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Sarasota is a city in Sarasota County on the southwestern coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The area is renowned for its cultural and environmental amenities, beaches, resorts, and the Sarasota School of Architecture. The city is at the southern end of the Tampa Bay Area, north of Fort Myers and Punta Gorda. Its official limits include Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands between the bay and the Gulf of Mexico. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2019 Sarasota had a population of 58,285. In 1986 it became designated as a certified local government. Sarasota is the principal city of the Sarasota metropolitan area and is the seat of Sarasota County. Long the winter headquarters of the Ringling Brothers Circus, many landmarks in Sarasota are named for the Ringlings.
The Sarasota city limits contain several keys, including Lido Key, St. Armands Key, Otter Key, Casey Key, Coon Key, Bird Key, and portions of Siesta Key. Longboat Key is the largest key separating the bay from the gulf, but it was evenly divided by the new county line of 1921. The portion of the key that parallels the Sarasota city boundary that extends to that new county line along the bayfront of the mainland was removed from the city boundaries at the request of John Ringling in the mid-1920s, who sought to avoid city taxation of his planned developments at the southern tip of the key. Although they never were completed in the quickly faltering economy, those development concessions granted by the city never were reversed and the county has retained regulation of those lands.
The city limits had expanded significantly with the real estate rush of the early twentieth century, reaching almost 70 square miles (180 km2). The wild speculation boom began to crash in 1926 and following that, the city limits began to contract, shrinking to less than a quarter of that area.
The area is known today as Sarasota first appeared on a sheepskin Spanish map from 1763 with the word Zarazote over present-day Sarasota and Bradenton. From 1883 to 1885, The Florida Mortgage And Investment Company Of Edinburgh bought 60,000 acres for development in what is now the City of Sarasota. Many Scottish people began to arrive in Sarasota in December 1885. The municipal government of Sarasota was established when it was incorporated as a town in 1902. John Gillespie was the first Mayor.
Italian architecture and culture are quite strong in the area because of the Ringling Museum. An unusually large number of homes and buildings are designed in the Italian style, especially Venetian as influenced by Ringling's Cà d'Zan. Italian-inspired statues are also common and Michelangelo's David is used as the symbol of Sarasota.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota,_Florida
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What you see here is the barrique cellar (or barrel cellar) designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano for the company "Rocca di Frassinello" in Tuscany.
What an amazing place. It is impossible to describe the silence and the scent of wine which fills the place. It is really close to being in church (well, scent of wine apart...).
After the tour which took us through the whole process of vinification, we had the chance to taste some of the great wine produced there. Could it be any better?
Enjoy.
Camera: Nikon D700
Gear: Tripod
Technique: 9 exposures HDR processed in Photomatix Pro, Topaz Adjust, Viveza 2 and Photoshop CS5
Exploring downtown during First Friday Art Walk in Baker City Oregon
Celebrating the arts during the First Friday Art Walk in historic downtown Baker City, Oregon, multiple gallery openings, and just exploring downtown Baker City's amazing architecture.
The First Friday Art Walk is one of numerous events celebrating the arts throughout Baker County. Other events include the Baker Open Artists Studio Tour in October, the monthly Thursday Art Night at the historic Eltrym Theater, the We Like ‘em Short Film Festival in August, and the Great Salt Lick Art Auction in September.
Visitors will find numerous art galleries throughout Baker City’s historic downtown including the Crossroads Carnegie Art center in the restored Carnegie Library building.
For more information about First Friday Art Walk or other art events and galleries throughout Baker County Oregon visit the Baker County Tourism website at www.travelbakercounty.com
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Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. The castle is notable for its long association with the English and later British royal family and also for its architecture. The original castle was built in the 11th century after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror. Since the time of Henry I, it has been used by succeeding monarchs and is the longest-occupied palace in Europe. The castle's lavish, early 19th-century State Apartments are architecturally significant, described by art historian Hugh Roberts as "a superb and unrivalled sequence of rooms widely regarded as the finest and most complete expression of later Georgian taste". The castle includes the 15th-century St George's Chapel, considered by historian John Martin Robinson to be "one of the supreme achievements of English Perpendicular Gothic" design. More than 500 people live and work in Windsor Castle. Originally designed to protect Norman dominance around the outskirts of London, and to oversee a strategically important part of the River Thames, Windsor Castle was built as a motte and bailey, with three wards surrounding a central mound. Gradually replaced with stone fortifications, the castle withstood a prolonged siege during the First Barons' War at the start of the 13th century. Henry III built a luxurious royal palace within the castle during the middle of the century, and Edward III went further, rebuilding the palace to produce an even grander set of buildings in what would become "the most expensive secular building project of the entire Middle Ages in England". Edward's core design lasted through the Tudor period, during which Henry VIII and Elizabeth I made increasing use of the castle as a royal court and centre for diplomatic entertainment. Windsor Castle survived the tumultuous period of the English Civil War, when it was used as a military headquarters for Parliamentary forces and a prison for Charles I. During the Restoration, Charles II rebuilt much of Windsor Castle with the help of architect Hugh May, creating a set of extravagant, Baroque interiors that are still admired. After a period of neglect during the 18th century, George III and George IV renovated and rebuilt Charles II's palace at colossal expense, producing the current design of the State Apartments, full of Rococo, Gothic and Baroque furnishings. Victoria made minor changes to the castle, which became the centre for royal entertainment for much of her reign. Windsor Castle was used as a refuge for the royal family during the bombing campaigns of the Second World War and survived a fire in 1992. It is a popular tourist attraction, a venue for hosting state visits, and the preferred weekend home of Elizabeth II.
I am pleased to announce that I have three images featured in this great collection of urban photographs edited by
Markus Lehr.
Many flickr members also have images included.
There is a special offer for early birds.
Anyone outside Europe or the USA wanting a copy should contact Markus, as he will find ways of getting a copy to you at a reasonable postage cost.
Many thanks to Markus and the designer for all their hard work
for putting this splendid book together.
Besides Markus Lehr and myself flickrites included are :
Westvang, Astrid
Courteau, Michelle
Prasal, Darek
Hart, Gordon
Colomés, Martín
Heyers, Norbert (Nouredine)
Feltham, Andy
Nordström, Lars
Kay, Matt
Steffens, Hans-Bernd (mariie-antoinettesgiraffenhals)
Turner, Paul
Bailey, Jack (_Jack_B_)
Perrey, Rainer (LichtEinfall)
Kazmer Liffman, Carol
The Berlin Palace (German: Berliner Schloss), formally the Royal Palace (German: Königliches Schloss), on the Museum Island in the Mitte area of Berlin, was the main residence of the House of Hohenzollern from 1443 to 1918. Expanded by order of King Frederick I of Prussia according to plans by Andreas Schlüter from 1689 to 1713, it was thereafter considered a major work of Prussian Baroque architecture. The former royal palace was one of Berlin’s largest buildings and shaped the cityscape with its 60-meter-high (200 ft) dome.
