Interesting buildings.
 

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/u...ead1424/11.jpg

http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/u...424/687351.jpg

One of my favorites here locally:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/23...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/Cincinn...Union_Terminal

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-conte...Parliament.jpg

A reply to Jim, here's Slovenias biggest nuthouse
http://static.mojvideo.com/foto/parl...421/152326.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

And here's ours in Holland:

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

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

VDNkh, Moscow, Russia

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F_KPvSxgrG...0/DSC00877.JPG

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 ;) )

I think these are pretty cool:

http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/1...a0019archi.jpg

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/4...sseldorfwa.jpg

http://img858.imageshack.us/img858/7...ernachtmom.jpg

Neuer Zollhof in the Düsseldorf harbour.

http://dextrovert.com/albums/downtow..._City_Hall.jpg
Dallas, Texas City hall.

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

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

Salt Lake City Public Library

Outside

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...e/Library1.jpg

And in

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...ary_Intern.jpg

Rock Hall:

http://www.uptake.com/blog/wp-conten...lic-domain.jpg

And the peter B lewis building:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sQ456NmW8Z...252C%2BUSA.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/...8294a5685a.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8lHdC83CaU...bl+aerial2.jpg

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)

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

This is one of the campus buildings at Manchester Metropolitan Univeristy, also know locally as the "toast rack".
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...University.jpg

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

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

Here's two, one new and dramatic:


DISNEY HALL

http://www.audioease.com/Pages/Press...l_exterior.jpg



...and one strange and spooky:


WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE


http://sacramentoscoop.com/wp-conten...an_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 website:

http://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/

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

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/wikipedi...urthouse_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!

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/80431389BF959E...-eindhoven.jpg