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Topic: Architecture from your country.

Posted By: Hellios
Subject: Architecture from your country.
Date Posted: 23-Oct-2006 at 11:55

Just another opportunity to learn about & compliment each other's country's architecture.

Postmodern, modern, old... Religious, civil, military, etc...

Regards.

Replies:

Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 23-Oct-2006 at 13:51

Interior of an office building in Montreal:

Colonial buildings in Old Montreal:

Residential complex in Montreal (built 1967):

Subway stations in Montreal:

A musuem of natural history (PAC) in Montreal:

Biosphere; an ecological research center in Montreal:

Facade in Montreal:

Residential-Commercial building in Montreal:

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Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 23-Oct-2006 at 14:16

Wow! Awesome! That apartment complex in Montreal (the one built in 1967) is one of the coolest looking exteriors for a residential space I've ever seen, in my opinion.

Eric

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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 23-Oct-2006 at 15:02

These are some of the building in my country:

Adobe church in Northern Chile

Atacama Churches

San Francisco Church, the oldest building in Santiago, Chile

Sanhattan. The business core in Santiago.

Easter Island Moais

Santiago's subway

Vina del Mar

Pinguin

Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 23-Oct-2006 at 16:48

Beautiful pics, pinguin, I really like the artwork in the subway.

Eric

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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 23-Oct-2006 at 17:17

Originally posted by pinguin

Nice subway station!

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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 23-Oct-2006 at 21:22

Thanks!

The painting is called "Visual Memory of a Nation" (Memoria visual de una nacion) by Mario Toral, and is the history of Chile, its glory and tragedy, related in a mural that covers 1200 square meters of surface. It is located in the University of Chile station.

This is another perspective.

And this is a panel of the mural, dedicated to the Chile aboriguines

Between other symbols, in there shows the sacred tree, the foye (or canelo in Spanish) and the foundational myth of the serpents of land and the sea, Cai Cai and Tren Tren. All the work is like a hierogryph to descipher. It is very amazing and beautiful.

Pinguin

Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2006 at 03:50

Once again, outstanding pics Pinguin. Simply beautiful, historically profound, wonderful abstract art, and the best damn subway station I've ever seen! Lol.

Everyone's so familiar already with the monuments in my country. Oh well, here's one, the Sears Tower of Chicago, Illinois.

Eric

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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2006 at 09:29

Originally posted by pinguin

Pinguin, that subway looks pneumatic, like ours. Is it?

Pneumatic is expensive but the ride is much smoother & quieter than rail. There are not many pneumatic train systems in the world.

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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2006 at 09:38

Originally posted by Preobrazhenskoe

It dwarfs anything near it.

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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2006 at 09:40

Originally posted by pinguin

Very nice.

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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2006 at 09:56

Here are some more examples of Canadian architecture:

An office tower in Montreal (the 2 small domes at the base look nice inside):

Figures of immigrants in front of an office tower in Montreal:

An office tower in Montreal:

A museum in Montreal:

A museum in Montreal:

An office tower designed to compliment a cathedral in Montreal:

A low-income residential complex Montreal:

I might post some more, but it would be nice to see some architecture from other countries.

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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2006 at 12:15

Originally posted by Hellios

[QUOTE=pinguin]

Pinguin, that subway looks pneumatic, like ours. Is it?

...

Pneumatic is expensive but the ride is much smoother & quieter than rail. There are not many pneumatic train systems in the world.

Yes. It is pneumatic. And is one of the longest subways networks, at least in South America. Our city has only six million people, but is unbelievable widespread, so the subway helps a lot.

Another icon of the city, the Virgin on top of a hill, downtown.

Yuppi district,

Pinguin

Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2006 at 23:00

Pinguin,

I found some Chilean architecture...

Building by Chilean architect Enrique Browne in Santiago:

El Golf buildings in Chile:

A bank in Chile:

This week, Toronto fabricators Soheil Mosun Ltd. started building the massive structure that will support the curved walls of a Baha'i temple, soon to be built near Santiago, Chile:

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/hariri.html - http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/hariri.html

A home made of earth by Chilean architect Marcelo Cortes:

http://www.eartharchitecture.org/archives/cat_chile.html - http://www.eartharchitecture.org/archives/cat_chile.html

Santiago Chile Power & Utilities building (designed to look like a cell phone):

Interesting villas in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile:

Rgds/Bill

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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2006 at 23:29

This is one of our oldest towns in Chile. The Pukara of Lasana (12th Century), located at the North of Chile.

And this is the traditional wood house of the Mapuches (Central-South Chile).

