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De Rotterdam [SEP] architect | De Rotterdam
De Rotterdam is a building on the Wilhelminapier in Rotterdam, designed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in 1998. The complex is located between the KPN Tower and Rotterdam Cruise Terminal and was finalized at the end of 2013. On 21 November 2013, the municipality of Rotterdam, as the largest us... | US)
- 2015: 24 Jan – 24 May, "Rotterdam in the Picture: 175 Years of Photography in Rotterdam", Netherlands Photo Museum (NL)
- 2016: 16 Mar – 19 Jun, "Strange and Familiar: Britain as Revealed by International Photographers, curated by Martin Parr," Barbican Art Gallery (GB)
- 2017: 9 Sep 2016 – 22 Jan, "Der Rhein und... | 700 | zeroshot-train |
Deutsches Stadion [SEP] architect | Deutsches Stadion
The Deutsches Stadion ("German Stadium") was a monumental stadium designed by Albert Speer for the Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg, southern Germany. Its construction began in September 1937, and was slated for completion in 1943. Like most other Nazi monumental structures, however, its construc... | Committee (IOC) to host the 1916 Olympic Games, the "Rennbahn" area was designated as the central venue for this event and the officials hired the same architect who originally had built the racing track, Otto March.
After delays due to financial difficulties, the construction of the Deutsches Stadion, then also known ... | 701 | zeroshot-train |
Estádio José Alvalade [SEP] architect | Estádio José Alvalade
Estádio José Alvalade is a football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, home of Sporting Clube de Portugal. It was built adjacent to the site of the older stadium. The stadium is named after José Alvalade, the founder and first club member of Sporting CP in the early twentieth century.
History.
The stadi... | Estádio José Alvalade (1956)
Estádio José Alvalade was a multi-purpose stadium in Lisbon, Portugal. The stadium was able to hold 52,411 people. It was inaugurated on 10 June 1956.
Home ground of Sporting CP for 47 years, it was mostly used for football matches, but also athletics. It was named after Sporting founder Jo... | 702 | zeroshot-train |
FedExForum [SEP] architect | that were building it near the famed Beale Street. (See Memphis Summer Storm of 2003.) It was built at a cost of US$250 million and is owned by the City of Memphis; naming rights were purchased by one of Memphis' most well-known businesses, FedEx, for $92 million. FedExForum was financed using $250 million of public bo... | 107: Penn vs. Sanchez
Hosted events Other events.
In August 2010, the Professional Bull Riders' Built Ford Tough Series tour made their first appearance at FedExForum.
On August 4, 2010, FedExForum held the memorial service to Memphis native Lorenzen Wright, a Memphis Tigers alum and former Memphis Grizzlies player.
Re... | 703 | zeroshot-train |
First Canadian Place [SEP] architect | CN Tower (also in Toronto) and the Inco Superstack chimney in Sudbury, Ontario. The building is owned by Brookfield Office Properties, putting it in co-ownership with the neighbouring Exchange Tower and Bay Adelaide Centre as well as various other office spaces across Downtown Toronto.
History and architecture.
First C... | 1998 Award of Excellence, "Canadian Architect", Toronto.
- Cité Jardin, Rosemere (1993): First Prize, Competition.
- Home design concept (1992): 1992 Jury special mention, La casa più bella del mondo, Milan.
Published Articles.
- "At 50, Place Ville Marie continues to shine." "The Montreal Gazette," 2012. Web.
- "Islan... | 704 | zeroshot-train |
Ford Foundation Building [SEP] architect | Ford Foundation Building
The Ford Foundation Building is an office building in East Midtown, Manhattan, New York City, designed by architect Kevin Roche and engineering partner, John Dinkeloo. Designed in 1963 and completed in 1968 on the former site of the Hospital for Special Surgery, its large tree-filled atrium was... | Ford City Armory
The Ford City Armory is a historic National Guard armory located at 301 Tenth Street in Ford City, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Joseph F. Kuntz. It was built in 1930. It is a work of builder Clyde Hatten.
It is a one-story, "T"-plan building in Moderne style. It is 10 ba... | 705 | zeroshot-train |
Fort Santiago [SEP] architect | of the country.
The construction of Fort Santiago with hard stone, together with the original fortified walls of Intramuros, commenced in 1590 and finished in 1593 during the reign of Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas. The stones used were volcanic tuff quarried from Guadalupe (now Guadalupe Viejo in Makati). The fort as Dasmariñ... | Villa La Reine Jeanne
The villa "La Reine Jeanne" is an imposing holiday mansion, built in 1928 by the American architect Barry Dierks for the French industrialist Paul-Louis Weiller.
Located on of land in the village of Cabasson, in the commune of Bormes-les-Mimosas (Var), the property is near the Fort de Brégançon. I... | 706 | zeroshot-train |
Freiberg House [SEP] architect | Freiberg House
The Freiberg House, designed by Melbourne-based architects Chancellor and Patrick, was built in 1958-60 on a sloping site as a residence for the Freiberg family and is located at 26 Yarravale Road Kew, Victoria. The Freiberg is an example of post-war architecture in Victoria featuring a -storey geometric... | construction of the Freiberg house is predominately brick with sections most notably the balconies and spandrils rendered. A key part of the design was the use of exposed Oregon purlins and brickwork as it was considered avant-garde during the time of construction. The perfection of the house's central brick wall bears... | 707 | zeroshot-train |
Gemeenlandshuis Zwanenburg [SEP] architect | Gemeenlandshuis Zwanenburg
The Gemeenlandshuis Zwanenburg on the Haarlemmerstraatweg in Halfweg is a former Gemeenlandshuis of the Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland designed by Pieter Post and built 1645-1648. Today it is part of Sugar City.
History.
The Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland built this building as a meeting hall... | Maurits became an architect, and his son Johan Post became a painter, and his daughter married the anatomist and collector Frederik Ruysch. His granddaughter Rachel Ruysch became a famous flower painter.
(Some) buildings he designed.
- 1642 Huis Dedel, The Hague
- 1643 Huis Prinsessegracht 4 (the Hague)
- 1645-1650 Hui... | 708 | zeroshot-train |
Glaspaleis [SEP] architect | - In 2004, it won the first Bouwfonds Award in the category 'Vital Monuments'.
- In 2005, it won the Nederlandse Bouwprijs (Dutch Construction Award) in the 'Projects' category.
- In 2005, it also won the Nationale Renovatieprijs (National Renovation Award) in the 'Utiliteitsbouw' category.
Planning.
The Glaspaleis was... | least 10 landmark buildings in Heerlen. In 1935 Heerlen's most famous landmark building, the Glaspaleis, was built next to the medieval church in the centre of the then modest town. It was commissioned by the merchant Peter Schunck and it was quite an extraordinary step for this conservative businessman to ask the youn... | 709 | zeroshot-train |
Graduates Memorial Building [SEP] architect | Graduates Memorial Building
The Graduates Memorial Building (GMB) is a neo-Gothic Victorian building, in Trinity College Dublin designed by Sir Thomas Drew in 1897. It is home to Trinity College's oldest student societies: the University Philosophical Society (the Phil), the College Historical Society (the Hist) and th... | 1896-99)
- Thomas Worthington joint architect of Ullet Road Unitarian Church (1896-99)
- Thomas Henry Wyatt, designed the Exchange Buildings (1864-67) on Exchange Flags, demolished in the 1930s
Architects represented in Liverpool Staff & graduates of Liverpool School of Architecture, who designed buildings in the city ... | 710 | zeroshot-train |
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao [SEP] architect | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. The museum was inaugurated on 18 October 1997 by King Juan Carlos I of Spain. Built alongside the Nervion River, which runs ... | more central place. To that effect a huge building was designed by architect Francisco de Cubas, which was the largest building in Bilbao at the time. Now it is the main building of the Bilbao campus, opposite to the Guggenheim Museum, in the district of Deusto, which gives its name to the university. The "Universidad ... | 711 | zeroshot-train |
Hall of Mirrors [SEP] architect | Mirrors as well as the "salon de la guerre" and the "salon de la paix", which connect the "grand appartement du roi" with the "grand appartement de la reine", architect Jules Hardouin Mansart appropriated three rooms from each apartment as well as the terrace that separated the two apartments.
