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Your town's best building? [Mobile] - BigSoccer BigSoccer > Not Soccer Related > Art & Architecture > Your town's best building? PDA View Full Version : Your town's best building? Jayfil12 Feb 2007, 09:24 AMI get to travel quite a bit for work and I'm always curious to see what locals view as their best buildings when I'm taken on an architecture tour. Some of it is taste of course, and I think sometimes people put too great a focus on something being by a big name architect even if it isn't their best stuff. Here in Baltimore we're lucky to have some very good buildings of just about every style, period, and type. Many of our best are Catholic churches though, and I don't think many people would argue with Latrobe's Baltimore Basilica as our best building. It's tough to photograph, but here are some from the web: http://www.baltimorebasilica.org/gallery/content/45895085290f7.jpg http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2006/03/17/PH2006031701774.jpg http://www.jcu.edu/library/johncarr/basilica.gif To me this is the finest building of the Early Republic, although I'm sure Bullfinch, Jefferson, and Mills fans might argue. Jayfil12 Feb 2007, 09:32 AMAnd while I'm at it, I thought I'd narrow the scope a little bit. Since I live in a big city it's perhaps more sensible to define my "town" as my neighborhood. Upper Fells Point is 4 blocks by 4 blocks, almost entirely consisting of 2.5 storey rowhouses from the Greek Revival period. We have a few landmark buildings, again both Catholic churches: St. Michael: http://oriole.umd.edu/~mddlmddl/791/communities/media/hisp4.jpg and St. Patrick: http://oriole.umd.edu/~mddlmddl/791/communities/media/stpatricks.gif Obviously these are both pretty high-style ecclesiastical buildings, Richardsonian Romanesque and Gothic Revival respectively. What's your town/city's best building? Matt in the Hat12 Feb 2007, 09:52 AMhttp://www.hallwall.com/central1.jpg the CRRNJ Railroad Ferry Terminal - The Gateway to America or http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/30hudson.jpg/200px-30hudson.jpg The Golman Sachs Tower Jayfil12 Feb 2007, 10:19 AMthe CRRNJ Railroad Ferry Terminal - The Gateway to America Wow! Is that still used as a ferry/train station? That's kind of a wild mix of a bunch of Victorian styles. Totally dig it. Matt in the Hat12 Feb 2007, 11:08 AMWow! Is that still used as a ferry/train station? That's kind of a wild mix of a bunch of Victorian styles. Totally dig it. Kinda. The railroad station is no more, even though all of the platforms are still intact. The ferry terminal side is used for the boats from Jersey City to the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island and the terminal building is used for social events. But the coolest thing about it is that if your family came through Ellis Island but did not settle in NY, they went though that terminal. Lots of history. BTW, my grandparents were married in St Michael in Baltimore. art12 Feb 2007, 02:32 PMPortland's got some great old buildings, one of my fves being the custom house: http://www.airforcebase.net/personal/architecture/US_Customs_Bldg_Portland_ME_200405.JPG art12 Feb 2007, 02:34 PMor the 1807 Observation Tower http://www.portlandlandmarks.org/portland_observatory/portland_observatory.jpg johan neeskens13 Feb 2007, 04:28 AMIn Enschede, the building with the most historical interest probably is our synagogue: http://www.enschede-stad.nl/gebedshuizen.php?gebouw=Synagoge&foto=1 In terms of architectural interest, probably our city hall, a product of the Delftse architectural school, designed by Friedoff and built in 1930: http://www.enschede-stad.nl/gebouwen.php?gebouw=Stadhuis&foto=1 Burkies Ginger Mop13 Feb 2007, 07:03 AMHmmmm. Well technically I grew up in a village! :) It's best or most famous building is India of Inchinnan where they built the first air ships. Art Deco building. Listed. It was derlict for until a computer company took over it and revamped it. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/India_of_Inchinnan_from_North.