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Gramercy Park Hotel [SEP] architect | Gramercy Park Hotel
Gramercy Park Hotel is a luxury hotel located at 2 Lexington Avenue, in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, adjacent to the park of the same name. It is known for its rich history.
History.
Gramercy Park Hotel was designed by Robert T. Lyons and built by the developer brother... | for the seated figure of Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
- #36 – Alfred Ringling – founder of the Ringling Brothers Circus
- #38 – John Steinbeck – American author
- #44 – Hart Crane – poet
- Where the Gramercy Park Hotel and the connected 50 Gramercy Park North co-op are now located:
- Stanford Whi... | 1,000 | zeroshot-train |
Hotel Attraction [SEP] architect | Hotel Attraction
Hotel Attraction was a proposed project by architect Antoni Gaudí, for a skyscraper in New York City.
The project was commissioned in May 1908. Planned at a total height of 360 metres, many believed its futuristic design to be unrealistic for its time. Little is known about its origin, and the project ... | popular.
Tourist attractions Ķemeri Hotel (Sanatorium) Building.
Ķemeri hotel (sanatorium) building () is one of the most prominent neo-attraction examples in Latvian architecture. In 1936, President Kārlis Ulmanis officially opened one of the most prestigious buildings in Latvia at the time, Hotel "Ķemeri" with 100 co... | 1,001 | zeroshot-train |
Hôtel de Soissons [SEP] architect | Hôtel de Soissons
The Hôtel de Soissons was a "hôtel particulier" (grand house) built in Paris, France, between 1574 and 1584 for Catherine de' Medici (1519–89) by the architect Jean Bullant (1515–78).
It replaced a series of earlier buildings on the same site. After Catherine's death the hotel was enlarged and embelli... | Bullant replaced him as Catherine's chief architect. In 1572, Catherine commissioned Bullant to build a new home for her within the Paris city walls. She had outgrown her apartments at the Louvre and needed more room for her swelling household. To make space for the new scheme and its gardens, she had an entire area of... | 1,002 | zeroshot-train |
Hôtel van Eetvelde [SEP] architect | Hôtel van Eetvelde
The Hôtel van Eetvelde is a town house designed in 1895 by Victor Horta for Edmond van Eetvelde, administrator of Congo Free State. Together with the Hôtel Tassel, the Hôtel Solvay and his own House and atelier it was put on the 'UNESCO World Heritage List' in 2000 as the core of epoch-making urban r... | Van Eetvelde
Van Eetvelde may refer to:
- Miranda Van Eetvelde (born 1959), Belgian politician
- Hôtel van Eetvelde, house in Belgium | 1,003 | zeroshot-train |
IAC Building [SEP] architect | IAC Building
The IAC Building, InterActiveCorp's headquarters located at 555 West 18th Street on the northeast corner of Eleventh Avenue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, is a Frank Gehry-designed building that was completed in 2007. The building was Gehry's first in New York and featured the wor... | Photographie à l'épreuve", IAC - Institut d'art contemporain (FR)
- 2005: 14 May – 12 Jun, "Made in Holland", Dexia FotoFestival Naarden:
- 2005: 22 May – 11 Sep 1945 - "Im Blick der Fotografie. Kriegsende und Neuanfang", LWL-Museum (DE) FotoFestival NaardenNL
- 2006: 8 Sep – 3 Dec "The Street: Pioneers of 20th-Century... | 1,004 | zeroshot-train |
Isaac H. Lionberger House [SEP] architect | Isaac H. Lionberger House
The Isaac H. Lionberger House at 3630 Grandel Square in Midtown St. Louis, Missouri, is the last private residence designed by noted American architect Henry Hobson Richardson. Designed in 1885–86, the building was built after Richardson's death. It was built for Isaac H. Lionberger, a well-kn... | House – Washington, DC
- 1885 Bagley Memorial Fountain – Detroit, Michigan
- 1885 John J. Glessner House – Chicago, Illinois (National Historic Landmark)
- 1885 Boston & Albany Railroad Station – Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts
- 1885 Union Passenger Station – New London, Connecticut
- 1885 Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Pi... | 1,005 | zeroshot-train |
Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena [SEP] architect | main recreational areas. Ultimately, only the freestyle arena and ski jump were placed at Kanthaugen, with the ski stadium placed further away from town. Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena was along with Lysgårdsbakken designed by Økaw Arkitekter. The area development plan was passed in August 1991. The responsibility for cons... | Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena
Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena () is a freestyle skiing stadium located in the hillside area of Kanthaugen in Lillehammer, Norway. Opened in 1992, it was built for the 1994 Winter Olympics. The venue consists of three hills—one each for aerials, moguls and ski ballet. The moguls hill has a capaci... | 1,006 | zeroshot-train |
Koncerthuset [SEP] architect | Koncerthuset
DR Koncerthuset (previously Copenhagen Concert Hall in English) by Jean Nouvel is a part of the new DR Byen (DR Town), that houses the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, DR. The concert hall and the DR Town are located in the northern part of Ørestad – an ambitious development area in Copenhagen, Denmark. Th... | became available on DAB+ radio when a nationwide switch-over took place.
Presenters.
- Alexander Lembourn
- Anders Bøtter
- Camilla Jane Lea
- Carsten Holm
- Casper Bach Hegstrup
- Henrik Aagaard
- Jacob Hinchely
- Jonas Hansen
- Mikael Simpson
- Rune Hedeman
- Tilde Bang-Hansen
P6 Beat rocker Koncerthuset.
Every Decem... | 1,007 | zeroshot-train |
Kuwait National Assembly Building [SEP] architect | Kuwait National Assembly Building
The Kuwait National Assembly Building, designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon in 1972, was completed in 1982 under the direction of his son Jan. The structural design was by Max Walt. The building was seriously damaged in February 1991 when retreating Iraqi troops set it on fire but h... | National Assembly Building
National Assembly Building may refer to:
- National Assembly Building of Belize
- Bulgaria National Assembly Building
- National Assembly Building (Beijing)
- Korea National Assembly Building
- Kuwait National Assembly Building
- National Assembly Building, Ljubljana, Slovenian National Assem... | 1,008 | zeroshot-train |
LKG Tower [SEP] architect | LKG Tower
The LKG Tower is an office skyscraper located in Makati, Philippines, and is one of the tallest in the city. Standing at 180.1 metres (590.88 feet), the building has 38 floors above ground, and 5 basement levels for parking.
The LKG Tower is owned by International Copra Export Corporation (ICEC) Land Corporat... | LKG
LKG may refer to:
- "LKG" (film), a 2019 Indian film
- LKG Tower, an office skyscraper in Makati, Philippines
- Lokichogio Airport in Kenya (IATA airport code: LKG) | 1,009 | zeroshot-train |
Ladd Observatory [SEP] architect | Ladd Observatory
The Ladd Observatory is an astronomical observatory that is operated by the Department of Physics at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. It was dedicated on October 21, 1891. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Construction.
The observatory is named for... | , and Rochambeau. In 1886 the directors of Swan Point Cemetery hired landscape architect Horace Cleveland of Chicago to plan a road to improve access to the cemetery from the town of Providence. This road opened in 1894 as Blackstone Boulevard.
The 20th century saw institutional development in the form of Central Bapti... | 1,010 | zeroshot-train |
Lynnewood Hall [SEP] architect | Lynnewood Hall
Lynnewood Hall is a 110-room Neoclassical Revival vacant mansion in Elkins Park, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Horace Trumbauer for industrialist Peter A. B. Widener and built between 1897 and 1900. Considered the largest surviving Gilded Age mansion in the Philadelphia ar... | 1943.
Lynnewood Hall suffered a general decline under the ownership of the Faith Theological Seminary, a religious group headed by Carl McIntire, which purchased it in 1952 for $192,000. During that ownership much interior detailing, such as mantels, walnut paneling, and landscape ornamentation was sold off in order to... | 1,011 | zeroshot-train |
Marin County Civic Center [SEP] architect | Marin County Civic Center
The Marin County Civic Center, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is located in San Rafael, California, United States. Groundbreaking for the Civic Center Administration Building took place in 1960, after Wright's death and under the watch of Wright's protégé, Aaron Green; it was completed in 196... | San Rafael, the expansive complex stretches across two valleys just east of US 101. Its pink stucco walls, blue roof and scalloped balconies are distinctive. The smaller wing is the county administration building and the larger the Hall of Justice, joined by a round structure on a small hill that houses a county librar... | 1,012 | zeroshot-train |
Marselisborg Palace [SEP] architect | Deer Park, as part of the extensive Marselisborg Forests. Just west and north of the Palace is Aarhus Racecourse and the Atletion Stadium.
