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These five CDV’s are of graduates of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York. Each is signed on the back with the year of graduation noted. From left to right:
1) Arthur Geils Baker was born 22 February 1853 in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India, the son of Lt. Colonel William Baker (1824-1900) and Elizabeth Vincent (born 1820). The couple was married in India. Lt. Col. Baker held a number of commands, including commander of the 4th Gurkha Regiment in 1858. On a visit to Decorah, Iowa to visit his brother, William Baker decided after leaving the service circa 1864 to seek his fortunes in Iowa. William and Elizabeth brought five children with them, all born in India. In 1870, the family was living in West Decorah, and had real estate valued at $7,000 and a personal estate of $2,000. Arthur G. Baker attended RPI in Troy, New York, graduating as a civil engineer in 1876. His first job was as assistant engineer for the Chicago, St. Paul, Milwaukee Railroad, stationed at various locations, including Iowa, Minnesota, and the Dakota Territory. In 1880, Arthur was included in the census as living with his parents in West Decorah. On 9 October 1889, Arthur married Mary S. (last name unknown, born circa 1867 in Wisconsin). Arthur and Mary ended up in Los Angeles, California, where he continued to work as an engineer. Arthur Geils Baker passed away on 14 September 1933.
(CDV by Van Wyck Horton, 15 & 17 North Pearl Street, Albany, New York. Bio details on Horton attached to other pictures that I uploaded.)
2) Daniel McLaren was born 22 April 1855 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Daniel McLaren Sr.(born circa 1821) and Amelia M. Jenkins (born circa 1822). Daniel McLaren Sr. was very successfully involved in railroads, and was superintendent of the Cincinnati, Hamilton, & Dayton Railroad. In 1870, the family was living in Springfield, Ohio, and had real estate worth $75,000 and a personal estate of $80,000. Daniel Jr. prepared to attend RPI at the Chickering Institute and then gained some practical experience as a machinist and later as a locomotive engineer. He entered RPI in 1874 and graduated in 1878. Daniel married Lucy G. Cunningham on 11 July 1878. His first job was as inspector of machinery of the Cincinnati, New Orleans, & Texas railroad company. In 1882, he served as general superintendent of the Cincinnati, Selma, and Mobile Railroad, and oversaw the construction of a 17.5 mile stretch of track between Selma and Akron. In 1900, Daniel, his wife and a daughter, were living in Delhi, Ohio, where he was manager of the Addyston Pipe and Foundry Company. By the time of the 1910 census, he did not list an occupation. Daniel McLaren Jr. passed away on 21 March 1919 in Cincinnati.
(CDV by C.R. Clark, Marble Building, 338 River Street, Troy New York. Charles R. Clark was born circa 1829 in New York. In 1855, he was a daguerreotype artist in Troy, New York with Henry Holmes; the partnership lasted until circa 1861. In 1862, Clark paid $25.00 for a Class B license as a photographer in Troy. From 1870 to 1877, his studio was located at 338 King Street. He was married to Sarah E. (last name unknown, born circa 1841) and the couple had at least one child, Charles. It seems likely that Charles Clark passed away sometime in 1877 or 1878, as his wife is listed in Troy directories in 1878, and he disappears from census records and directories.)
3) George Thomas Nelles was born on 15 April 1856 in Muscatine, Iowa, the son of George W. Nelles (born circa 1831) and Virginia Hobbs (born circa 1833). George W. Nelles was a railroad agent in Leavenworth, Kansas from at least 1865 through 1880. George Thomas Nelles attended public and private schools in Leavenworth, and entered RPI in 1873, graduating in 1877. In August 1877, George was assistant engineer on the Kansas City, St. Joseph, and Council Bluff Railroad, working in St. Joseph, Missouri. From 1878 to 1881, he was connected with the U.S. Government improvement on the Missouri River, with his focus at Leavenworth and Atchison City, Kansas. George was married on 15 February 1881 to Jessie Lena Ralston (born August 1856). In 1884, George was city engineer in Leavenworth, Kansas. He later joined the U.S. Corps of Engineers, and was working in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1900 on a river improvement project. George T. Nelles passed away on 15 November 1907.
(CDV by Clark, Troy, NY)
4) Morris Scott Verner was born on 8 March 1855 in Pennsylvania, the son of James Verner (1818-1901) and Anna Montgomery Murray (1824-1881); he was one of 10 chilren born to the couple. James Verner was a successful railroad executive who specialized in passenger railrods in urban areas. The family was living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the 1860 census and had $51,400 in real estate and a personal estate of $14,800. By 1870, that had grown to real estate worth $150,000 and a personal estate of $50,000. Morris Verner entered RPI in September 1872 and graduated in 1876. He worked first for the Pennsylvania Railroad until 1882. He was married to Norwegian immigrant Anna Elisabeth Melson (1867-1946) and the couple would have at least six children. By 1900, Morris was apprently retired and living with his family in Oakmont, Pennsylvania; in 1920, still in Oakmont, his income came from real estate. Morris Verner passed away on 5 March 1929.
(CDV by Horton, Albany, NY)
5) Horace G. Young was born 26 January 1854 in Honesdale, Pennsyslvania, the son of Coe Finch Young (1824-1889) and Mary Amelia Cornell. Horace married Cornelia Lawrence Hasey (1860-1942) on 12 October 1881; the couple would have at least two children. Coe F. Young was a successful engineer and in 1870, the family had real estate valued at $75,000 and a personal estate of $150,000. Horace Young attended school in Stockbridge, Massachusetts before entering RPI in 1873; he graduated in 1877. His first job was milling in Southern Colorado, but in 1879, he entered the service of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company. He was assistant general manger in 1883 and later moved up to general manager. In the mid-to-late 1880‘s, Horace and his family relocated to Albany, New York, and in 1887 he was vice president of the canal company. Sometime between 1900 and 1910, he entered the banking business and by 1912 was chairman of the board of directors of the Albany Trust Company and Vice President of the First National Bank. In the 1920 and 1930 censuses, the family was still in Albany, and in the 1930 census, had five servants; Horace did not list an occupation. Horace G. Young passed away on 13 October 1937.