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/India_of_Inchinnan_from_South.jpg Jayfil13 Feb 2007, 09:19 AMGreat stuff! I actually have a postcard of that Portland Observation Tower on my filing cabinet at work. The rear addition on the India of Inchinnan building is pretty sweet. Despite having every reason not to be compatible I think it works quite well. Which village is that exactly? Burkies Ginger Mop13 Feb 2007, 09:43 AMGreat stuff! I actually have a postcard of that Portland Observation Tower on my filing cabinet at work. The rear addition on the India of Inchinnan building is pretty sweet. Despite having every reason not to be compatible I think it works quite well. Which village is that exactly? I believe the design is some sort of tribute to airships from above. A tiny little village called Inchinnan on the outskirts of Glasgow. Katie!13 Feb 2007, 10:11 AMMy favorite in Baton Rouge is the Old State Capital building: http://www.censusfinder.com/images/laoldstatecapitol.jpg http://media.louisianatravel.com/images/photos/docs/low/low_old%20stcapital.jpg warmblooded13 Feb 2007, 01:42 PMThe Watts Towers http://www.arts.ufl.edu/ART/RT_ROOM/watts/tower2.html FiveToOne13 Feb 2007, 02:30 PMThat is a very tough question...the Colosseo, St. Peter's, Vittore Emanuel... Jayfil13 Feb 2007, 05:34 PMThat is a very tough question...the Colosseo, St. Peter's, Vittore Emanuel... Ok, I'll give you that it's extra tough in places like Rome to pick one building. It's not that much easier in a place like Baltimore. Still, I'll help you out: Vittorio Emmanuel's monument definitely doesn't belong in the same breath with those others. But then again, the Pantheon does. Crap. I didn't help at all. Anyway, it's all cool. It's great to see some of these really interesting buildings, many of which you never hear about in the 47 architectural history classes I've taken... I've been trying to dig up some photos on the internet of the town I grew up in but it's pretty obscure and I haven't come up with anything. Maybe I'll take some this weekend when I'm home. FiveToOne15 Feb 2007, 02:24 AMYes, there are so many amazing examples of architechture, it is hard to choose. And the V. Emanuelle monument is stunning. Back in the USA, I always found that every town had a few noteworthy buildings: the city hall and any Carnegie library. It does not matter if it is the east coast, south, or midwest, most have great examples of these. In the west, the adobe style structures of Sante Fe, Albuquerque, and the missions in Arizona and New Mexico are also on par with anything you'll see over here. Toonі15 Feb 2007, 04:36 AMNewcastle Central Station http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/Newcastlestationext.jpg Might not be the prettiest building in Newcastle, we are spoilt for choice but I think it's our best building due to the sheer scale of it, built over 150 years ago and it still dwarfs many modern buildings. malby15 Feb 2007, 08:19 AMNewgrange http://witcombe.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/images/newgrange1.jpg Beat that! Dr. Know16 Feb 2007, 03:01 PMhttp://www.suagm.edu/congreso_suagm/newweb/convention_06g.jpg Convention Center http://www.sanjuanbeachhotel.com/newsite/images/elMorro.jpg El Morro http://www.baurock.ru/tbr/puerto/PR%20Old%20San%20Juan.jpg Old San Juan architecture in general. Crimen y Castigo20 Feb 2007, 01:47 PMHerzong and Meuron's new De Young Museum in SF. which is plunked in the middle of Golden Gate Park. http://www.arcspace.com/architects/herzog_meuron/de_young/4deyoung.jpg http://www.arcspace.com/architects/herzog_meuron/de_young/13deyoung.jpg The building's outer layer -- or skin -- is really amazing, with a seemingly random, non-repeating pattern... http://thegogglesdonothing.com/photos/d/165-2/de_young_skin ..but is in fact based on photographic data: " The building’s copper skin is on an accelerated path to antiquity, and will turn green as it oxidises over the next ten years, making the building recede deeper into the surrounding forest. The 3,600 unique copper panels are embossed and perforated to varying degrees in pixelated patterns derived from photographs of the park’s arboreal canopy – albeit abstracted to the point where the source is unrecognisable. In places, such as on the tower and the porch, the cladding is as diaphanous as a veil: elsewhere it resembles camouflage netting or tree bark. " Crimen y Castigo20 Feb 2007, 01:52 PMThree more: http://images.businessweek.com/ss/05/12/deyoung/image/cafe.jpg http://images.businessweek.com/ss/05/12/deyoung/image/front_entrance.jpg http://images.businessweek.com/ss/05/12/deyoung/image/tower.jpg Own Goal Hat-Trick21 Feb 2007, 09:01 PMthere are a lot of cool ones in denver... Jayfil22 Feb 2007, 02:13 PMthere are a lot of cool ones in denver... True. I like the Brown Palace: http://www.brownpalace.com/images/photo_large_26.jpg http://www.brownpalace.com/images/photo_large_25.jpg if for no other reason than that it's haunted. Jayfil22 Feb 2007, 02:16 PMHerzong and Meuron's new De Young Museum in SF. which is plunked in the middle of Golden Gate Park. Very impressive. I love the use of materials. It's appropriate for Northern California too, given Julia Morgan's influence. Speed_Racer25 Feb 2007, 07:15 PMJust taken this month. The Capitol Records Stylus, Hollywood, CA. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y229/TewDollars69/CapitolStylus01.jpg My adoptive town (I married a Valley Girl). nicodemus28 Feb 2007, 08:04 PMTuscaloosa, AL: Probably the President's Mansion at the University of Alabama. There aren't many buildings like this around here because a lot of stuff was torched during the Civil War. http://www.earmyu.ua.edu/images/tour/president.jpg http://www.southerngent.org/tuscaloosa/mansion_azaleas.jpg quentinc04 Mar 2007, 06:02 PMOur most noteworthy: http://www.ee.ucla.edu/~kansal/pics/sanantonio/original/001%20alamo%201.jpg The Tower Life building, which I'm partial to, since my great grandfather was one of the head engineers. http://top20sanantonio.com/encyclopedia/images/thumb/b/b0/San_Antonio_downtown.jpg/250px-San_Antonio_downtown.jpg You can see the Tower of the Americas - our other famous structure - to the left. http://home.satx.rr.com/dkitephotography/Webpage_files/image044.jpg quentinc04 Mar 2007, 06:03 PMWe also have a few Spanish missions (other than the Alamo), the most notable being Mission San Jose: http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/feature/hispanic/2005/San%20Jose.jpg http://rvforsaleguide.com/images/mission-san-jose-picture.jpg TheSlipperyOne07 Mar 2007, 10:24 AMIt's not my favorite but the Denver Public Library is one of many cool buildings here: http://www.homeandabroad.com/s/siteImages/1/84168.jpg Daniel from Montrйal07 Mar 2007, 07:13 PMI'm a big fan of our Big O, even though it's completely run down. It's so different from any other stadium before or since. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/pusman83/Olympiastadion_Montreal.jpg People will usually list the Notre-Dame basilica or the (massive) Oratoir Saint-Joseph as the best building in Montreal. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/48/N-d-de-montreal2.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/pusman83/Niagara-Canada_714.jpg Jayfil08 Mar 2007, 02:34 PMI also love Stade Olympique. So many good memories of bad baseball...seen from the front row because there were only 5,000 people at the game. I went to a lot of games as a kid in the early 80s too though, so I remember what that stadium was like with a good enthusiastic crowd. It's too bad it never worked properly. Notre-Dame is nice too, but I think it's really the interior that blows people away. RichardL08 Mar 2007, 05:36 PMin a town not overblessed with attractive buildings, it could well be my old school http://www.eastpark.co.uk/assets/images/easthamptstead_main.jpg http://www.gefrdi.co.uk/wedding/images/tn_East_Park.jpg http://www.auricularacupuncture.org.uk/easthampsteadpark.jpg SABuffalo78618 Mar 2007, 11:31 AMThere's a lot of great architecture in Buffalo, but I would say City Hall's probably the best. Good example of Depression-era Art Deco http://www.world-guides.com/images/buffalo/buffalo_city_hall.jpg http://www.ci.buffalo.ny.us/files/1_2_1/city_hall/frieze.jpg http://mgt.buffalo.edu/Images/city_hall.jpg forzaboston18 Mar 2007, 11:41 AMwow. that is the city hall in buffalo? i had no idea. very cool. SABuffalo78618 Mar 2007, 04:59 PMOur Lady of Victory Basillica located in Lackawanna, NY. Just South of the city. http://www.lorrainebartlett.com/llb/photos/p.basilica.front.SM.jpg http://www.victoriansociety.org/images/P1010048.JPG http://www.ourladyofvictory.org/Basilica/basmainaltar.jpeg Cabster2219 Mar 2007, 07:22 AMhttp://www.usconstitution.com/t001320b.jpg BTW... ^^^ those pics of the basilica look just like the national shrine in DC.. SABuffalo78619 Mar 2007, 11:12 AMNope, that's Father Baker's church right in the heart of WNY. EDIT: That roof shot is in fact the National Basillica. :D The other two are definitely ours. My mistake. AFCA27 Mar 2007, 04:14 PMAlmost