Street, South Philadelphia. A fire last fall totaled the building.
Inspired by Stephen Shore's gorgeous photo; U.S.10 Post Falls, Idaho and it's lyrical beauty and acceptance of the world around us I went this morning searching for just such a scene.
I looked for a location with minimal expression and inherent beauty, yet without drama. Found it 16 miles away.
Some photos are created in a snap or two. this one took me 10 minutes to compose and click.
Full of elements, yet those puddles are the most important ones.
They give your eyes a runway to take off and escape this place.
Noctilux 50mm f0.95, Sony A9, Tech Art Pro LM-EA7. Probably the only combination to get a picture like that. You have to set f stop to 25 to shoot with this combination but the actual f stop on Nocti was of course 0.95. Rather difficult to shoot with this set up, but the dreamy, creamy pictures that come out make it all worth it.
After our overnight on the island of Niadub, we explored the nearby island of Chicheme, a smaller island with fewer residents, beautiful beaches and nice snorkeling. This picture was taken during our short stay on Chicheme.
The San Blas islands are a group of islands in the archipelago de San Blas, located in the Northwest of Panama facing the Caribbean Sea. San Blas is an autonomous territory in Panama formally called Kuna Yala. sanblas-islands.com
Halos being those little mandarin oranges that are making such a big splash in the supermarket because they're incredibly easy to peel. I cut one in half this evening just to see what it looked like, and voila, a beautiful sunburst shape presented itself. Something you don't see if you're just doing the peel n' eat routine.
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Palazzo Barberini is a palace in Rome that houses part of the important National Gallery of Ancient Art and the Italian
Institute of Numismatics. It is located in via Quattro Fontane, in the historic center, about 200 meters from Piazza Barberini.
The building was built in the period 1625-1633 expanding (in the forms of the early Baroque) the previous building of the Sforza family creating a structure ada, characterized by a nymphaeum atrium, diaphragm between the entrance porch and the garden developed on the back. The author of the project is Carlo Maderno, assisted by Francesco Borromini.
After Maderno's death, the building site passed under the direction of Bernini in 1629, with the collaboration of Francesco Borromini, to whom many constructive and decorative details, such as the elegant spiral staircase in the west wing of the palace, were used to communicate the staircase of berniniano honor with a square plan in the east wing.
Maderno's plan originally envisaged incorporating the existing Sforza palace according to the classic Renaissance palace scheme, a quadrangular block with a central space surrounded by arches. A subsequent draft of the architect proposed instead to overcome this concept by making the two functions of the building and villa coexist by means of a regular and severe façade that gave onto Barberini square to fulfill the function of representation and a part typical of the suburban villa with large gardens and open perspectives.
The example was the Villa Farnesina built by Baldassarre Peruzzi between 1509 and 1510, above all for the horseshoe-shaped layout of the plant.
The entrance opens onto Via delle Quattro Fontane through the gate designed by the architect Azzurri in 1848 and built in 1865, with the large telamons sculpted by Adamo Tadolini.
The façade is made up of seven bays that are repeated on three floors of arches supported by columns representing the three classical styles (Doric, Ionic and Corinthian)
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Palazzo Barberini è un palazzo di Roma che ospita parte dell'importante Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica e l'Istituto Italiano di Numismatica. Si trova in via Quattro Fontane, nel centro storico, a circa 200 metri da Piazza Barberini.
Il palazzo fu costruito nel periodo 1625-1633 ampliando (nelle forme del primo barocco) il precedente edificio della famiglia Sforza creando una struttura ad acca, caratterizzata da un atrio a ninfeo, diaframma fra il loggiato d'ingresso e il giardino sviluppato sul retro. Autore del progetto è Carlo Maderno, coadiuvato da Francesco Borromini.
Dopo la morte di Maderno il cantiere passa dal 1629 sotto la direzione di Bernini sempre con la collaborazione di Francesco Borromini, cui si devono numerosi particolari costruttivi e decorativi quali l'elegante scala elicoidale nell'ala ovest del palazzo, con la quale dialoga lo scalone d'onore berniniano a pianta quadrata nell'ala est.
Il progetto del Maderno prevedeva originariamente di inglobare il preesistente palazzo Sforza secondo il classico schema di palazzo rinascimentale, un blocco quadrangolare con uno spazio centrale cinto da arcate. Una successiva stesura dell'architetto proponeva invece di superare questo concetto facendo coesistere le due funzioni di palazzo e villa mediante una facciata regolare e severa che dava su piazza Barberini per assolvere alla funzione di rappresentanza e una parte invece tipica della villa suburbana dotata di vasti giardini e prospettive aperte.