History.
Designed by architect Hack Kampmann, Marselisborg Palace was built in 1899-1902 on the land of the old Marselisborg Manor and was presented as a gift from the people of Den... | Varna Palæet
Varna Palæet (Lit Varna Palace) or Odd Fellow Palæet Varna (Odd Fellow Palace Varna) is a building in Aarhus, Denmark situated in the Marselisborg Forests on "Ørneredevej". Varna Palæet was built in 1908 by designs of the Danish architect Eggert Achen in Neoclassical style for the Danish National Exhibiti... | 1,013 | zeroshot-train |
One Oxford Centre [SEP] architect | , forty-three 1,500-watt spotlights illuminate the Centre with a total of 54,500 watts that create a glowing effect that is said to be greater than any other highrise in the United States. One Oxford Centre was developed by Oxford Development Company and designed by architecture firm Hellmuth, Obata, & Kassabaum.
In po... | Buildings of Nuffield College, Oxford
The buildings of Nuffield College, one of the colleges of the University of Oxford, are to the west of the city centre of Oxford, England, and stand on the site of the basin of the Oxford Canal. Nuffield College was founded in 1937 after a donation to the University by the car manu... | 1,014 | zeroshot-train |
Orleans House [SEP] architect | Orleans House
Orleans House was a Palladian villa built by the architect John James in 1710 near the Thames at Twickenham, England, for the politician and diplomat James Johnston. It was subsequently named after the Duc d'Orléans who stayed there in the early 19th century. By the early 20th century it was derelict and ... | its own name as Creature House Expression.
The latest version of Creature House Expression published by Creature House Ltd is version 3.3.
In Sep 2003, Microsoft acquired the software product together with all related trademarks and titles and hired Dr. Alex S. C. Hsu as an architect. Eventually, Alex S. C. Hsu led a n... | 1,015 | zeroshot-train |
Palais Garnier [SEP] architect | Palais Garnier
The Palais Garnier ( French ) is a 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. It was called the Salle des Capucines, because of its location on the Boulevard des Capucines in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, but soon became known as the Palais Garnier, in recognition o... | Opéra Bastille
The Opéra Bastille ( ) (Bastille Opera House) is a modern opera house in Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand’s “"Grands Travaux"”, it became the main facility of the Paris National Opera, France's principal opera company, alongside the older Palais Garnier; most op... | 1,016 | zeroshot-train |
Palazzo Schio [SEP] architect | Palazzo Schio
Palazzo Schio (also known as Palazzo Schio Vaccari Lioy Angaran) is a patrician palace of the 16th century in Vicenza, northern Italy, whose facade was designed by the architect Andrea Palladio in 1560.
History.
In 1560 Palladio designed for Bernardo Schio the facade of his house in Vicenza, in the neighb... | Palladio" ("Palladio's home"), Vicenza (attributed)
- 1560 (built 1560 – 1565; 1574 – 1575): Palazzo Schio, for Bernardo Schio, Vicenza (façade)
- After 1561: Palazzo Della Torre ai Portoni della Bra', for Giambattista Della Torre, Verona (unbuilt project)
- 1564 (built 1565 – 1586): Palazzo Pretorio, for the town coun... | 1,017 | zeroshot-train |
Pompejanum [SEP] architect | the 19th century when the building was constructed.
History.
The Pompejanum was commissioned by King Ludwig I and built in the years 1840-1848 according to the plans of the court architect Friedrich von Gärtner. The Pompejanum was not intended as a royal villa, but as a demonstration that would allow art lovers in Germ... | Palais (destroyed).
- Pompejanum in Aschaffenburg
- Kursaal and Arcades in Bad Kissingen
- He began the Befreiungshalle in Kelheim that was redesigned by the architect Leo von Klenze and built accordingly.
- Old Royal Palace in Athens, a building now used as the Hellenic Parliament | 1,018 | zeroshot-train |
Randall Fawcett House [SEP] architect | Randall Fawcett House
The Randall Fawcett House is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed Usonian home in Los Banos, California. The home was designed in 1955 and completed in 1961.
The original owners, Randall "Buck" and Harriet Fawcett, met Wright while taking an architecture course at Stanford University. Buck Fawcett was a ... | residences and public buildings in Virginia and Maryland."
Career.
Career Civilian careers.
Randall owned a flour mill in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and owned a schooner, trading between Annapolis & Baltimore.
John's eldest son, John, was a partner with him in Randall & Sons.
Beginning in 1770 Randall wo... | 1,019 | zeroshot-train |
Rosendal Palace [SEP] architect | Rosendal Palace
Rosendal Palace () is a Swedish palace pavilion located on Djurgården, an island in central Stockholm. It was built between 1823 and 1827 for King Karl XIV Johan, the first Bernadotte King of Sweden. It was intended as an escape from the formalities of court life at the Royal Palace.
Rosendal Palace wa... | The creation of the Rosendal Palace in the 1820s marked the beginning of the development of Djurgården into a stately residential area. When King Oskar II died in 1907, his heirs decided to make Rosendal Palace a museum of the Karl Johan period and of the life of Karl XIV Johan. This makes Rosendal Palace a unique docu... | 1,020 | zeroshot-train |
Royal Exhibition Building [SEP] architect | in Australia to be awarded UNESCO World Heritage status, being one of the last remaining major 19th-century exhibition buildings in the world. It is the world's most complete surviving site from the International Exhibition movement 1851–1914. It sits adjacent to the Melbourne Museum and is the largest item in Museum V... | Scottish architect William Henry Playfair was commissioned to prepare designs, and on 30 August 1850, Prince Albert laid the foundation stone. The building was originally divided along the middle, with the east half housing the exhibition galleries of the RSA, and the western half containing the new National Gallery of... | 1,021 | zeroshot-train |
Rubenshuis [SEP] architect | Rubenshuis
The Rubenshuis ("Rubens House") is the former home and workshop of Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) in Antwerp. Purchased in 1610, Rubens had the Flemish townhouse renovated and extended on the basis of designs by Rubens himself. After the renovations the house and its courtyard garden had the outlook of an Ita... | und 60er Jahren, GKG-Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung Bonn
- "Sep Ruf 1908–1982 | Sep Ruf 1908-1982 Modernism with Tradition, ergänzt um: Wie die Quadrate auf den Uniplatz kamen ... – Sep Ruf in Fulda" im Vonderau Museum | Fulda (15. Juni – 25. September 2011)
- The Architect - History and Present of a Profession,... | 1,022 | zeroshot-train |
Samsung Town [SEP] architect | Samsung Town
The Samsung Town (Korean: 삼성타운) is a major office park in Seocho-gu in Seoul, South Korea. It serves as the IT and electronics hub for the multinational corporation Samsung.
Samsung Electronics, Samsung C&T, and Samsung Life Insurance have built three buildings which are 44, 34 and 32 stories respectively.... | : Apple countersues Samsung in the UK over an unknown number of patents.
- 2011, Sep 13: Google's August 17 acquisition of 1,023 patents from IBM is revealed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
- 2011, Sep 17: Samsung countersues Apple in Australia over 7 patents.
- 2011, Sep 28: Samsung signs an agreement with Mi... | 1,023 | zeroshot-train |
Second Leiter Building [SEP] architect | the earliest commercial buildings constructed with a metal skeleton frame remaining in the United States.
Built in 1891 by Levi Z. Leiter, (1834-1904), the Second Leiter Building was designed by architect William Le Baron Jenney, who implemented the skeletal frame made of steel to make the design fireproof. The buildin... | First Leiter Building
The First Leiter building (or Leiter I) was a Chicago commercial structure built in 1879 by Le Baron Jenney and demolished in 1972. Leiter Building was renovated in 1888. About used a new style of glass windows in this buildings which was followed by others throughout 20th century.
See also.