The principal feature of ... | Primate's Palace
The Primate's Palace (; ) is a neoclassical palace in the Old Town of Bratislava the capital of Slovakia. It was built from 1778 to 1781 for Archbishop József Batthyány, after the design of architect Melchior Hefele. In 1805, the Palace's Hall of Mirrors saw the signing of the fourth Peace of Pressburg... | 712 | zeroshot-train |
Hilversum Town Hall [SEP] architect | Hilversum Town Hall
The Hilversum Town Hall (Dutch: "Raadhuis Hilversum") was designed by Willem Marinus Dudok to serve as seat of the municipal council of Hilversum in the Netherlands. Construction was completed in 1931. It is a much-admired building that is considered the finest example of Dudok’s work and internatio... | Hornsey Town Hall
Hornsey Town Hall is a public building in Crouch End area of Hornsey, London. Completed in 1935, it was the first major UK building to be constructed in the Modernist style. Designed by New Zealand born architect Reginald Uren in 1933–35, the building shows the influence of Hilversum town hall in the ... | 713 | zeroshot-train |
Hiram Bithorn Stadium [SEP] architect | Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Hiram Bithorn Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Hiram Bithorn) is a baseball park in San Juan, Puerto Rico, built in 1962 and designed by Puerto Rican architect Pedro Miranda. It is operated by the municipal government of the city of San Juan. Its name honors the first Puerto Rican to play in the major le... | April 18, 2018 Berríos finished with five strikeouts and no walks in seven scoreless innings for Minnesota in a game played in his native Puerto Rico before a sold out crowd at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium. Berrios became only the second Puerto Rican pitcher to start a regular-season MLB game at Hiram Bithorn; the first b... | 714 | zeroshot-train |
Horta Museum [SEP] architect | Horta Museum
The Horta Museum (, ) is a museum dedicated to the life and work of the Belgian Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta and his time. The museum is housed in Horta's former house and atelier, Maison & Atelier Horta (1898), in the Brussels municipality of Saint-Gilles. Housed in the Art Nouveau interiors is a pe... | doors. Jean Delhaye, a former aid of Horta, saved the building from demolition, and by 16 October 1975, it was designated as a protected monument. Still, the building was in bad shape and victim to a lot of vandalism.
In 1980, architect Jean Breydel and comics artists François Schuiten, Bob de Moor, Alain Baran, Guy De... | 715 | zeroshot-train |
Hospitalfield House [SEP] architect | House together with sources.
Patrick Allan-Fraser (1812-90).
In the mid 19th century, Hospitalfield House was expanded by Patrick Allan-Fraser, a patron of the arts. Allan-Fraser, the son of an Arbroath weaving merchant, studied art in Edinburgh and was once president of the British Academy of Art in Rome. In Arbroath,... | workshop on the top floor of a tenement (since demolished) on Edinburgh High Street near John Knox's Corner. This involved work on the estate at Hospitalfield Trust, Arbroath 1849 to 1853 under the sculptor James Christie. At Hospitalfield he had the patronage of architect Patrick Allan Fraser who gave him commissions ... | 716 | zeroshot-train |
House for an Art Lover [SEP] architect | House for an Art Lover
The House for an Art Lover is a building constructed between 1989 and 1996 and based on a 1901 design by Charles Rennie Mackintosh with his wife, Margaret MacDonald. The building is situated in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow, Scotland and sits east of the site of the famed Festival Tower of the Emp... | owner of the Cambrian Pottery in Swansea. He commissioned the architect Edward Haycock Snr in the early 1830s to build the present entrance hall and adjacent large room on the north side of the house.
In 1881 Frank Ash Yeo, Chairman of the Swansea Harbour Trust, added the dining room to the east of Dillwyn’s entrance h... | 717 | zeroshot-train |
Hôtel Solvay [SEP] architect | Hôtel Solvay
The Hôtel Solvay is a large Art Nouveau town house designed by Victor Horta on the Avenue Louise in Brussels. The house was commissioned by Armand Solvay, the son of the wealthy Belgian chemist and industrialist Ernest Solvay. For this wealthy patron Horta could spend a fortune on precious materials and ex... | Tassel in 1894, and the Hôtel Solvay in 1898. Horta met and had a strong influence on the work of the young Hector Guimard and Gustave Strauven who was Horta's disciple and started his own practice at 21. Important artists included another Art Nouveau pioneer architect Paul Hankar and whose sgraffiti are at many Hankar... | 718 | zeroshot-train |
Hôtel de Guénégaud [SEP] architect | Hôtel de Guénégaud
Hôtel de Guénégaud refers to one of several 17th-century hôtels particulier, or large townhouses, in Paris.
3rd arrondissement of Paris.
At 60, rue des Archives in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, this Hôtel de Guénégaud was built between 1651 and 1655 for Jean-François de Guénégaud des Brosses, secr... | Guénégaud was created on the garden side of the hôtel. In 1670 ownership of this Hôtel de Guénégaud was transferred to one of Cardinal Mazarin's nieces, Anne-Marie Martinozzi, Princesse de Conti, and it became known as the Hôtel de Conti. The quai de Nevers became the quai de Conti, but the name of the rue Guénégaud ha... | 719 | zeroshot-train |
Hôtel de Toulouse [SEP] architect | Hôtel de Toulouse
The Hôtel de Toulouse, former Hôtel de La Vrillière is located at 1 rue de La Vrillière, in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. It was built between 1635 and 1640 by François Mansart, for Louis Phélypeaux, seigneur de La Vrillière.
Originally, the mansion had a large garden with a formal parterre to the ... | Hôtel Thomas de Montval
The Hôtel Thomas de Montval in Toulouse, France, is a 20th-century "hôtel particulier" ("palace") built with Renaissance elements of the 16th century.
History.
The mansion was built between 1901 and 1904 by the architect Jules Calbairac. In the courtyard, elements of the sixteenth century Renais... | 720 | zeroshot-train |
IDS Center [SEP] architect | were converted to office space. The west-facing "University of Minnesota Alumni Club" closed to the public in 1994. Today, the entire 50th floor consists of four large ballrooms with a single central kitchen. The rooms are collectively known as "Windows on Minnesota," and they serve as banquet space for the Marquette H... | "first fourth-floor skyway". Four other skyways connect Gaviidae Common to 33 South Sixth, 50 South Sixth, IDS Center, and Wells Fargo Center. The skyway adjoining Gaviidae Common I to 33 South Sixth was designed in collaboration between Pelli and Iranian American architect Siah Armajani. | 721 | zeroshot-train |
Ibirapuera Auditorium [SEP] architect | Ibirapuera Auditorium
The Ibirapuera Auditorium () is a building conceived by Oscar Niemeyer for the presentation of musical spectacles, situated in Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo.
History.
The auditorium completes the group of buildings in Ibirapuera park, as designed originally by the architect in the 1950s. Compared t... | the Ibirapuera Auditorium. In December of the same year, the Ibirapuera Auditorium was the host of the final fashion show of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 12.
Architectural concept.
The building possesses volumetric simplicity, composed of a single block that in plan has the form of a trapezoid and, in section, the f... | 722 | zeroshot-train |
Immeuble Clarté [SEP] architect | Immeuble Clarté
Immeuble Clarté is an apartment building in Geneva designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret starting from 1928 and built in 1931–32. It has eight stories comprised of 45 free plan units of diverse configurations and sizes. It is one of Le Corbusier's key early projects in which he explored the prin... | des arts industriels, Archives d'État de Genève (Annexe), Bâtiment des forces motrices, Bibliothèque de Genève, Library juive de Genève «Gérard Nordmann», Cabinet des estampes, Centre d'Iconographie genevoise, Collège Calvin, École Geisendorf, University Hospital of Geneva (HUG), Hôtel de Ville et tour Baudet, Immeuble... | 723 | zeroshot-train |
Ingalls Rink [SEP] architect | Ingalls Rink
David S. Ingalls Rink is a hockey rink in New Haven, Connecticut, designed by architect Eero Saarinen and built between 1953 and 1958 for Yale University. It is commonly referred to as The Whale, due to its whale-like design. The building was constructed for $1.5 million, which was double its original cost... | Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies), and chemistry and physics buildings. The building sits across Prospect Street from Ingalls Rink and across Sachem from the Yale School of Management. It was designed by the architect Charles C. Haight, who also designed buildings of the original Columbia University ca... | 724 | zeroshot-train |
Isabel Roberts House [SEP] architect | Isabel Roberts House
Isabel Roberts House is a classic 1908 Prairie House from the studio of Frank Lloyd Wright located at 603 Edgewood Place in River Forest, Illinois It was built for Isabel Roberts and her widowed mother, Mary Roberts.