(CDV by Leo Daft, Troy, NY. Photographer Leo Daft was born 23 November 1843 in Birmingham, England, the son of Thomas B. Daft (1816-1878) and Emma Matilda Sturges (1814-1863). Thomas Daft was a civil engineer who worked for Daft & Company, which designed and built hothouses, conservatories, etc. In 1858, Leo was a draftsman for the company; in his spare time, he developed a keen interest in electricity and electrical devices, and took advantage of the company’s standing to be tutored by experts in the field. He decided to look for other opportunities in the United States and came to New York City in May 1866. In 1867 he was in Philadelphia; after a few not very successful business interests, Leo Daft took up photoraphy, which he had studied as an amateur. He opened a studio in New York City in 1869, but moved it to Saratoga Springs, New York in 1871. On 11 March 1871, he married Catherine Anna Flansbaugh (1843-1917); the couple would have at least five children. He eventually relocated his studio to Troy, New York, where he worked as a photographer. In 1875, “The Photographic News” noted that Daft had submitted to “Scientific American” several photographs of electrical discharges between the terminals of the Holtz static electrical machine. Daft indicated that he would continue his photo-electrical experiments. Following the death of his father in 1878, Leo Daft left photography and pursued a highly successful career in electric light and power generation in New York City, Seattle, San Francisco, and New Jersey. He also built one of the first, if not the first, electric locomotives. His career in the field of electricity is well covered on the internet. Leo Daft passed away on 28 March 1922.)
The Oregon State University Mars Rover Team's robot is seen during level one competition at the 2014 NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot Challenge, Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Mass. Eighteen teams are competing for a $1.5 million NASA prize purse. Teams will be required to demonstrate autonomous robots that can locate and collect samples from a wide and varied terrain, operating without human control. The objective of this NASA-WPI Centennial Challenge is to encourage innovations in autonomous navigation and robotics technologies. Innovations stemming from the challenge may improve NASA's capability to explore a variety of destinations in space, as well as enhance the nation's robotic technology for use in industries and applications on Earth.
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Robotics teams from the United States, Canada, Mexico and Estonia competed for $1.5 million in prize money at the 2014 NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot competition this June. Seventeen teams arrived to compete, 14 passed inspection and took to the challenge field on the Worcester Polytechnic Institute's (WPI) campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Worcester, Massachusetts • November 20, 2021.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Engineers 19-24 Norwich University Cadets.
Sports and Recreation Center (Worcester Polytechnic Institute).
197 pounds: Tyler Riggs (WPI) fall 1:23 over Michel St. Juste (NU)
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The history of the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art
1863 / After many years of efforts by Rudolf Eitelberger decides Emperor Franz Joseph I on 7 March on the initiative of his uncle Archduke Rainer, following the model of the in 1852 founded South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum, London), the establishment of the "k. k. Austrian Museum for Art and Industry" and apponted Rudolf von Eitelberger, the first professor of art history at the University of Vienna, to director. The museum should be serving as a specimen collection for artists, industrialists, and public and as a training and education center for designers and craftsmen.
1864/ on 12th of May, opened the museum - provisionally in premises of the ball house next to the Vienna Hofburg, the architect Heinrich von Ferstel for museum purposes had adapted. First exhibited objects are loans and donations from the imperial collections, monasteries, private property and from the kk polytechnic in Vienna. Reproductions, masters and plaster casts are standing value-neutral next originals.
1865-1897 / The Museum of Art and Industry publishes the journal Communications of Imperial (k. k.) Austrian Museum for Art and Industry .
1866 / Due to the lack of space in the ballroom setting up of an own museum building is accelerated. A first project of Rudolf von Eitelberger and Heinrich von Ferstel provides the integration of the museum in the project of imperial museums in front of the Hofburg Imperial Forum. Only after the failure of this project, the site of the former Exerzierfelds (parade ground) of the defense barracks before Stubentor the museum here is assigned, next to the newly created city park on the still being under development Rind Road.
1867 / Theoretical and practical training are combined with the establishment of the School of Applied Arts. This will initially be housed in the old gun factory, Währinger Straße 11-13/Schwarzspanierstrasse 17, Vienna 9.
1868 / With the construction of the building at Stubenring is started as soon as it is approved by Emperor Franz Joseph I. the second draft of Heinrich Ferstel.
1871 / The opening of the building at Stubering takes place after three years of construction, 15 November. Designed according to plans by Heinrich von Ferstel in the Renaissance style, it is the first built museum building on the ring. Objects from now on could be placed permanently and arranged according to main materials. / / The Arts School moves into the house on Stubenring. / / Opening of Austrian art and crafts exhibition.
1873 / Vienna World Exhibition. / / The Museum of Art and Industry and the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts are exhibiting together at Stubenring. / / Rudolf von Eitelberger organizes in the framework of the World Exhibition the worldwide first international art scientific congress in Vienna, thus emphasizing the orientation of the Museum on teaching and research. / / During the World Exhibition major purchases for the museum of funds of the Ministry are made, eg 60 pages of Indo-Persian Journal Mughal manuscript Hamzanama.
1877 / decision on the establishment of taxes for the award of Hoftiteln (court titels). With the collected amounts the local art industry can be promoted. / / The new building of the School of Applied Arts, adjoining the museum, Stubenring 3 , also designed by Heinrich von Ferstel, is opened.
1878 / participation of the Museum of Art and Industry and the School of Art at the Paris World Exhibition.
1884 / founding of the Vienna Arts and Crafts Association with seat in the museum. Many well-known companies and workshops (led by J. & L. Lobmeyr), personalities and professors of the arts and crafts school join the Arts and Crafts Association. Undertaking of this association is to further develop all creative and executive powers the arts and crafts since the 1860s has obtained. For this reason are organized various times changing, open to the public exhibitions at the Imperial Austrian Museum for Art and Industry. The exhibits can also be purchased. These new, generously carried out exhibitions give the club the necessary national and international resonance.
1885 / After the death of Rudolf von Eitelberger is Jacob von Falke, his longtime deputy, appointed manager. Falke plans all collection areas als well as publications to develop newly and systematically. With his popular publications he influences significantly the interior design style of the historicism in Vienna.
1888 / The Empress Maria Theresa exhibition revives the contemporary discussion with the high baroque in the history of art and in applied arts in particular.
1895 / end of the Directorate of Jacob von Falke. Bruno Bucher, longtime curator of the Museum of metal, ceramic and glass, and since 1885 deputy director, is appointed director.
1896 / The Vienna Congress exhibition launches the confrontation with the Empire and Biedermeier style, the sources of inspiration of Viennese Modernism .
1897 / end of the Directorate of Bruno Bucher. Arthur von Scala, Director of the Imperial Oriental Museum in Vienna since its founding in 1875 (renamed Imperial Austrian Trade Museum 1887), takes over the management of the Museum of Art and Industry. / / Scala wins Otto Wagner, Felician of Myrbach, Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann and Alfred Roller to work at the museum and school of applied arts. / / The style of the Secession is crucial for the Arts and Crafts School. Scala propagated the example of the Arts and Crafts Movement and makes appropriate acquisitions for the museum's collection.
1898 / Due to differences between Scala and the Arts and Crafts Association, which sees its influence on the Museum wane, Archduke Rainer puts down his function as protector. / / New statutes are written.
1898-1921 / The Museum magazine art and crafts replaces the Mittheilungen (Communications) and soon gaines international reputation.