- Ch... | 1,024 | zeroshot-train |
Silver Towers [SEP] architect | the block. A few years later, the site was considered as the location for a 1,500-room hotel as part of the plans to expand the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
Costas Kondylis is the architect for the Silver Towers, who also designed One River Place. The original design called for a single large residential building... | of the corporate world in the new century.
Hong Kong - based Wong & Tung International Limited (WTIL) is the visionary behind The Enterprise Center, in collaboration with ARADS & Associates, the local architect of The Enterprise Center.
From a grand podium, the two neoclassic towers (Towers 1 & 2) of granite and antiqu... | 1,025 | zeroshot-train |
Sliced Porosity Block - CapitaLand Raffles City Chengdu [SEP] architect | Sliced Porosity Block - CapitaLand Raffles City Chengdu
Sliced Porosity Block - CapitaLand Raffles City Chengdu is a building complex built in Chengdu, China designed by Steven Holl Architects. It was built from 2008 to 2012. It celebrated its topping out in October 2011 at 123 meters.
Sliced Porosity Block consists of... | a degree in architecture nor was he ever licensed to practice architecture. He first worked in the offices of Eero Saarinen as a field representative on the Ford Foundation building designed by Saarinen in New York City. After leaving Saarinen's office he worked for a short period for the Champaign, Illinois firm of Ri... | 1,026 | zeroshot-train |
St Anne and St Agnes [SEP] architect | partially).
St Anne and St Agnes was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren in 1680, with possible contributions from Robert Hooke. The small brick church is of an unusual design in London, being based on that of a Greek cross; it utilises a vaulted square within a square, a formula based on the Nieuwe Kerk in Haarlem in the ... | St Anne and St Agnes
St Anne and St Agnes is a church located at Gresham Street in the City of London, near the Barbican. While St Anne's is an Anglican foundation, from 1966 to 2013 it was let to a congregation of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain.
History.
The first mention of a church on the present site is in do... | 1,027 | zeroshot-train |
Stillman House [SEP] architect | Stillman House
Stillman House (1950) follows Marcel Breuer’s Gregory Ain demonstration “House in the Garden” built the year before for the MOMA Museum, which now sits at the Rockefeller Kykuit estate in Hudson Valley, NY. The Stillman house boasts three separate architectural commissions by Breuer between 1950-1953: a ... | student and associate of Breuer, built the adjacent home. The house is a study in simple form, natural light, and thoughtful design. It also sits in complementary juxtaposition to the Stillman House in appreciation of its patterned use of glass, primary color panels and pool mural.
Although Stillman House was the begi... | 1,028 | zeroshot-train |
Svaneke water tower [SEP] architect | Svaneke water tower
The Svaneke water tower, in the small town of Svaneke on the Danish island of Bornholm, was designed by award-winning architect Jørn Utzon and completed in 1952. It was the first successful project of the architect who would later design the Sydney Opera House.
History.
In 1951, the Svaneke town cou... | condolence to honour Utzon's life and work. He was survived by his wife, Lis, his sons Jan and Kim, his daughter Lin, and several grandchildren. His sons are trained architects and his daughter is a designer, muralist and artist who was at one time married to the Australian architect Alex Popov.
Buildings and projects.... | 1,029 | zeroshot-train |
Svoboda Factory Club [SEP] architect | Svoboda Factory Club
Svoboda Factory Club (Russian:Клуб фабрики "Свобода"), conceived as "Chemists Trade Union Club" (Клуб Химиков), also known as "Maxim Gorky Palace of Culture" (Дворец культуры имени Горького), is a listed memorial avant-garde building in Moscow, Russia, designed by Konstantin Melnikov in 1927 and co... | (disambiguation)
Places.
- Svoboda Factory Club, memorial building in Moscow
- Svoboda, Pazardzhik Province, a village in Bulgaria
- Svoboda nad Úpou, a town in the Czech Republic
- Svoboda, a former name of the Russian town of Liski, Voronezh Oblast
Surname.
- Svoboda (surname)
Other uses.
- 2559 Svoboda, asteroid
- S... | 1,030 | zeroshot-train |
Target Field [SEP] architect | of the land value, the final potential obstacle to the completion of Target Field was resolved.
History Naming.
On September 15, 2008, the Twins and Minneapolis-based Target Corporation announced that the ballpark would be named Target Field. Financial terms of the naming rights agreement were not disclosed. The compan... | Sep. 1942. When lost this aircraft had only 23 flying hours.
- 24 September : Eight fliers are killed, four officers and four cadet bombardiers, when their two Beechcraft AT-11 Kansans bombing trainers collide over a target and burn during training out of Williams Field, Arizona. The Williams Field public relations off... | 1,031 | zeroshot-train |
The Jervois [SEP] architect | The Jervois
The Jervois is a 35-storey tower designed by Florent Nédélec and located on 89 Jervois Street in Sheung Wan, Victoria, Hong Kong.
Description.
The Jervois is a luxurious boutique hotel that combines a total of 49 suites. All suites are only accessible via private lift lobbies and feature floor to ceiling w... | and military officers, plus a civilian architect:
The Secretary of the Commission was Major William Jervois of the Royal Engineers, a progressive military engineer who held the post of Assistant Inspector-General of Fortifications. Although not appointed as a Commissioner, Jervois seems to have had considerable influen... | 1,032 | zeroshot-train |
Torre El Pedregal [SEP] architect | Torre El Pedregal
Torre El Pedregal is the tallest building in El Salvador by Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta, located in Antiguo Cuscatlan. It was built by Grupo Roble. It is
28 stories or tall.
The Queen of San Salvador.
The construction of urban developments are leading to San Salvador in becoming a modern city... | - Iglesia El Calvario
Architecture Modern structures.
- Centro Financiero Gigante
- Torre Roble
- Torre Terra Alta
- Torre Alisios 115
- Torre 515 Avenida La Capilla
- Torre 525 Avenida La Capilla
- Torres 105 Campestre
- Torre El Pedregal (Tallest tower in San Salvador City)
- Sheraton Presidente San Salvador Hotel
- ... | 1,033 | zeroshot-train |
Torre Velasca [SEP] architect | Torre Velasca
The Torre Velasca ("Velasca Tower", in English) is a skyscraper built in the 1950s by the BBPR architectural partnership, in Milan, Italy.
Architects.
"BBPR" is an acronym from the name of its designers: Gian Luigi Banfi, Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso, Enrico Peressutti and Ernesto Nathan Rogers. At the... | 1938: E42 Post Office
- 1946: Monument to victims in German concentration camps, Milan
- 1951: American Pavilion, Milan Triennale
- 1958: Torre Velasca, Milan
References.
- Fiori Leonardo, Pizzon Massimo (a cura di): "B.B.P.R. La Torre Velasca", Abitare Segesta, 1982.
- Piva Antonio (a cura di): "B.B.P.R. a Milano", El... | 1,034 | zeroshot-train |
Tour Sans Fins [SEP] architect | end”.
History.
The history of the Tour Sans Fins is linked to the early projects for La Défense. The Grande Arche was built in an area that was not yet developed. As a testimony to the lack of completed construction in La Défense, the winning design was selected next to an outdoor parking lot of the RER The winner of t... | Tour Sans Fins
The Tour Sans Fins (“Endless Tower”) was a tower planned in La Défense that has since been cancelled. The spelling "Tour Sans Fins" may, to a native French-speaker, sound like a grammatical mistake as it would normally be written "Tour Sans Fin" without the ‘s’ at the end of "fins". However, the idea was... | 1,035 | zeroshot-train |
Villa Saraceno [SEP] architect | Villa Saraceno
Villa Saraceno is a Palladian Villa in Agugliaro, Province of Vicenza, northern Italy. It was commissioned by the patrician Saraceno family.
Architectural significance.
Villa Saraceno has been dated to the 1540s, which makes it one of Andrea Palladio's earlier works. In 1570 the building was illustrated ... | to 1570 when it belonged to Angelo Caldogno. However, Angelo's father, Losco Caldogno, appears to have started to build in the 1540s, probably incorporating walls from a pre-existing building. 1570 is possibly the date of the completion of the villa's decorative scheme.
The villa is not included in "I Quattro Libri del... | 1,036 | zeroshot-train |
Villa Wartholz [SEP] architect | Villa Wartholz
The Villa Wartholz or Castle Wartholz is a former imperial villa in Reichenau an der Rax in Lower Austria.