Used for various government functions after the fall of the monarchy in 1918, it was damaged during the Allied bombing in World War II, and was demolished by the East German authorities in 1950. In the 1970s, it became the location of the modernist East German Palace of the Republic (the central government building of East Germany). After German reunification and several years of debate and discussion, particularly regarding the fraught historical legacy of both buildings, the Palace of the Republic was itself demolished in 2009 and the Berlin Palace was reconstructed beginning in 2013 to house the Humboldt Forum museum. The reconstruction was completed in 2020.
From Wikipedia
Sarasota is a city in Sarasota County on the southwestern coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The area is renowned for its cultural and environmental amenities, beaches, resorts, and the Sarasota School of Architecture. The city is at the southern end of the Tampa Bay Area, north of Fort Myers and Punta Gorda. Its official limits include Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands between the bay and the Gulf of Mexico. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2019 Sarasota had a population of 58,285. In 1986 it became designated as a certified local government. Sarasota is the principal city of the Sarasota metropolitan area and is the seat of Sarasota County. Long the winter headquarters of the Ringling Brothers Circus, many landmarks in Sarasota are named for the Ringlings.
The Sarasota city limits contain several keys, including Lido Key, St. Armands Key, Otter Key, Casey Key, Coon Key, Bird Key, and portions of Siesta Key. Longboat Key is the largest key separating the bay from the gulf, but it was evenly divided by the new county line of 1921. The portion of the key that parallels the Sarasota city boundary that extends to that new county line along the bayfront of the mainland was removed from the city boundaries at the request of John Ringling in the mid-1920s, who sought to avoid city taxation of his planned developments at the southern tip of the key. Although they never were completed in the quickly faltering economy, those development concessions granted by the city never were reversed and the county has retained regulation of those lands.
The city limits had expanded significantly with the real estate rush of the early twentieth century, reaching almost 70 square miles (180 km2). The wild speculation boom began to crash in 1926 and following that, the city limits began to contract, shrinking to less than a quarter of that area.
The area is known today as Sarasota first appeared on a sheepskin Spanish map from 1763 with the word Zarazote over present-day Sarasota and Bradenton. From 1883 to 1885, The Florida Mortgage And Investment Company Of Edinburgh bought 60,000 acres for development in what is now the City of Sarasota. Many Scottish people began to arrive in Sarasota in December 1885. The municipal government of Sarasota was established when it was incorporated as a town in 1902. John Gillespie was the first Mayor.
Italian architecture and culture are quite strong in the area because of the Ringling Museum. An unusually large number of homes and buildings are designed in the Italian style, especially Venetian as influenced by Ringling's Cà d'Zan. Italian-inspired statues are also common and Michelangelo's David is used as the symbol of Sarasota.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota,_Florida
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Sembilangan Lighthouse is an ancient Dutch architecture. The whole building is built from metal material. The structure constructed piece by piece in Dutch and bolt together on the current spot.
Other part of the interior of the lighthouse stairs in the village of Tanjung Piring Sembilangan . All elements using steel metal, one photo lighthouse staircase on the ground floor near the main entrance
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Kolomna — a town in the Moscow region of Russia, the administrative center of Kolomna district (which is not included), the only town of the city district Kolomna. One of the oldest and most beautiful cities of Moscow region, a major industrial centre and transport junction, a river port on the Oka. Conditionally the city is mentioned in the Laurentian chronicle under the year 1177 as already existing, but recent excavations the Foundation of the city attributed to the 1140-1160 gg[4]. The city partially preserved rare monument of old Russian defensive architecture — the Kolomna Kremlin.
First Friday Art Walk in Baker City Oregon
A beautiful evening celebrating the arts during the First Friday Art Walk and watching the seasons change in historic downtown Baker City, Oregon, multiple gallery openings, live music, and just exploring downtown Baker City's amazing architecture.
The First Friday Art Walk is one of numerous events celebrating the arts throughout Baker County. Other events include the Baker Open Artists Studio Tour in October, the monthly Thursday Art Night at the historic Eltrym Theater, the We Like ‘em Short Film Festival in August, and the Great Salt Lick Art Auction in September.
Visitors will find numerous art galleries throughout Baker City’s historic downtown including the Crossroads Carnegie Art center in the restored Carnegie Library building.
For more information about First Friday Art Walk or other art events and galleries throughout Baker County Oregon visit the Baker County Tourism website at www.travelbakercounty.com
Center Tower of Angkor Wat seen from the Ta Kou Entrance.
Angkor Wat ("Capital Temple") is a temple complex in Cambodia and the largest religious monument in the world measuring 162.6 hectares. It was originally constructed in early 12th century by King Suryavarman II as a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Vishnu for the Khmer Empire and gradually transforming into a Buddhist temple towards the end of the 12th century. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious center since its foundation. The temple is at the top of the high classical style of Khmer architecture. It has become a symbol of Cambodia (national flag) and it is the country's prime attraction for visitors.
Angkor Wat combines two basic plans of Khmer temple architecture: the temple-mountain and the later galleried temple. It is designed to represent Mount Meru. Within the moat is the outer wall 3.6 kilometers long and there are three rectangular galleries, each raised above the next. At the center of the temple stands a quincunx of towers. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Angkor Wat is oriented to the west; scholars are divided as to the significance of this. The temple is admired for the grandeur and harmony of the architecture, its extensive bas-reliefs, and for the numerous devatas (deity) adorning its walls.
The Union Trust Company Bank building stands at 200 Collinsville Avenue in downtown East St. Louis, Illinois. Designed by architect Thomas Imbs for banker August Schlafly and completed between 1922 and 1926, it is locally significant under Criterion C of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) for Architecture. The building is an excellent example of early 20th century Classical Revival style bank design and is the last of its kind in East St. Louis. This style, associated with permanence and trust, took hold in the late 19th century as bankers sought to regain public confidence after the Panic of 1893. Thirty years later, these associations were magnified in tumultuous East St. Louis where public morality was at an all-time low after its most recent series of political and social disasters. The Union Trust Company Bank building embodied Schlafly’s recent role as civic leader and signaled the city’s economic recovery by spurring badly-needed investment downtown. The period of significance is from 1922 to 1926, spanning the year the building opened to the public through the construction of its interior mezzanine according to Imbs’ original design.
The Union Trust Company Bank was added to the NRHP on May 27, 2014. All the information above along with much, much more was found on original documents submitted for listing consideration that can be viewed here:
npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/d2109df8-d0f1-4e6c-906...