1900 / The administration of Museum and Arts and Crafts School is disconnected.
1904 / The Exhibition of Old Vienna porcelain, the to this day most comprehensive presentation on this topic, brings with the by the Museum in 1867 definitely taken over estate of the " k. k. Aerarial Porcelain Manufactory" (Vienna Porcelain Manufactory) important pieces of collectors from all parts of the Habsburg monarchy together.
1907 / The Museum of Art and Industry takes over the majority of the inventories of the Imperial Austrian Trade Museum, including the by Arthur von Scala founded Asia collection and the extensive East Asian collection of Heinrich von Siebold .
1908 / Integration of the Museum of Art and Industry in the Imperial and Royal Ministry of Public Works.
1909 / separation of Museum and Arts and Crafts School, the latter remains subordinated to the Ministry of Culture and Education. / / After three years of construction, the according to plans of Ludwig Baumann extension building of the museum (now Weiskirchnerstraße 3, Wien 1) is opened. The museum receives thereby rooms for special and permanent exhibitions. / / Arthur von Scala retires, Eduard Leisching follows him as director. / / Revision of the statutes.
1909 / Archduke Carl exhibition. For the centenary of the Battle of Aspern. / / The Biedermeier style is discussed in exhibitions and art and crafts.
1914 / Exhibition of works by the Austrian art industry from 1850 to 1914, a competitive exhibition that highlights, among other things, the role model of the museum of arts and crafts in the fifty years of its existence.
1919 / After the founding of the First Republic it comes to assignments of former imperial possession to the museum, for example, of oriental carpets that are shown in an exhibition in 1920. The Museum now has one of the finest collections of oriental carpets worldwide .
1920 / As part of the reform of museums of the First Republic, the collection areas are delineated. The Antiquities Collection of the Museum of Art and Industry is given away to the Museum of Art History.
1922 / The exhibition of glasses of classicism, the Empire and Biedermeier time offers with precious objects from the museum and private collections an overview of the art of glassmaking from the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. / / Biedermeier glass serves as a model for contemporary glass production and designs, such as Josef Hoffmann.
1922 / affiliation of the museal inventory of the royal table and silver collection to the museum. Until the institutional separation the former imperial household and table decoration is co-managed by the Museum of Art and Industry and is inventoried for the first time by Richard Ernst.
1925 / After the end of the Directorate of Eduard Leisching Hermann Trenkwald is appointed director.
1926 / The exhibition Gothic in Austria gives a first comprehensive overview of the Austrian panel painting and of arts and crafts of the 12th to 16th Century.
1927 / August Schestag succeeds Hermann Trenkwald as director .
1930 / The Werkbund (artists' organization) Exhibition Vienna, A first comprehensive presentation of the Austrian Werkbund, takes place on the occasion of the meeting of the Deutscher Werkbund in Austria, it is organized by Josef Hoffmann in collaboration with Oskar Strnad, Josef Frank, Ernst Lichtblau and Clemens Holzmeister.
1931 / August Schestag finishes his Directorate .
1932 / Richard Ernst is the new director .
1936 and 1940 / In exchange with the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Art History), the museum at Stubenring gives away part of the sculptures and takes over craft inventories of the collection Albert Figdor and the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
1937 / The Collection of the Museum of Art and Industry is re-established by Richard Ernst according to periods. / / Oskar Kokoschka exhibition on the 50th birthday of the artist.
1938 / After the "Anschluss" of Austria by Nazi Germany, the museum was renamed "National Museum of Decorative Arts in Vienna".
1939-1945 / The museums are taking over numerous confiscated private collections. The collection of the "State Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna" is also enlarged in this way.
1945 / Partial destruction of the museum building by impact of war. / / War losses on collection objects, even in the places of rescue of objects.
1946 / The return of the outsourced objects of art begins. A portion of the during the Nazi time expropriated objects is returned in the following years.
1947 / The "State Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna" is renamed "Austrian Museum of Applied Arts".
1948 / The "Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of St. Stephen" organizes the exhibition The St. Stephen's Cathedral in the Museum of Applied Arts. History, monuments, reconstruction.
1949 / The Museum is reopened after repair of the war damages.
1950 / As last exhibition under director Richard Ernst takes place Great art from Austria's monasteries (Middle Ages).
1951 / Ignaz Schlosser is appointed manager.
1952 / The exhibition Social home decor, designed by Franz Schuster, makes the development of social housing in Vienna again the topic of the Museum of Applied Arts.
1955 / The comprehensive archive of the Wiener Werkstätte (workshop) is acquired.
1955-1985 / The Museum publishes the periodical ancient and modern art .
1956 / Exhibition New Form from Denmark, modern design from Scandinavia becomes topic of the museum and model.
1957 / On the occasion of the exhibition Venini Murano glass, the first presentation of Venini glass in Austria, there are significant purchases and donations for the collection of glass.
1958 / End of the Directorate Ignaz Schlosser
1959 / Viktor Griesmaier is appointed as the new director.
1960 / Exhibition Artistic creation and mass production of Gustavsberg, Sweden. Role model of Swedish design for the Austrian art and crafts.
1963 / For the first time in Europe, in the context of a comprehensive exhibition art treasures from Iran are shown.
1964 / The exhibition Vienna 1900 presents Crafts of Art Nouveau for the first time after the Second World War. / / It is started with the systematic processing of the archive of the Wiener Werkstätte. / / On the occasion of the founding anniversary grantes the exhibition 100 years Austrian Museum of Applied Arts using examples of historicism insights into the collection.
1965 / The Geymüllerschlössel is as a branch of the Museum angegliedert (annexed). Gleichzeitig (at the same time) with the building came the important collection of Franz Sobek - old Viennese clocks, emerged between 1760 and the second half of the 19th Century - and furniture from the years 1800 to 1840 in the possession of the MAK.
1966 / In the exhibition Selection 66 selected items of modern Austrian interior designers (male and female ones) are merged.
1967 / The Exhibition The Wiener Werkstätte. Modern Arts and Crafts from 1903 to 1932 is founding the boom that continues to today of Austria's most important design project in the 20th Century.
1968 / On Viktor Griesmaier follows Wilhelm Mrazek as director.
1969 / The exhibition Sitting 69 shows on the international modernism oriented positions of Austrian designers, inter alia by Hans Hollein.
1974 / For the first time outside of China Archaeological Finds of the People's Republic of China are shown in a traveling exhibition in the so-called Western world.
1979 / Gerhart Egger is appointed director .
1980 / The exhibition New Living. Viennese interior design 1918-1938 provides the first comprehensive presentation of the art space in Vienna during the interwar period.
1981 / Herbert Fux follows Gerhart Egger as Director.