History.
Villa Wartholz was designed by Heinrich von Ferstel in the historicist style in the years 1870 to 1872 for Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria. The castle-like building with towers was for recr... | Handbuch der Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs (Manual of the monuments in Austria), Lower Austria south of the Danube, Part 2, Horn, Vienna 2003, p. 1827-1829
External links.
- Entry in the lexicon of the Lower Austrian Provincial Museum about Villa Wartholz
- Identifiziert: Die Villa Wartholz in Reichenau (in German)
- Offi... | 1,037 | zeroshot-train |
Walmer Crescent [SEP] architect | Walmer Crescent
Walmer Crescent, situated in Cessnock, Glasgow, Scotland, consists of a curved row of spacious tenement flats and houses, designed by the architect Alexander Thomson and built between 1857 and 1862.
The houses of the crescent are protected as a category A listed building. The surrounding area was desig... | for the top floor flats. The main elevation of the building curves gently round the crescent.
The terminal pavilion at the western end is angular; in contrast, the one between the Walmer Crescent and Cessnock Street sections has a curved mock-turret.
There is a row of single storey shops where the front gardens used to... | 1,038 | zeroshot-train |
Weltzheimer/Johnson House [SEP] architect | Weltzheimer/Johnson House
The Weltzheimer/Johnson House is a Usonian style house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Oberlin, Ohio. Now owned by Oberlin College, it is operated as part of the Allen Memorial Art Museum. The house was originally named the Charles Weltzheimer Residence.
Style.
The first of nine Usonian home... | The Weltzheimer house is, however, unusual in a number of respects. For instance, it is rare in its use of redwood which forms the ceiling and exterior walls of the home. The unusually elaborate curvilinear motifs in the panels in the clerestory are unique to this house. Wright himself also created a detailed landscape... | 1,039 | zeroshot-train |
William A. Glasner House [SEP] architect | William A. Glasner House
The William A. Glasner House, is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed Prairie School home that was constructed in Glencoe, Illinois, United States, in 1905. Glasner led his sister, Emma Pettit, to Wright to design the Pettit Memorial Chapel as a memorial to her deceased husband, Dr. William H. Pettit.... | Ward and William Gottfried, Robert was born in Queens, New York. His father operated a residential construction business creating homes and vacation cottages on Long Island. In 1954, at the age of 28, young Gottfried moved to Palm Beach to work with an uncle.
Career and Family.
The first house he built was of brick, in... | 1,040 | zeroshot-train |
30 Pall Mall [SEP] architect | 30 Pall Mall
30 Pall Mall is an office building approved for construction in the commercial district of Liverpool, England. It will have office space of of floorspace and stand 18 storeys tall, it is likely to become the 13th tallest building in Liverpool upon completion. The building was designed by Broadway Malyan wh... | February 1765; the architect was Robert Mylne, who also advised Almack on the 'bargain' which the latter struck with his aristocratic patrons.
On 5 April 1764 Mrs. Elizabeth Harris wrote to her son (later the first Earl of Malmesbury) that 'Almack is going to build some most magnificent rooms behind his house [in Pall ... | 1,041 | zeroshot-train |
834 Fifth Avenue [SEP] architect | 834 Fifth Avenue
834 Fifth Avenue is a luxury residential housing cooperative in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. It is located on Fifth Avenue at the corner of East 64th Street opposite the Central Park Zoo in Central Park. The limestone-clad building was designed by Rosario Candela, a prolific designe... | - 45 Christopher Street
- 520 West 28th
- 55 Central Park West
- 59 West 12th Street
- 620 Park Avenue
- 625 Park Avenue
- 655 Park Avenue
- 740 Park Avenue
- 810 Fifth Avenue
- 834 Fifth Avenue
- 880 Fifth Avenue
- 907 Fifth Avenue
- 927 Fifth Avenue
- 930 Fifth Avenue
- 970 Park Avenue
- 998 Fifth Avenue
- The Ansoni... | 1,042 | zeroshot-train |
Albuquerque Plaza [SEP] architect | 's second tallest building at . Their similar height, color, and pyramidal roofs make them the focal point of the Albuquerque skyline.
Albuquerque Plaza complex was designed by Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum and built in 1990.
History.
The Albuquerque Plaza development was built by BetaWest Properties, a commercial real e... | ; Koll/Obayashi Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; Cerritos Public Library, Cerritos, CA; Tochigi Prefecture Health Center, Japan; Saitama Guest Center, Saitama, Tokyo, and the Library at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies amongst numerous other sites.
Albuquerque, with architect Mitchell De Jarnett, installed "Golden ... | 1,043 | zeroshot-train |
Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage [SEP] architect | Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage
Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage was a public bus garage in Moscow, designed in 1926 by Konstantin Melnikov (floorplan concept and architectural design) and Vladimir Shukhov (structural engineering). The building, completed in 1927, was an example of applying avant-garde architectural methods to an indus... | store 110 trucks; unlike Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage, these had to be parked conventionally, using reverse gear. Each tip of the horseshoe has a V-shaped protrusion with entry and exit gates set at an angle to the street line; this was supposed to simplify entry and exit from a narrow street.
This garage is still used as s... | 1,044 | zeroshot-train |
Boston Garden [SEP] architect | Boston Garden
Boston Garden was an arena in Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by boxing promoter Tex Rickard, who also built the third iteration of New York's Madison Square Garden, it opened on November 17, 1928 as "Boston Madison Square Garden" (later shortened to just "Boston Garden") and outlived its original namesak... | Theophilus P. Chandler Jr.
Theophilus Parsons Chandler Jr. (Sep 7, 1845– August 16, 1928) was an American architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He spent his career at Philadelphia, and is best remembered for his churches and country houses. He founded the Department of Architecture at the University of P... | 1,045 | zeroshot-train |
Bridge of Las Tres Fuentes [SEP] architect | Bridge of Las Tres Fuentes
The Bridge of Las Tres Fuentes (the three fountains) is a bridge pattern by disciples of Gustave Eiffel originally constructed in iron. In the 20th century it was covered with concrete. It is near Gil Marquez, Almonaster la Real. | Gil Marquez
Gil Marquez is a hamlet of the municipality of Almonaster la Real, in Andalusia (Spain), with 73 inhabitants. It is 8 kilometres from Almonaster.
Economy.
Its inhabitants are agriculturalist and ranchers.
Monuments.
- Bridge of Las Tres Fuentes
- Church of "El Carmen".
Local celebration.
- Local festival of... | 1,046 | zeroshot-train |
Busch Stadium [SEP] architect | the new stadium in downtown St. Louis. The stadium was financed through private bonds, bank loans, a long-term loan from St. Louis County, and money from the team owners. The development, including the Ballpark Village was projected to cost approximately $665 million with the stadium alone costing $365 million.
History... | Dag Hammarskjöld
- 4 Jul – Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 11 Jul – Gussie Busch
- 18 Jul – André Malraux
- 25 Jul – Nikolai Bulganin
- 1 Aug – Dwight D. Eisenhower, Anthony Eden, Nikolai Bulganin, Edgar Faure
- 8 Aug – Roy Campanella
- 15 Aug – Willard Libby
- 22 Aug – Carmine De Sapio
- 29 Aug – Frank Sinatra
- 5 Sep – Herman... | 1,047 | zeroshot-train |
Büro Center Nibelungenplatz [SEP] architect | Büro Center Nibelungenplatz
Büro Center Nibelungenplatz, also known as BCN and formerly Shell Tower, is a 27-storey, skyscraper in the Nordend-West district of Frankfurt, Germany. The building was constructed in 1966 as one of the first buildings to reach over in Frankfurt, and it is still the tallest building in the N... | , the partnership with Frankfurt resulted in the creation of the health sector design company ATP health. In the same year, the office of ATP N+M Architekten und Ingenieure GmbH was renamed in ATP Frankfurt.
Many skyscrapers in Frankfurt were planned by the office as well as other structures worldwide.
Skyscrapers.