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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The Van Nelle Fabriek started as a flagship of industrial Dutch architecture. The first daylight factory in Europe. A paragon of functionalism. A structure of concrete, not brick. With columns, not load-bearing walls. With its steel and glass facade and work floor bathed in natural light, the building was designed to energise. In 2002, the structure was renovated and transformed into a sustainable building. Rotterdam’s national design icon was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 2014. The era of coffee, tea and tobacco may be over. But today, the Van Nelle Fabriek is a symbol of vitality and modernity – a legendary venue for events and presentations.
Osian (Osiyan) is an ancient town located in the Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state in western India. It is an oasis in the Thar Desert, and has been known as the "Khajuraho of Rajasthan" for its temples. The town is a panchayat village and the headquarters for Osian tehsil. It lies 69 km (43 mi) by road north of the district headquarters at Jodhpur, on a diversion off the main Jodhpur – Bikaner Highway.
Osian is famous as home to the cluster of ruined Brahmanical and Jain temples dating from the 8th to 11th centuries. The city was a major religious centre of the kingdom of Marwar during the Gurjara Pratihara dynasty. Of the 18 shrines in the group, the Surya or Sun Temple and the later Kali temple, Sachiya Mata Temple and the main Jain temple dedicated to Mahavira stands out in their grace and architecture.
The town was a major trading center at least as early as the Gupta period. It maintained this status, while also being a major center of Brahmanism and Jainism for hundreds of year. This came to an abrupt end when the town was attacked by the armies of Muhammed of Ghor in 1195.
Is part of the Clérigos Church complex, which includes the church, the tower, and a museum. It was built during the 18th century and is a prominent example of Baroque architecture. The tower stands at 76 meters (249 feet) tall and offers panoramic views of Porto from its top. Visitors can climb a narrow spiral staircase with 225 steps to reach the top and enjoy breathtaking views of the city and the Douro River. The Clérigos Tower is one of the most recognizable symbols of Porto and a popular attraction for both locals and tourists. In addition to the Clérigos Tower,
LA TORRE DE LOS CLÉRIGOS
es parte del complejo de la Iglesia de los Clérigos, que incluye la iglesia, la torre y un museo. Fue construida durante el siglo XVIII y es un destacado ejemplo de arquitectura barroca. La torre tiene una altura de 76 metros (249 pies) y ofrece vistas panorámicas de Oporto desde su cima. Los visitantes pueden subir una estrecha escalera de caracol con 225 escalones para llegar a la cima y disfrutar de impresionantes vistas de la ciudad y del río Duero.
La Torre de los Clérigos es uno de los símbolos más reconocibles de Oporto y una atracción popular tanto para los locales como para los turistas.
Pulteney Bridge crosses the River Avon, in the centre of Bath. It was completed in 1773 and is designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.
The bridge was designed by Robert Adam, whose working drawings are preserved in the Sir John Soane's Museum, and is one of only four bridges in the world with shops across the full span on both sides.Shops on the bridge include a flower shop, antique map shop, and juice bar. When you are actually on the bridge you could be unaware that you are actually on a bridge as it looks just like a normal street.
It is named after Frances Pulteney, heiress in 1767 of the Bathwick estate across the river from Bath. Bathwick was a simple village in a rural setting, but Frances's husband William could see its potential. He made plans to create a new town, which would become a suburb to the historic city of Bath. First he needed a better river crossing than the existing ferry, hence the bridge.
In 1936 the bridge became scheduled as a national monument, with plans being made for the restoration of the original façade. The restoration was completed in time for the Festival of Britain in 1951, with further work being carried out in 1975. It is now one of the best-known buildings in a city famed for its Georgian architecture.
The Avon is navigable from its mouth at Avonmouth as far as Pulteney weir in the centre of Bath. The Kennet and Avon Canal connects with the Avon just below this weir and Bath Locks. Together with the Kennet Navigation and the River Thames it provides a through route for canal boats from Bristol to London.
The style of the library, with its ornate, balanced, well-planned façade, and Corinthian style columns, reflects the Greek influence on Roman architecture. The building materials (brick, concrete, and mortared rubble), signify the new materials that came into use in the Roman Empire around the 2nd century.
The article below originated from:
Traditional Building Magazine
Updated: Jan 6, 2020
Original: Feb 2, 2016
Originally built in 1916, the Palm Beach courthouse was a tour de force of Neoclassical architecture. The architect Wilber Burt Talley designed a granite base, brick and stone façades, soaring Indiana limestone columns and Corinthian capitals that held up triangle pediments, and a dentil molding below the cornice. The four-story, 40,000-sq.ft. the building housed the county government offices and records, as well as the jail.
Almost immediately the courthouse ran out of space, and 11 years later an addition was constructed 25 feet to the east. Talley again served as the courthouse architect, and the 1927 addition was similar in appearance and used many of the same materials as the original building. In 1955, the two buildings were connected with usable rooms to accommodate the growing county.
Yet another addition was required in the late ’60s; it was completed in 1969. The architecture firm Edge & Powell delivered a brick building that nearly doubled the square footage to 180,000 sq. ft. This time, the addition was less than sympathetic. In fact, the 1916 and 1927 buildings were lost in the center of the new construction, which wrapped around them completely.
The building was utilized for 36 years in this configuration, until 1995, when a new courthouse opened across the street. Expansions had plagued the 1916 courthouse almost as soon as it was built, and this was no exception. “After the new courthouse opened, the old one was slated for demolition,” says Rick Gonzales, Jr., AIA, CEO and principal at REG Architects. “Since I knew about the 1916 courthouse, I recognized the potential of the site and got in touch with preservation specialists in the area. It took some time, but a group of us eventually convinced the county to fund a feasibility study, which we conducted in 2002.”
Gonzales talks about stimulating interest in the project: “We would go to the new courthouse to sell our idea and walk people up to the windows to look at the old site,” he says.
“‘Believe it or not, there’s a building inside that building,’ I’d say. That really piqued people’s interest.”
The county agreed to fund the project, and demolition of the additions began in January 2004 and was completed two years later. “It took a long time because it was a selective demolition,” says Gonzales. “We needed to be careful to salvage many of the materials from the 1927 building to use in the restoration of the 1916 structure. It resembled the original, so we took everything we could for reuse.” A number of materials were recovered, including limestone, granite, wood windows, doors, marble wainscot, mosaic floor tiles, wood flooring, trim, and hardware.
While a majority of the materials were the same from building to building, the detailing was not identical. “We were working from the drawings of the 1927 building because we couldn’t find drawings for the earlier structure,” says Gonzales. “We had thought the detailing was the same, but when we put our studies together we saw that the rhythm, proportion, and cornices were different.”
When REG Architects couldn’t apply the 1927 documentation to the restoration, the firm examined what was remaining of the building and the few images that had survived. “For a while, we had no cornice pieces, because all of the exterior ornamentations had been destroyed when the façades were smoothed for the addition,” says Gonzales. “Then a contractor found a 16-in. piece, which we used to re-create the cornice line.”