And the Chilean-Hispanic traditional countryside house (Winery Santa Rita)

And our urban highways with electronic charge.

Regards,

Pinguin

Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 25-Oct-2006 at 04:20

Originally posted by pinguin

Thanks Pinguin, that's impressive architecture!

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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 25-Oct-2006 at 09:05

Originally posted by Hellios

Originally posted by pinguin

Thanks Pinguin, that's impressive architecture!

Do you like it? Well, I can expain to you the relation between the architecture of the "ruca" (house) and the cosmos, if you wish.

Those are the wooden houses of the Mapuche Natives, and they were as solid as the houses of Northern Europe, indeed. Nothing as impressive like Machu Picchu, Tiahuanaco or Sacsayhuaman, but interesting for people that enjoy culture, anyways

Here you got another "ruka" more:

Or you preffer I show you our malls? lol. Anyone has malls. Jesus!

Look at the "junk" architecture that is destroying Chile. This is from a small town in Northern Chile called La Serena:

Ugg!!! That's ugly. Isn't?

Pinguin

Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 25-Oct-2006 at 09:59

Pinguin,

New technology is only helping architecture. The McDonalds & ugly shopping mall you posted are just examples of people not wanting to spend more money to make something nice. Modern architecture can do anything old architecture can, plus a lot more.

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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 25-Oct-2006 at 10:20

Pinguin, I found some more Chilean architecture...

The ESO Hotel at Cerro Paranal, Chile:

A pre-fab home in Chile by Arquitectos Minga:

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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 25-Oct-2006 at 10:21

I agree!

But how I can compare traditional Chilean architecture like this

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And this

With the international style, without roots, that today exist in these chilean buildings:

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Pinguin

Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 25-Oct-2006 at 10:29

Santa Lucia, Chile:

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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 25-Oct-2006 at 10:34

This is my favorite: the old building of the National Congress.

Compare it with the ugly new building

Pinguin

Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 25-Oct-2006 at 11:57

The new building looks boring.

In my city the old & new court houses are next to each other for easy comparison:

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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 25-Oct-2006 at 12:00

You bet! And Canada has some nice classical architecture, particularly in Montreal.

I believe modernism is destroying cities, without some very few exceptions, indeed.

Pinguin

Posted By: Ellin
Date Posted: 26-Oct-2006 at 09:06

Originally posted by Hellios

Residential complex in Montreal (built 1967):

The brains behind this grew up on leggos no doubt. haha Tongue

Here's some pics from my hometown, Melbourne,
"the best" city in Australia..
I'm sure Leonidas will agree.. lol Tongue

Eureka tower

Eureka Tower is the second tallest skyscraper in the Southern
Hemisphere, and the second tallest residential building in the world.
The structure rises 297.2m above ground (300m above sea level).
It has 91 storeys plus one basement level.
Designed by Melbourne architectural firm Fender Katsalidis Australia
and built by Grocon (Grollo Australia).
Eureka Tower has 24 carat gold plated glass windows on the top 8 floors
of the building.

The Shrine of Remembrance

One of the largest war memorials in Australia.
The design of the proposed Shrine was based on the ancient Tomb of
Mausolus (the Mausoleum) at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of
the World. The construction was completed around 1934.

Aerial shot

Royal Exhibition Building

Completed in 1880, the Royal Exhibition Building flourishes as one of the world's
oldest and largest exhibition pavilions, symbolising the great 19th century
international exhibition movement, and on 1 July 2004 became the first
building in Australia to achieve http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/reb/world.asp - World Heritage listing .

State Library

The Library opened in 1856

Federation Square

Parliament House

It is the largest 19th century public building in Australia and one of
the finest examples of the civic architecture of the British Empire period anywhere in the world.
Completed in stages b/n 1856-1929)

Melbourne Central's shot tower

A shot tower, by the way, was used to make lead shot for shotgun
cartridges (made in 1889)
The tower has been preserved and the new shopping centre constructed
around it in 1991. The tower is encased in a 55 storey steel and glass cone.

here's how it looks from the outside.

http://metva.com/users/enno/photos/2000/melbourne/dscn0025.jpg -

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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 26-Oct-2006 at 09:32

Beautiful cities, both Melbourne and Montreal.

Nice to know there is such a large building in the southern hemisphere.

Great to know we have here a "mate" from down under. It is curious that most people of the planet have never seen the southern cross.

Pinguin, Chilean.

Posted By: The Gypo
Date Posted: 27-Oct-2006 at 02:27

Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple

Cairo Tower:

I'll add more later

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Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 27-Oct-2006 at 03:24

Wow, Ellin! Those are some awesome pics and buildings! Especially the war memorial from the overhead view.