- H... | 1,048 | zeroshot-train |
Capitol Skyline Hotel [SEP] architect | Capitol Skyline Hotel
The Capitol Skyline Hotel is a hotel located near the United States Capitol in Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Designed by Morris Lapidus, the hotel opened in November 1962 as the Skyline Inn, and was once part of the Best Western chain. | - Richmond Motel, Richmond, Virginia, 1961
- The Americana of New York Hotel, now Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York, New York, 1961
- The Americana of San Juan Hotel, now InterContinental San Juan, San Juan, 1961
- International Inn, now Washington Plaza Hotel, Washington, D.C., 1962
- Capitol Skyline Hote... | 1,049 | zeroshot-train |
Château d'Anet [SEP] architect | Château d'Anet
The Château d'Anet is a château near Dreux, in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France, built by Philibert de l'Orme from 1547 to 1552 for Diane de Poitiers, the mistress of Henry II of France. It was a gift from the king and was built on the former château at the center of the domains of Diane's ... | œuvres et réparations de la ville" of Angers.
Delespine was in charge of important urban developments. He worked under the direction of a succession of mayors, including , and .
His official functions were at the origin of contacts with the Controller General of the Bâtiments de France, Philibert Delorme, a great Rena... | 1,050 | zeroshot-train |
Courthouse of Arezzo [SEP] architect | Courthouse of Arezzo
The Courthouse of Arezzo is a judiciary building in Arezzo, Italy, designed by the Italian architect Manfredi Nicoletti. It consists of two bodies: the first one is the building of the former Sanatorium “Antonio Garbasso” restored, and houses most of the court offices. The second building was const... | New Courthouse, Lecce (2004)
- Unità d’Italia Square, Rieti (2004)
- New Courthouse of Arezzo, Arezzo (2008)
- Kazakhstan Central Concert Hall, Astana Kazakhstan (2009)
- Millennium Tower, Abuja Nigeria U.C. (expected 2014)
- Petaling Jaya "The Pod" Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia (2010) | 1,051 | zeroshot-train |
Folksamhuset [SEP] architect | Folksamhuset
Folksamhuset (Swedish for "Folksam Building") is a high-rise office building at Skanstull on Södermalm, Stockholm and was erected in 1959 as the head office for the insurance company Folksam. Designed by Nils Einar Eriksson, Folksamhuset is and 23 stories tall, making it the ninth-tallest building in Swede... | K. W.; Tjerneld Staffan (1959). De lyckliga åren. Stockholm: Norstedt. Libris 2008487 - Also in English
- Gullers K. W., Jonson Björn, Trenter Stieg, red (1960). Huset vid Skanstull: en bok om Folksamhuset. En titt på vårt grannskaps historia. Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren (distr.). Libris 1807232 - Also in English
- Gull... | 1,052 | zeroshot-train |
Fridericianum [SEP] architect | riches to build the world’s first public museum building, which was to stand on the recently laid out parade square in Kassel. The Fridericianum was designed by Huguenot architect Simon Louis du Ry for Landgrave Friedrich II and opened in 1779 as the world's first purpose-built public museum. An encyclopedic museum, th... | the royal architect to achieve great eminence. The terms "Frederick's Forum" and "Forum Fridericianum" only appeared in specialist literature in the 19th century and were never officially used to refer to the square.
Life and works Opera House and St. Hedwig's Cathedral.
Knobelsdorff was involved in the construction of... | 1,053 | zeroshot-train |
Hernando County Courthouse [SEP] architect | Hernando County Courthouse
The Hernando County Courthouse, built in 1913, is an historic courthouse building located in Brooksville, Florida, It was designed by Atlanta-based architect William Augustus Edwards who designed one other courthouse in Florida, two in Georgia and nine in South Carolina as well as academic bu... | Columbia County Courthouse (Florida)
The Columbia County Courthouse, built in 1905, is an historic courthouse building located at 173 NE Hernando Avenue in Lake City, Florida. It was designed by architect Frank Pierce Milburn in the Classical Revival style of architecture. It was built with a dome and cupola, which wer... | 1,054 | zeroshot-train |
Housing complex Unitas [SEP] architect | Housing complex Unitas
Housing complex Unitas are open gallery–type apartment complex designed by architects Fridrich Weinwurm and Ignác Vécsei. Built in the beginning of the thirties by the city of Bratislava for the underprivileged. It comprises seven objects in a row estate, with austere architectural forms, so char... | Friedrich Weinwurm
Friedrich Weinwurm (30 August 1885, Borský Mikuláš – 1942) was a Slovak architect and key figure of Slovak modernist architecture.
Work.
- Nová doba Estate
- Housing complex Unitas | 1,055 | zeroshot-train |
Justice Building [SEP] architect | Justice Building
The Justice Building designed by Thomas W. Fuller in Ottawa is so-called because it was previously home to the Department of Justice (Canada).
Originally called Block D, it was built from 1935 to 1938 for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). It was renovated in 1998–2001 and now houses some of th... | Administrative Affairs.
The Consulate General in Munich is the third largest U.S. diplomatic post in Germany after Berlin and Frankfort.
Architecture.
The consulate is located in a custom-built office building, the last of the signature modernist U.S. Consulates built in Germany in the 1950s still in service. The work ... | 1,056 | zeroshot-train |
Kuggen [SEP] architect | Kuggen
Kuggen (Swedish for 'the (cogwheel) cog') is a building owned by real estate company Chalmersfastigheter for Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, designed by Wingårdh arkitektkontor. Construction started in October 2010 and was finished in March 2011. The building is located on the Lindholmen... | executed in glazed terracotta. ”Kuggen” is circular to minimize the ratio between skin and area. Every floor level adds two bays making the building grow in size for every added floor. The center of each circle is shifted so the southern elevation gets the longest shadow. A movable sunscreen tracks the sun and adds to ... | 1,057 | zeroshot-train |
Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex [SEP] architect | Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex
The Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex () is a mosque complex designed and built between 1580 and 1587 by Mimar Sinan, who at the time was in his 90s. The mosque itself was constructed in 1578-1580.
The complex is located in the Tophane neighbourhood of the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is named... | - Kurtoğlu Hızır Reis
- Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis
- Kuyucu Murat Pasha
- Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed
- Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha
- Köprülü Mehmed Pasha
- Köprülü Numan Pasha
- Köprülü era
- Köprülü family
- Kösem Sultan
- Küçüksu Palace
- Kılıç Ali Pasha
- Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex
L.
- Lagari Hasan Çelebi
- Lala Kara Mustafa ... | 1,058 | zeroshot-train |
Maison Alcan [SEP] architect | of the architectural heritage of the Golden Square Mile.
Architects.
Maison Alcan was designed by the Montreal-based architectural firm of Arcop (Architects in co-partnership), with Ray Affleck as lead architect. Peter Rose collaborated with Peter Lanken on the interior planning and design.
Sale.
In May 2011, it was re... | Maison Alcan
Maison Alcan (English: Alcan House) is a building complex located on Sherbrooke Street in the Golden Square Mile district of Montreal. The complex was used to house the world headquarters for Alcan, now part of Rio Tinto Alcan, until 2015. Completed in 1983, the complex's integration of new construction wi... | 1,059 | zeroshot-train |
Matarazzo Building [SEP] architect | Matarazzo Building
Matarazzo Building (Edifício Matarazzo in Portuguese), also known as Palácio do Anhangabaú (Anhangabaú Palace) is the cityhall of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It belonged to Banespa until 2004, when it was sold to the city government. It was designed by Italian architect Marcello Piacentini under t... | Administrative Affairs.
The Consulate General in Munich is the third largest U.S. diplomatic post in Germany after Berlin and Frankfort.
Architecture.
The consulate is located in a custom-built office building, the last of the signature modernist U.S. Consulates built in Germany in the 1950s still in service. The work ... | 1,060 | zeroshot-train |
Max Hoffman House [SEP] architect | Max Hoffman House
Max Hoffman House is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed home in Rye, New York built in 1955 for European automobile importer Max Hoffman.
Hoffman had commissioned Wright to design the Hoffman Auto Showroom for his Jaguar dealership at 430 Park Avenue in New York City in 1954. The following year, Wright de... | Max Taut
Max Taut (15 May 1884 – 26 February 1967) was a German architect.
Biography.
Max Taut was born in Königsberg, the younger brother of Bruno Taut. He, his brother and Franz Hoffman formed Taut & Hoffman, an architecture firm in Berlin, In the 1920s, Max Taut was particularly known for his office buildings for tr... | 1,061 | zeroshot-train |
Morgans Hotel [SEP] architect | ; and Ecart steel tube and opaline glass coffee tables.