finished, "Marchand" condo in west A'dam near the city centre. http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/9648/pc121638zbd7.jpg http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/4168/pa090113zsb8.jpg Just a pick. ASU55RR02 Apr 2007, 08:30 PMhttp://www.sunshineestates.net/reg_sum/reg_sum_images/czech-republic/prague-river-large.gif top that :cool: el-capitano02 Apr 2007, 11:18 PMtop that :cool: I'll match your Prague Castle and raise you a Sydney Opera House!! :D http://www.sydney-photos.info/picture/3-opera-house-at-night.jpg RealMadGunner03 Apr 2007, 02:26 AMWow !! Those are some impressive buildings there .. Well, if temples count, here's one .. http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/South India/South2003/BHS/Halebid3.jpg Temple in Halebid, India .. This is not really massive, but i love the fine art on the walls !! Cheezymadman07 Apr 2007, 07:08 PMI'd say the University Library here in Ashland, Ohio. http://www.ashland.edu/library/info/3lib3-5.jpg http://personal.ashland.edu/%7Eartpicbk/bixler.JPG Doesn't look that great from the outside, but the view from the 8th floor is spectacular. i'll try to get a picture next week when i get back to campus. Hrvat07 Apr 2007, 07:33 PMThe Croatian National Theatre http://www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr/gallery/12/Croatian_National_Theatre2.jpg.jpg or the Cathedral http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/The_Zagreb_Chatedral_2.jpg pippomo10 Apr 2007, 12:25 PMDuomo di Modena 1099 AD http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Modena-Ghirlandina.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/Modena_Cathedral_facade.jpg ASU55RR11 Apr 2007, 04:00 PMI'll match your Prague Castle and raise you a Sydney Opera House!! :D ... all in jublejini synagoga (Jubilee Synagogue) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Prague_-_Jerusalemer_Synagoge.jpg Tancici Dum (Dancing House) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Prag_ginger_u_fred_gehry.jpg ASU55RR11 Apr 2007, 04:01 PMTyn http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Thyn-Kirche.jpg Rudolfinum (I spent a year [my triumphant return] at Univerzita Karlova Filozoficka Fakulta which is also on this square [Namesti Jana Palacha]) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Prag_rudolfinum.jpg Vysehrad (where Prague began) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Vy%C5%A1ehrad-kostel4.jpg ASU55RR11 Apr 2007, 04:02 PMStrahovsky Klaster http://www.discoverczech.com/apictures/z_prague/prague/his/strahovmonastery/strahovmonastery_v.jpg Troja http://www.zamky-hrady.cz/1/img/troja_poz.jpg ASU55RR11 Apr 2007, 04:04 PMMuzeum http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/SaintWenceslasSquare.jpg and the most wonderful sight in all of Prague :D http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/76/Staropramen.jpg I could post more, but I feel I've made my point ASU55RR11 Apr 2007, 04:25 PMAnd I shouldn't forget the cities I've lived in since arriving in America, Jackson Area MS The wonderful Hotel King Edward http://home.earthlink.net/~jim134/images/JAN_union_king_3scale.jpg just joking, serious examples Lamar Life Building, I believe oldest skyscraper in the city, its been dwarfed by other buildings, but still probably the nicest. http://www.world-guides.com/images/jackson/jackson_downtown.jpg Capitol http://www.rootsweb.com/~mshinds2/postcards_capitol.jpg wanted to include old capitol, but was too many images and the current capitol is probably nicer. ASU55RR11 Apr 2007, 04:35 PMand who can forget my temporary College home of Tempe... Gammage auditorium http://doney.net/aroundaz/celebrity/DA_gammage.jpg other than that just look up track housing and chain stores and you have the next 50 miles in any direction. An ex-girlfriend of mine was an exchange student (From Prague too) and when her plane was landing in Phoenix she was well polite way of saying it unimpressed with the view, and more accurately she was already regretting choosing ASU for exchange location. To be fair while the city itself sucks, there are actually many nice things to look at in Tempe ;) . Oh and I'll throw in Mississippi's old capitol, since Tempe has only one notable building. http://www.mlc.lib.ms.us/images/MSTrivia/CapitalBuildings/old_capitol_bldg.jpg krudmonk01 May 2007, 08:16 PMhttp://k43.pbase.com/u18/32vcobra/upload/20429862.IMG_1134MMSQ6.JPG