1984 / Ludwig Neustift is appointed interim director. / / Exhibition Achille Castiglioni: Designer. First exhibition of the Italian designer in Austria
1986 / Peter NOEVER is appointed as Director and started building up the collection of contemporary art.
1987 / Josef Hoffmann. Ornament between hope and crime is the first comprehensive exhibition on the work of the architect and designer.
1989-1993 / General renovation of thee old buildings and construction of a two-storey underground storeroom and a connecting tract. A generous deposit for collection and additional exhibit spaces arise.
1989 / Exhibition Carlo Scarpa. The other city, the first comprehensive exhibition on the work of the architect outside Italy.
1990 / exhibition Hidden impressions. Japonisme in Vienna 1870-1930, first exhibition on the theme of the Japanese influence on the Viennese Modernism.
1991 / exhibition Donald Judd Architecture, first major presentation of the artist in Austria.
1992 / Magdalena Jetelová domestication of a pyramid (installation in the MAK portico).
1993 / The permanent collection is re-established, interventions of internationally recognized artists (Barbara Bloom, Eichinger oder Knechtl, Günther Förg, GANGART, Franz Graf, Jenny Holzer, Donald Judd, Peter Noever, Manfred Wakolbinger and Heimo Zobernig) update the prospects, in the sense of "Tradition and Experiment". The halls on Stubenring accommodate furthermore the study collection and the temporary exhibitions of contemporary artists reserved gallery. The building in the Weiskirchnerstraße is dedicated to changing exhibitions. / / The opening exhibition Vito Acconci. The City Inside Us shows a room installation by New York artist.
1994 / The Gefechtsturm (defence tower) Arenbergpark becomes branch of the MAK. / / Start of the cooperation MAK/MUAR - Schusev State Museum of Architecture Moscow. / / Ilya Kabakov: The Red Wagon (installation on the MAK terrace plateau).
1995 / The MAK founds the branch of MAK Center for Art and Architecture in Los Angeles, in the Schindler House and at the Mackey Apartments, MAK Artists and Architects-in-Residence Program starts in October 1995. / / Exhibition Sergei Bugaev Africa : Krimania.
1996 / For the exhibition Philip Johnson: Turning Point designs the American doyen of architectural designing the sculpture "Viennese Trio", which is located since 1998 at the Franz-Josefs-Kai/Schottenring.
1998 / The for the exhibition James Turrell. The other Horizon designed Skyspace today stands in the garden of MAK Expositur Geymüllerschlössel. / / Overcoming the utility. Dagobert Peche and the Wiener Werkstätte, the first comprehensive Personale of the work of the designer of Wiener Werkstätte after the Second World War.
1999 / Due to the Restitution Act and the Provenance Research from now on numerous during the Nazi time confiscated objects are returned .
2000 / Outsourcing the federal museums, transforming the museum into a "scientific institution under public law". / / The exhibition of art and industry. The beginnings of the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna are dealing with the founding history of the house and the collection.
2001 / As part of the exhibition Franz West: No Mercy, for which the sculptor and installation artist developed his hitherto most extensive work the "Four lemurs heads " are placed at the Stubenbrücke located next to the MAK. / / Dennis Hopper: A System of Moments.
2001-2002 / The CAT Project - Contemporary Art Tower after New York, Los Angeles, Moscow and Berlin in Vienna is presented.
2002 / Exhibition Nodes. symmetrical-asymmetrical. The historic Oriental Carpets of the MAK presents the extensive rug collection.
2003 / Exhibition Zaha Hadid. Architecture. / / For the anniversary of the artist workshop, the exhibition The Price of Beauty. 100 years Wiener Werkstätte takes place. / / Richard Artschwager: The Hydraulic Door Check. Sculpture, painting, drawing.
2004 / James Turrell MAKlite is since November 2004 permanently on the facade of the building installed. / / Exhibition Peter Eisenmann. Barefoot on White-Hot Walls, large-scaled architectural installation on the work of the influential American architect and theorist.
2005 / Atelier Van Lieshout: The Disziplinatornbsp / / The exhibition Ukiyo-e Reloaded for the first time presents the collection of Japanese woodblock prints of the MAK in large scale.
2006 / Since the beginning of the year the birthplace of Josef Hoffmann in Brtnice of the Moravian Gallery in Brno and the MAK Vienna as a joint branch is run and presents special exhibitions annually. / / The exhibition The Price of Beauty. The Wiener Werkstätte and the Stoclet House brings the objects of the Wiener Werkstätte to Brussels. / / Exhibition Jenny Holzer: XX.
2007/2008 / Exhibition Coop Himmelb(l)au. Beyond the Blue, is the hitherto largest and most comprehensive museal presentation of the global team of architects .
2008 / The 1936 according to plans of Rudolph M. Schindler built Fitzpatrick-Leland House, a generous gift from Russ Leland to the MAK Center LA, becomes using a promotion that granted the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department the MAK Center, the center of the MAK UFI project - MAK Urban Future Initiative. / / Julian Opie: Recent Works / / The exhibition Recollecting. Looting and Restitution examines the status of efforts to restitute expropriated objects from Jewish property of museums in Vienna.
2009 / The permanent exhibition Josef Hoffmann: Inspiration is in the Josef Hoffmann Museum, Brtnice opened. / / Exhibition Anish Kapoor. Shooting into the Corner / / The museum sees itself as a promoter of Cultural Interchange and discusses in the exhibition Global:lab Art as a message. Asia and Europe 1500-1700 the intercultural as well as the intercontinental cultural exchange based on objects from the MAK and from international collections.
2011 / After Peter Noevers resignation Martina Kandeler-Fritsch takes over temporarily the management. / / Since 1 September Christoph Thun-Hohenstein is director of the MAK.
Worcester, Massachusetts • November 20, 2021.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Engineers 19-24 Norwich University Cadets.
Sports and Recreation Center (Worcester Polytechnic Institute).
184 pounds: Adam Marsh (WPI) 10-1 over Zach Vasquez (NU)
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View to the side before you walk out onto the top deck... and no this isn't a black and white picture haha
Worcester Polytechnic Engineers (#21) vs. Johnson & Wales University (RI)
January 27, 2018
Sports & Recreation Center (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
JWU 26-9 WPI
133 pounds: Joao Vicente (JWU) decision (9-2) over Stephen Jendritz (WPI).
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Like much else in the city - now a Hotel. once owned by the Principal Hotel Company of Harrogate Yorkshire. Formerly known as the Palace Hotel, and prior to that the Charterhouse Hotel, the Grade II listed Principal Manchester building on Oxford Street has been known for most of its life as the Refuge Assurance Building and is today (2021) known as the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel.
The Refuge was founded by James Proctor and George Robins in Dukinfield in 1858 as the Refuge Friend in Deed Life Assurance and Sick Fund Friendly Society. The company officially changed its name to The Refuge Assurance Company Limited in 1881.