Building history.
Morgans Hotel began as the "Hotel Duane", a 1927 structure intended for long-term residents, designed by architect Andrew J. Thomas. According to an article of the era, "In design the exterior of the building indicates a free interpretation of th... | architectural work of the historical Büyük Balıklı Han has been undertaken by award-winning architect Sinan Kafadar – METEKS Group which used to be a hospital in 19th century. Tuğba Doğan and Evren Basık has been assigned as the art consultants of the hotel.
In November 2016, SBE Entertainment Group agreed to acquire M... | 1,062 | zeroshot-train |
National Theatre of Strasbourg [SEP] architect | with a theatre auditorium replacing the assembly chamber. Michel Saint-Denis, the director of the National Theatre of Strasbourg at the time, entrusted this work to the architect Pierre Sonrel, who had recently worked with him in London restoring The Old Vic, which itself had been badly damaged by wartime bombing.
In ... | National Theatre of Strasbourg
The National Theatre of Strasbourg is a palace building on Strasbourg's Place de la République, now occupied by a theatre company of the same name, the National Theatre of Strasbourg ("Théâtre national de Strasbourg" - TNS).
The TNS was originally built to house the legislative assembly o... | 1,063 | zeroshot-train |
Neue Staatsgalerie [SEP] architect | Neue Staatsgalerie
The Neue Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, Germany, was designed by the British firm James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates, although largely accredited solely to partner James Stirling. It was constructed between 1979 and 1984. The building has been claimed as the epitome of Post-modernism.
Histor... | A more modern example of intended ruins were the planned warning signs for the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain (see Human Interference Task Force), which were intended to endure for 10,000 years, and yet still convey an enduring (if negative) impression on future generations: "Keep out. Don't dig he... | 1,064 | zeroshot-train |
One Raffles Quay [SEP] architect | One Raffles Quay
One Raffles Quay () is an office building complex located at Raffles Place, the central business district of Singapore.
Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, One Raffles Quay (ORQ) consists of the 50-storey North Tower and the 29-storey South Tower, totalling about 1.3 million square feet of office space. The... | Hong Leong Building
Hong Leong Finance Building () is a high-rise office skyscraper in the central business district of Singapore. This is the flagship building of Hong Leong Holdings Limited. It is located on 16 Raffles Quay, in the zone of Raffles Place.
It is just next to the historic Lau Pa Sat Market. There are ma... | 1,065 | zeroshot-train |
Palazzo Baldassini [SEP] architect | Palazzo Baldassini
Palazzo Baldassini is a palace in Rome, Italy, designed by the Renaissance architect Antonio da Sangallo the Younger in about 1516-1519. It was designed for the papal jurist from Naples, Melchiorre Baldassini. The ground floor was used for shops or workshops, and the piano nobile consisted of private... | Caravaggio in Lombardy, according to Giorgio Vasari he studied under sculptor and architect Andrea Ferrucci from Fiesole. In Rome, where he lived in a palace in via delle Coppelle, between Sant'Agostino and palazzo Baldassini, at the beginning of his career had several assignments; from 1527 to 1532 he was superintende... | 1,066 | zeroshot-train |
Palazzo Gualino [SEP] architect | Palazzo Gualino
The Palazzo Gualino is an office building in Turin, Italy built in 1928–30 for the entrepreneur Riccardo Gualino by the architects Gino Levi-Montalcini and Giuseppe Pagano.
It is an important example of early Italian rationalist architecture.
The building was used for offices first by Gualino, then by ... | 2015.
Construction.
The Palazzo Gualino was built for the financier and art patron Riccardo Gualino, who saw the rationalist work of the architect Giuseppe Pagano (1896–1945) in an exhibition in 1928.
He commissioned Pagano to build his company's headquarters in Turin on Corso Vittorio Emanuele.
The office building fo... | 1,067 | zeroshot-train |
Panum Building [SEP] architect | Building also houses the largest dental clinic in Denmark with approximately 230 treatment chairs. The building was named after Danish physiologist Peter Ludvig Panum (1820–1885).
History.
The Panum Building was built from 1971–1986 by the architects Eva and Nils Koppel, Gert Edstrand, Poul Erik Thyrring and reflects B... | Panum Building
The Panum Building (formerly referred to as the Panum Institute) is a large building complex that is part of the University of Copenhagen's North Campus in Copenhagen, Denmark. It houses the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. This includes the Dental School and the former Faculty of Medicine as well... | 1,068 | zeroshot-train |
Petworth House [SEP] architect | Petworth House
Petworth House in the parish of Petworth, West Sussex, England, is a late 17th-century Grade I listed country house, rebuilt in 1688 by Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, and altered in the 1870s to the design of the architect Anthony Salvin. It contains intricate wood-carvings by Grinling Gibbons (d... | From the Wadham family it was eventually inherited by Sir John Wyndham (1558–1645), of Orchard Wyndham, ancestor of the Earls of Egremont.
Construction.
Having inherited the Egremont earldom but not the great Egremont seat of Petworth House in Sussex, the 4th Earl determined to rival Petworth with a house of his own. H... | 1,069 | zeroshot-train |
Pioneer Hotel [SEP] architect | Pioneer Hotel
The Pioneer Hotel, designed by Tucson architect Roy Place, was one of Tucson's first high-rise buildings. Opened in 1929, the Spanish Revival hotel became the social center of the downtown business district. The property catered to the social elite. In the mid-20th century Harold and Margaret Steinfeld, o... | The George Washington Hotel (Pennsylvania)
The George Washington Hotel in Washington, Pennsylvania was designed by renowned architect William Lee Stoddart and built in 1923. Since then, it has been graced by Presidents John F. Kennedy and Harry S. Truman, film star Joan Blondell, big band leader Harry James, among many... | 1,070 | zeroshot-train |
R&F Centre [SEP] architect | R&F Centre
The R&F Centre is a 54-storey office skyscraper, designed by Aedas, on Huaxia Road in Tianhe District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The glass and steel tower is modeled after a jade vase. Construction began in 2005 and it was completed in 2007.
The R&F Centre is the headquarters of R&F Properties, a Gu... | Wg Cdr R O Altman DSO, DFC
- Sep 1945 | Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre
- Jul 1946 | Wg Cdr T W Gillan
- Sep 1946 | Wg Cdr R G F Drickwater
- Nov 1946 | Wg Cdr J M Cooke DSO, DFC
- Sep 1947 | Wg Cdr C Fothergill
- Jul 1948 | Wg Cdr A R Fane de Salis
- Mar 1950 | Wg Cdr R E Risgway DSO
- Apr 1952 | Sqn Ldr C ... | 1,071 | zeroshot-train |
Russborough House [SEP] architect | Russborough House
Russborough House is a stately house situated near the Blessington Lakes in County Wicklow, Ireland, between the towns of Blessington and Ballymore Eustace and is reputed to be the longest house in Ireland, with a frontage measuring 210 m/700 ft. It is an example of Palladian architecture, designed by... | and The Irish Georgian Society.
- McMinn, J, 2005, Images of devotion: Swift and portraits, in Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies, volume VIII, Irish Georgian Society.
- O’Connell, G, Francis Bindon: Portrait Painter and Architect.
External links.
- Biographical account on Clare County Library website
- Descrip... | 1,072 | zeroshot-train |
St Martin, Ludgate [SEP] architect | St Martin, Ludgate
St Martin, Ludgate, is an Anglican church on Ludgate Hill in the ward of Farringdon, in the City of London. St Martin, Ludgate, also called St Martin within Ludgate, was rebuilt in 1677–84 by Sir Christopher Wren.
History.
Some legends connect the church with legendary King Cadwallo (now usually refe... | ' (he carved eight small figures for the font-cover) was appraised and valued on 27 April 1680. In 1681-82 Creecher and Newman were again employed to construct wainscots ten feet high for the Vestry room, and screens for the east and west doors.
St Martin Ludgate.
The surviving reredos at St Martin Ludgate may incorpor... | 1,073 | zeroshot-train |
The Crimson Beech [SEP] architect | The Crimson Beech
The Crimson Beech (also known as the Cass House) is a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright located in the Lighthouse Hill neighborhood of the New York City borough of Staten Island. Its original owners, Catherine and William Cass, had it manufactured by Marshall Erdman in kit form in Madison, Wisconsi... | indigenous forest type in New Zealand as beech forests are normally located on mountain landscapes not suitable for farming and were therefore not cleared. Dependent on beech forest survival are three types of mistletoe, which include crimson mistletoe ("Peraxilla colensoi"), pirirangi or red mistletoe ("Peraxilla tetr... | 1,074 | zeroshot-train |
Turku Main Library [SEP] architect | Turku Main Library
Turku Main Library () is the chief branch of Turku City Library, located in the city centre of Turku, Finland. The library is approximately 8,500 m².
Old building.
The Turku Main Library 2,900 m² old building is a Dutch late Renaissance style building, constructed in 1903, built and delivered by Turk... | architect, was given the assignment of designing an Empire-style main building next to Senate Square, facing the Imperial Senate. The main building was completed in 1832. Thanks to the lessons learnt from the fire of Turku, the library was built separate from other premises. The library and several faculty buildings in... | 1,075 | zeroshot-train |
Unité d'Habitation of Berlin [SEP] architect | Unité d'Habitation of Berlin
Unité d'Habitation of Berlin is a 1958 apartment building located in Berlin, Germany, designed by Le Corbusier following his concept of Unité d'Habitation. Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation concept was materialised in four other buildings in France with a similar design. The building is con... | more buildings with this name and a very similar design:
- Unité d'Habitation of Nantes-Rezé in 1955,
- Unité d'Habitation of Berlin Westend in 1957,
- in 1963,
- in 1965.
All of them were oriented with the building's long axis running north–south, so the units face east-and-west.
The replacement material (béton brut) ... | 1,076 | zeroshot-train |
VR warehouses [SEP] architect | VR warehouses
The VR warehouses () were a group of redbrick railway warehouses designed by Bruno Granholm in the centre of Helsinki, Finland. They were used by the Finnish State Railways from their construction in 1899 until the 1980s. Their official address was Mannerheimintie 13. The warehouses were badly damaged in ... | Töölönlahti, opposite the Parliament House. The competition was won by the Turku-based LPR Architects, with then 30-year-old architect Marko Kivistö as chief designer.
Prior to the Music Centre, the former VR warehouses stood on the site. Various lively grassroots activities had sprung up around the warehouses, and the... | 1,077 | zeroshot-train |
Voortrekker Monument [SEP] architect | Voortrekker Monument
The Voortrekker Monument is located just south of Pretoria in South Africa. This massive granite structure is prominently located on a hilltop, and was raised to commemorate the Voortrekkers who left the Cape Colony between 1835 and 1854.
On 8 July 2011 the Voortrekker Monument, designed by the arc... | Strijdom Former Prime Minister.
- B. J. Vorster, Former Prime Minister and State President.
- Dr J. S. Gericke, Vice-Chancellor Stellenbosch University
- Pik Botha, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
- H. B. Thom, historian and former Rector of Stellenbosch University.
- G.L.P. Moerdijk Afrikaans architect best known f... | 1,078 | zeroshot-train |
Walden 7 [SEP] architect | Walden 7
The Walden 7 is an apartment building designed by Ricardo Bofill's team and located in the town of Sant Just Desvern, close to Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. The original project includes 446 residences. The name of the building is inspired by B. F. Skinner's science-fiction novel, "Walden Two", which depicts... | Theophilus P. Chandler Jr.
Theophilus Parsons Chandler Jr. (Sep 7, 1845– August 16, 1928) was an American architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He spent his career at Philadelphia, and is best remembered for his churches and country houses. He founded the Department of Architecture at the University of P... | 1,079 | zeroshot-train |
Walt Disney Concert Hall [SEP] architect | Walt Disney Concert Hall
The Walt Disney Concert Hall at 111 South Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, California, is the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center and was designed by Frank Gehry. It opened on October 24, 2003. Bounded by Hope Street, Grand Avenue, and 1st and 2nd Streets, it seats 2,265 people and... | - Oct. 24, 2009 – Scottsdale Performing Arts
- Dec. 15/17, 2009 – Beacon Theatre
- May 1/2 & Oct. 15/16, 2010 – Civic Center Music Hall
- Dec. 31, 2010 – Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Sep. 17, 2011 – Grand Ole Opry
- Aug. 23/24, 2013 – Hollywood Bowl
- Oct. 5, 2013 – Saenger Theatre
- Dec. 31, 2013 – Smith Center
- Feb. 5... | 1,080 | zeroshot-train |
William L. Thaxton Jr. House [SEP] architect | William L. Thaxton Jr. House
The William L. Thaxton Jr. House is a large single-story Usonian house, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1954 and built in Houston, Texas in 1955. The Thaxton House is Wright's only residential project in Houston. Thaxton was a successful insurance executive and commissioned Wright to desi... | professional boxer
- Lloyd Thaxton (1927–2008), American writer, television producer, director, and television host
See also.
- William L. Thaxton Jr. House | 1,081 | zeroshot-train |
Winter Garden Atrium [SEP] architect | Place (formerly World Financial Center), was designed by architect César Pelli in 1985. Completed in 1988 at a cost of $60 million, the Atrium was originally connected to the World Trade Center via a pedestrian bridge that spanned West Street.
The Atrium was severely damaged in the September 11, 2001 attacks as almost ... | Winter Garden Atrium
The Winter Garden Atrium is a 10-story glass-vaulted pavilion on Vesey Street in New York City's Brookfield Place office complex. Designed by Diana Balmori, the Atrium was originally constructed in 1988, and substantially rebuilt in 2002, the Atrium houses various plants, trees and flowers, and sh... | 1,082 | zeroshot-train |
Writers' Building [SEP] architect | Writers' Building
The Writers' Building, often shortened to just Writers, is the secretariat building of the State Government of West Bengal in India. It is located in West Bengal's capital city of Kolkata. The 150-meter long Writers' Building covers the entire northern stretch of a water body locally called Lal Dighi ... | Administrative Affairs.
The Consulate General in Munich is the third largest U.S. diplomatic post in Germany after Berlin and Frankfort.
Architecture.
The consulate is located in a custom-built office building, the last of the signature modernist U.S. Consulates built in Germany in the 1950s still in service. The work ... | 1,083 | zeroshot-train |
Šaloun Villa [SEP] architect | Šaloun Villa
Šaloun Villa or Šalounova vila is a studio in Prague designed by and for the sculptor Ladislav Šaloun. The villa was designed and built to construct the Jan Hus Memorial but it was also a meeting place for the Czech intelligentsia. Today the building has been restored and it is used for education.
History.... | of Sciences in 1912 but never took training there. In 1927 he was appointed the civic artistic advisor for the city of Prague in 1927, and in 1946 was honored by being named a National Artist.
Šaloun worked on his Jan Hus Memorial on the Old Town Square in Prague for 15 years, from 1901 through 1915. During this time ... | 1,084 | zeroshot-train |
100 North Tampa [SEP] architect | 100 North Tampa
100 North Tampa, formerly known as the Regions Building and the AmSouth Building, is a skyscraper in Tampa, Florida, USA. Rising to a height of and 42 floors in Downtown Tampa, the structure currently stands as the tallest building in Tampa and the fifteenth-tallest building in Florida. 100 North Tampa ... | returned by Leslie Frazier for a touchdown. The Bears clinched the game when a blocked punt led to a 1-yard Jim McMahon touchdown run. Phil Freeman returned a kickoff 58 yards, the longest in Buccaneer history. Walter Payton rushed for 120 yards, his 64th career 100-yard rushing game. On-field temperatures were recorde... | 1,085 | zeroshot-train |
270 Park Avenue [SEP] architect | 270 Park Avenue
270 Park Avenue (also known as the JPMorgan Chase Tower and formerly the Union Carbide Building) is a high-rise office building located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was designed by Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie de Blois for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. 270 Park Avenue was built between 1957 and ... | a grand office, one convenient to his clients and close to the railroad so he could commute first from a nearby 270 Park Avenue apartment, and later, from the Westchester Country Club to the north. To satisfy these needs, he leased of space from Grand Central Terminal. It was a single room long by wide with a ceiling a... | 1,086 | zeroshot-train |
41 Cooper Square [SEP] architect | 41 Cooper Square
41 Cooper Square, designed by architect Thom Mayne of Morphosis, is a nine-story, academic center that houses the Albert Nerken School of Engineering with additional spaces for the humanities, art, and architecture departments in the newest addition to Cooper Union's campus in Cooper Square, Manhattan,... | Claren Road Asset Management.
Design.
The building was designed by Fumihiko Maki, who also designed 4 World Trade Center. The developer referred to the structure as "black glass with black granite and silver fins". Matt Chaban, writing for "Observer", referred to the building as the "one of the more interesting buildin... | 1,087 | zeroshot-train |
Ashford Designer Outlet [SEP] architect | Ashford Designer Outlet
The Ashford Designer Outlet is a shopping centre in Ashford, Kent, England.
The McArthurGlen Ashford Designer Outlet was designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership and engineers Buro Happold, and opened in March 2000. There are over 120 designer brands located at the shopping outlet.
On 15 Novem... | in Ashford.
Transport Other.
Stagecoach in East Kent provide bus services around the town. Most services include access from the station to the Designer Outlet. Out of town buses serve neighbouring towns, including Canterbury, Tenterden, Maidstone and Folkestone.
Until 1974, Ashford was served by Lympne Airport, with c... | 1,088 | zeroshot-train |
Broken Bow Memorial Stadium [SEP] architect | Broken Bow Memorial Stadium
Historic Broken Bow Memorial Stadium has served as the home of the Broken Bow Savages, since it was constructed in 1936 by the National Youth Administration, a part of the Works Progress Administration.
Memorial Stadium is also home to other events, such as local little league and middle sch... | Bow Memorial Stadium, the home of the Broken Bow Savages
- Broken Bow Records, a country music record label
- Broken Bow High School (disambiguation) | 1,089 | zeroshot-train |
Campus Universidad del Salvador [SEP] architect | Campus Universidad del Salvador
Campus Universidad del Salvador is an architectural project created by Clorindo Testa for the Universidad del Salvador in Pilar, Buenos Aires. It comprises an auditorium and a library. The auditorium has capacity for 600 people and was designed not only for academic functions but for oth... | Universidad del Salvador
The Universidad del Salvador (USAL) is a Jesuit university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In addition to its campus in downtown Buenos Aires, it has instructional and research facilities in Pilar, San Miguel, Bahía Blanca, and in the provinces of Santa Cruz and Misiones. As of 2012, approximately ... | 1,090 | zeroshot-train |
Casa Serra [SEP] architect | Casa Serra
The Casa Serra (Serra House) is a building in the Modernisme style in Barcelona, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch. It is situated at number 126 Rambla de Catalunya, at that street's corner with the Avinguda Diagonal.
The building was built as a residence between 1903 and 1908, for Pere Serra, although he ... | San Diego History Center
The San Diego History Center is a museum showcasing the history of San Diego, located in the city's Balboa Park.
Founded in 1928 by businessman and civic leader George W. Marston, the San Diego Historical Society was housed in the Mission style Junípero Serra Museum on Presidio Hill, the site o... | 1,091 | zeroshot-train |
Castle Howard [SEP] architect | "Brideshead Revisited" and a two-hour 2008 remake for cinema. Today, it is part of the Treasure Houses of England group of heritage houses.
History.
Building of Castle Howard began in 1699 and took over 100 years to complete to a design by Sir John Vanbrugh for the 3rd Earl of Carlisle. The site was that of the ruined ... | the wealthiest municipality in Germany). The castle today houses a branch of the Bavarian Archaeological Museum.
For the 1972 Summer Olympics, the municipality hosted the individual road race cycling event. A nearly circuit to be traversed eight times was used.
Notable residents.
- Louis X. (1495–1545), born in Grünwal... | 1,092 | zeroshot-train |
Chet Holifield Federal Building [SEP] architect | Chet Holifield Federal Building
The Chet Holifield Federal Building, colloquially known as "the Ziggurat Building", is a United States government building at 24000 Avila Road in Laguna Niguel, California built between 1968 and 1971, originally for North American Aviation/Rockwell International, and designed by William ... | Archives and Records Administration for the Pacific region were once located in the building as well but have since been relocated to Perris, California.
Architecture.
The sculptural Chet Holifield Federal Building is skillfully executed in a stepped pyramidal form that has a similar appearance to ancient ziggurats. Mo... | 1,093 | zeroshot-train |
Citi Field [SEP] architect | Citi Field
Citi Field is a baseball park located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in New York City. Completed in 2009, it is the home field of the New York Mets of the National League division of Major League Baseball. The stadium was built as a replacement for and adjacent to Shea Stadium, which opened in 1964 next to ... | by the U.S. federal government in two separate rescue packages, prompting New York City Council members Vincent Ignizio and James Oddo to suggest that the new ballpark be called "Citi/Taxpayer Field." Radio talk show host Brian Lehrer suggested the name "Debits Field" which combines baseball history with public outrage... | 1,094 | zeroshot-train |
Dongdaemun Design Plaza [SEP] architect | Dongdaemun Design Plaza
The Dongdaemun Design Plaza, also called the DDP, is a major urban development landmark in Seoul, South Korea designed by Zaha Hadid and Samoo, with a distinctively neofuturistic design characterized by the "powerful, curving forms of elongated structures". The landmark is the centerpiece of Sou... | The seventh awards ceremony was held on October 28, 2014 at Dongdaemun Design Plaza. It was hosted by Jang Yoon-ju and Jung Joon-young.
Awards 2016.
The eighth awards ceremony was held on March 15, 2016 at Dongdaemun Design Plaza. It was hosted by Leeteuk, Eric Nam and Hwang Jae-keun. | 1,095 | zeroshot-train |
Downham Hall [SEP] architect | Downham Hall
Downham Hall is an English country house in Downham, Lancashire, England.
Overview.
Downham Hall was designed by George Webster (1797-1864) in 1835, though it was built on remains from the sixteenth century. It has two storeys and an attic. In terms of architectural style, it has Doric columns, window apro... | small things could pretty up City Hall Plaza. Boston Globe, Sep 16, 2007. pg. 2.
- Matt Viser. Fount of futility finally runs dry; City Hall Plaza eyesore gets a concrete solution. Boston Globe, June 9, 2006. pg. B.1.
- Jack Thomas. 'I wanted something that would last': At 89, an architect stands by his plan for City H... | 1,096 | zeroshot-train |
Fifth Avenue Hotel [SEP] architect | 1856 it was replaced by Franconi's Hippodrome, a tent-like structure of canvas and wood which could accommodate up to 10,000 spectators who watched chariot races and other "Amusesments of the Ancient Greeks and Romans". This structure was torn down to make way for the hotel.
The Fifth Avenue Hotel was built in 1856–59 ... | Savoy-Plaza Hotel
The Savoy-Plaza Hotel was a 33-story hotel overlooking Central Park at Fifth Avenue and East 59th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It opened in 1927 and was demolished in 1965.
History.
The original Savoy Hotel at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street opened in June 1892, more or less in answer to t... | 1,097 | zeroshot-train |
Futuna Chapel [SEP] architect | Futuna Chapel
Futuna Chapel is a building in Wellington, New Zealand designed by the architect John Scott.
Built by the brothers of the Society of Mary, the chapel is named after the Pacific Island of Futuna on which the missionary Peter Chanel, to whom the project is dedicated, was martyred in 1841. It was awarded the... | building to both high modernism and classical architecture.
The roof structure is exposed within the building, and the means of support are made explicit in the gothic tradition of a battle against gravity. The extensive use of timber for the roof, with exposed sarking, struts and rafters is typical of architect design... | 1,098 | zeroshot-train |
Galen Center [SEP] architect | , and income from advertising. In addition, two new parking structures were built: a 1,200-space structure located between the Radisson Hotel and the arena, with access from Flower Street, and a second structure at the southeast corner of Figueroa Street and Exposition Boulevard. The additional parking structures also ... | Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 2007,
- Boylen M. Galen. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Brodersen K. "Galenos, Die verbrannte Bibliothek: Peri Alypias". Marix, Wiesbaden 2015,
- Debru A. "Galen on Pharmacology: Philosophy, History, and Medicine : Proceedings of the Vth International Galen Colloquium", Lille, 16–18 Ma... | 1,099 | zeroshot-train |
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