Scholars suggest that the house was originally designed for Joshua Melson, the co-... | Also, according to her own statement, while in Wright's employ, Roberts designed the K. C. DeRhodes House in South Bend, Indiana, for her South Bend friend, Laura Caskey Bowsher DeRhodes.
After Wright went off to Europe with Mamah Borthwick Cheney in 1909, Isabel Roberts was among the remaining Oak Park Studio employee... | 725 | zeroshot-train |
James McBean Residence [SEP] architect | James McBean Residence
The James McBean Residence is a house in Rochester, Minnesota designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. This Usonian house is an example of the second type (Prefab #2) of the Marshall Erdman Prefab Houses. This house and the Walter Rudin House have the same floor plan and vary only in minor details such as... | at the Glendale plant carrying out the company policy of product diversification to maintain its trade position. Under Bennett, Max Compton would continue as chief glaze ceramic engineer and a new design department was created with Mary Jane Winans as the chief designer and stylist. Joining Winans in the newly formed d... | 726 | zeroshot-train |
Jeppesen Gymnasium [SEP] architect | Houston campus had been built nearby in 1939. In the summer of 1941, construction began on Jeppesen Gymnasium as part of a joint project between the Works Progress Administration and the Houston Independent School District. It was constructed simultaneously with nearby Robertson Stadium.
Architecture and features.
Desi... | Jeppesen Gymnasium
Jeppesen Gymnasium, also known as Jeppesen Fieldhouse, was a multi-purpose sports facility on the campus of the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. The facility was the first home to the Houston Cougars men's basketball team, and later home to the Cougars women's volleyball team. Located next to... | 727 | zeroshot-train |
John Gillin Residence [SEP] architect | John Gillin Residence
The John Gillin Residence is a large single-story Usonian house, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950 and built in Dallas, Texas in 1958. The Gillin House is Wright's only residential project in Dallas and the last home constructed before his death.
Gillin was a successful oilman, geophysicist a... | of architect Sep Ruf was built in the spacious park as a semi-official residence for the Chancellors.
Palais Schaumburg became home to the federal ministry for environment, conservation as well as reactor safety ("Bundesministeriums für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit") when it was formed in 1986. After the r... | 728 | zeroshot-train |
Kastrup Værk [SEP] architect | Kastrup Værk
Kastrup Værk (English: Kastrup Works) was a pottery and tile works in Kastrup, now a suburb of Copenhagen, on the Danish island of Amager.
History.
Kastrup Værk was founded around 1750 by Jacob Fortling, a German sculptor who had emigrated to Denmark in 1729 and established a successful career as Royal Mas... | the area has been made by the architectural firm of schmidt hammer lassen.
The new national Danish aquarium, "The Blue Planet," is located on a neighbouring site. Construction began in September 2010 and it was completed in 2013.
See also.
- Brede Works
- Kastrupgård
- Store Kongensgade Faience Manufactury
Other source... | 729 | zeroshot-train |
Kingo Houses [SEP] architect | Kingo Houses
Kingo Houses is a housing development designed by architect Jørn Utzon in Helsingør, Denmark. The development consists of 60 L-shaped houses based upon the design of traditional Danish farmhouses with central courtyards and those of Chinese and Islamic dwellings.
History.
The design of the Kingo Houses was... | 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... | 730 | zeroshot-train |
Koppelpoort [SEP] architect | down, walking in the wheel grew ever easier and faster, and many people stumbled and broke their limbs. The koppelpoort was also never breached.
The Koppelpoort was given its current appearance during the restoration by Pierre Cuypers in 1885 and 1886. Among other things, Cuypers removed a step between the two gates an... | Koppelpoort
The Koppelpoort is a medieval gate in the Dutch city of Amersfoort, province of Utrecht. Completed around 1425, it combines land and water-gates, and is part of the second city wall of Amersfoort, which was constructed between 1380 and 1450.
History.
The gate was built between 1380 and 1425 as part of the s... | 731 | zeroshot-train |
Kulturkirken Jakob [SEP] architect | Kulturkirken Jakob
Kulturkirken Jakob (in English St. James Church of Culture) is a church in Oslo, Norway, designed by architect Georg Andreas Bull and built in 1880. The original name of the Church was St James's Church or Jakobs kirke.
The church is named after the Apostle James (the Great), in Norwegian language: A... | (2004). The record was followed up by a series of productions with Rim Banna from Palestine and Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat from Iran. Hillestad has together with Mahsa Vahdat translated a selection of 100 poems of the Persian poet Hafez into Norwegian. (I vinens speil, 2010).
In 2000 his company established the venue Kult... | 732 | zeroshot-train |
L'Auditori [SEP] architect | L'Auditori
L'Auditori () is a modern building of 42,000 square metres designed by the architect Rafael Moneo, opened on 22 March 1999, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
It is in the centre of the new pole of urban development of Plaça de les Glòries, which brings together the three widest and longest avenues in the city... | 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,... | 733 | zeroshot-train |
Lahti Town Hall [SEP] architect | Lahti Town Hall
Lahti Town Hall was designed in 1911 by Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen. The building was completed in 1912.
Material used for building, dark bricks, were brought from Sweden. | Town Hall
France.
- Hôtel de Ville, Paris
- Palais Rohan, Bordeaux
- Capitole de Toulouse
- Lyon City Hall
- Hôtel de Hanau, the town hall of Strasbourg
- Town Hall of Benfeld
- Town Hall of Wissembourg
Finland.
- Helsinki City Hall
- Jakobstad City Hall
- Lahti Town Hall
- Oulu City Hall
- Pori Old Town Hall
- Rauma O... | 734 | zeroshot-train |
Leeds Corn Exchange [SEP] architect | Leeds Corn Exchange
The Leeds Corn Exchange is a Victorian building in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which was completed in 1863. It is a grade I listed building.
History.
The Corn exchange was designed by Cuthbert Brodrick, a Hull architect best known for Leeds Town Hall, and built between 1861 and 1863. The dome de... | of Leeds.
- Hitchin. The corn exchange, 31 Market Place, Hitchin (1853) It was built at a cost of £2000, and designed by William Beck, a local architect. On market days the corn exchange was filled with a maximum of 30 tables, and corn dealers and seedman rented the tables. The 'Market Company' helped with the running ... | 735 | zeroshot-train |
Leeds Town Hall [SEP] architect | Leeds Town Hall
Leeds Town Hall was built between 1853 and 1858 on The Headrow (formerly Park Lane), Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, to a design by architect Cuthbert Brodrick. It was planned to include law courts, a council chamber, a public hall, a suite of ceremonial entertaining rooms and municipal offices. With th... | Yeadon Town Hall
Yeadon Town Hall is a Grade II listed community building in Yeadon, West Yorkshire, England. The town hall however no longer plays a major civic function since Aireborough Urban District was merged into the City of Leeds but it was retained by Leeds City Council. The town hall seats up to 560 people an... | 736 | zeroshot-train |
Louisville Slugger Field [SEP] architect | Band.
Features.
The design of Louisville Slugger Field is a joint effort of HNTB Architects of Kansas City, Mo and K. Norman Berry Associates of Louisville. The field was financed through a partnership between the city, the Bats, Hillerich & Bradsby, the Brown Foundation, Humana Inc. and the Humana Foundation.