Looking to relocate from Corporation Street in 1890, word spread of a new site on Oxford Street and Whitworth Street.
It was noted in the Refuge minute book from 29 September 1890 as ‘a piece of Freehold Land containing 45 yards of frontage in Oxford Street and 40 yards in Whitworth Street in all 1,800 yards square for the sum of £21,000 less £2,000 allowed for payment of Chief Rent of £80 per annum’.
After successfully purchasing the new site, The Refuge Assurance Company engaged leading Victorian architect Alfred Waterhouse to design its new head office.
Waterhouse had already made his name in Manchester with prominent buildings such as Manchester Town Hall and Owens College (now Manchester University) as well as being responsible for buildings such as The Natural History Museum in London.
The grand new Refuge building, in Alfred Waterhouse’s characteristic high Victorian style, was completed in July 1895. The building originally accommodated 900 clerks, but expansion was on the cards a decade later and the Refuge purchased the land adjoining their building in 1905.
The land, under the ownership of the Refuge, was soon home to some of the most impressive Edwardian packing and shipping warehouses in Manchester: India House (built in 1906), Lancaster House (1905 – 10) and Asia House, Princess Street (1906 – 9). These warehouses were occupied by the large Lloyds Warehouse Packing Company.
When Alfred Waterhouse died in 1905, the company turned to his son Paul, who had worked alongside his father. Paul extended the building, doubling the Oxford Street frontage and matching the existing style, scale and materials of his father’s original.
The building was finished in 1912, and was fitted out with electricity throughout from the outset. By this time the Refuge accommodated some 1900 clerks.
The addition of a 220ft baroque clock tower in 1910 provided the building’s new main entrance, and the quarters on the clock face feature a stylised Manchester bee.
Paul Waterhouse also designed the highly elaborate Carrara marble and bronze directors’ staircase and panelled boardrooms on the secod floor – rooms which can be hired at the Principal Manchester today for weddings, meetings and events.
The building was extended again in the 1930s thanks to Manchester architect Stanley Birkett, and although the exterior elevation matched that of its predecessor, the rear and internal spaces were truly art deco in style and included a post room and a striking green terrazzo and iron staircase to lead into the building.
During the Second World War, the Refuge constructed two reinforced air raid shelters in their basements, one for staff and one for the general public. Although the building didn’t receive any direct hits, it did suffer several incendiary bomb hits which damaged small areas of the roof and ceilings.
In 1987 the Refuge Company moved out of the building into an office in Wilmslow, and the building became the Charterhouse Hotel, and then, from 1996, the Palace Hotel.
Following a further extensive £25 million renovation, the hotel was renamed The Principal Manchester in November 2016. It is home to the largest hotel ballroom in the north west as well as The Refuge, a bar and dining room curated by DJs-turned-restaurateurs Luke Cowdrey and Justin Crawford of the award-winning Volta.
“From the outset of our partnership with the hotel, we stressed how important and iconic this building is for Mancunians,” says Luke Cowdrey.
“It’s a special building and had to be treated with care and reverence. This is why we reverted back to its original name with The Refuge.
“Our vision was that it should be a place for everyone that can be enjoyed at all times of the day, stay all day and play all night. Hence our slogan ‘come as you are’ and naming the bar the ‘public bar’.
Opening up 10,000 sq ft of floor space with broken plan zoning was crucial, explains Luke.
“It allows people to move through the whole venue and take in all aspects of it, and appreciate the scale and detail of the building.
“Each zone from the Winter Garden to Waterhouse Way also allow for a different experience on different visits, so that customers don’t tire of the place.
“As we hoped, Refuge really has become a key place to meet in Manchester. And it all happens under the one roof.”
LAKELAND, Fla. – Florida Polytechnic University’s iconic Innovation, Science and Technology (IST) Building in Lakeland now ranks as one of the 16 “most breathtaking” buildings in the world, according to a survey of architects, placing it alongside iconic structures such as the Parthenon in Greece, the Empire State Building and Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Fallingwater” residence.
Business Insider’s “Tech Insider” magazine surveyed 16 prominent architects, asking each to pick just one structure they fondly think of as “breathtaking.” Architect Marica McKeel of Studio MM worked on the IST Building design and said, “Not only do I love the design of the Innovation, Science and Technology Building, but I feel a real connection to this project and to the Lakeland community as my father grew up in Lakeland and I still frequently visit family there.”
Designed by internationally-renowned architect Dr. Santiago Calatrava, the IST Building is the cornerstone of Florida Poly’s campus and the University’s main classroom and laboratory building. The 162,000-square-foot, white-domed building is a moveable and functional work of art, with a louvered roof system that adjusts with the sun’s angle, surrounded by a ring of curved metal pergolas that shade its outer terrace and walkways.
Calatrava repeatedly breaks new ground in architecture, with soaring designs for a new transit station at the rebuilt World Trade Center, a spiraling “Turning Torso” skyscraper in Sweden and the Peace Bridge in Calgary. Among the numerous awards associated with the IST Building is the distinguished Engineering News Record’s (ENR) Global Project of the Year award.
“The IST Building was created to provide an inspiring, modern atmosphere for learning, collaboration and innovation,” said Florida Poly President Dr. Randy K. Avent. “It’s invigorating to walk into this building each day and work alongside faculty, students and staff in one of the world’s most advanced structures.”
The IST Building houses 26 classrooms, the Aula Magna auditorium, faculty and administrative offices, an 11,000-square-foot Commons area and 11 innovation labs – including a 3D printing lab, cyber security lab and heath informatics lab – where students are able to get hands-on experience with the latest technology. Skanska USA was the lead contractor.
Other top accolades earned by the IST Building include:
2014 Engineering News Record Global Best Project by Engineering News Record
Best Projects: 2014 Project of the Year – Southeast Region, Best Higher Education/Research by Engineering News Record
2014 Metal Construction News Design Award in Metal Building Systems
2014 Best Innovative Structural Steel Project of the Year by the American Institute of Steel Construction
2015 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS2) Award
2015 International Architecture Award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture
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The team Mountaineers robot is seen as it attempts the level one challenge during the 2014 NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot Challenge, Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Mass. Eighteen teams are competing for a $1.5 million NASA prize purse. Teams will be required to demonstrate autonomous robots that can locate and collect samples from a wide and varied terrain, operating without human control. The objective of this NASA-WPI Centennial Challenge is to encourage innovations in autonomous navigation and robotics technologies. Innovations stemming from the challenge may improve NASA's capability to explore a variety of destinations in space, as well as enhance the nation's robotic technology for use in industries and applications on Earth.