bigredfutbol02 May 2007, 12:18 PMhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Hamilton_County_courthouse,_Aurora,_Nebraska,_USA.jpg/395px-Hamilton_County_courthouse,_Aurora,_Nebraska,_USA.jpg I haven't lived there in over 20 years, but what the heck-- the county courthouse of Hamilton County, NE, in downtown Aurora. A pretty red sandstone building. The roof tops shine in the bright sun, and on the flat eastern NE plains you can see the building from miles away. For a small town, it's quite an impressive little building. Own Goal Hat-Trick03 May 2007, 07:24 PMhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/cgwilson/Denver%202007/DSC04256.jpg or maybe http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/cgwilson/Denver%202007/DSC04263.jpg bestbecks05 May 2007, 04:45 PMWell I guess I gotta represent. The Tallest free standing structure in the world. http://www.torontotourismjapan.com/photos/property/CNTower.jpg Old City Hall: http://www.lawandstyle.ca/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/cityhall2.jpg Turkish_Denizlispor06 May 2007, 07:14 AMTURKEY / DENİZLİ CİTY / ANCİENT CİTİES / Theater http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/5756/theatremr9.jpg (http://imageshack.us) PAMUKKALE (Hierapolis) White paradise http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1594/whiteaq0.jpg (http://imageshack.us) The Gribbler08 May 2007, 05:29 PMThe new W Hotel @ Victory Plaza http://www.dallassky.com/W_Hotel_photo_07-10-06.jpg And of course a GREAT place to see the orchestra, the Morton H Meyerson Symphony Hall. http://www.visitortips.com/images/gallery/destinations/usa/texas/dallas/fullsize/dallas2.jpg http://www.artec-usa.com/03_projects/performing_arts_venues/morton_meyerson_center/images/mcdermott_hall_photo01.jpg There's a TON of new high-rises going up that will probably give any building a run for their money. The Gribbler08 May 2007, 05:32 PMLest I not forget Reunion Tower, aka golf ball on a tee. http://www.dallassky.com/p5-14.2.jpg chalder2211 May 2007, 02:10 AMbankstown, nsw, sydney. the civic tower http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Bankstown_Civic_Tower.jpg its a lump of crap elainemichelle12 May 2007, 10:02 AMhttp://www.learnnc.org/media/discover/Cumberland/Downtown_Fayetteville.bmp Fayetteville, NC, USA. Exactly. Bryan7614 May 2007, 11:05 AMhttp://www.learnnc.org/media/discover/Cumberland/Downtown_Fayetteville.bmp Fayetteville, NC, USA. Exactly. FayetteNam - woo hoo :p cormaxtacy15 May 2007, 05:59 PMNothing like in Europe, but in Little Rock we have: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/75/166484868_2411cafe62.jpg The Old State House, the first state house in Arkansas, built in 1836. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/167/412794591_8103054891.jpg The County Courthouse Not sure if this one would count: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/121/308128158_77c35acfcf.jpg The Old Mill. Juan Carlos II17 May 2007, 08:58 AMhttp://homepage.ntlworld.com/t.woof/gen/bolton_twn_hall_2801d_txt.jpg http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/bolton/bolton-town-hall-757.jpg Bolton Town Hall Juan Carlos II18 May 2007, 04:46 AMhttp://www.webbaviation.co.uk/stadiums/bolton-stadium-aa05114b.jpg The Reebok Stadium. Prenn18 May 2007, 04:24 PMWow, you managed to find a picture that makes Bolton town hall look good ;) M18 May 2007, 04:41 PMWow, you managed to find a picture that makes Bolton town hall look good ;) It's an impressive looking building, as is that terrace behind it. Pity about the rest of the town though ;) Prenn19 May 2007, 07:59 AMIt's an impressive looking building, as is that terrace behind it. Pity about the rest of the town though ;) I've not been to Bolton town centre in nearly ten years but the last time I went it was a dump, waaay too much 60's architecture. Juan Carlos II21 May 2007, 08:18 AMI've not been to Bolton town centre in nearly ten years but the last time I went it was a dump, waaay too much 60's architecture. It's absolutely awful these days, the Middlebrook development and The Trafford Centre have destroyed it along with a short sited council that charge you for parking anywhere and give you a Ј60 ticket even if you're only 5 mins late. The one and only good thing left in the town centre shopping wise is the market. John Shuttleworth21 May 2007, 01:05 PMDoncaster like many Northern