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Herzog & de Meuron, Basel, Switzerland
Competition 1994, project 1995, realization 1998-1999
The new main Signal Tower is situated in the railroad yards at the southeast bank of the bridge, Muenchensteinerbrücke. Being as close to the street as an apartment or office building, it relates as much to the city as it does to the railroad yards. Thanks to its object-like character, the building is spatially linked to the other solitary buildings that characterize this disparate urban area. www.herzogdemeuron.com/index/projects/complete-works/101-...
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Texas State Capitol U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Texas State Antiquities Landmark TexasStateCapitol-2010-01.JPG At the time of its construction, the capitol building was billed as "The Seventh Largest Building in the World." Texas State Capitol is located in TexasTexas State CapitolTexas State Capitol Location Congress and 11th Sts Austin, Texas, U.S. Coordinates 30°16′29″N 97°44′26″WCoordinates: 30°16′29″N 97°44′26″W Area 51.4 acres (20.8 ha) Built 1885 Architect Elijah E. Myers Architectural style Italian Renaissance Revival NRHP reference # 70000770 RTHL # 14150 TSAL # 641 Significant dates Added to NRHP June 22, 1970[1] Designated NHL June 23, 1986[2] Designated RTHL 1964 Designated TSAL May 28, 1981 The Texas State Capitol is the capitol building and seat of government of the American state of Texas. Located in downtown Austin, Texas, the structure houses the offices and chambers of the Texas Legislature and of the Governor of Texas. Designed in 1881 by architect Elijah E. Myers, it was constructed from 1882 to 1888 under the direction of civil engineer Reuben Lindsay Walker. A $75 million underground extension was completed in 1993. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1986. The Texas State Capitol is 302.64 feet (92.24 m) tall, making it the sixth tallest state capitol and one of several taller than the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The capitol was ranked ninety-second in the 2007 "America's Favorite Architecture" poll commissioned by the American Institute of Architects. The current Texas State Capitol is the third building to serve that purpose. The second Texas capitol was built in 1853, on the same site as the present capitol in Austin; it was destroyed in the great capitol fire of 1881, but plans had already been made to replace it with a new, much larger structure.
"L'endroit"
Ce mur d'eau est annoncé comme le plus grand d’Europe, 700m2 de surface et 17 mètres de chute d’eau, conçu par le designer français Christian Ghion. Avec un débit de 600m3/heure, la quantité d’eau utilisée n’est que de 50m3 en circuit fermé.
Sur la droite nous pouvons admirer une partie du Conservatoire Darius Milhaud d'Aix-en-Provence, toujours pensé par Kengo Kuma.