The stad... | Louisville Slugger Field
Louisville Slugger Field is a baseball stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. The baseball-specific stadium opened in 2000 with a seating capacity of 13,131. It is currently home to the professional baseball team, the Louisville Bats, Triple-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds, and Louisville City FC,... | 737 | zeroshot-train |
Maisons Jaoul [SEP] architect | Maisons Jaoul
Maisons Jaoul are a celebrated pair of houses in the upmarket Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, designed by Le Corbusier and built in 1954-56. They are among his most important post-war buildings and feature a rugged aesthetic of unpainted cast concrete "béton brut" and roughly detailed brickwork.
Histo... | )
35. Mairie des Lilas (Paris Métro)
36. Maison Blanche (Paris Métro)
37. Maison de la Chimie
38. Maison de la Mutualité
39. Maison de Verre
40. Maison de Victor Hugo
41. Maisons-Laffitte (SNCF)
42. Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse
43. Maisons Jaoul
44. Maizuru Naval Arsenal
45. Maizuru Naval District
46. Maja Bogdanović
47... | 738 | zeroshot-train |
Manhattan Life Insurance Building [SEP] architect | Manhattan Life Insurance Building
The Manhattan Life Insurance Building was a tower at 64-66 Broadway in New York City completed in 1894 to the designs of the architects of Kimball & Thompson and slightly extended north in 1904 making its new address 64-70 Broadway. It was the first skyscraper to pass in Manhattan.
The... | between New York and field agents.
In 1894, the company became the first US-based insurance provider to offer life insurance to women at the same cost as men; social reformer Susan B. Anthony was one of the company's first female policyholders. In 1896, New York Life became the first company to insure people with disab... | 739 | zeroshot-train |
Manila Jai Alai Building [SEP] architect | Manila Jai Alai Building
The Manila Jai Alai Building was a building designed by American architects Welton Becket and Walter Wurdeman that functioned as a building for which jai alai games were held. It was built in the Streamline Moderne style in 1940 and survived the Battle of Manila. It was considered as the finest... | Commission created in 1981 under the Games and Amusement Board.
The Games and Amusement Board also regulates jai alai and horseracing operations as well as off-track bookmaking stations in the country. Jai alai was first introduced in the Philippines in 1899 with some of the earlier games played in the Casino Español d... | 740 | zeroshot-train |
Marina One [SEP] architect | ICN Design. Both were landscape architects behind Singapore's Gardens by the Bay in Marina South.
The development broke ground on 11 July 2012 followed by the unveiling of Marina One's architectural design by the Prime Ministers of Malaysia and Singapore on 19 February 2013.
Marina One was inaugurated on 15 January 201... | Sep Ruf
Sep Ruf (full name Franz Joseph Ruf; 9 March 1908, in Munich – 29 July 1982, in Munich) was a German architect and designer, belonging to the Bauhaus group. He was one of the representatives of modern architecture in Germany after World War II. His elegant buildings received high credits in Germany and Europe a... | 741 | zeroshot-train |
Matitone [SEP] architect | Matitone
The Matitone (a popular nickname meaning literally ""big pencil"", officially San Benigno North Tower) is a skyscraper designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Mario Lanata and Andrea Messina and finished building in 1992, used as a business center located in the district of San Teodoro, in the San Benigno neig... | Development.
Other information.
- In 2006 it was used for filming the video for the song "Cosa vuoi che sia" by Ligabue.
- In Savona there is a smaller, similar building that was named Matitino in honor of his older peer in Genoa.
External links.
- Scheda del Matitone - Emporis.com
- Webcam posta sul Matitone - sito de... | 742 | zeroshot-train |
Merchandise Mart [SEP] architect | the original design. The project was completed in 1991.
In November 2007, the building received LEED for Existing Buildings Silver recognition.
Building.
The Merchandise Mart was designed by the Chicago architectural firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst and White to be a "city within a city". Second only to Holabird & Root... | Discount Drug Mart
Discount Drug Mart, Inc., is an Ohio-based drug store chain. Its first store opened in Elyria, Ohio in 1969.
History.
In 1969, Parviz Boodjeh established the first Discount Drug Mart in Elyria, Ohio. The store originally filled prescriptions, and sold toiletries, grocery, and gift items.
In the early... | 743 | zeroshot-train |
Moggerhanger House [SEP] architect | Moggerhanger House
Moggerhanger House is a Grade I-listed country house in Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire, England, designed by the eminent architect John Soane. The house is owned by a Christian charity, Harvest Vision, and the Moggerhanger House Preservation Trust, and has recently undergone a £7m refurbishment project w... | All the original woodwork, the doors, bits of decorative ceilings, mantels, flags and fireplace surrounds, remnants of wallpapers, were all still there," the countess said. "It is such a fine example—there isn't another like it."
Lady Erroll formed the Moggerhanger House Preservation Trust along with the Lord Lieutena... | 744 | zeroshot-train |
Monseigneur Schrijnen Retreat House [SEP] architect | Monseigneur Schrijnen Retreat House
The Monseigneur Schrijnen Retreat House was designed by the famed architect Frits Peutz (best known for the Glaspaleis) in 1932, and named after the 18th bishop of Roermond Laurentius Josephus Antonius Hubertus Schrijnen (Venlo 30 July 1861 - Roermond 26 March 1932). It is located at... | building), Heerlen, 1931
- Villa Op de Linde, Heerlen, 1931
- Monseigneur Schrijnen Retreat House, Heerlen, 1932
- Glaspaleis (formerly: Schunck Fashionhouse), Heerlen, 1933
- Villa 't Sonnehuys, Maastricht, 1933
- Royal Theater (Royal cinema), Heerlen, 1937
- Town hall of Heerlen, 1936–1942
- Town hall of Tegelen, 193... | 745 | zeroshot-train |
Monument to the Unknown Hero [SEP] architect | Monument to the Unknown Hero
The Monument to the Unknown Hero ( / Spomenik Neznanom junaku) is a World War I memorial located atop Mount Avala, south-east of Belgrade, Serbia, and designed by the sculptor Ivan Meštrović. Memorial was built in 1934-1938 on the place where an unknown Serbian World War I soldier was burie... | , Montenegrin, Dalmatian, Croatian, Slovenian, Vojvodina’s, Serbian and Old Serbian women. The top of the sarcophagus is marked with an inscription reading "Alexander I King of Yugoslavia to the Unknown Hero". The monument is high, and in length, while the stairs from the approaching side are long. The tomb with the re... | 746 | zeroshot-train |
Newton Court [SEP] architect | as the land at Hadnock and was left to his third son, George Griffin, after his death. Under George, Newton Court was constructed between 1799 and 1802, possibly to the designs of architect Anthony Keck of King's Stanley in Gloucestershire, who died prior to its commencement.
The three-storey house was built in the neo... | Cherry Hill, Virginia Water
Cherry Hill (formerly Holthanger and Southern Court), is a modernist style house on the Wentworth Estate in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, designed by architect Oliver Hill and completed in 1935. Originally called Holthanger, it was renamed Southern Court and subsequently Cherry Hill.
The ... | 747 | zeroshot-train |
Ningbo Museum [SEP] architect | Ningbo Museum
The Ningbo Museum (), also known as the Yinzhou Museum () or the Ningbo Historic Museum (), is a museum in the city of Ningbo in Zhejiang Province, China. It is located in Yinzhou District and was opened on December 5, 2008. The museum focuses on Ningbo area history and traditional customs.
Architecture.
... | 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,... | 748 | zeroshot-train |
Obelisk of Montevideo [SEP] architect | Obelisk of Montevideo
The Obelisk of Montevideo, officially listed as the "Obelisco a los Constituyentes de 1830", is a monument created by sculptor José Luis Zorrilla de San Martín (1891-1975). It is a three-sided obelisk made of granite, tall with three bronze statues on its sides, representing "Law", "Liberty" and "... | Italian Hospital of Montevideo
The Italian Hospital of Montevideo, whose official name is Ospedale italiano Umberto I, () is a clinic and sanatorium founded in 1890 near Parque Batlle, Montevideo. It lies just to the north of the 1830 obelisk and the Hospital Pereira Rossell. The building, of the late neoclassical styl... | 749 | zeroshot-train |
One Piccadilly Gardens [SEP] architect | One Piccadilly Gardens
One Piccadilly Gardens is a large office building on the east side of Piccadilly Gardens, a public square in Manchester.