I've posted the Sears Tower of Chicago before, but here are some more, including the skyline of Los Angeles below:

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City Hall of Los Angeles:

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The Manhattan Municipal Building:

And the New York City skyline:

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The Flatiron Building, a good example of Beaux-Arts architecture:

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The Washington Cathedral:

St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City

The Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C.

Eric

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Posted By: The Gypo
Date Posted: 27-Oct-2006 at 05:05

Ras El Teen Palace(The Palace attributed to the Palm Trees of Cairo)

Baron's Palace(Built by a Belgian Baron)

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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 27-Oct-2006 at 08:57

Ellin, thanks for the nice pics of Melbourne architecture.

You got me interested in Melbourne architecture so I did a quick search; maybe you've seen these architectural works in Melbourne:

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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 27-Oct-2006 at 09:07

Those pictures are really beautiful !!!

In the U.S. anyone has pictures of old Philadelphia?

Pinguin

Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 27-Oct-2006 at 10:01

The Gypto, thanks for the pics.

I believe Egyptian architecture is stunning.

Gypto, what do you think of this Egyptian architecture?:

Al Moudira:

Cairo:

New buildings in Gourna village:

Sharm El Sheikh:

Luxor?:

Soma:

Cairo:

Cairo:

Alexandria:

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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 27-Oct-2006 at 22:51

Some colonial architecture in Montreal:

Bonsecour market:

Marie Reine Du Monde cathedral:

A museum:

Notre-Dame cathedral:

Decades of contrast:

Old City Hall (copper roof):

A narrow cobble-stone alley:

A door near the old port:

A church in Plateau district:

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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 00:23

Some old & modern Greek architecture:

Nafplio:

Corfu:

Santorini:

Small church in Paros:

Mykonos:

Andros:

Meteora:

Crete:

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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 00:56

Mykonos:

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Posted By: Menumorut
Date Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 03:41

This is how Romanian churches were looking in 15th century:

(the old wood church at Putna monastery, North Moldavia)

Tismana monastery (Gorj county, Oltenia) founded in 14th century

Fagaras castle (Sibiu county), founded in 10th century, present buildings from 15-17th centuries

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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 08:21

Menumorut, thanks for showing some Romanian architecture. I haven't seen much of it so I did a quick search to learn more...

Curtea de Arges (built 1514-1517):

Bucharest:

Targoviste (15th c.):

Bucharest:

Church (unknown location in Romania):

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Posted By: Menumorut
Date Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 13:56

Thanks Hellios!

The last church is Moldovita monastery in Northern Moldavia.

Look some photos made today in Bucharest:

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Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 15:03

Great stuff, guys. Looking more to Romania, I once visited Europe for a week with my dad, and spent a few days in Romania (before going to Germany). I spent my time mostly in Brasov, an ancient Dacian site that was settled by the Romans (the old Roman walls of which are still there, I've seen them, impressive), as well as medieval, early modern age, and obviously modern establishment. During the 12th century, the town and whole region saw a flourishing of new construction and settlement by Germans, invited by the Hungarian King Geza II. The medieval entrances of Poarta Ecaterinei (or Ekaterinentor) and Poarta Schei are still in existence. The Mayor's office (Ratshaus) and other surrounding buildings of the piata (surrounding square) are some of the oldest buildings in the city as well. Also, of great historical significance, is the enormous Biserica Neagra (Black Church, constructed from 1384-1477), which was awesome when I visited! Apparently it houses the second largest church organ, 4,000 pipes in all, second only to that of the Vatican.

The Black Church of Brasov

Eric

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Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 15:12

Other scenes of Brasov, Romania:

Eric

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Posted By: Menumorut
Date Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 15:39

Dear Eric,

Brasov (Germans name it Kronstadt, the city of the crown due to its position among three forested hills) is perhaps the most picturesque city in Romania. It was an ancient Romanian settlement were Germans established in 12th century and built a town which flourished from comerce. But it has not Roman ancestor (nor important Dacian discoveries in the area), so the wall you have seen have to be something medieval, not ancient.

Black Church is the biggest church in Romania.

We have to say that all these are monuments made by Germans, Saxons.

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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 16:44

I'm finding Romanian architecture quite fascinating...

A theater in Iasi:

An opera house in Bucuresti:

An Orthodox church in Bucuresti:

The Athenaeum in Bucuresti:

Buzau City Hall:

A monastery in Stejaris:

A church in Suceava (notice the roof):

A castle in Bran:

A monastery in Dragomirna:

A cathedral in Timisoara:

A tower in Severin:

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Posted By: Menumorut
Date Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 16:59

The Opera in Bucharest was built during the Stalinist period and imitates the architecture in USSR.