Other elements that needed to be re-created, such as the granite and limestone porticos on the north, south, and west façades, were designed using historic photographs. “We found limestone with the same vein from the same Indiana quarry that was originally used,” says Gonzales. “We were extremely lucky in that the quarry ran out of that vein right after our order.” REG Architects was also able to match the granite.
Many components of the building were salvaged and restored. The cornerstones were restored and placed in their original locations at the northwest corner. The 12 Corinthian capitals and the load-bearing limestone columns – each of which weighs 30,600 lbs. – were pieced back together and repaired. “Placement of the capitals was especially tedious,” says Gonzales, “because it needed to be precise. They were then secured with pegs and glue.”
On the north, south, and west elevations, the brick was restored and, when necessary, replaced. “We couldn’t locate replacement brick with the same hues as the existing brick hues,” says Gonzales, “so we hired artists to stain it so that it blended with the original brick.” On the east elevation, REG Architects specified new brick so the new façade clearly stood out from the old ones.
To the same point, new hurricane-proof wood windows were chosen for the east elevation, while REG Architects was careful to preserve as many old windows as possible on the other elevations. Hedrick Brothers repaired 76 original wood windows as well as the window hardware. “We found a local manufacturer, Coastal Millwork of Riviera Beach, FL, to get the original windows tested for hurricane-preparedness,” says Gonzales. “The company reinforced and laminated the windows, so we were able to reinstall them.”
The crowning achievement of the exterior work was the re-creation of an eagle crest on the west pediment.
Based on a small postcard and images of other eagle crests, Ontario, Canada-based Traditional Cut Stone designed the crest for Palm Beach. “They created a small scale model and then a full-scale model in clay,” says Gonzales. “The final piece, which took five months to produce, was hand-carved from five pieces of Indiana limestone.” Traditional Cut Stone was also responsible for all of the limestone work on the building. REG Architects based much of its interior design on the Desoto County Courthouse in Arcadia, FL, which was built by Talley in 1913.
“The dilemma about the interiors was that there was little archival material and few original photographs to give a precise vision for the interiors,” says Gonzales. “Emphasis was placed on trying to restore the character of the main courtroom and the main interior public spaces.” The main courtroom on the third and fourth floors was especially aided by the Desoto research. The millwork was re-created and the plaster ceiling and moldings, maple flooring, doors, and door hardware were restored. Replica lighting was fabricated.
Architectural elements in the corridors and staircases received similar treatment. Hendrick Brothers uncovered the original mosaic flooring and had it repaired. Only five percent of the tile needed to be replaced; in these cases, matching tile from the 1927 building was used. About 80 percent of the marble wainscoting was salvaged, while the other 20 percent was replaced with matching marble from the original quarry. Wood doors and door hardware were salvaged and reused.
All of the building code upgrades – including efficient HVAC, fire protection, and hurricane protection – were hidden as much as possible with historic finishes. The alley elevation provided an ADA-accessible entrance and space for elevators.
The newly restored Palm Beach County Court House now accommodates a museum for the historical society, as well as offices for the County’s Public Affairs Department and County Attorney. “People say this project was an alignment of the stars,” says Gonzales. “It was. We were lucky to have the opportunity to save this building, we worked with a lot of great people, and it turned out well. It was a great labor of love.” TB
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.traditionalbuilding.com/projects/courthouse-unwrapped
downtownwpb.com/things-to-do/history-museum-and-restored-...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_and_Pat_Johnson_Palm_Beach_...
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This skyspace is at NMAC, Vejer de la Frontera, Andalucia, Spain.
'A Turrell Skyspace is a specifically proportioned chamber with an aperture in the ceiling open to the sky. Skyspaces can be autonomous structures or integrated into existing architecture. The aperture can be round, ovular or square.' - jamesturrell.com
Smolenskaya embankment.
Residential buildings of Stalinist architecture.
The Moskva River.
Moscow, Russia.
Koranic school with Arab-Andalusian architecture.
The Ben Youssef Madrasa was an Islamic college in Marrakesh, Morocco.
It contains no representation of humans or animals as required by Islam, and consist entirely of inscriptions and geometric patterns. Was one of the largest theological colleges in North Africa and may have housed as many as 900 students.
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Another day of Winnipeg early 20th century architecture the Daylite Building.
The Exchange District in Winnipeg contains around 150 heritage buildings from the early 20th century. The Exchange District is a National Historic Site of Canada.
The Daylite Building was erected in 1899 as a speculative investment by John Duncan McArthur.
Designed and constructed by James Henry Cadham, the original four-storey building on the southeast corner of McDermot Avenue and Princess Street was expanded in 1904 by an additional two floors designed by John Hamilton Gordon Russell and built by S. G. Browne.
On completion, the building was shared by the Ames Holden Shoe Company of Montreal and the Bole Drug Company owned by David Wesley Bole and W. W. Bole.
More recently, the building (a municipally-designated historic site) has been occupied by a range of businesses.
Info from Manitoba Historical Society Archives.
The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS), founded in 1879, is the oldest organization in Western Canada, and the second-oldest in all of Canada, dedicated to preserving our past for future generations.
The MHS is a registered public charity and it is not affiliated with the Government of Manitoba.
Fénis, Val d'Aosta, Italia.
Fénis es un municipio italiano de 1.792 habitantes que se encuentra ubicado en el Valle de Aosta.
El pueblo de Fénis se sitúa en el principal valle de la región. Sin embargo, la mayoría de su territorio se halla en un valle lateral, cuyo nombre es val Clavalité, un valle selvaje cubierto de bosques, y en el cercano valle de Saint-Julien. El val Clavalité conserva una selva de 2.236 hectaréas, que cubre el 32,7% del territorio del municipio.
Fénis es muy famosa por su castillo, unos de los más importantes de Valle de Aosta por su extraordinaria arquitectura. El castillo es una de las principales atracciones turísticas del Valle.
Fénis is an Italian municipality of 1,792 inhabitants located in the Aosta Valley.
The town of Fénis is located in the main valley of the region. However, the majority of its territory is located in a side valley, whose name is val Clavalité, a jungle valley covered with forests, and in the nearby Saint-Julien valley. The Clavalité Valley preserves a forest of 2,236 hectares, which covers 32.7% of the municipality's territory.
Fénis is very famous for its castle, one of the most important in Valle d'Aosta for its extraordinary architecture. The castle is one of the main tourist attractions in the Valley.
Discover the portuguese architecture, the other face of the iberian architecture. I travelled along the Atlantic in search of key elements, shapes and perspectives. Order, geometries and proportions unite with the human presencies creating an almost magical result.
I learned about the recent history of Portuguese architecture, the most famous works and the less- known faces of these and other important architects. From Porto to Lisbon, land, sea, landscape and architecture; from the Tajo River to the Duero, from the Iberian land to the Atlantic Ocean, I was able to discover and enjoy the magical and unforgettable cities, nearby but also unknown.
I have visited emblematic buildings and the latest construction projects in a country that has been at the top of the architectural world for decades, from buildings with simple lines to the precise use of light.
Berliner Philharmonie, Kulturforum, Tiergarten, Berlin.
La Berliner Philharmonie es una sala de conciertos en Berlín, Alemania. Hogar de la Orquesta Filarmónica de Berlín, el edificio es aclamado tanto por su acústica como por su arquitectura.
La Filarmónica se encuentra en el extremo sur del Tiergarten de la ciudad y justo al oeste del antiguo Muro de Berlín, un área que durante décadas sufrió aislamiento y monotonía, pero que hoy ofrece centralidad ideal, verdor y accesibilidad. Su calle transversal y dirección postal es Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, llamada así por el director principal que lleva más tiempo en la orquesta. El barrio, a menudo apodado el Kulturforum, se puede llegar a pie desde la estación de Potsdamer Platz.
En realidad, una instalación de dos salas con vestíbulo de conexión, la Filarmónica comprende un Großer Saal de 2.440 asientos para conciertos de orquesta y un salón de música de cámara, el Kammermusiksaal, de 1.180 asientos. Aunque se concibieron juntos, el lugar más pequeño se agregó solo en la década de 1980.
The Berliner Philharmonie is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany. Home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the building is acclaimed for both its acoustics and its architecture.
The Philharmonie lies on the south edge of the city's Tiergarten and just west of the former Berlin Wall, an area that for decades suffered from isolation and drabness but that today offers ideal centrality, greenness, and accessibility. Its cross street and postal address is Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, named for the orchestra's longest-serving principal conductor. The neighborhood, often dubbed the Kulturforum, can be reached on foot from the Potsdamer Platz station.
Actually a two-venue facility with connecting lobby, the Philharmonie comprises a Großer Saal of 2,440 seats for orchestral concerts and a chamber-music hall, the Kammermusiksaal, of 1,180 seats. Though conceived together, the smaller venue was added only in the 1980s.
The hill on which lies the delightful inhabited center of the province of Potenza dominates the entire valley and is called "Balcony of Puglia", because from here you can admire, in addition to Monte Vulture, the panorama of the Tavoliere delle Pugliese, up to the Gargano . Once in the village, the succession of the different construction periods that have affected the town is immediately evident in the architecture. The ancient part is divided between the plateau, dating back to the high-medieval period, the first part of the coast of the hill, below the plateau, on which develops the medieval city bounded by the walls, and the half-hill, with settlements of the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, out of the walls. Irregular and narrow streets welcome the visitor, whose features refer to the rural culture of the village, where unique sensations are liveable through the alleys now closed now panoramic views of the area surrounding Forenza.
Chaya (茶屋), a traditional Japanese tea house, is a place of dinning, party and show entertainment, where geisha performs musical instruments and dancing for guests. Chaya houses are special designed traditional Japanese-style two-story architectures. The rows of this historical tea houses in Higashi Chaya District have been designated as Japan's historic sites and precious cultural assets. There are many restaurants, tea houses, and souvenir shops for tourists, and guide tours for introducing and sightseeing inside of those tea houses.
Aberystwyth is a university and seaside town and a community in Ceredigion, Wales. It is the largest town in Ceredigion and 16 miles (26 km) from Aberaeron, the county's administrative centre. In 2021, the population of the town was 14,640.
Located in the historic county of Cardiganshire, Aberystwyth means "the mouth of the Ystwyth". It has been a major educational location in Wales since the establishment of University College Wales, now Aberystwyth University, in 1872.
The town is situated on Cardigan Bay on the west coast of Wales, near the confluence of the River Ystwyth and Afon Rheidol. Following the reconstruction of the harbour, the Ystwyth skirts the town. The Rheidol passes through the town. The seafront, with a pier, stretches from Constitution Hill at the north end of the Promenade to the harbour at the south. The beach is divided by the castle. The town is divided into five areas: Aberystwyth Town; Llanbadarn Fawr; Waunfawr; Trefechan; and the most populous, Penparcau.
Aberystwyth is a university town and tourist destination, and forms a cultural link between North Wales and South Wales. Constitution Hill, scaled by the Aberystwyth Cliff Railway, gives access to panoramic views and to other attractions at the summit, including a camera obscura. Scenic Mid Wales landscape within easy reach of the town includes the wilderness of the Cambrian Mountains, whose valleys contain forests and meadows which have changed little in centuries. A convenient way to access the interior is by the preserved narrow-gauge Vale of Rheidol Railway.
Although the town is relatively modern, there are a number of historic buildings, including the remains of the castle and the Old College of Aberystwyth University nearby. The Old College was originally built and opened in 1865 as a hotel, but after the owner's bankruptcy the shell of the building was sold to the university in 1867.
The new university campus overlooks Aberystwyth from Penglais Hill to the east of the town centre. The station, a terminus of the main railway, was built in 1924 in the typical style of the period, mainly in a mix of Gothic, Classical Revival, and Victorian architecture.
The town is the unofficial capital of Mid Wales, and several institutions have regional or national offices there. Public bodies located in the town include the National Library of Wales, which incorporates the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales, one of six British regional film archives. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales maintains and curates the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW), providing the public with information about the built heritage of Wales. Aberystwyth is also the home to the national offices of UCAC and Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (Welsh Language Society), and the site of the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, the Welsh Books Council and the offices of the standard historical dictionary of Welsh, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru. A purpose built Welsh Government office and an adjoining office of Ceredigion County Council are also located in the town.
At the 2001 census, the population of the town was 15,935. This reduced to 13,040 at the 2011 census. Including neighbouring Llanbadarn Fawr, the population was 16,420, and the greater Aberystwyth conurbation had a population of 18,749 in 2011.
Looking down the River Avon towards the Grade I Listed Pulteney Bridge in Bath, Somerset.
Pulteney Bridge was completed by 1774, and connected the city with the newly built Georgian town of Bathwick. Designed by Robert Adam in a Palladian style, it is exceptional in having shops built across its full span on both sides.
Within 20 years of its construction, alterations were made that expanded the shops and changed the façades. By the end of the 18th century it had been damaged by floods, but it was rebuilt to a similar design. Over the next century alterations to the shops included cantilevered extensions on the bridge's north and south faces. In the 20th century several schemes were carried out to preserve the bridge and partially return it to its original appearance, enhancing its appeal as a tourist attraction.
The bridge is now 45 metres (148 ft) long and 18 metres (58 ft) wide. Although there have been plans to pedestrianise the bridge, it is still used by buses and taxis. The much photographed bridge and the weir below are close to the centre of the city, which is a World Heritage Site largely because of its Georgian architecture.
The name "Avon" is a cognate of the Welsh word afon "river", both being derived from the Common Brittonic abona, "river". "River Avon", therefore, literally means "River River"; several other English and Scottish rivers share the name. The County of Avon that existed from 1974 to 1996 was named after the river, and covered Bristol, Bath, and the lower Avon valley.
The Avon rises just north of the village of Acton Turville in South Gloucestershire, before flowing through Wiltshire. In its lower reaches from Bath to the Severn Estuary at Avonmouth near Bristol the river is navigable and known as the Avon Navigation.
The Avon is the 19th longest river in the UK at 75 miles (121 km) although there are just 19 miles (31 km) as the crow flies between the source and its mouth in the Severn Estuary. The catchment area is 2,220 square kilometres (860 sq mi).
The river Avon had been navigable from Bristol to Bath during the early years of the 13th century but construction of mills on the river forced its closure. The floodplain of the Avon, on which the city centre of Bath is built, has an altitude of about 59 ft (18 m) above sea level. The river, once an unnavigable series of braided streams broken up by swamps and ponds, has been managed by weirs into a single channel. Periodic flooding, which shortened the life of many buildings in the lowest part of the city, was normal until major flood control works were completed in the 1970s.
The church of Saint-Hilaire, which we visited over the last few days, and the one dedicated to Saint Martin which we begin visiting today, are located in the same village of Semur-en-Brionnais in southern Burgundy, but they couldn’t be more different.
Saint-Hilaire stands on the hilltop, near what remains of the castle of the barons of Semur, in the center of the village that refocused and grew around it. Saint-Martin sleeps peacefully, almost forgotten in a quiet vale at the foot of the castle hill. Saint-Hilaire is a masterpiece by masters dispatched from Cluny and instructed to “play villager”; Saint-Martin is as genuine as can be. Saint-Hilaire does its world-class expert best to look humble and village-y; Saint-Martin is honestly humble and haphazardly built by unskilled but worshiping hands. Saint-Hilaire was the last Romanesque church ever built in Brionnais, completed near 1200 at the cusp between Romanesque and Gothic; Saint-Martin was built around Year 1000, as the second millennium dawned and France covered itself “in a white mantle of churches”, as the monk Raoul Glaber (“the Beardless”) would later put it: Erat enim instar ac si mundus ipse, excutiendo semet, rejecta vetustate, passim candidam ecclesiarum vestem indueret.
Saint-Martin was the original parish church, built around Year 1000. At that time, the “village” did not exist as a well-organized cluster of houses on the hilltop; it was more a collection of homes randomly established all over the territory, wherever it was most convenient, closest to the fields that fed them, hence the sort of offset location of the church. In this church, Saint Hugues was baptized and came to attend Mass. Even after the Cluny country-fashion masterpiece was built on the hilltop, the humble Saint-Martin remained the parish church. Only when the college was incorporated in 1274 was the seat of the parish transferred “up there”. Then, slowly, Saint-Martin fell into disfavor, but never oblivion.
Architecturally, the church is very simple: one single nave, simple and bare, with one splendid, uniquely original and gorgeous triumphal arch which truly deserves our admiration. An interesting double apse with an off-center bell tower. And most significantly, lovely and quite well preserved alfresco paintings from the Romanesque period, between 1100 and 1200, with some adds-on from the Renaissance (1500s), which shows that, even though the former parish church had been by then demoted to simple chapel status, it was still taken care of for several centuries.
In this photo you can better see how the bell tower was built right next to the nave and up against its southern wall. Such bell towers were not uncommon in early Romanesque churches, I have seen quite a number of examples in Italy, where they still have more of those old churches than we do in France. In fact, they were almost mandatory with roofed (i.e., not vaulted) churches, as their thinner walls would not have supported the weight of a bell tower sitting atop the transept, unless it be very small and stubby, and usually made mostly of wood for lightness.
Unsurprising this bell tower might be, yet the big surprise comes from the lovely, tiny little semi-circular apse that the builders saw fit to add at its foot. That is certainly much more unusual. As a matter of fact, I think it is the first time I see such a layout!
The choir, with its magnificent quire vault ceiling, in St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol; behind, the vivid 1960s stained glass windows in the Lady Chapel, installed and designed by Harry Stammers, are prominent at ground level; above it, the 1904 Great East Window by Clayton and Bell of London.
The Church of St Mary the Virgin, widely known as St Mary Redcliffe, is the main Church of England parish church for the Redcliffe district of Bristol. The first reference to a church on the site appears in 1158, with the present building dating from 1185 to 1872. The church is considered one of the country’s finest and largest parish churches as well as an outstanding example of English Gothic architecture. The church is so large it is sometimes mistaken for Bristol Cathedral by tourists. It is, unsurprisingly of Grade I listed status.
The church is notable for its many large stained glass windows, decorative stone vaults, flying buttresses, rare hexagonal porch and massive Gothic spire. With a height of 84 metres to the top of the weathervane, St Mary Redcliffe is the second-tallest structure in Bristol and the sixth-tallest parish church in the country. The church spire is a major Bristol landmark, visible from across the city and until the completion of Castle Park View in 2020, was the tallest structure ever to have been erected in Bristol.
St Mary Redcliffe has received widespread critical acclaim from various architects, historians, poets, writers and monarchs. Queen Elizabeth I, on a visit to the church in 1574, described St Mary Redcliffe as “The fairest, goodliest and most famous parish church in England”; Simon Jenkins gives St Mary Redcliffe the maximum five-star rating in his book ‘England’s Thousand Best Churches’, one of only eighteen to receive such a rating, describing it as a “masterpiece of English Gothic”; and Nikolaus Pevsner says that “St Mary Redcliffe need not fear comparison with any other English parish church”.
This description incorporates text from the English Wikipedia.
The Church of St Mary the Virgin, widely known as St Mary Redcliffe, is the main Church of England parish church for the Redcliffe district of Bristol. The first reference to a church on the site appears in 1158, with the present building dating from 1185 to 1872. The church is considered one of the country’s finest and largest parish churches as well as an outstanding example of English Gothic architecture. The church is so large it is sometimes mistaken for Bristol Cathedral by tourists. It is, unsurprisingly of Grade I listed status.
The church is notable for its many large stained glass windows, decorative stone vaults, flying buttresses, rare hexagonal porch and massive Gothic spire. With a height of 84 metres to the top of the weathervane, St Mary Redcliffe is the second-tallest structure in Bristol and the sixth-tallest parish church in the country. The church spire is a major Bristol landmark, visible from across the city and until the completion of Castle Park View in 2020, was the tallest structure ever to have been erected in Bristol.
St Mary Redcliffe has received widespread critical acclaim from various architects, historians, poets, writers and monarchs. Queen Elizabeth I, on a visit to the church in 1574, described St Mary Redcliffe as “The fairest, goodliest and most famous parish church in England”; Simon Jenkins gives St Mary Redcliffe the maximum five-star rating in his book ‘England’s Thousand Best Churches’, one of only eighteen to receive such a rating, describing it as a “masterpiece of English Gothic”; and Nikolaus Pevsner says that “St Mary Redcliffe need not fear comparison with any other English parish church”.
This description incorporates text from the English Wikipedia.
Artist Charles Gaines kinetic sculpture "The American Manifest: Moving Chains"
From the Governors Island website.
"Moving Chains is a monumental 110-foot long kinetic sculpture built from steel and sustainably harvested Sapele, commonly referred to as African Mahogany, a tree native to West Africa. Created by Charles Gaines with collaborating architects TOLO Architecture, the sculpture, which people may enter and walk through, contains nine custom made chains weighing over 1,600 pounds each running its length over-head. Eight of the chains are representative of the pace of the currents in New York Harbor, while a ninth central chain moves more quickly, recalling the pace of ship and barge traffic that has traveled the city’s water-ways for centuries. The overall effect of the weight and motion of the chains produces a rhythmic, undulating loop, evocative of the sounds of New York Harbor at the entrance to the Hudson River, known to the area’s Indigenous residents the Lenape as Mahicantuck, the river that runs two ways. Starting during the Dutch and British occupations, this waterway near present day lower Manhattan would become an economic pillar of the transatlantic slave trade and seed the system of racial capitalism foundational to the United States. Facing the Statue of Liberty — an international symbol of benevolence and human rights, distinguished by the abolitionist iconography of a broken shackle and chain at her right foot—Moving Chains calls attention to the nation’s economic, judicial, and political frameworks that continue the legacy of slavery today:"
The Cathedral Church of St Peter in Exeter
Stone vaulting in the Nave
A cathedral was founded in Exeter around 1050 after the seat of the bishop for Devon and Cornwall was moved from Crediton. The current building was completed around 1400 and is a fine example of English gothic architecture, the cathedral has the longest uninterrupted medieval stone vaulted ceiling in the world.
Exterior view of the southern Outer Gallery from the south-western corner to the Southern Entrance.
Angkor Wat ("Capital Temple") is a temple complex in Cambodia and the largest religious monument in the world measuring 162.6 hectares. It was originally constructed in early 12th century by King Suryavarman II as a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Vishnu for the Khmer Empire and gradually transforming into a Buddhist temple towards the end of the 12th century. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious center since its foundation. The temple is at the top of the high classical style of Khmer architecture. It has become a symbol of Cambodia (national flag) and it is the country's prime attraction for visitors.
Angkor Wat combines two basic plans of Khmer temple architecture: the temple-mountain and the later galleried temple. It is designed to represent Mount Meru. Within the moat is the outer wall 3.6 kilometers long and there are three rectangular galleries, each raised above the next. At the center of the temple stands a quincunx of towers. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Angkor Wat is oriented to the west; scholars are divided as to the significance of this. The temple is admired for the grandeur and harmony of the architecture, its extensive bas-reliefs, and for the numerous devatas (deity) adorning its walls.
The Lello Bookstore, located in Porto, Portugal, is known for its charm and fascinating history. Although it does not have a literal magical element, its magic lies in its unique architecture, rich history, and special atmosphere. Here are some aspects that contribute to the magic of the Lello Bookstore:
Stunning Architecture: The bookstore was designed by architects Francisco Xavier Esteves and Francisco Xavier Esteves Jr. Its architectural style is a combination of neo-Gothic and Art Nouveau, featuring an impressive carved wooden staircase and a beautiful stained glass skylight. The architecture and intricate details create an ambiance that transports visitors to another era.
Rich History: The Lello Bookstore was inaugurated in 1906 and has been a prominent place in the Portuguese literary scene. It has been frequented by writers and poets and has played a significant role in promoting literature and culture. The history and tradition surrounding the bookstore add a special aura.
Inspiration for Writers: The bookstore has been a source of inspiration for various writers, including the famous author J.K. Rowling. It is said that Rowling, while living in Porto, visited the Lello Bookstore and drew inspiration from its atmosphere to create descriptions of magical places in her Harry Potter book series. Although this does not add literal magic, it does add a touch of charm to the bookstore.
Events and Cultural Activities: The Lello Bookstore organizes cultural events, book presentations, and activities that encourage community participation. This active engagement in the local cultural scene contributes to the feeling that the bookstore is a vibrant and lively place.
In summary, the magic of the Lello Bookstore resides in its unique architecture, rich history, its role in the literary community, and its ability to inspire writers and literature enthusiasts. While it does not have literal magic, its charm and atmosphere make it a truly special place.
La Librería Lello, ubicada en Oporto, Portugal, es conocida por su encanto y su historia fascinante. Aunque no tiene un elemento mágico literal, su magia se encuentra en su arquitectura única, su rica historia y su ambiente especial. Aquí hay algunos aspectos que contribuyen a la magia de la Librería Lello:
Arquitectura Impresionante: La librería fue diseñada por los arquitectos Francisco Xavier Esteves y Francisco Xavier Esteves Jr. Su estilo arquitectónico es una combinación de neogótico y art nouveau, con una impresionante escalera de madera tallada y una hermosa vidriera en el techo. La arquitectura y los detalles intrincados crean un ambiente que transporta a los visitantes a otra época.
Historia Rica: La Librería Lello fue inaugurada en 1906 y ha sido un lugar destacado en la escena literaria portuguesa. Ha sido frecuentada por escritores y poetas, y ha desempeñado un papel importante en la promoción de la literatura y la cultura. La historia y la tradición que rodean la librería añaden un aura especial.
Inspiración para Escritores: La librería ha sido un lugar de inspiración para varios escritores, incluido el famoso autor J.K. Rowling. Se dice que Rowling, mientras vivía en Oporto, visitó la Librería Lello y se inspiró en su atmósfera para crear descripciones de lugares mágicos en su serie de libros de Harry Potter. Aunque esto no agrega magia literal, sí añade un toque de encanto a la librería.
Eventos y Actividades Culturales: La Librería Lello organiza eventos culturales, presentaciones de libros y actividades que fomentan la participación de la comunidad. Esta participación activa en la escena cultural local contribuye a la sensación de que la librería es un lugar vibrante y lleno de vida.
En resumen, la magia de la Librería Lello reside en su arquitectura única, su rica historia, su papel en la comunidad literaria y su capacidad para inspirar a escritores y amantes de la literatura. Aunque no tiene una magia literal, su encanto y atmósfera la convierten en un lugar verdaderamente especial.
The Golden Chariot has 19 specially-designed coaches. There are 11 passenger cars. The design of the cabins is inspired and draws from the Mysore and Belur Halebid schools of art and architecture. The bedspreads are hand-woven by artisans, the guardians of age-old traditions.
The cars have been named after the dynasties that ruled Karnataka (Kadamba, Hoysala, Rastrakuta, Ganga, Chalukya, Bhahamani, Adhilshahi, Sangama, Shathavahna, Yudukula, Vijayanagara), the birds of Karnataka (Kajana, Kogile, Minchulli, Marakata, Navilu) and Karnataka's cultural icons (Jambusavari, Dasara, Nandi).
The two restaurants are designed in the style of Belur and Hampi, catering to vegetarians and non-vegetarians.
The Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in downtown Santa Fe is focussing on contemporary intertribal Native American art. The museum is housed in the historic Santa Fe Federal Building (the old Post Office), which is a great example of the so-called Pueblo Revival Architecture.
The columns have been designed and painted by the artist Yatika Starr Fields.
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The choir of Notre-Dame de Chartres was recently restored to its light and colourful 18th-century appearance. Built in the 13th century the cathedral of Chartres is one of the supreme examples of gothic architecture. The imposing 6 meters high, 30 tons altarpiece in Carrara marble represents the ascent of the Virgin and is the work of Charles-Antoine Bridan (consecrated in 1773).
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The BFI IMAX subways at London Waterloo. Another wet and windy evening in Central London capturing both the people and the architecture. The rainfall as ever provides some great reflections and atmosphere.
The Chapel Santa Maria degli Angeli was designed by the Swiss architect Mario Botta and is a great example of contemporary architecture. The chapel was built between 1992 and 1996 and is dedicated to Santa Maria degli Angeli (Saint Mary of the Angels). The chapel is located on Alpe Foppa (on an altitude of 1,500 meters), Canton of Ticino, Switzerland, and can be reached by cable car.
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Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne's Carlton Gardens.
The building is a 2004 UNESCO listed World Cultural Site, the first building in Australia to be awarded UNESCO World Heritage status.
It was built between 1879-1880 and was designed by architect Joseph Reed of Reed and Barnes architecture.
The building was used for international exhibitions of 1880 and 1888 and over 50 exhibitions staged between 1851 and 1915 in venues including Paris, New York, Vienna, Calcutta, Kingston (Jamaica) and Santiago (Chile).
All the exhibitions shared a common theme and aims - to chart material and moral progress through displays of industry from all nations.
The building hosted hosted the Centennial International Exhibition in 1888.
El baptisterio de Parma (en italiano: battistero di Parma) es un baptisterio —edificio destinado al rito del bautismo cristiano— italiano del siglo XIII que está situado junto a la catedral de Parma y se considera estilísticamente como un punto de unión de la arquitectura románica y la arquitectura gótica.
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The Baptistery of Parma (Italian: Battistero di Parma) is a religious edifice in Parma, northern Italy. Architecturally, the baptistery of Parma Cathedral marks a transition between the Romanesque and Gothic styles,[1] and it is considered to be among the most important Medieval monuments in Europe.
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La catedral de Parma (Duomo) (del italiano: Basilica Cattedrale della Assunzione di Maria Virgine) es una basílica catedral de la ciudad italiana de Parma, Emilia-Romaña. Es una importante catedral de estilo románico, y el fresco del artista il Correggio es una de las obras maestras al fresco de la época renacentista.
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Parma Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Parma; Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Parma, Emilia-Romagna (Italy), dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Parma. It is an important Italian Romanesque cathedral: the dome, in particular, is decorated by a highly influential illusionistic fresco by Renaissance painter Antonio da Correggio.
Sarasota is a city in Sarasota County on the southwestern coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The area is renowned for its cultural and environmental amenities, beaches, resorts, and the Sarasota School of Architecture. The city is at the southern end of the Tampa Bay Area, north of Fort Myers and Punta Gorda. Its official limits include Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands between the bay and the Gulf of Mexico. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2019 Sarasota had a population of 58,285. In 1986 it became designated as a certified local government. Sarasota is the principal city of the Sarasota metropolitan area and is the seat of Sarasota County. Long the winter headquarters of the Ringling Brothers Circus, many landmarks in Sarasota are named for the Ringlings.
The Sarasota city limits contain several keys, including Lido Key, St. Armands Key, Otter Key, Casey Key, Coon Key, Bird Key, and portions of Siesta Key. Longboat Key is the largest key separating the bay from the gulf, but it was evenly divided by the new county line of 1921. The portion of the key that parallels the Sarasota city boundary that extends to that new county line along the bayfront of the mainland was removed from the city boundaries at the request of John Ringling in the mid-1920s, who sought to avoid city taxation of his planned developments at the southern tip of the key. Although they never were completed in the quickly faltering economy, those development concessions granted by the city never were reversed and the county has retained regulation of those lands.
The city limits had expanded significantly with the real estate rush of the early twentieth century, reaching almost 70 square miles (180 km2). The wild speculation boom began to crash in 1926 and following that, the city limits began to contract, shrinking to less than a quarter of that area.
The area is known today as Sarasota first appeared on a sheepskin Spanish map from 1763 with the word Zarazote over present-day Sarasota and Bradenton. From 1883 to 1885, The Florida Mortgage And Investment Company Of Edinburgh bought 60,000 acres for development in what is now the City of Sarasota. Many Scottish people began to arrive in Sarasota in December 1885. The municipal government of Sarasota was established when it was incorporated as a town in 1902. John Gillespie was the first Mayor.
Italian architecture and culture are quite strong in the area because of the Ringling Museum. An unusually large number of homes and buildings are designed in the Italian style, especially Venetian as influenced by Ringling's Cà d'Zan. Italian-inspired statues are also common and Michelangelo's David is used as the symbol of Sarasota.
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In the north of ‘s-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) in the Maaspoort district, you will find fifty sphere houses with their striking architecture. The spherical house was designed by the sculptor, designer and architect Dries Kreijkamp born in 1937 in Tegelen. After following various courses and gaining work experience, architect Dries Kreijkamp has found his passion, the sphere, the most organic and natural form.
After the foundation of private company Bolbouw, the houses were realized in 1984 with the aid of a subsidy for experimental living. With the aim of connecting the residents with nature, partly due to the various round windows that are present in the houses. The houses are also environmentally friendly, because of the spherical shape the wind has almost no control over them and they are also designed in such a way that they are energy efficient and cheap.
The white sphere has a diameter of five and a half meters and consists of cement reinforced with glass fiber. The sphere is, as it were, part of a kind of stilt house. It rests on a precast concrete cylinder with a diameter of three meters. The houses are divided as follows: the living room is located at the top of the sphere, toilet and bathroom in the middle and at the bottom are the bedrooms and a storage room made of polyester.
The sphere dwellings are designed for 1 to 2 people. The diameter of the sphere is 5.5 meters. The round base has a diameter of 3 meters. Here is the entrance and storage room. The volume of the sphere is 124m³ with a floor area of 55m². Through the entrance you walk up the stairs where the bedroom is. The toilet and bathroom are located in the center of the sphere. The living room with open kitchen is located at the top of the sphere. The living room has beautiful round windows that give it a futuristic look.