It houses six floors of office space with shops and restaurants on the ground floor. The entrance to the offices is via a double height diagonal void through the ground and fir... | The winners – announced in 1998 from a short-list that had been whittled down to six – were the landscape architects EDAW and its partners, consisting of: the engineers Arup; renowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando; local architects Chapman Robinson; and lighting engineer, Peter Fink. The square was finally revamped in ... | 750 | zeroshot-train |
Pabellón Pedro Ferrándiz [SEP] architect | Pabellón Pedro Ferrándiz
Pabellón Pedro Ferrándiz is an arena, designed by Enric Miralles, in Alicante, Spain. Formerly named as "Centro de Tecnificación de Alicante", it changed its name in honour to the Spanish basketball coach and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame Pedro Ferrándiz on 14 January 2014.
The arena ho... | (1999–2004), the renovated and renamed Pabellón de la Ciudad Deportiva.
- Palacio Vistalegre (2004–2010).
- Caja Mágica (2010–2011).
- Palacio de Deportes - WiZink Center (2011–present).
Players.
Players Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famers.
- Dražen Dalipagić, G, 1982–1983, Inducted 2004
- Antonio Díaz-Miguel, ... | 751 | zeroshot-train |
Palazzo Dalla Torre [SEP] architect | Palazzo Dalla Torre
Palazzo Dalla Torre is a patrician palace in Verona, northern Italy, designed by architect Andrea Palladio for Giambattista Dalla Torre. The "palazzo" was probably built from 1555, but remained unfinished. Allied bombardment in 1945 demolished a great part of the building. However, conspicuous remai... | palace from Palladio, Palazzo Thiene), he was a friend of intellectuals and artists; above all Giangiorgio Trissino, but also the great geographer Giambattista Ramusio, the doctor Giovanni Fracastoro and the architect Michele Sanmicheli.
External links.
- Palazzo Dalla Torre in the CISA website (source for the first re... | 752 | zeroshot-train |
Palazzo Valmarana [SEP] architect | Palazzo Valmarana
Palazzo Valmarana is a palace in Vicenza. It was built by architect Andrea Palladio in 1565 for the noblewoman Isabella Nogarola Valmarana. Since 1994 it is part of the City of Vicenza and the 23 palladian buildings forming the World Heritage Site of the Unesco.
History.
The foundation medal of this b... | Palazzo Grimani di San Luca
The Palazzo Grimani di San Luca is a Renaissance-style palace, located between the Palazzo Corner Valmarana and the Rio di San Luca and the flanking Palazzo Corner Contarini dei Cavalli on the Grand Canal in the sestiere of San Marco of the city of Venice, Italy.
History.
The palace was bui... | 753 | zeroshot-train |
Parkview Square [SEP] architect | on the 9th floor, as well as the embassies of Austria and Mongolia on the 24th floor of the building.,
The third floor is entirely occupied by the Parkview Museum where international contemporary art exhibitions are presented every year.
Design and architecture.
Parkview Square was designed by the US firm James Adams ... | Parkview Square
Parkview Square is an office building located in the Downtown Core Planning Area, Central Region, Singapore. It is situated along North Bridge Road, and is near the major commercial hub at Marina Centre. It is next to Bugis MRT Station, Bugis Junction, and The Gateway, and straddles the Rochor Road and ... | 754 | zeroshot-train |
Philamlife Tower [SEP] architect | is located inside the Makati Central Business District along Paseo de Roxas in Makati, just a few meters away from its intersection with Ayala Avenue. The building is directly across the Ayala Triangle. It is a walk away from most of Makati's other major office buildings including the current tallest building in the co... | buildings in the Philippines
External links.
- Philamlife Tower at Emporis
- Philamlife Tower at Skyscraperpage.com
- Philamlife Tower at Builder Federal | 755 | zeroshot-train |
Piccadilly Tower [SEP] architect | Piccadilly Tower
The Piccadilly Tower (Eastgate or Inacity Tower) is a proposed development designed by Woods Bagot in Manchester city centre, England and could rise again.
History.
The developer proposed to build a 58-storey, 188 m (617 ft) skyscraper.
The tower would have 420 residential units and a 220-bed hotel, a... | The Architect – Dec 1975)
Mitchell appeared on several editions of the BBC show Tomorrow's World. In one appearance he explained a proposal for attaching a series of photoelectric cells to the 30m high flank wall of the Piccadilly Plaza Tower in Manchester.
In the 1980s Mitchell went to work in Qatar for the Royal Fami... | 756 | zeroshot-train |
Plaza 440 [SEP] architect | Plaza 440
Plaza 440 is a 49-story residential condominium building located in downtown Chicago, Illinois.
Originally built in 1992, it underwent a condominium conversion in 2005. The building contains 457 residential units and shares a mixed-use development with a 336-room Marriott hotel and a 400-space parking garage.... | 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... | 757 | zeroshot-train |
Quenby Hall [SEP] architect | Hungarton at the village of Billesdon.
Descent of the manor.
Descent of the manor Ashby family.
The Ashby family acquired an estate in Quenby in the 13th century. By 1563 they had acquired the whole Manor, and soon afterwards moved to enclose and depopulate it.
Quenby Hall was built between 1618 and 1636 by George Ash... | Quenby Hall
Quenby Hall is a Jacobean house in parkland near the villages of Cold Newton and Hungarton, Leicestershire, England. It is described by Pevsner as: "the most important early-seventeenth century house in the county (of Leicestershire)". The Hall is Grade I listed, and the park and gardens grade II, by Englis... | 758 | zeroshot-train |
Radcliffe Camera [SEP] architect | Radcliffe Camera
The Radcliffe Camera (Camera, meaning "room" in Latin; colloquially, "Rad Cam" or "The Camera") is a building of Oxford University, England, designed by James Gibbs in neo-classical style and built in 1737–49 to house the Radcliffe Science Library. It is sited to the south of the Old Bodleian, north of... | end George Dance the Elder won the commission. In 1735, Gavin Hamilton painted "A Conversation of Virtuosis... at the Kings Arms", a group portrait that included Michael Dahl, George Vertue, John Wootton, Gibbs and Rysbrack, along with other artists who were instrumental in bringing the Rococo style to English design a... | 759 | zeroshot-train |
Redfern Town Hall [SEP] architect | Redfern Town Hall
The Redfern Town Hall is a landmark sandstone civic building located in the heart of , New South Wales, Australia. built in 1870 and designed in the Victorian Regency style by George Allen Mansfield. It was the seat of the Municipality of Redfern from 1870 to 1948. It stands at 73 Pitt Street, Redfern... | . He did buy a large block of land in the centre of town. He died in Redfern in 1921 aged 77. In 1936 his descendants subdivided his land and gave a large town allotment to the Catholic Church for the purpose of building a community hall.
Construction of the hall was organised by Rev Dr Gummer and funded by money raise... | 760 | zeroshot-train |
Riparian Plaza [SEP] architect | and was the last waterfront vacant block in the Brisbane CBD. Riparian Plaza provided the first, new, premium office space available in the Brisbane CBD for a decade. The building has a total floor area of approximately . Brisbane Square completed in 2006, was the next major office building constructed in Brisbane.
Con... | 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... | 761 | zeroshot-train |
Rolle Castle [SEP] architect | Rolle Castle
Rolle Castle is a castle in the municipality of Rolle of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
History.
In 1261, the Lords of Mont planned to build a city along the lake that would compete with the Aubonne and Saint-Prex. By around 1264, Rolle Castle was b... | the manor of Beer since the 13th century. Lord Rolle's adoptive heir Hon. Mark Rolle (died 1907) later rebuilt the large parish church of Beer. Rolle's father and Judith's mother procured an Act of Parliament in 1772 enabling the two minors to settle their prospective entailed inheritances into a marriage settlement, t... | 762 | zeroshot-train |
Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re [SEP] architect | Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re
Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re is a Roman Catholic church (minor basilica) in Rome, designed between the 1920s and 1930s by Marcello Piacentini.