Robotics teams from the United States, Canada, Mexico and Estonia competed for $1.5 million in prize money at the 2014 NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot competition this June. Seventeen teams arrived to compete, 14 passed inspection and took to the challenge field on the Worcester Polytechnic Institute's (WPI) campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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The University of Greenwich is a public university located in London and Kent, United Kingdom. Previous names include Woolwich Polytechnic and Thames Polytechnic.
The university's main campus is at the Old Royal Naval College, which along with its Avery Hill campus, is located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Greenwich also has a satellite campus in Medway, Kent, as part of a shared campus. The university's range of subjects includes architecture, business, computing, mathematics, education, engineering, humanities, maritime studies, natural sciences, pharmacy and social sciences. Greenwich's alumni include two Nobel laureates: Abiy Ahmed and Charles K. Kao. It received a Silver rating in the UK government's Teaching Excellence Framework.
The university dates back to 1891, when Woolwich Polytechnic, the second-oldest polytechnic in the United Kingdom, opened in Woolwich. It was founded by Frank Didden, supported by and following the principles of Quintin Hogg, and opened to students in October 1891. Like Hogg's pioneering venture in London's Regent Street, it initially combined education with social and religious functions.
In 1894 it focused on an educational role, concentrating on higher technical education appropriate to its location close to Woolwich Dockyard and the Royal Arsenal; William Anderson, director-general of the Ordnance Factories, was a trustee and later a member of the board of governors. Its premises were also used for day schools – the first Woolwich Polytechnic School was established in 1897.
In 1970, Woolwich Polytechnic merged with part of Hammersmith College of Art and Building to form Thames Polytechnic. In the following years, Dartford College (1976), Avery Hill College of Education (1985), Garnett College (1987) and parts of Goldsmiths College and the City of London College (1988) were incorporated.[9]
In 1992, Thames Polytechnic was granted university status by the Major government (together with various other polytechnics) and renamed the University of Greenwich in 1993. On 1 January 1993, the Thames College of Health Care Studies, itself a merger of three local nursing and midwifery training schools, officially merged with the newly designated University of Greenwich, becoming a full faculty of the university.
Formerly a UK government research agency, the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) was incorporated into the university in 1996.
In 2001, the university gave up its historic main campus in the Bathway Quarter in Woolwich, relocating to its current main campus in Greenwich.
Greenwich Campus is located mainly in the Old Royal Naval College, into which it moved in the 1990s when the premises were sold by the Royal Navy.
The campus is home to the Business School and the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The campus also includes university's Greenwich Maritime Institute, a specialist maritime management, policy and history teaching and research institute. The Old Royal Naval College also hosts "The Painted Hall", which was painted in the 18th century by Sir James Thornhill, which covers over 40,000 square feet of surface in 200 painting of kings, queens and mythological creatures.
The campus has a large library at Stockwell Street which houses an extensive collection of books and journals, language labs and a 300-PC computing facility. Other facilities include specialist computer laboratories including one at Dreadnought centre, a TV studio and editing suites. The Stephen Lawrence Gallery at the Stockwell Street building, showcases the work of contemporary artists and is linked to the School of Design.
The Avery Hill Campus comprises two sites, Mansion and Southwood. Both are situated in the 86-acre Avery Hill Park in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, south-east London.
The campus is home to the Faculty of Education & Health. Facilities include computer laboratories, a library and a TV studio, as well as a sports and teaching centre with a sports hall and 220-seat lecture theatre. Southwood site also has clinical skills laboratories. These replicate NHS wards, enabling trainee health professionals to gain hands-on experience. The village complex provides student accommodation, a general shop and a launderette. The Dome, in the centre of the complex, houses a food outlet and gym. Rugby, football, indoor pitches, netball and tennis courts, and a dance studio are on Avery Hill campus.
The facility, which was built by Wimpey Construction under a PFI contract, was completed in 1996.
The Winter Garden, the centrepiece of the Mansion site, has fallen into neglect and is on Historic England's 'At Risk' Register. A campaign to restore the Winter Garden is putting pressure on the university and Greenwich Council to ensure its future.
The Medway Campus is located on a former Royal Navy shorebase (called HMS Pembroke) opened in 1903 at Chatham Maritime, Kent.
The Faculty of Engineering and Science is based here, as is the Natural Resources Institute, a centre for research, consultancy and education in natural and human resources. It is also the home of Medway School of Pharmacy, a joint school operated by the Universities of Greenwich and Kent. The Faculty of Education & Health offers a number of its programmes at Medway. Facilities include laboratories, workshops, a computer-aided design studio and a training dispensary.
The Drill Hall Library is a learning resource centre with a library, computers, study areas and teaching rooms. Social facilities include a sports hall, bar, gym and outdoor tennis courts. The university is a member of Universities at Medway, a partnership of educational establishments at Chatham Maritime that is developing the area as a major higher education centre in the Medway region.
Greenwich Campus is near 74-hectare Greenwich Park, home to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. The Stockwell Street Building opened in 2014 and is now home to the campus library, film and TV studios, and state-of-the-art editing suites. In 2015, it was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize for excellence in architecture.
The Dreadnought Building is a central hub for the Greenwich Campus, with further teaching and social spaces.
The Student Village at Avery Hill Campus provides accommodation for around 1,000 students. On-site facilities include a café, canteen, shop, launderette, bicycle parking, and a gym.
Medway Campus has 350 rooms across five halls of residence dedicated to student accommodation.
Greenwich Students' Union is the university's students' union. In October 2019, the GSU Student Assembly voted to ask the university to declare a climate emergency and for the university and union sustainability strategies to consult with students in creating them. This call to action aimed to speed up the university's efforts at becoming carbon neutral.
At the Medway campus in Kent there is a partnership between the University of Greenwich Students' Union, Canterbury Christ Church and University of Kent Union on the Medway campus. Greenwich Students' Union has been leading the partnership since July 2021 and manages The Hub space, previously The Student Hub when it was looked after by GK Unions – the Greenwich & Kent Students' Unions Together (once the Universities at Medway Students Association, UMSA).
Greenwich Students' Union delivers at Avery Hill, Greenwich and Medway campus.
Greenwich research seeks to influence and enhance health, education, science, engineering, computing and social policy, and attracts international agencies, government departments and global corporations (for example, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, BAE Systems, Airbus, GE Aviation and Merck Consumer Health) from over 50 countries. Significant areas of research and consultancy include landscape architecture, employment relations, fire safety, natural resources, tourism and hospitality, social network analysis, education, training, educational leadership and public services.
Examples of research
The university's Natural Resources Institute has developed an artificial cow that attracts and kills the tsetse fly. This was recognised by a Universities UK survey in 2009 as one of the ten most important discoveries to be made in a UK university over the past 60 years.
