Brigg’s Hardware, Raleigh, North Carolina

Our weekend while visiting Montreal ... We spent a few days in Montreal with our good friends celebrating their 42nd Anniversary. Neither of us had been to Montreal in many years, but we were so pleased that it still is a vibrant and colourful city with lots of that old French charm. Wonderful meals and wine of course, shopping and great ambiance!

This is the Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Building in Montreal.

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The Hungarian Parliament Building (Hungarian: Országház, literally country house) is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, one of Europe's oldest legislative buildings, a notable landmark of Hungary and a popular tourist destination of Budapest. It lies in Lajos Kossuth Square, on the bank of the Danube, in Budapest. It is currently the largest building in Hungary, and the largest Parliament in Europe.

For more info - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Parliament_Building

I don't know what this is, Winston Salem, North Carolina

internal stair

Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Winston Salem, North Carolina

Nave ceiling at il Gesu. The principal church of the Jesuits in Rome, il Gesu was built between 1568 and 1575, to the designs of Vignola and Giacomo della Porta; and Baciccia, Antonio Raggi and Leonardo Retti (nave ceiling). The marble decoration of the nave interior is of a later date.

Wachovia, Moravian Bank, Raleigh, North Carolina

Legislature, Raleigh, North Carolina

Las Lajas is a marvel among the abyss of the Guaítara river. This neo-Gothic building has an impressive architecture and was a dare for the engineers.

Las Lajas es una maravilla entre el abismo del río Guaítara. Esta construcción neogótica tiene una arquitectura impresionante y fue un reto para los ingenieros.

North Carolina Durham, Civic Center

Theodore Rosevelt Memorial, Washington D.C.

Memphis, Tennessee

Albert Pommier 'Hercule domptant un bison' (Hercules tames a bison), 1937, Palais de Chaillot, Paris

The sculptures of Palais de Chaillot are also in Public Art set

Broderick Tower, Detroit, Michigan

Les Halles, Paris

Erecteión

Su construcción se inició en el año 421 a. C., durante la tregua de la Paz de Nicias en la guerra del Peloponeso, reemplazando el antiguo templo arcaico de Atenea que había sido destruido por los persas durante las Guerras Médicas.

Está formado por un edificio central con planta irregular, adecuado al desnivel del terreno, que comprende dos partes sin comunicación entre ellas: al este es un santuario dedicado a Atenea de tipo hexástilo, con unas columnas de orden jónico; al oeste está formado por dos capillas con doble culto: una a Erecteo y Poseidón y la otra a Hefesto y Butes.24​ En el acceso a estas salas se encontraba la fuente de agua salada que supuestamente Poseidón hizo brotar con un golpe de su tridente durante la disputa con Atenea. Tiene una stoa en la parte norte, con columnas y en la parte sur es donde se encuentra la Tribuna de las Cariátides, con seis columnas con figura de mujer de 230 cm de altura, realizadas por Calímaco, un ayudante de Fidias. Las que se pueden ver in situ son copias de las cinco que se encuentran en el Museo de la Acrópolis y de una sexta que hay en el Museo Británico.25​

El Erecteión mostraba un friso que recorría los lados del edificio, formado por figuras de mármol montadas sobre lápidas de piedra calcárea negra de la ciudad de Eleusis. Se ha conservado una lápida de la segunda etapa de su construcción, donde se pueden leer los 130 nombres de los trabajadores y su paga, una dracma diario, que era la misma que la que recibía el arquitecto.26

The Pantheon is one of the oldest churches in Rome. Originally a temple to all the gods of the Roman pantheon, it was taken over, like so many things are, by the Church, its pagan symbols - which would be absolute historical and artistic treasures today if they survived - destroyed and replaced.

It's really something to see this old facade, truly dating back to the time of Hadrian, and imagining how everything else around it would have been completely different... Being there in person, the facade looks like it clashes completely with the rest of the building, in terms of architectural style and the apparent age of the construction, i.e. the materials; but according to Wikipedia at least, the structure was originally designed like this, with the very angular facade leading into a round, domed building.

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Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

28.07.2013

Palladio Museum, Vicenza

More info:

www.palladiomuseum.org

Calle Alcalá, Madrid

Detail at eave and corner

Detail of altar in the south transept. The principal church of the Jesuits in Rome, il Gesu was built between 1568 and 1575, to the designs of Vignola and Giacomo della Porta; and Baciccia, Antonio Raggi and Leonardo Retti (nave ceiling). The marble decoration of the nave interior is of a later date.