The church bellow is the former Russian church (now it not belong more to Russian community which may have almost vanished). Today it is a parochial church (it's in the heart of Bucharest, near University Square) and is used as "The church of Students", so most of the participants at services are young.

The image from Stejaris is not of a monastery but of a fortified church of a Saxon (German) community in Sibiu county.

The Buzau city hall is built in the first decades of XXth century.

The roof of the church in Suceava preserves the traditional shape of Moldavian church roofs but its decoration (of the roof) is from the Habsburgic period.

The cathedral in Timisoara was built in the 1930'.

The last image is of an water tower (20th century).

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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 17:36

Thanks for the info. Have you been to any of these places in Romania?:

Baile Herculane:

Neamt Monastery:

Sighisoara Clock Tower:

Curtea de Arges:

Sinaia:

Sinaia (those columns omg):

Peles:

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Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 17:37

Dear Menumorut,

Thanks for the information. I've been reading more about Brasov's history, and it's first mentioning apparently came in 1235 (under the German name Kronstadt as you've mentioned), when a Saxon population settled there. However, could you tell us more about the Dacian Sanctuary at Racos, as well as the Roman military fort encampment at Rasnov? If those walls were geniunely not of Roman descent, then my Dad's Romanian friend, who lived and worked in Brasov, truly decieved me in telling me that they were when he hiked with me and his girlfriend around the hills of Brasov at all the historical sites. However, I keep reading from other sites about Brasov's history that it was once settled by Dacians and Romans, the Romans building fortifications there. When I tried to find something significant on google images, the only thing I could find, however, were things like this 15th century wall.

Anyways, outside of Brasov, I visited other spots as well, including "Dracula's" castle, although it was pretty average to my tastes in comparison to what I visited afterwards, the Peles Castle of King Carol I, his summer residence built from 1875-1914. It was the first castle to have central heating and electricity, and the interior of the castle is awesome! You start out in the courtyards, working your way towards the entrance, where inside you are immediately impressed by suits of knightly armor. However, no cameras were allowed inside the castle! That was sort of disappointing, even my dad snapped plenty of photos from the exterior (he has them on his computer still, but in the meantime, here's some general stuff from the internet).

Statuia regelui Carol I in Sinaia, Romania

Eric

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Posted By: Menumorut
Date Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 18:01

Hellios, I was at all the places (at Herculane as child, in a school camp). I also passed by Sinaia but never visited the Peles castle or the monastery.

Dear Eric, Racos and Rasnov are in Brasov county, but at some distance from Brasov city (tens of kms).

I don't know about the sanctuary in Racos. Rasnov truly was an important Dacian polis, Cumidava and became a Roman castrum after the Roman conquest.

What you call "Dracula Castle" is Bran castle which was built by Brasovians (Saxons) in the mountainous pass between Transylvania and Wallachia. It has not any connection with Vlad Tepes, the figure who inspired the Dracula story.

It's just a fake of the touristic agencies who cheat tourists bringing them to this monument. I think they should be legaly punished for this.

Peles castle, beyond its historical signification, is, together with Neuschwanstein castle in Germany, the most kitchous architectural creations in the world. This I have read in Abraham Moles book about kitch. Ofcourse, we may supose an anti-German feeling of the author but some truth is there.

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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 18:24

More examples of architecture in Romania:

St-Mary's Church (built 1750):

Varatec:

St-Nicholas Church:

Iasi Church wall:

A wooden church in Maramures:

A Romanian museum (old-modern fusion):

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Posted By: Menumorut
Date Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 18:30

The last image is the Parliament Palace (see my photos with Bucharest above, the middle photo). It's built in the 80-s. And the Museum is founded in 2002, it's the National Museum of Contemporary Art. The ascensors arfe very fine, you are rised to a height from were you have a far panorama of the city. But the museum os quite empty, as Art pieces and as visitors as well. It's amenagement costed 24 millions $.