The Fire Safety Engineering Group, part of the School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences, is a world leader in computational fire engineering, including expertise in aircraft, building, ship and rail evacuation and fire modelling. It has developed airEXODUS, a leading evacuation model in the aviation industry.
A University of Greenwich research team helped restore the Cutty Sark after it was badly damaged by fire.
Researchers working on 19 sustainable development and agriculture projects in India helped the university to win the 2010 Times Higher Education Award for Outstanding International Strategy.
Two University of Greenwich scientists have developed a technology which converts contaminated land and industrial waste into harmless pebbles, capturing large amounts of carbon dioxide at the same time.
The Greenwich Maritime Institute makes internationally recognised contributions to research in maritime history and economics, such as its exploration of the governance of the River Thames since the 1960s and the effects this has had on the economic development of adjacent communities.
The university has had many famous movie productions that were filmed on campus, one example of a movie is the classic 2013 Marvel movie Thor: Dark World
Rankings
Rankings
National rankings
Complete (2024)110
Guardian (2024)116
Times / Sunday Times (2024)105
Global rankings
ARWU (2023)601–700
QS (2024)671–680
THE (2024)501–600
The university was ranked 94 out of 121 UK institutions according to The Guardian University Guide 2022 league table. For 2023, the University of Greenwich was ranked 60 according to Times Higher education (THE). Moreover, University of Greenwich ranked first in London for Events, Tourism and Hospitality by the Guardian’s 2023 university rankings. Subjects taught at Greenwich have seen rises in the Guardian university league tables for 2022: Chemistry was at 10, up 10 places since 2021. Forensic Science (9), Criminology (10), Mechanical Engineering (12), and Education (48) also moved up significantly.
In Center for World University Rankings World University Rankings 2020–21 – University of Greenwich was ranked 76 in the UK. In 2022, University of Greenwich was ranked in the 750-800 range globally by QS World University Rankings.
In the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2020, Greenwich performed well in several categories:
Responsible Consumption and Production (24th)
Life on Land (66th)
Reduced Inequalities (68th)
Climate Action (75th)
Partnership for the Goals (77th)
Awards
In 2012, the university was rated as the greenest in the UK by People & Planet Green League Table. In 2019, it was ranked 14 in UK, and third in London. The University has gained many national awards, including four Queen's Anniversary Prizes, nine Times Higher Education Awards and two Guardian University Awards.
In 2019, the university's Natural Resources Institute was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize for its research in pest management and control to combat human and animal diseases in the UK and internationally; in 2015 it won a prize for work on the cassava crop in Africa.
In 2023, the university has been classified as Gold in Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) of Higher Education.
Cafeteria workers' dispute
In 2019, the university's main cafeteria was operated by BaxterStorey, which paid its workers £9.25 per hour without contractual sick pay. After a chef had collapsed on his way home from a shift during a typical 80-hour week, all workers joined UVW union. After four strike days in October 2019, and protests disrupting the annual graduation ceremony and a board meeting, Greenwich University announced in early January 2020 that all outsourced cafe workers, cleaners and security guards would receive the London living wage of £10.55, in addition to the same sick pay and annual leave as university staff.
Partnership with Charlton Athletic
In 2018, the University of Greenwich started a partnership with Charlton Athletic F.C.
Notable alumni
Abiy Ahmed is Prime Minister of Ethiopia and a Nobel Peace prize winner
Sir Charles Kao was one of the distinguished alumni at UOG
Demitu Hambisa Bonsa
Prominent alumni of the university and its predecessor organisations include Nobel Laureate Charles Kao, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2009 for his work on transmission of light in fibre optics, and Abiy Ahmed, who won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. In June 2021, representatives from multiple countries called for the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Abiy to be re-considered because of the war crimes committed in Tigray. Two British government ministers, Richard Marsh and Gareth Thomas, are also graduates. A more extensive list is given below.
Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia and Nobel Peace prize winner
Jamie 'JME' Adenuga, MC
Bola Agbaje, playwright
Helen Bailey, writer
Natasha Bedingfield, pop singer (did not graduate)
John Behr, theologian
Malorie Blackman, children's author
Demitu Hambisa Bonsa, Ethiopian government minister
John Boyega, actor, best known for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Sheila Bromberg, musician
Liam Brown, author
Campbell Christie, chairman of Falkirk F.C.
Terry Christian, radio and television presenter
Mark Daly, Irish senator
Siobhan Dowd, writer (A Swift Pure Cry)
Sarah Eberle, garden designer
Jenni Fagan, author
Leo Fortune-West, professional footballer
Sarah Gillespie, singer-songwriter
Pippa Guard, actress
Andrey Guryev (born 1982), Russian entrepreneur
Gareth Hale, comedian
Patrick Harrington, politician in the National Front (1979–1989) and currently Third Way (UK) think tank; general secretary of Solidarity – The Union for British Workers
Rachael Heyhoe-Flint, cricketer
Roy Hodgson, England and Premier League football manager
Dermot Hudson, left-wing political activist
Brian Jacks, 1972 Summer Olympics bronze medallist in Judo
Mark Jackson, musician (VNV Nation)
Charles K. Kao, Nobel Prize winning scientist
Graham Kendrick, Christian worship leader
Sammy Lee, IVF specialist
Pablo Daniel Magee, writer, journalist and playwright
Richard Marsh, Baron Marsh, politician
Rui Moreira, Portuguese politician and businessman; mayor of Porto
Chinenye Ochuba, former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria
Sarah Ockwell-Smith, childcare author
Joy Onumajuru, model and philanthropist
Norman Pace, comedian
Ann Packer, 1964 Summer Olympics gold medallist
Lara Pulver, Olivier Award-nominated dancer and actress
Richard Pybus, cricket coach
George Rose, businessman
Dave Rowntree, musician (Blur)
Etienne Schneider, Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Peter Skinner, MEP
Aramazd Stepanian, playwright
William G. Stewart, TV presenter (Fifteen to One)
Nina Stibbe, author
Adelle Stripe, author
Gareth Thomas, politician
Ewen Whitaker, lunar astronomer (alumnus of Woolwich Polytechnic)
Joel Willans, author and copywriter of works in Finland.
“Mummy Mask of Senbi”, is not on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art. This vibrant mask depicting a man is from Egypt, Meir, Middle Kingdom, dynasty 12, and ranges from 1980 – 1801 BC. This detailed, and realistic looking mask was made from Cartonage, wood, limestone, obsidian, and paint. The mask’s overall dimensions are 30.5 x 29.2 x 27.6 cm. "Mummy Mask of Senbi" was a gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust and the accession number is 1914.731. This image is in the public domain. clevelandart.org/art/1914.731
Worcester Polytechnic Engineers (No.21) vs. Southern Maine Grizzlies
January 27, 2018
Sports & Recreation Center (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
WPI 21-13 USM
174 pounds: Justin Stacy (Southern Maine) decision (7-5) over Chase Lind (Worcester Polytechnic).
