Interesting buildings.

[Armistead]

I love old buildings and skyscrapers. Here I live in Winston Salem NC and never knew the Empire State Building was built off the same plans and designs as the Reynolds building here. The Empire even sends the Reynolds a fathers day card each year.

http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu235/Armistead1424/11.jpg

http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu235/Armistead1424/687351.jpg

[frau kaleun]

One of my favorites here locally:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/238807212_8ebe405459.jpg

http://www.vaheli.com/site/images/pics/tour3.jpg



At one point Union Terminal was abandoned and partially destroyed but it was declared a historic site before they could tear down what's left. Now restored and houses two of our local museums plus an Omnimax theater.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Museum_Center_at_Union_Terminal

[Jimbuna]

Here is one of the UK's largest nuthouse...we even built a clock on it so the inmates will never need reminding what time they should doze till.

http://www.travellondon.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Houses-Of-Parliament.jpg

[Betonov]

A reply to Jim, here's Slovenias biggest nuthouse
http://static.mojvideo.com/foto/parlament/49055/5421/152326.jpg

The building itself is interesting. Solid Bronze artwork around the entrances. And there's no no-passing zone, so one can come to a meter from the artwork and take pictures.
And the inside is quite beautiful, with frescos on the walls

[Bakkels]

And here's ours in Holland:

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5628/hofvijver.jpg

[nikimcbee]

Mookie may get a tingle up his leg...:haha::D

VDNkh, Moscow, Russia

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F_KPvSxgrGI/SommyYeTziI/AAAAAAAABOs/XuEXkRj19u8/s400/DSC00877.JPG

[Tchocky]

I've always thought that Govt Centre looked rather striking

http://i.imgur.com/zQvzo.jpg

(I am now bloody terrified of hotlinking, so everything goes through Imgur ;) )

[Penguin]

I think these are pretty cool:

http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/1931/001aa19990901a0019archi.jpg

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/4779/neuezollhofdusseldorfwa.jpg

http://img858.imageshack.us/img858/7391/martinpreissnernachtmom.jpg

Neuer Zollhof in the Düsseldorf harbour.

[GoldenRivet]

http://dextrovert.com/albums/downtowndallas/LD1057_DTD_Dallas_City_Hall.jpg
Dallas, Texas City hall.

more commonly known as OCP Corporate Headquarters in the Robocop series of films

[Ducimus]

Here is one of the UK's largest nuthouse...we even built a clock on it so the inmates will never need reminding what time they should doze till.

http://www.travellondon.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Houses-Of-Parliament.jpg

I have to say, there are few things that can make one laugh more then some good British humor or wit. :haha:

[Sailor Steve]

Salt Lake City Public Library

Outside

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Library1.jpg

And in

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/220px-Salt_Lake_City_Public_Library_Intern.jpg

[Gargamel]

Rock Hall:

http://www.uptake.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-and-museum-photo-public-domain.jpg

And the peter B lewis building:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sQ456NmW8Zo/TUxZBeOFcGI/AAAAAAAAAQI/ah7ryvim2mI/s1600/Peter%2BB%2BLewis%2BBuilding%252C%2BCase%2BWestern %2BReserve%2BUniversity%252C%2BCleveland%252C%2BUS A.jpg

There was a gunman that holed himself up in that building about 7 years ago. I talked to some of the Cleveland SWAT guys who responded, they HATED that building. All their tactics were based on right angles, doorway entry, etc. Apparently this building was designed with no right angles on the inside. It was giving them fits.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2085/2490037819_8294a5685a.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8lHdC83CaUM/R1_sSVO7NjI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/7GIS-Q1ABTc/s400/pbl+aerial2.jpg

[Betonov]

All that steel and glass and concrete (giggle)....

And now for something completely diferent
http://dne.enaa.com/upload/kozolec_240907.jpg

KOZOLEC, used for drying hay, storing corn, making a BBQ possible in any weather and providing a safe heaven for young couples wishing for some privacy (if no-one is alergic to hay)

[Penguin]

And the peter B lewis building:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sQ456NmW8Zo/TUxZBeOFcGI/AAAAAAAAAQI/ah7ryvim2mI/s1600/Peter%2BB%2BLewis%2BBuilding%252C%2BCase%2BWestern %2BReserve%2BUniversity%252C%2BCleveland%252C%2BUS A.jpg


Hey, this reminds me of something...
I checked it, the buildings I posted and this one were built by trhe same architect; Frank Gehry.

*taking my water pistol and heading off to the harbour* :D

[papa_smurf]

This is one of the campus buildings at Manchester Metropolitan Univeristy, also know locally as the "toast rack".
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Fallowfield_campus%2C_Manchester_Metropolitan_Univ ersity.jpg/800px-Fallowfield_campus%2C_Manchester_Metropolitan_Univ ersity.jpg

[TLAM Strike]

The Times Square Building downtown...
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/4047/img3591rej3.jpg
It sooo looks like it belongs on Coruscant. :haha:

[Gargamel]

TBH TLAM, when I toured RIT many moons ago, I was impressed with their, umm, architecture. That's a lot of brick.

[vienna]

Here's two, one new and dramatic:


DISNEY HALL

http://www.audioease.com/Pages/Press/Disney-Hall_exterior.jpg



...and one strange and spooky:


WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE


http://sacramentoscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/winchester_mystery_house_san_jose_ca.jpg



The Disney Hall is the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and was primarily financed by the Disney family.

