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This is 1100 Vermont Avenue NW, a 12-story Modernist office building designed by Vlastimil Koubek and built in late 1979.
BET Investments purchased it in 2004 from Principal Global Investors for $16 million. BET turned around and solid it to "1100 Vermont Owner LLC" (a New York City-based coalition of investors) in 2007. The building contains retail on the ground floor (a liquor store and a cell phone store), but otherwise was completely rented out by the U.S. Department of Justice.
In early 2012, the owner began a complete makeover of the building. Donovan Construction and the Bennett Group removed Koubek's ugly, concrete exterior skin and all interior non-load bearing walls. A portio of the two upper floors was removed on the southeast corner of the building -- probably so that a new two-story glass room could be built there.
A chilled beam HVAC system is being installed, along with a new glass curtain wall facade with sunscreens. The renovation should expand the interior space from the current 64,846 sq. ft. to 82,850 sq. ft.
Barcelona, Catalonia, Catalunya, España, Spain. Antoni Gaudi, architecture, architectural details, interior design. L'Eixample. Windows and pillars.
Schwarzenberg Palace
In 1697 the imperial Obersthofmarschall (master court marshal) Franz Heinrich Count of Mansfeld Prince of Fondi acquired some vineyards of the Vienna Jesuits and then commissioned Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt the construction of a palatial summer palace. At the same time Jean Trehet received a contract to design the garden. Count Mansfeld was a military rival of Prince Eugene. His career, however, run more calmly. So he tried to counterbalance the Prince at least architecturally. The building ground immediately adjacent to the Lower Belvedere was deliberately chosen as well as the architect, the builder of the Prince. After the death of the owner bought Prince Adam Franz Karl of Schwarzenberg in 1715 the yet unfinished building and replaced the previous architect by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach. He completed the characteristic central projection risalit and the domed hall. After the death of Fischer his son Joseph Emanuel completed the furnishing of the rooms to 1728. The Orangerie and the riding school on the garden side, however, were only in the mid-18th century by Andrea Altomonte added. The garden already has been changed by JE Fischer von Erlach. To water supply to the fountains he had put up one of the first steam engines of the continent. During the Second World War the central wing of the palace and the right wing were virtually destroyed by bomb hits. The long again restored building remained till today in possession of the Schwarzenberg family, who also lives here and a part of it runs as hotel and restaurant .
The Palais Schwarzenberg has among the Baroque garden palaces of Vienna best preserved its original character, though the baroque garden in 1783 was redesigned in an English landscape park and the court of honour has found a new function as a parking lot. The rectangular main building is bordered by the symmetrically arranged annexes, which form the main courtyard (Ehrenhof). Curved ramps lead to an elegant, three-arched, rectangular arcaded porch, behind which the once by a figure-decorated attic crowned, rounded central projection lies. It projects at the front a little bit backward and at the garden side, analogous, a little foreward. It contains the domed hall, those square floor plan is complemented by a North and South apse. Left of it and right of it connect the state rooms. In the left wing was located the dining room, the study and bedroom of the Prince and the gallery. The latter, also known as the Marble Hall, is the most interesting space. The here situated art gallery is - as only Baroque gallery of Vienna - in its original arrangement preserved. The stucco works stem from Johann and Balthasar Hagenmüller, the frescoes from Daniel Gran. Unfortunately, his large ceiling fresco (1723/24) in the domed hall in 1945 was destroyed. In the right wing were housed the chapel and the salons of Princess. The chapel is an almost square room with white-golden stucco work. It yet goes back to Hildebrandt. Among the pieces of furniture of the staterooms are a complicated astronomical grandfather clock as well as some beautiful fireplaces to mention. Part of the furniture comes from the in 1894 demolished Palais Schwarzenberg at Neuer Markt. Behind the building connects parallel to the Belvedere Park an elongated garden, where four groups of statues of sandstone by Lorenzo Mattielli have been preserved. The large stone vases are made according to designs by Fischer von Erlach. The Eggenburger (Lower Austria) stone mason Andrea Steinböckh created the cascade. The former riding school and the economy tracts at the Prinz-Eugen-Straße in 1928 were redesigned by Carl W. Schmidt in Baroque style. There today the Swiss embassy has its headquarters.
Location / Address: 1030 Vienna, Rennweg 2
Visit: The state rooms are on the occasion of events accessible, the rest of the building is used privately ore rented.
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Established as a brewery by Chuck Hahn in 1986, a handsome conversion of a 19th century factory building, today it is owned by Lion Nathan. Hahn previously worked for Lion Nathan when it was New Zealand Breweries, in New Zealand, and is credited with developing the highly successful Steinlager brew.
Today Hahn is brew master of Malt Shovel, which occupies a similar market positioning to Coopers although with less capacity.
Cambron-Casteau is a village in the Belgian province of Hainaut and a district Brugelette. It lies east of the main town Brugelette itself, also along the Eastern Dender.
The name Cambron goes back to the 8th century. Cambron-Casteau formed earlier? N all the villages Cambron-Mairie (abolished in 1805) and Cambron-Saint-Vincent (now district of Lens). In 1148 founded the Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in a cisterci Cambron? Nzerabdij that? One of the most prosperous of Hainault was. She was lifted in 1789 by Joseph II. Today the abbey tower remain from 1774, the monumental staircase from 1776 and full of medieval walls.
A world class resort designed with traditional Vietnamese style with a touch of French colonial architecture, Furama Resort Danang is a magnificent accommodation with excellent service and an exclusive location by Danang beach. The hotel was recently voted one of the top ten dream hotels in the world and also Vietnam’s most prestigious resort with honored guests, royalty, presidents, movie stars and International business leaders. An ultimate holiday retreat, this top-of-the-line property is also your gateway to the World Heritage Road and UNESCO World Heritage sites, making it the ideal base to explore the historic region. It offers extreme diving sports right off the world’s most beautiful beaches as well as several water sports activities. Its Café Indochine serves up some of the finest Asian and International cuisines, while the Don Cipriani’s Italian restaurant lets you indulge in Italian delicacies. Savor the views and the atmosphere by the open-air bar and the poolside restaurants on the beach front or under the shades of the lush green palms. Each room and suite features tasteful décor from polished timber floors to marble bathroom and guarantees to leave a lasting impression.
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Santa Brigida is a convent church dedicated to St Bridget of Sweden and the Swedish national church in Rome. It was also known as Santa Brigida a Campo de' Fiori since it was built on what was then part of Campo de' Fiori but is now the urbanistically distinct Piazza Farnese.
A first building rose during the pontificate of Boniface IX (1389–1404) but was later abandoned. In 1513, Peder Månsson, later (1524) Bishop of Västerås in Sweden, erected a new church. It was officially granted to the Bishop of Uppsala by Pope Paul III (1534–1549).
It was restored in the early 18th century by Pope Clement XI (1700–1721).
In 1828, Pope Leo XII gave the convent and church to the Canons of Santa Maria in Trastevere. They did not have the means to restore it, and gave it to the Congregation of Holy Cross, a French congregation, in 1855. They restored the church and the rooms of St Bridget in 1857-1858.
The next owner was a Polish branch of the Carmelite Order, to whom the convent and church was given in 1889. They held it until 1930, when it was returned to the Bridgittine Order.
The façade was constructed in 1705 and adorned with statues of Saint Brigid and her daughter Saint Catherine by Andrea Fucigna. Minor changes, such as the shapes of the windows, were made in the 19th century. The design of the neo-romanesque bell-tower, added in 1894, is attributed to the architect Raffaele Ingami who carried out much consolidation work for the convent at the time.
The church of St John the Baptist at Stokesay, Craven Arms, Shropshire, sits right under the walls of the castle/manor house and is a classic example of a parish church which was built for the convenience of the local landowner or squire of the big house. The churchyard tumbles away at one side into the castle moat. The lord had a very short walk on Sunday morning.
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The original church was built around 1150 and was probably expanded once the castle site developed in the 13th century. This first church was extensively damaged during the English Civil War when a Royalist cavalry party, with their horses, took refuge inside it in 1646. One church guidebook suggests cannon fire caused this damage but this seems improbable. Another guidebook quotes a Hereford Cathedral record which says: "Fire and smoke says the bells of Stoke" which suggests to me that the church was simply burned down. Being so close to the Parliamentarian-held castle it would have had to be torched to prevent it being used as cover by possible Royalist besiegers.
As a result of the Civil War destruction Stokesay church is a rare example of a church extensively rebuilt during the Puritan period (1654) although some Norman features survive at lower levels, especially on the north side of the building.
One feature the Puritans may have disapproved of was the division between nave and chancel and their rebuild lacks a chancel arch but it is just possible to see where it might have been. The small font may also pre-date the rebuild as it has traces of the medieval practice of locking the font to prevent the water being removed for black magic. The 1654 rebuild saw strict segregation with all the men on the south side and all the women on the north side but this had disappeared within a few years.
The 17th or early 18th century century timber west gallery may have been for musicians or a choir but is now occupied by the church organ. The unusual canopied pew on the north side of the chancel is believed to be 1664 in date and indicates the counter-Puritan Restoration of King Charles II. The pulpit and other decorations also date from that period and are illustrative of the reaction against austere Puritanism.
The First World War village memorial was moved to here in 1956 when the crossroads in nearby Craven Arms were widened. The figure is of a soldier and is similar to 'Old Bill' the World War One cartoon character. It records not only the names of the village war dead but also those who returned safely.
Den otroligt vulgära nya porten till Keiouniversitetet. Taget med världens sämsta kamera, en Samsung Fino.
this photo is not taken by me...this building used to be a restaurant in the past, now it's some kind of christian center in it... taken in august 2008 by my friends from belgium:P
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Im 116-Meter hohen AfE-Turm (Robert-Mayer-Straße 5–7 in Frankfurt am Main)
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