L'esempio fu la Villa Farnesina costruita da Baldassarre Peruzzi tra il 1509 e il 1510, soprattutto per l'impostazione a ferro di cavallo della pianta.
L'ingresso si apre sulla via delle Quattro Fontane mediante la cancellata progettata dall'architetto Azzurri nel 1848 e realizzata nel 1865, con i grandi telamoni scolpiti da Adamo Tadolini.
La facciata è formata da sette campate che si ripetono su tre piani di arcate sostenute da colonne rappresentanti i tre stili classici (dorico, ionico e corinzio).
This odd concrete structure was once part of the silver processing mill in Silver City, Utah. It has now seen over 100 years of decay and graffiti and now appears quite mysterious.
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This very striking structure at the summit of the Hill of Rowan is properly known as the Maule Monument and was built by the first Baron Panmure in 1866 to commemorate seven members of his family; it is also dedicated to Lord Panmure, Lady Christian Maule and Lady Ramsay Macdonald. Glen Esk, Angus, Scotland.
The Columbia Center, formerly named the Bank of America Tower and Columbia Seafirst Center, is a skyscraper in downtown Seattle, Washington, United States. The 76-story structure is the tallest building in Seattle and the state of Washington, reaching a height of 933 ft (284 m). At the time of its completion, the Columbia Center was the tallest structure on the West Coast; as of 2017 it is the fourth-tallest, behind buildings in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The Columbia Center, developed by Martin Selig and designed by Chester L. Lindsey Architects, began construction in 1982 and was completed in 1985. The building is primarily leased for class-A office spaces by various companies, with the lower floors including retail space and the upper floors featuring a public observatory and private club lounge. The tower has the highest public viewing area west of the Mississippi River. It occupies most of the block bounded by Fourth and Fifth Avenues and Cherry and Columbia Streets.
Columbia Center was designed by Washington architect Chester L. Lindsey. The base of the building is clad in Rosa Purino Carnelian granite. The building's structure is composed of three geometric concave facades with two setbacks, causing the building to appear like three towers standing side by side.
Ground level elevation on the Fifth Avenue side of the building is higher than on the Fourth Avenue side; the part of Cherry Street it faces was identified as one of the steepest streets in the Central Business District with a slope of 17.1%. The tower was originally designed to be about 306.5 m (1,006 ft), but federal regulations by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would not allow it to be that tall so close to the nearby Sea-Tac Airport. Although city land use regulations at the time were intended to limit skyscrapers to about 50 stories, the developer, Martin Selig, obtained the necessary permits for a 76-story skyscraper due to a part of the law that allowed bonus height for providing retail space with street access. Because three separate stories could access the street on the sloped site, the developers were allowed a bonus for each of the three stories they set aside for retail, which was reportedly an unintended loophole in the law. There is an observation deck on the 73rd floor which offers views of Seattle and environs. The top two floors of the building (75th and 76th) are occupied by the private Columbia Tower Club, which houses a restaurant, bar, library, and meeting rooms. The 40th floor is accessible to the public and features a Starbucks cafe. An underground concourse connects the building to the nearby Seattle Municipal Tower and Bank of America Fifth Avenue Plaza.
The tower, originally proposed as Columbia Center, opened under the name Columbia Seafirst Center after its largest tenant and financier, Seafirst Bank, and then changed to the Bank of America Tower, when Seafirst, which had been owned by Bank of America since 1983, was fully integrated into Bank of America. That name gave it the nickname "BOAT" (Bank of America Tower). In November 2005, the building's name was changed back to Columbia Center after the bank reduced its presence in the building. Bank of America still maintains office space within the building, but has since closed the bank branch at the base of the tower.
Development and construction
Martin Selig, a local real estate developer who had recently opened the Fourth and Blanchard Building, announced plans for a 75-story office building at 4th Avenue and Columbia Street in October 1980. The $120 million project, named the "Columbia Center", would be funded by the Seafirst Mortgage Company and constructed by Howard S. Wright. Selig borrowed $205 million in 1981 to develop the property. The Columbia Seafirst Center, as it came to be known, was constructed by Howard S. Wright starting in 1982 with a 120-foot (37 m) deep excavation hole that required 225,000-cubic-yards of dirt and soil to be removed. This was one of the largest foundations for a building in Seattle along with concrete footings extending 134 feet (41 m) below street level. While the structural steel of the building was built at a rate of 2 floors per week, the building itself was completed on January 12, 1985,[10] and opened on March 2 of that same year. U.S. Steel Corporation was contracted to provide 16,000 short tons (15,000 t) of steel for construction. It was approximately 50% taller than the previous tallest skyscraper in Seattle, the 630-foot (190 m) Seattle First National Bank Building (now Safeco Plaza) that opened in 1969.
Financial issues and height controversy
Selig continued to own and manage the building until 1989, when financial problems forced him to sell it to Seafirst Corporation for $354 million. Management was taken over by the Tishman West Company of Los Angeles.
Controversy regarding the skyscraper's size contributed to the passage of a 1989 law called the Citizen's Alternative Plan (CAP) that enforced more stringent restrictions on the size of buildings in Downtown Seattle. In 1990, after rejecting earlier plans for 300-foot (91 m) antennas, Seattle and the FAA granted permission to erect two 192-foot (59 m) antennas on top of Columbia Center, which were expected to be used for broadcasting radio and television throughout the region. Though the FAA was originally worried about the tower's height encroaching the airspace, they deemed the addition of the antennas not problematic. The antennas were not built before the permits expired in 1994, however.
Ownership changes
EQ Office bought Columbia Center from Seafirst in 1998 for $404 million. The New York State Common Retirement Fund bought a 49.9% stake in the building and then several years later sold its share back to EQ Office. In 2007, Columbia Center was sold by EQ Office to Boston-based Beacon Capital Partners for $621 million; Beacon later defaulted on a loan in 2010, the height of the Great Recession, at a time when vacancies reached 40%. On August 7, 2015, Hong Kong-based Gaw Capital Partners purchased the building for $711 million.
Renovations
On July 1, 2013, the Columbia Center's observation deck, known as the Sky View, was remodeled from 270 degrees to a 360 degree viewing area. The observation deck underwent further renovations in 2018, adding two express elevators and a new lounge. The 4th Avenue entrance was also renovated.
(Wikipedia)
Das Columbia Center ist das höchste Gebäude in Seattle und im US-Bundesstaat Washington. Mit einer Gesamthöhe von 285 Metern war es bei der Fertigstellung 1985 der höchste Wolkenkratzer westlich des Mississippi, wurde allerdings 1989 durch den U.S. Bank Tower in Los Angeles mit 310 Metern übertroffen. Die Höhe des Columbia Centers beträgt einschließlich einer Antennenkonstruktion auf dem Dach 295 Meter. Diese wird jedoch nicht als Teil des Gebäudearchitektur angesehen, und somit nicht zur formalen Höhe gewertet.
76 oberirdische Etagen dienen als Büroraum, die sieben Kellergeschosse werden vielseitig genutzt. Der Wolkenkratzer sollte ursprünglich etwa 306,5 Meter hoch werden. Die FAA erlaubte die Höhe nicht, da sich das Gebäude dafür zu nah am Flughafen Seattle/Tacoma befände, wodurch ein höheres Sicherheitsrisiko entstünde. Es wurde in das Projekt Raum für die Öffentlichkeit und Einzelhandel einbezogen, damit die zulässige Höhe nicht zu sehr eingeschränkt werden kann. Das 73. Stockwerk dient nun teilweise als Aussichtspunkt, von dem sich Seattle und seine Umgebung überblicken lässt. Der Columbia Tower Club verteilt sich auf die beiden obersten Stockwerke (75 und 76) und besteht aus einem Restaurant, einer Bar, einer Bibliothek und einigen Tagungsräumen. Ein unterirdischer Gang verbindet das Columbia Center mit dem nahegelegenen Seattle Municipal Tower und dem Bank of America Fifth Avenue Plaza.
Mehrere größere Unternehmen mieten Büros im Columbia Center. Dazu zählen vor allem die Bank of America, Heller Ehrman LLP und Amazon.com.
Ursprünglich trug der Wolkenkratzer seinen heutigen Namen. Später wurde er nach der dort ansässigen Seafirst Bank als Columbia Seafirst Center bezeichnet. Diese gehörte seit 1983 zur Bank of America, wurde im Laufe der 1980er Jahre jedoch vollständig integriert. Daher bekam das Gebäude den Namen Bank of America Tower mit dem Spitznamen BOAT. Im November 2005 wurde es wieder in The Columbia Center (TCC) umbenannt.
Am 16. Juni 2004, noch vor Herausgabe ihres 9/11 Commission Report, machte die Untersuchungskommission zum 11. September 2001 nicht in die Tat umgesetzte Pläne der Terroristen bekannt, die vorsahen mit zehn entführten Passagierflugzeugen die höchsten Gebäude in Kalifornien und im Staate Washington zu beschädigen bzw. zu zerstören. Neben dem Columbia Center in Seattle habe auch der U.S. Bank Tower in Los Angeles zu den Zielen gehört.
(Wikipedia)