Famous Buildings
Buildings in Art
The Art in State Buildings (ASB) Program acquires artwork for new public facilities built with state funds. The program requires that up to .5% of the construction appropriation be set aside to acquire artwork for permanent display in, on or around the facility. Since the program began in 1979, more than 1, works of art have been purchased or commissioned for Florida public spaces. You ll find them in nearly every Florida county, in locations such as state office buildings, Department of Transportation complexes, Department of Health facilities…
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Additional images and more below. Google Maps Did the Brown Palace make the cut? Nope — it finished in 16th place. How about the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception? It comes in at number 19. The State Capitol? Number 24. The Denver Art Museum? 27, one space behind the Daniels & Fisher Tower. So what s in the top ten? The list is dominated by Denver s tallest buildings, with many of them clustered along 17th Street. Count down Ranker s ten favorites below, complete with photos and excerpts (with links) from their respective Wikipedia pages…
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Kanye West has screened his controversial new video at various locations around London. The US rapper, who has already angered a number of people with the racy Famous video, decided to show it to Londoners en masse on Sunday evening. Rather than having exclusive screening events, West projected the raunchy video on to various building so that onlookers could get a glimpse of the naked celebrity lookalikes. The superstar tweeted the locations of the screenings just a few hours before they started, telling fans to congregate in Shoreditch and in Covent…
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St Stephen’s Cathedral (Stephansdom), situated at the heart of Vienna, has survived many wars and is now a symbol of the city’s freedom. The Gothic cathedral stands on the ruins of two earlier churches and was largely initiated by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, in the 14th century. Its most recognizable characteristic, the diamond-patterned tile roof, was only added in 1952. 9Burgos Cathedral The Burgos Cathedral is a medieval cathedral in Burgos, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It is famous for its vast size and unique Gothic architecture. Construction…
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The construction of a cathedral was often led and financed to a large extent by the Cathedral Chapter (the senior clergy), while bishops tended to contribute at their own free will. However, at Durham, the bishops contribution - both intellectual and financial, was substantial. Cathedral chapters financed the construction by actively raising money from their congregations, by creating systems of fining clerics for transgressions such as tardiness, and by arranging for relics to go on tour. Taking relics on tour was a very lucrative means of fund-raising…
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The world is filled with mind-blowing to things to see, both natural and man-made. There are so many breathtaking and incredible historical sites built by ancient civilizations, it’s sometimes hard to narrow down which are the best. Think of all the lists of historical wonders out there and how different they are sometimes. Everyone has their own, including me. Below are my favorite historical sites that I think every traveler should try to visit at some point (or don’t. That’s up to you but I think you should). The story these ruins tell is part…
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The buildings range from a modest cottage built around 1850 to a 1950 s house with an uncanny likeness to a UFO; from a bungalow ordered out of a Sears catalogue circa 1920 to the mansions of some of Urbana s founding fathers. The list includes many of the historic buildings in our downtown - the library, the county courthouse, and many of the buildings on the 100-block of West Main Street - as well as many of the impressive fraternities and sororities that were typically built prior to World War II in eclectic styles and designed by well-known…
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Our newest List takes a look at the architecture firms behind some of the most eye-catching buildings in the Magic City. To rank the top architecture firms in Birmingham, we gathered the latest employment data from company representatives. The List ranks firms by number of architects in local offices. JoSon Firms on the List have added new employees in Birmingham over the past year, according to employment figures on the List. The number of local architects among the top companies grew by nearly 6 percent, and total employment jumped by nearly 9…
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