English towns doesn't have a lot to shout about architecturally. There is the corn exchange: http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/gallery/450/bb9/bb93_29337.jpg There is St George's church: http://www.doncasterfhs.co.uk/images/photos/doncasterstgeorge.jpg Beyond that there isn't much. Over the years and particularly since the war Doncaster council has been very good at pulling down fine old buildings and equally good at putting up cheap, nasty, poorly designed ones in there place. Something strange happened in England, in an effort to reconstruct the country architects were given carte blanche to do whatever they liked, just so long as it was cheap and modern. It devastated the face of many of our towns and cities. And we're still ruining them by putting up vast out of town shopping malls and endless faceless tin box retail outlets. We don't even use proper architects anymore, it's all 'design and build' ie cheap and nasty. It seems like we don't really care about our urban environment anymore. It's very sad when you see some of the wonderful modern buildings around the world like some in this thread. I would like to bulldoze almost all the new buildings in Donny, particularly the shopping mall: http://www.donny.co.uk/Doncaster/wallpaper/images/wp_frenchgate_800.jpg and start again. John Shuttleworth21 May 2007, 01:19 PMI've not been to Bolton town centre in nearly ten years but the last time I went it was a dump, waaay too much 60's architecture. I won't write off all 1960's modernism as rubbish but most of it in English towns is. It's still all around, bus stations, office blocks, shopping malls. It's brutal, dispiriting, vandalised and in most places it's neglected and rotting away. Jayfil23 May 2007, 07:39 AMbankstown, nsw, sydney. the civic tower http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Bankstown_Civic_Tower.jpg its a lump of crap Wow. That is a lump of crap. And built with taxpayer money too I assume. Pints23 May 2007, 08:51 AMWow. That is a lump of crap. And built with taxpayer money too I assume. Those kind of buildings give me heartburn. Pints23 May 2007, 08:57 AM*Shameless plugs* http://www.aiabalt.com/0_images/0_awards/0_DAW06/Tremont1.jpg Tremont Grand in Baltimore. http://www.nationaltrust.org/magazine/_images/news/hippodrome.jpg http://www.conradschmitt.com/CaseStudies/images/HippodromeA.jpg Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore. Jayfil24 May 2007, 09:37 AM*Shameless plugs* Wow, I didn't know you guys worked on the Tremont Grand. That's one of my favorite saves ever, and we didn't have to do all that much work on it. We said, "hey, why don't you guys restore that place and use it as a conference facility instead of tearing it down and building a parking garage" and they said, "wow, great idea, never thought of that!" Did you do any work at Lovely Lane? http://www.thomasmoorestudios.com/Detail%20Page%20Images/2llmc.gif http://www.ruffroofers.com/images/lovely.jpg Pints29 May 2007, 07:50 AMYes. We're the ones who restored that dome. We work often with Thomas Moore. Nice guy, I've known him for quite some time actually. Midorit17 Jun 2007, 08:26 AMhttp://img254.imageshack.us/img254/2850/3001120687013qt3.jpg (http://imageshack.us) http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/5166/3001120687012qc6.jpg (http://imageshack.us) http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2783/3001120687019vk3.jpg (http://imageshack.us) Prada Epicenter Tokyo by Herzog & de Meuron The building looks stunning,almost surreal,at night as it seems to float amid surrounding structures. guignol19 Jun 2007, 09:11 AMwow. that is the city hall in buffalo? i had no idea. very cool.i'd seen pictures of it but not in color. very nice. guignol19 Jun 2007, 09:25 AMi consider my adopted city as very beutiful, but when i stopped to think about what the "best building" was, i was stumped. here is the classic postcard shot... http://lesdossierscinemaetcie.ifrance.com/PHOTODOSSIER/LYON/LYON2.jpg and the basilica on the hill is indeed very impressive in a kind of gaudy way, but hardly my cup of tea. i'm very fond of what they do to st. nizier on the feast of lights, this being the version some years ago: http://morgane35.blog.club-corsica.com/images/upload/photo4675.jpg shwantzme11 Sep 2007, 12:19 PMhttp://www.gsa.gov/gsa/cm_attachments/GSA_BASIC/eeob_R208E-r_0Z5RDZ-i34K-pR.jpg The Dwight D Eisenhower