The Winchester Mystery House is the former home Sarah Winchester, the widow of the heir to the Winchester Firearms Company. After the tragic death of her daughter and husband, she turned to spiritualism to try to get answers to why her life had turned so tragic. A spirtualist told her she was cursed by the ghosts of the souls killed by Winchester firearms and to atone for their deaths, she had to build a home for them. She was also told she would not die as long as construction continued on the house. While the exterior is a striking example of Victorian architecture, the interior is a maze of bizarre and amazing rooms, staircases, and other structural oddities. Work on the house continued non-stop for over 30 years; one day, workers decided to stop working and goof off. Mrs. Winchester was found dead that day.

From the website:

The Sprawling mansion contained 160 rooms, 2,000 doors, 10,000 windows, 47 stairways, 47 fireplaces, 13 bathrooms, and 6 kitchens.

The website:

http://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/ (http://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/)

I visted the house many years ago and the tour is quite an experience, highly recommended.

[Madox58]

I don't know all the facts and such on the CourtHouse in Crawford County Ohio.
But it is a piece of work!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Crawford_County_Ohio_Courthouse_2.JPG/800px-Crawford_County_Ohio_Courthouse_2.JPG

I also know the Court House in Wyandot County was in the Movie ShawShank Redemption!
A friend of mine was one of the Prosecuting Attornies in the opening scene!

[DarkFish]

Not much special in Eindhoven (city got bombed the hell out of it in WW2 and was quickly rebuilt without much care for aesthetics), except of course this thing which locals dubbed the "blob" (makes you wonder why:O:)
http://ajanlo.kapu.hu/blobitecture/13.jpg

at night:
http://static.zoom.nl/80431389BF959EBE7598CE48324F78E6-de-blob-eindhoven.jpg

[frau kaleun]

I don't know all the facts and such on the CourtHouse in Crawford County Ohio.
But it is a piece of work!

Ah, I love these old buildings.

Here's ours in Butler County:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/5104491301_c8e33161f6.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

Salt Lake City-County Building.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/800px-Salt_Lake_City_and_County_Building_-_IMG_1751.jpg

The library in my earlier pictures is right across the street behind the photographer.

[Madox58]

photogroper
:o
:har:

[DarkFish]

photogroperSteve's account got hacked! Quick ban him before he starts spamming the boards with gucci handbags:o

[Herr-Berbunch]

Steve's account got hacked! Quick ban him before he starts spamming the boards with gucci handbags:o

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/redirect.html/ref=amb_link_84829013_17?location=http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/uk-dvd/images/sony/monty-ladies-large._V230862820_.jpg&token=957BBB0669152D76BE1C614537975585163C1748&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-7&pf_rd_r=1RQSZY01EX0WW804JWTK&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_p=472292513&pf_rd_i=1000336203

[MothBalls]

Since many people posted the building where their governments work, here is a shot of where the US Executive Branch, Congress and Senate work from;

http://www.jtcent.com/disneyland/fantasy/images/fansig002.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

:o
:har:
Steve's account got hacked! Quick ban him before he starts spamming the boards with gucci handbags:o
:rotfl2: :oops: :damn:

Fixed (not that it does me much good now). My only defense is that it was 01:33 my time when I posted that.

@ Herr-Berbunch: Where did you get that? I thought I had all the copies destroyed!

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Since many people posted the building where their governments work, here is a shot of where the US Executive Branch, Congress and Senate work from;

http://www.jtcent.com/disneyland/fantasy/images/fansig002.jpg
So this is an American version of loony bin or nuthouse?

[tater]

I have a thing for "vernacular" architecture. Since I live in NM, mostly adobe, rammed earth, etc.

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/20233/casbah_amridil.jpg


Our asylum:
http://thegoodlifesands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/New-Mexico-Roundhouse.jpeg

[Jimbuna]

I have to say, there are few things that can make one laugh more then some good British humor or wit. :haha:

I was trying to be serious :DL

:03:

[Bakkels]

The University of the city I live in:

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/2051/universiteit.jpg

And the main hall of the train station:

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/7226/034stationgroningen.jpg

[CCIP]

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/otta1.jpg

The Museum of Civilization in the foreground, and in the background - the Canadian Parliament and other historic buildings in central Ottawa. Spent a lot of time commuting back and forth around this area when I lived in Ottawa.

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/otta2.jpg
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/otta3.jpg

Also in town, the new Canadian War Museum. Really an awesome space, one of the best military history museums anywhere. The big "shard" sticking out of the building is part of a memorial arrangement that lines up to project a ray of sunlight on the original headstone of Canada's Unknown Soldier from WWI which is stored there, every year exactly at 11:11am every November 11th.

[Bakkels]

Nice ones :yeah:

[vienna]

Los Angeles has destroyed most of its older, unique archtecture in the name of development. There are a number of walking tour routes in the city that have stops where one can see the site of a building that used to be there but only lives on as a photograph on site marker. A large proportion of the remaining buildings are originally commercial buildings that have long ago seen their glory days. This building I saw for the first time many, many years ago when I first visited Los Angeles. I saw it as we were speeding along the freeway; I thought it was perhaps a civic building or cultural site; Iasked what it was and was told it was a tire factory. Now it functions as a mixed-use property, mainly as a major garment outlet store. It is called "The Citadel" and is made to resemble an Assyrian Palace in design.

http://www.nileguide.com/destination/blog/los-angeles/files/2010/04/CITADEL_prayitno.jpg

The building is immense and the facade extends over 1,700 feet.

[magic452]

That's the old Firestone building. Seems to me that it use to say "Firestone Tire and Rubber Co." on it some place. Long time ago.

Magic