History.
The idea for a new church in the newly developed "Quartiere della Vittoria" (literally "District of Victory", named for the victory in World War I)... | Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo in Via Aurelia (1991)
- Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re (1965)
- Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio (1921)
- Cuore Immacolato di Maria (1959)
- Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura (ancient)
- Basilica of Sant'Agostino (1999)
- Santi Ambrogio e Carlo (1929)
- Basilica di Sant'Anastasia al Palatino (... | 763 | zeroshot-train |
Salginatobel Bridge [SEP] architect | Salginatobel Bridge
Salginatobel Bridge is a reinforced concrete arch bridge designed by Swiss civil engineer Robert Maillart. It was constructed across an alpine valley in Schiers, Switzerland between 1929 and 1930. In 1991, it was declared an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, the thirteenth such stru... | - Figi, Heinrich. "Rehabilitation of the Salginatobel Bridge". Structural Engineering International, 1/2000.
- Leonhardt, Fritz. "Bridges: Aesthetics and Design". The MIT Press, Cambridge, USA, 1984.
- Maillart, Robert. "Construction and Aesthetic of Bridges". The Concrete Way, May–June 1935.
External links.
- (include... | 764 | zeroshot-train |
Spasskaya Tower [SEP] architect | Spasskaya Tower
The Spasskaya Tower (), translated as 'Saviour Tower', is the main tower on the eastern wall of the Moscow Kremlin which overlooks the Red Square.
History.
The Spasskaya Tower was built in 1491 by the Italian architect Pietro Antonio Solari. Initially, it was named the Frolovskaya Tower after the Church... | and Christopher Galloway (a Scottish architect and clock maker). According to a number of historical accounts, the clock on the Spasskaya Tower appeared between 1491 and 1585. It is usually referred to as the Kremlin chimes (Кремлёвские куранты) and designates official Moscow Time. The clock face has a diameter of 20 f... | 765 | zeroshot-train |
Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini [SEP] architect | Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini
Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini (formerly known as Stadio Olimpico Comunale) is a multi-use stadium in Grosseto, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of U.S. Grosseto F.C.. The stadium holds 10,200.
During the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, the stad... | F.C. at the Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini, for the Lega Pro championship.
External links.
- iltalentocheverra.it | 766 | zeroshot-train |
Stadio San Nicola [SEP] architect | Stadio San Nicola
The Stadio San Nicola () is a multi-use all-seater stadium designed by Renzo Piano in Bari, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of F.C. Bari 1908. The stadium itself resembles a 'flower'. To create this particular design, the stadium consists of 26 'petals' ... | Verona
- Stadio Mario Rigamonti – Brescia
- Stadio Olimpico – Rome
- Stadio Olimpico di Torino – Turin
- Stadio Renato Dall'Ara – Bologna
- Stadio Renzo Barbera – Palermo
- Stadio San Filippo – Messina
- Stadio San Nicola – Bari
- Stadio San Paolo – Naples
- Stadio Sant'Elia – Cagliari
- Stadio Via del Mare – Lecce
- V... | 767 | zeroshot-train |
Stockholm Public Library [SEP] architect | Stockholm Public Library
Stockholm Public Library (Swedish: "Stockholms stadsbibliotek" or "Stadsbiblioteket") is a library building in Stockholm, Sweden, designed by Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund, and one of the city's most notable structures. The name is today used for both the main library itself as well as the m... | of this time period include public buildings such as the Royal Swedish Opera and private developments such as the luxury housing developments on Strandvägen.
In the 20th century, a nationalistic push spurred a new architectural style inspired by medieval and renaissance ancestry as well as influences of the Jugend / Ar... | 768 | zeroshot-train |
Stoneywell [SEP] architect | Stoneywell
Stoneywell is a National Trust property in Ulverscroft, a dispersed settlement in Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire. Stoneywell is the largest of a small group of cottages designed in the Arts and Crafts style by Ernest Gimson. It was built in collaboration with Detmar Blow in 1899 for Ernest's brother Sydney... | Wood.
Stoneywell Wood is an area of ancient woodland adjoining the house and gardens. of the wood belong to Stoneywell, which, along with of garden are open to the public. Stoneywell Wood as a whole occupies some of deciduous semi-natural woodland, and is part of the Ulverscroft Valley SSSI (Site of Special Scientific ... | 769 | zeroshot-train |
Teatro Colón [SEP] architect | . The second presentation was Thomas' "Hamlet" with the baritone Titta Ruffo During the inaugural season seventeen operas were performed with famous stars such as Ruffo, Feodor Chaliapin in Boito's "Mefistofele", Antonio Paoli in Verdi's "Otello".
The cornerstone of the present Teatro Colón was laid in 1889 under the d... | the Teatro Colón. Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss, Claude Debussy, Enrique Granados and Joaquín Rodrigo. Sep 11 1965, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina (EKR CD P2 Eklipse).
- Ludwig Hoelscher / Bernard Michelin: TBS Vintage Classics. Henry Eccles, Manuel de Falla and Camille Saint-Saëns, May 29, 1960, Osaka ABC Hal... | 770 | zeroshot-train |
Temple des Augustins [SEP] architect | Temple des Augustins
The Temple des Augustins (French for "Temple of the Augustinians", alternatively "Eglise des Augustins"; Dutch: "Augustijnenkerk") in Brussels was a baroque-style church designed by the architect Jacob Franquart and erected in 1621–1642. It was located on De Brouckère Square in the centre of Brusse... | by Rohault de Fleury as the architect of the Opéra in 1846 and shortly after the February Revolution of 1848 was dismissed as inspector general.
Among his students and apprentices was Antoine-Nicolas Bailly.
Achievements.
- Restoration of several theaters and buildings of the École des Beaux-Arts (1822–1832), set in th... | 771 | zeroshot-train |
The Beresford [SEP] architect | The Beresford
The Beresford, at 211 Central Park West, between 81st and 82nd Streets, is a luxury, 23-floor "pre-war" apartment building in New York City.
Overview.
Designed by the architect Emery Roth, The Beresford, completed in 1929, is one of the most prestigious addresses in Manhattan and one of the city's most el... | :
- 1915–1917 Lieutenant-General Walter Congreve
- 1917–1918 Lieutenant-General Frederick McCracken
- March 1918 – April 1918 Lieutenant-General Beauvoir De Lisle
- Jun 1940 – Feb 1941 Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor
- Apr–Sep 1941 Lieutenant-General Noel Beresford-Peirse
- Sep 1941 – Feb 1942 Lieutenant-General Re... | 772 | zeroshot-train |
The Continental NYC [SEP] architect | The Continental NYC
The Continental NYC, originally known as Tower 111, is a 53-story, 338-unit luxury rental skyscraper designed by architect Costas Kondylis in the New York City borough of Manhattan at 885 Sixth Avenue and 32nd Street in Midtown Manhattan.
References.
Notes | Halifax - Liverpool)
- Convoy ON.121 (12 Aug 1942: Liverpool - Dispersed)
- Convoy BX.35B (Aug 1942: Boston - Halifax)
- Convoy ON.127 (Sep 1942: Liverpool - NYC)
- Convoy SC.99 (Sep 1942: Halifax - Liverpool)
- Convoy ON.128 (Sep 1942: Liverpool - NYC)
- Convoy SC.103 (Sep 1942: NYC - Liverpool)
- Convoy ON.135 (Oct 1... | 773 | zeroshot-train |
The Four Columns [SEP] architect | The Four Columns
The Four Columns ("Les Quatre Columnes" in Catalan) are four Ionic columns originally created by Josep Puig i Cadafalch in Barcelona, Spain. They were erected in 1919, where the Magic Fountain of Montjuïc now stands.
They symbolized the four stripes of the Catalan senyera, and they were intended to bec... | related monuments.