Executive Office Building BenfromUSA22 Sep 2007, 12:37 AMThe Minnesota state capitol building.... http://events.mnhs.org/media/Images/Sites/msc/MSC_v_300.jpg and just a couple blocks down the road the Cathedral of St. Paul.... http://www.arrakeen.ch/usamex/277%20St.Paul%20Cathedral.JPG valanjak27 Sep 2007, 11:10 PMBurje Millad is the tower in the back. The Borj-e Milad is Iran's tallest tower. Still under construction in Tehran it stands 435 meters (1427 ft) high from base to tip of antenna. The head consists of a large pod with 12 floors, the roof which is at 315 m 1034 ft. http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g320/alitezar/AB/gfsdfg.jpg http://i19.tinypic.com/4r1hf6g.jpg http://i18.tinypic.com/4zv7a12.jpg guignol28 Sep 2007, 04:55 AMcome 2010 this will be our best building: http://s.olweb.fr/ol/image/article/illustration_s/g/213/42515.jpg OL's new home! Bluto1128 Sep 2007, 09:09 AMi'll go neighborhood since Chicago is a big place... St Michael's Church in Old Town http://www.baroque.org/images/venues/stm.jpg Khaloisha03 Oct 2007, 04:24 AMDuomo di Milano http://www.topas.sk/files/images/editor/Milano%20katedrala%20Duomo_1.jpg Why do they sculpted gargoyles on a Christian church is still a mystery to me: http://www.crisyuri.it/Foto/Gargoyle.jpg Bluto1103 Oct 2007, 03:09 PMdon't know why gargoyles look like they do, but i do know that they are gutters! guignol04 Oct 2007, 09:39 AMeven beyond their function of carrying water away from the building, gargoyles are, as is all primitive art, more than simply decorative. the oldest ones are generally mythical animals and served to ward off evil; later they take all kinds of forms, even human, and their purpose is often allegorical and sometimes even comic. Midorit04 Oct 2007, 10:10 AMeven beyond their function of carrying water away from the building, gargoyles are, as is all primitive art, more than simply decorative. the oldest ones are generally mythical animals and served to ward off evil; later they take all kinds of forms, even human, and their purpose is often allegorical and sometimes even comic. Yup.For the same reason you can see faces of Japanese gargoyles of the rooftops of traditional Japanese houses. http://kyoto.asanoxn.com/places/kinkaku/kinkakuji/ph040314kink01onigawara.jpg guignol04 Oct 2007, 10:22 AMthough technically it's only a gargoyle if it carries water... Khaloisha05 Oct 2007, 04:27 AMthanks for explaining. :) guignol05 Oct 2007, 04:49 AMthe word has the same root as gorge, which is the french for throat but also has the same meaning as in english. other related words are gurgle and gargle... the connection with water, and especially the sound it makes, is evident. there's a street in old lyon called la montйe du gourguillon... which refers either to a roman waterworks (a cloaca, not an aqueduct) or the gutter in the middle of the street. http://i19.ebayimg.com/04/i/06/cb/05/b2_2.JPG Khaloisha05 Oct 2007, 06:42 AMthe word has the same root as gorge, which is the french for throat but also has the same meaning as in english. other related words are gurgle and gargle... the connection with water, and especially the sound it makes, is evident. there's a street in old lyon called la montйe du gourguillon... which refers either to a roman waterworks (a cloaca, not an aqueduct) or the gutter in the middle of the street. http://i19.ebayimg.com/04/i/06/cb/05/b2_2.JPG So in the end, Gargoyle are a product of sewers. Bleah. :D BocaFan08 Oct 2007, 04:36 PMMy town (Forest Hills, New York) is only 2 square miles and mostly residential. So not a lot to choose from (but at least nicer looking than the rest of Queens :p). Guess I'll go with the train station: http://z.about.com/d/queens/1/0/5/1/forest_hills_gardens8_squa.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/86/ForestHills-StationSq.jpg frasermc08 Oct 2007, 04:48 PMi'll add in the kelvin hall art galleries and museum in glasgow... http://www.iloveglasgow.com/tour%2015.JPG http://farm1.static.flickr.com/90/220088826_dd20225ac6.jpg and the best thing about it is ... it's all absolutely free. many a fine day has been spent here with my 3 year old son. he's particularly fond of the dinosaurs and the full size spitfire.. http://www.top-ten-glasgow-guide.com/images/spitfire-elephant-kelvingrove-glasgow.jpg разделы компания петрокатридж распыление ароматизатор средство самооборона ppg краска вымпел mobil gargoyle