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute Engineers (#21) vs. the University of Southern Maine Huskies
January 27, 2018
Sports & Recreation Center (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
WPI 21-13 USM
197 pounds: Michael Curtis (WPI) over Brandon Cousino (USM), decision 6-0.
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LAKELAND, Fla. – Florida Polytechnic University’s iconic Innovation, Science and Technology (IST) Building in Lakeland now ranks as one of the 16 “most breathtaking” buildings in the world, according to a survey of architects, placing it alongside iconic structures such as the Parthenon in Greece, the Empire State Building and Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Fallingwater” residence.
Business Insider’s “Tech Insider” magazine surveyed 16 prominent architects, asking each to pick just one structure they fondly think of as “breathtaking.” Architect Marica McKeel of Studio MM worked on the IST Building design and said, “Not only do I love the design of the Innovation, Science and Technology Building, but I feel a real connection to this project and to the Lakeland community as my father grew up in Lakeland and I still frequently visit family there.”
Designed by internationally-renowned architect Dr. Santiago Calatrava, the IST Building is the cornerstone of Florida Poly’s campus and the University’s main classroom and laboratory building. The 162,000-square-foot, white-domed building is a moveable and functional work of art, with a louvered roof system that adjusts with the sun’s angle, surrounded by a ring of curved metal pergolas that shade its outer terrace and walkways.
Calatrava repeatedly breaks new ground in architecture, with soaring designs for a new transit station at the rebuilt World Trade Center, a spiraling “Turning Torso” skyscraper in Sweden and the Peace Bridge in Calgary. Among the numerous awards associated with the IST Building is the distinguished Engineering News Record’s (ENR) Global Project of the Year award.
“The IST Building was created to provide an inspiring, modern atmosphere for learning, collaboration and innovation,” said Florida Poly President Dr. Randy K. Avent. “It’s invigorating to walk into this building each day and work alongside faculty, students and staff in one of the world’s most advanced structures.”
The IST Building houses 26 classrooms, the Aula Magna auditorium, faculty and administrative offices, an 11,000-square-foot Commons area and 11 innovation labs – including a 3D printing lab, cyber security lab and heath informatics lab – where students are able to get hands-on experience with the latest technology. Skanska USA was the lead contractor.
Other top accolades earned by the IST Building include:
2014 Engineering News Record Global Best Project by Engineering News Record
Best Projects: 2014 Project of the Year – Southeast Region, Best Higher Education/Research by Engineering News Record
2014 Metal Construction News Design Award in Metal Building Systems
2014 Best Innovative Structural Steel Project of the Year by the American Institute of Steel Construction
2015 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS2) Award
2015 International Architecture Award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture
Data above originated from the following website:
floridapolytechnic.org/news-item/florida-polys-ist-buildi...
The Polytechnic Students' Union or Sampo Building is a National Romantic building at Lönnrotinkatu 29 in central Helsinki, designed in 1903 by Karl Lindahl and Walter Thomé. It has since become a hotel and is often called the Vanha Poli (old poly).
In 1901, after two competitions, Lindahl and Thomé won the commission to design a student union for the Helsinki Polytechnic Institute; it was their first major commission.
They named the building after the mysterious machine in Kalevala, the Sampo, and designed the whole building in National Romantic style, including the wall friezes.
The exterior walls are squared rubble granite (changed from rendered stone in the original design) with a round tower, and the façade used forms derived from Karelian gables and medieval house-fronts, and originally complemented the low wooden buildings on either side. The combination of natural stone and medieval features in the design was common in National Romantic buildings at the time.
The interior was multi-functional, including fraternity rooms, a restaurant, and a meeting hall two storeys high and measuring 17.5 by 13.1 metres (57 ft × 43 ft), as well as ground-floor shops. A functional mixture of medieval and modern motifs includes log walls and heavy wood columns in the main hall, pillars built from rocks elsewhere in the building, abstract ceiling decoration and woodpecker corbels. The original furniture was designed by Count Louis Sparre.
In the 1990s an extension with an interior courtyard was added, and the building became a hotel. It is now known as the Vanha Poli (Old Poly).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytechnic_Students%27_Union
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The impressive GLO Hotel Art is an arresting sight. Since 1903, it has been one of Helsinki’s premier cultural-historic landmarks – and an archetypical example of the breath-taking turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau style. It is more castle than building, with its majestic towers and balconies. Its imposing walls of grey granite cast an enticing aura, and the playful arch windows and statuesque doors do more to draw you in. Inside there is plenty of ornamentation to delight the eye, with stylized and boldly colorful nature motifs that fascinate at every turn.
Architecture such as this is truly one-of-a-kind, a union of the delicate European Art Nouveau tradition with its offshoot, Finland’s National Romantic style. The building tells the story of a nation rediscovering its roots and waking up its ancient shared identity.
GLO Hotel Art is one of Helsinki’s best-loved architectural gems. Designed by Karl Lindahl and Walter Thomé, the striking edifice was originally intended to serve as the leisure headquarters for the students of the nearby Polytechnical Institute.
Now, after years of living quietly, the castle on Lönnrotinkatu has been restored to its former magnificent glory. Every inch of GLO Hotel Art has been painstakingly renovated to reveal its original beauty. Standing in the building one can sense the swirl of emotion that Finland experienced in the early 20th century, as it dreamed of achieving sovereign nation status.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Engineers (#21) vs. the University of Southern Maine Huskies
January 27, 2018
Sports & Recreation Center (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
WPI 21-13 USM
149 pounds: Jack Nigro (WPI) over Brendan Weir (USM), decision 8-3.
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My bashing friends and I spent some time clearing all the passenger routes on the Southern Region when we were at Kingston Polytechnic back in 1982-1985. During this period, we had many a ride on the old 4-SUB units which were finally withdrawn from service in 1983. We noticed a collection of the units withdrawn in the old Hither Green Continental Sidings, and managed to gain entrance for a good look around one day in 1983.
Unit history
It was built at Eastleigh entering service 7/49 formed 11326+8913+12373+11325 all of which were built on the underframes of pre war wooden bodied SUB units. TS 8913 was exchanged for TSO 12384 from wdn 4644 6/76 as part of the plan to get rid of compartment stock in these units, wdn 10/82 & electrically stripped at Selhurst then had it's bogies swapped for scrap one at Slade Green 2-3/83 & it was stored at Plumstead by 5/83 until moved to HG 9/83 staying here until sent to Vic Berry for scrapping 9/85.
Info courtesy of blindpugh09
More information on the old 4-SUB units here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR_Class_4Sub
Taken with a Soviet made Zenith TTL SLR camera. Scanned from the original negative.
You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/