The Four Freedoms monument in Evansville, Indiana was designed by Evansville architect Rupert Condict. It consists of four 24-foot tall, ionic Indiana limestone columns, each with the inscription on it of one of the four freedoms. Surrounding these central columns are 50 uniformly shaped blocks repre... | 774 | zeroshot-train |
Torre Picasso [SEP] architect | Torre Picasso
Torre Picasso (Picasso Tower) is a skyscraper in Madrid, Spain designed by Minoru Yamasaki. From 1988 until 2007 it was the tallest building in Madrid, measuring and with 43 floors. Torre Picasso is located next to the Pablo Picasso Square, within the commercial complex AZCA along the Paseo de la Castella... | singer, host and model
- Paloma Picasso (born 1949), fashion designer and businesswoman, daughter of Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot
- Picasso Nelson (born 1973), American football player
- Renzo Picasso (1880–1975), Italian architect, engineer, and urban planner and designer
Places.
- Torre Picasso (Picasso Tower), ... | 775 | zeroshot-train |
Urbis [SEP] architect | Urbis
Urbis was an exhibition and museum in Manchester, England, designed by Ian Simpson. The building opened in June 2002 as part of the redevelopment of Exchange Square known as the Millennium Quarter. Urbis was commissioned as a 'Museum of the City' but visitor numbers were lower than expected and a switch was made ... | N.S. Alessandro VII." A rival publication documenting these projects was published by Rossi's cousin Giovanni Battista de Rossi who employed the young Flemish architectural draughtsman Lieven Cruyl to produce drawings of Rome, 10 of which were published in 1666 under the title "Prospectus Locorum Urbis Romae Insignium"... | 776 | zeroshot-train |
Utzon Center [SEP] architect | Utzon Center
The Utzon Center in Aalborg, Denmark, was the last building to be designed by Jørn Utzon, the architect behind the Sydney Opera House. In collaboration with his son Kim who provided the final construction drawings, he planned the centre not as a museum but as a place where students of architecture could me... | Kim Utzon of Kim Utzon Architects in collaboration with Australian architect Tyrone James Cobcroft of Terroir Architects, centered on the concept of the building as an "urban hinge" linking the historic city center of Malmö to the docklands. The new facilities essentially doubled the University’s floor space.
Organizat... | 777 | zeroshot-train |
Vaux-le-Vicomte [SEP] architect | Vaux-le-Vicomte
The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte is a baroque French château located in Maincy, near Melun, southeast of Paris in the Seine-et-Marne "département" of France.
Built between 1658 to 1661 for Nicolas Fouquet, Marquis de Belle Île, Viscount of Melun and Vaux, the superintendent of finances of Louis XIV, the c... | Claude Desgots
Claude Desgots (or Desgotz; c. 1658 – 1732) was a French architect and landscape architect, who designed French formal gardens in France and England. He worked with and was strongly influenced by André Le Nôtre, the designer of the gardens at Vaux-le-Vicomte and Versailles that set the pattern for grand ... | 778 | zeroshot-train |
Verdala Palace [SEP] architect | - Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan dictator
- Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia
- Nicolae Ceaușescu, President of Romania
- Giovanni Leone, President of Italy
Since 1987, the Verdala Palace has been in use as the summer residence of the President of Malta, and it is generally closed to the public except for the August Mo... | Verdala
Verdala may refer to:
- Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle (1531–1595), Grand Master of the Order of St. John
- Verdala Palace, a palace in Siġġiewi, Malta
- Fort Verdala, a fort in Cospicua, Malta
- Verdala International School, a school in Pembroke, Malta | 779 | zeroshot-train |
Villa Bílek [SEP] architect | Villa Bílek
The Villa Bílek () is a house designed by the Czech sculptor and architect František Bílek in 1911. The villa is located in Hradčany neighbourhood of Prague, Czech Republic, several minutes walk from Hradčanská metro station or Prague Castle. It was designed originally for Bílek himself as his residence and... | corn sheaves which evoke Egyptian architecture. Through this building Bílek, who was a deeply religious artist, tried to express his view on substance of life.
Villa Bílek has been maintained by Gallery of the Capital City of Prague () since 1963. It houses a public exposition that introduces many works by Bílek, as we... | 780 | zeroshot-train |
Villa Caldogno [SEP] architect | Villa Caldogno
Villa Caldogno (also known as Caldogno Nordera) is a villa in the Veneto region of Italy, which is attributed to Andrea Palladio. It was built for the aristocratic Caldogno family on their estate in the village of Caldogno near Vicenza. It is also known as the "Villa Nordera" after Dr. Ettore Nordera who... | 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... | 781 | zeroshot-train |
Villa Cook [SEP] architect | Villa Cook
Villa Cook or Maison Cook is a house built by the noted architect Le Corbusier, located in Boulogne-sur-Seine, France.
History of the commission.
William Edwards Cook's father died in 1924, at which time he became an heir (along with a sister and two brothers) to a substantial amount of money. In connection ... | styles: Romanesque Revival, Tudor Revival and Shingle style. The church was designated a New York City landmark in 1980.
- Henry Hudson Memorial Park features a bronze statue of Henry Hudson sculpted by Karl Bitter and Karl Gruppe on top of a Doric column by architect Walter Cook of the firm of Babb, Cook & Willard.
- ... | 782 | zeroshot-train |
Villa Empain [SEP] architect | Villa Empain
The Villa Empain is a private house in the Art Deco style in Brussels, Belgium built in 1930–34 by Swiss architect Michel Polak. It was commissioned by Baron Louis Empain, son of the Belgian industrialist Édouard Empain. Since its restoration in 2009–11, it has been open to the public.
History.
History Ba... | /ref
Further reading.
- Carlo R. Chapelle, "La Voie lactée ou quelques notes concernant l'hôtel Empain", Bruxelles, 2007 ].
- Hôtel Empain Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 67, Online Inventory of the architectural heritage of Brussels online, www.irismonument.be
External links.
- Website of Villa Empain | 783 | zeroshot-train |
Villa Repeta [SEP] architect | Villa Repeta
Villa Repeta is a patrician villa in Campiglia dei Berici, province of Vicenza, northern Italy. It was built in 1672, substituting a pre-existing villa designed by Andrea Palladio about 1557 and destroyed by a fire.
The villa which Palladio built for Mario Repeta — or at least the initial results of his bu... | Emo, for Leonardo Emo, Fanzolo di Vedelago, Province of Treviso
- 1556 (built 1563 – 1567): Villa Thiene, for Francesco Thiene and sons, Cicogna di Villafranca Padovana, Province of Padua (unfinished; only a "barchessa" remaining)
- 1560 ? (built after 1563 – before 1565; after 1570 ?): Villa Repeta, for Mario Repeta, ... | 784 | zeroshot-train |
Villa Zeno [SEP] architect | Villa Zeno
Villa Zeno is a patrician villa at Cessalto, Veneto, northern Italy, and is the most easterly villa designed by Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. The building is near the highway between Venice and Trieste, but was built to face a canal which served as the primary means of arrival.
History.
Palladio's b... | fire)
- 1891 Jul 4: Silver Grove Park, Kentucky.(with Mile Hortennse)
- 1891 Aug - Sept: Wenona Beach Resort, Michigan.(With Madame Alice Zeno)
- 1891 Oct 13 - 17: Cincinnati, Ohio - Humane Society Horse Fair.(Zeno and his (1st?) wife)
- 1894 Jul 25: Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- 1894 Oct 16 - 19: Sumter, South Carolina - ... | 785 | zeroshot-train |
Walter Rudin House [SEP] architect | Walter Rudin House
The Walter Rudin House is a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Marshall Erdman prefab building located at 110 Marinette Trail, Madison, Wisconsin. Designed in 1957, it is the first of the only two examples of the second type (known as Prefab #2) of the Marshall Erdman Prefab Houses. This house and the James... | that every metric space is paracompact were somewhat involved, but Rudin provided an elementary one.
"Reading the articles of Mary Ellen Rudin, studying them until there is no mystery takes hours and hours; but those hours are rewarded, the student obtains power to which few have access. They are not hard to read, they... | 786 | zeroshot-train |
Weedpatch Camp [SEP] architect | . The FSA also provided help locating work. The first administrator of Weedpatch Camp was Tom Collins.
