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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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