Posts Tagged ‘construction’

World greatest monument

Posted on April 23rd, 2010 by by tanto

Every country got its own monument or statue, just to remember old event or as signs of something. Within lots of statues and monuments around the globe, there were several are amongst all other. I believe most of us known them very well.
1. Eiffel Tower
designed by the french architect Gustave Eiffel for the Universal Exhibition [...]

HOHENZOLLERN CASTLE

Posted on January 12th, 2010 by by tanto

Stacked atop 855 meters-high Move Hohenzollern, this astounding representative of Germanic architecture stands as deference to the Dynasty royalty, that ruled over Preussen since the Mid Ages, until the end of Humans War I.
During a flub to Italia, Frederick William IV of Preussen, was extremely through gray Frg and change the need to instruct much [...]

Löwenburg Mansion

Posted on January 12th, 2010 by by tanto

Translated as “Lion’s Manse” is unequaled among all the castles in Frg in that it was planned as a romanticist medieval chessman ruination. The plan of Löwenburg Mansion was based on a fantasy of Landgrave Wilhelm IX, but experts greeting it a real important historical construction, because it was the prototypic neogothic system in the [...]

Neuschwanstein Manse

Posted on January 12th, 2010 by by tanto

Also renowned as “the tale hall”, Neuschwannstein is thoughtful the most splendid manse in Deutschland, and one of the most ravishing in the humans.
Located in the posit of Province, this surprising architectural action was authorized by Tycoon Ludwig II of Bavaria, afterwards identified as Ludwig the Mad. In a letter to his muse, the famous [...]

Arc de Triomphe

Posted on December 7th, 2009 by by tanto

Commissioned in 1806 by Napoleon, shortly after his victory at Austerlitz, it was not finished until 1836. There are four huge relief sculptures at the bases of the four pillars. These commemorate The Triumph of 1810 (Cortot); Resistance , and Peace (both by Etex); and The Departure of the Volunteers, more commonly known by the [...]

Bregenz – Contemporary Architecture

Posted on November 28th, 2009 by by tanto

Impressive ruins and castles, city towers, the elegant renaissance palace in Hohenems, churches and historical buildings tell the story of long bygone times.
• The landmark of Bregenz is the St. Martin’s tower . Once built as storehouse, it was reconstructed in 1600 into a watch tower.

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Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art – Geneva

Posted on November 17th, 2009 by by tanto

Rue des Vieux-Grenadiers 10
1205 Genève
Tel. +41 (0)22 320 61 22
Web: www.mamco.ch
Opened in September 1994 in a former factory, Mamco takes into account the spirit of the building it occupies. The factory’s industrial architecture of the 1950s allows for a flexible and constantly changing museum arrangement.

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St. Pierre Cathedral – Geneva

Posted on November 17th, 2009 by by tanto

The Cathedral of St. Peter in Geneva is best known as the church where John Calvin gave his inspiring sermons during the mid-16th century is belong to the Swiss Reformed Church, but it has other attractions as well. The imposing Romanesque-Gothic church with a Neoclassical facade still dominates the center of the international Swiss city.

Carpenter Center – Harvard

Posted on November 17th, 2009 by by tanto

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Harvard University
24 Quincy Street (at Prescott Street)
Cambridge
Massachusetts 02138
USA
Le Corbusier 1963
The Carpenter Center is Le Corbusier’s only building in North America, and one of the last to be completed during his lifetime.