Between April 1935 and December 1936, the federal government's New Deal Resettlement Administration (RA) had relocated many struggling rural and urban families to planned communities. Weedpatch Camp, however, was con... | "The Grapes of Wrath)" as "Weedpatch Camp". This camp was a government rescue center for distressed migrant workers fleeing the Oklahoma Dust Bowl, during the Great Depression. The camp still aids migrant workers.
The camp is south of Weedpatch on Sunset just off Weedpatch Hwy.
Demographics.
The 2010 United States Cens... | 787 | zeroshot-train |
West Block [SEP] architect | since its original completion in 1865. Though not as renowned as the Centre Block of parliament, the West Block appears on the obverse of the Canadian five-dollar bill. The West Block has not typically been open for public tours; however, with the opening of the interim House of Commons in January 2019, tours will comm... | behind glass. It also served as the concert venue for performance by the Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Edward Lee Alley. It was designed by architect Edward Durell Stone. It would also play host to the University of California Marching Band which had financed its own way to the fair under the d... | 788 | zeroshot-train |
Whitehall Court [SEP] architect | Whitehall Court
Whitehall Court in London, England, is one contiguous building but consists of two separate constructions; the end occupied by the National Liberal Club was designed by Alfred Waterhouse, the major part (including the Royal Horseguards Hotel) was designed by Archer & Green.
The Royal Horseguards Hotel,... | was held in a pub, the Hereford Arms, in King Street, Covent Garden. By April 1893 the club has secured rooms at the York Hotel in Bridge Street, Blackfriars. After several further moves, the club settled on some rooms at 2 Whitehall Court, which it occupied between 1904 and 1942. Whitehall Court is an apartment block ... | 789 | zeroshot-train |
Wills Memorial Building [SEP] architect | Wills Memorial Building
The Wills Memorial Building (also known as the Wills Memorial Tower or simply the Wills Tower) is a Neo Gothic building designed by Sir George Oatley and built as a memorial to Henry Overton Wills III by his sons George and Henry Wills. Begun in 1915 and not opened until 1925, it is considered o... | of Bath Stone, and the Wills Tower, which is the dominant feature of the Wills Memorial Building, is constructed in reinforced concrete faced with Bath and Clipsham stone. Bristol's Cabot Tower was also faced with Bath Stone. Arno's Court Triumphal Arch was built from Bath stone in about 1760, and was later dismantled ... | 790 | zeroshot-train |
Wrocław Market Hall [SEP] architect | Wrocław Market Hall
Wrocław Market Hall (, ) was designed by Richard Plüddemann and built between 1906-08 as the "Breslauer Markthalle Nr 1", when the city was part of Germany. It is situated by Ulica Piaskowa ("Sandstraße"), at the junction of Plac Nankiera ("Ritterplatz") and Ulica Sw. Ducha ("Heiligegeiststraße") cl... | Market Square, Wrocław
The Market Square, Wrocław (, ) is a medieval market square in Wrocław, in southwestern Poland. The square is rectangular with the dimensions and now serves as a pedestrian zone. It is one of the largest market squares in Europe, with the largest two city halls in the country.
The buildings aroun... | 791 | zeroshot-train |
Østervold Observatory [SEP] architect | Hertzsprung and the American astronomer Henry Norris Russell). Around 1950, he developed the UVBYß photoelectric system, which is still in use today.
In the 1950s, the Østervold Observatory was replaced by the Brorfelde Observatory located near the town of Holbæk, it was provided with a very fine meridian circle and a ... | Østervold Observatory
Østervold Observatory (or Copenhagen University Observatory; ) is a former astronomical observatory (IAU code 035) in Copenhagen, Denmark owned and operated by the University of Copenhagen (Københavns Universitet). It opened in 1861 as a replacement for the University's old observatory at Rundetår... | 792 | zeroshot-train |
125 Greenwich Street [SEP] architect | 125 Greenwich Street
125 Greenwich Street (also known as 22 Thames Street) is a residential skyscraper being built in the Financial District in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Located at 130 Liberty Street, the tower is two blocks south of One World Trade Center and directly across from the site of the demolished Deuts... | do not stop on, the street:
- The crosstown M8 bus crosses Greenwich Street in both directions, westbound on Christopher Street and eastbound on West 10th Street.
- The crosstown M21 bus crosses Greenwich Street in both directions, westbound on Houston Street and eastbound on Spring Street.
See also.
- 388 Greenwich St... | 793 | zeroshot-train |
84 Plymouth Grove [SEP] architect | the house for various years. However, in May 2011 their project was marred by the theft of the lead roof, which caused "extensive damage" according to the BBC. On completion of the £2.5m restoration, the building was reopened to the public on 5 October 2014.
History.
84 Plymouth Grove was designed in the Greek Revival ... | 84 Plymouth Grove.
History Meta Gaskell's death.
In 1913 Meta Gaskell, the last of the Gaskells residing at Plymouth Grove, died, ending the family's 63 year occupancy of the villa. Meta was not, however, the last living Gaskell daughter. Marianne Gaskell, the eldest child, lived until 1920. Marianne, a married woman ... | 794 | zeroshot-train |
Albert and Edith Adelman House [SEP] architect | Albert and Edith Adelman House
The Albert and Edith Adelman House is a mid-scale home in Fox Point, Wisconsin designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1948.
In 1948 Albert "Ollie" Adelman and wife Edith had three young sons (Lynn, Gary & Craig), when Ollie asked Frank Lloyd Wright to design a home for the family on ... | business in the Milwaukee area. Wright designed a number of projects for the Adelman family, including a laundry plant, three
homes for Benjamin, and two for Albert. Of these, only this house and the Benjamin Adelman Residence in Phoenix (1951), were actually built. Wright's first design for the house, with brick wall... | 795 | zeroshot-train |
Ames Building [SEP] architect | Located at 1 Court Street and Washington Mall in downtown Boston, the Ames Building was designed by the architectural firm of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge in Richardsonian Romanesque and paid for by Frederick L. Ames. It is the second tallest masonry load bearing-wall structure in the world, exceeded only by the Monadno... | F. L. Ames Gardener's Cottage
The F. L. Ames Gardener's Cottage is a small residential house in North Easton, Massachusetts. This building was designed in 1884 by noted American architect Henry Hobson Richardson and built the following year. This building sits on the original Ames estate and was designed soon after the... | 796 | zeroshot-train |
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church [SEP] architect | Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States, was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1956, and completed in 1961. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The church is one of Wright's last works; construction was completed after ... | Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral of New England
The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral of New England is a historic Greek Orthodox Church at 514 Parker Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Classical Revival church was designed by Hachadoor Demoorjian and built in 1923; design work of its interior included consu... | 797 | zeroshot-train |
Archeological Museum of Seville [SEP] architect | Archeological Museum of Seville
The Archeological Museum of Seville (Spanish: "Museo Arqueológico de Sevilla") is a museum in Seville, southern Spain, housed in the "Pabellón del Renacimiento", one of the pavilions designed by the architect Aníbal González . These pavilions at the Plaza de España were created for the I... | displaying a replica while the original treasure was locked in a safe, the Archeological Museum of Seville has put the original artifacts on permanent display since January 2012. A replica is on display in the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid.
External links.
- Archaeological Museum of Seville - item descriptio... | 798 | zeroshot-train |
Atlantic-Haus [SEP] architect | Atlantic-Haus
Atlantic-Haus is an 88 m high-rise office building in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg. Designed by Munich-based architect Thomas Herzog and completed in 2007, the Atlantic-Haus is part of a cluster of high-rises at Hamburg's "Hafenkrone", an area between the St. Pauli Piers and St. Pauli's Reeperbahn di... | Busse, Hans Walter Hütter, Judith Koppetsch, Wolfgang Pehnt, Heinrich Welfing, Udo Wengst (Autoren), Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland/Wüstenrot Stiftung Ludwigsburg (Hg.): "Kanzlerbungalow", Prestel, München 2009,
- Burkhard Körner: "Der Kanzlerbungalow von Sep Ruf in Bonn." In: "Bonner Gesch... | 799 | zeroshot-train |
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