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Posted By: Xshayathiya
Date Posted: 04-Nov-2006 at 01:42

EDIT: needed a lot of resizing, some pictures are still a little too big, if so, let me know and i'll resize

Wow, I've been all over Montreal, but havent seen most of those buildings Disapprove

Anyways, on to Bees' Wax

Tomb of Cyrus the Great, Pasargad

Persepolis

Taghe Kasra, Ctesphion

Naghshe Jahan, Esfehan

Entrance Facade to Nagshe Jahan

Soltaniyeh

Goharshad

Bibi Khanoom, Samarghand

Chehel Sotoon, Esfehan

Omar Khayam's tomb, Neishapu

Boje Shahyad/Azadi, Tehran

Milad Complex, Tehran

Aryamehr/Azadi Sports Complex, Tehran

Sadeghieh, Tehran

Golestan Palace, Tehran

Sadabad Palace, Tehran

University of Shiraz Library

Mauseleum of Hafez, Shiraz

Entrance to a market, Kashan

TabaTabai House, Kashan

Maasooleh

Dariush Grand Hotel, Kish

I think I'm done. That only took an hour LOL

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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 04-Nov-2006 at 02:39

Xshayathiya, those photos are marvelous.

The wide angle shot (Naghshe Jahan) is super.

The Bibi Khanoom dome is supreme.

When was Boje Shahyad/Azadi built?

Aryamehr/Azadi Sports Complex

The photo of Maasooleh is interesting - how old is that place?

Posted By: Ellin
Date Posted: 04-Nov-2006 at 09:40

Originally posted by Hellios

Ellin, thanks for the nice pics of Melbourne architecture.

You got me interested in Melbourne architecture so I did a quick search; maybe you've seen these architectural works in Melbourne:

Great shots everyone!!

Yep, Hellios, I have seen most of those you've found.

Pic 1 is Melbourne Central.
Have been shopping there many a time.

Here's another shot of how it looks.

Pic 2 is an old picture theatre, which I can't remember what it's called.
The glass structure on the opposite side, is part of the Federation Square
Buildings. Which mind you, we all thought were an eyesore when first being contstructed, but eventually won us over.

Pic 3 RIALTO TOWERS

is the second-tallest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforced_concrete - reinforced concrete building and the tallest office building or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper - skyscraper in the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Hemisphere - Southern Hemisphere (opening in October http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986 - 1986 ) The massive glass http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa%C3%A7ade - fa�ade , its central feature, changes colour during the day, ranging from a trademark dark blue to a brilliant gold during sunset. It is 251 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre - m (824 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_%28unit_of_length%29 - ft ) high, with 63 floors and 3 basement floors.

There's an observatory deck on the 55th floor.

Pic 4 Melbourne Aquarium
Haven't been to this yet, only been to the one in Sydney, which is supposed to be bigger.

Pic 5
You see a lot of these homes or shoe boxes around inner city
suburbia, which, mind you, cost a fortune because of their location.
From what my mum tells me, a lot of migrants of the 60's,
would pull down the iron artwork because they thought it was ugly,
not knowing that they were committing an architectural crime. haha

Princess Theatre

RMIT - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Victorian Arts Centre

Government House

St Patrick's Cathedral

Southern Cross Station

Posted By: Xshayathiya
Date Posted: 04-Nov-2006 at 14:27

Originally posted by Hellios

Xshayathiya, those photos are marvelous.

The wide angle shot (Naghshe Jahan) is super.

The Bibi Khanoom dome is supreme.

When was Boje Shahyad/Azadi built?

Aryamehr/Azadi Sports Complex

The photo of Maasooleh is interesting - how old is that place?

Borje Shahyad was built in 1971 for the 2500 year celebrations. Its name was switched to Azadi (for obvious reasons) after the revolution. It's pretty much the symbol of Tehran right now, but they're trying to replace it with the Borje Milad.

Maasooleh is about a thousand years old. Its a very interesting place. My family had a villa close by so I remember going to it several times. They city is pretty much built into the mountain, and the houses are built in rows. The roofs of the houses of one level actually serve as the road for the level above. Because of this, there's no cars allowed in the place. I think the total population is less than a thousand, but i could be wrong. Oh and its in Gilan, in Northern Iran, or "shomal" as we call it.

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Posted By: Menumorut
Date Posted: 23-Dec-2006 at 11:57

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ubOgkp2oVc - Architecture of Bucharest - movie 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8oCqD7knJ0 - Architecture of Bucharest - movie 2

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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 23-Dec-2006 at 19:27

Originally posted by Preobrazhenskoe

Once again, outstanding pics Pinguin. Simply beautiful, historically profound, wonderful abstract art, and the best damn subway station I've ever seen! Lol.

Everyone's so familiar already with the monuments in my country. Oh well, here's one, the Sears Tower of Chicago, Illinois.

Eric

I go to UIC, I see it every day lol.

Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 23-Dec-2006 at 19:35

These are all good pieces of architecture. Greece has some of the best. Romanian architecture is great, I haven't seen much of it before, thanks for the posts. these are amazing pictures.

Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 23-Dec-2006 at 21:21

Here is some architecture from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo: