marți, 9 martie 2010

Santa Fe Pads 443, Mexico City, Mexico



Santa Fe Tower Pads (also called Tower Pulse) is a skyscraper located at Avenida Santa Fe # 443, Cruz Manca, the Delegación Álvaro Obregón, in the district of Santa Fe, Mexico City, to be exact when his construction became the tallest building in the district of Santa Fe ahead of the Tower Panorama Santa Fe, Mexico City became the thirteenth highest, is considered one of the most modern buildings in Mexico City.

luni, 8 martie 2010

ASMC Office bulding, Bucharest, Romania



The object of the investment consists in an office building with 2B, GF+7F located on a land with a surface of 216,00 mp at 5 D. Dobrescu St. in Bucharest, on the East part of Revolutiei Square. The peculiarity and difficulty of the said location is given by the fact that presently on it is located a decayed building classified as a monument due to its artistic and memorial-symbolic value linked to the historical events which took place in this area in December 1989. The town planning contect and the presence of the decayed building generated the development's concept, thought as a vertical volume with two sequences: the old construction - kept only as a facade and punctually restored according to the historical studythe new construction - a glass volume with an abstract expression, inserted in the insides of the existent building's facade. By its color, transparency and position, the superior half is detached from the general volume

duminică, 7 martie 2010

Memorial of Rebirth, Bucharest, Romania



The Memorial of Rebirth (Memorialul Renaşterii in Romanian) is a memorial in Bucharest, Romania that commemorates the struggles and victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989, which overthrew Communism. The memorial complex was inaugurated in August 2005 in Revolution Square, where Romania's Communist-era dictator, Nicolae Ceauşescu, was publicly overthrown in December 1989.

Model info:
06.03.2010 - version 7 - the model was corrected for acceptance in Google Earth

National Theatre Bucharest, Romania



The National Theatre Bucharest is the national theatre of Romania, located in the capital Bucharest. The current National Theatre is located about half a kilometre away from the old site, just south of the Hotel Intercontinental at Piaţa Universităţii (University Square), and has been in use since 1973. It forms part of a complex that also includes the Romanian National Operetta, an art gallery and exhibition space, and several of the city's most prominent bars, including the massive rooftop terrace La Motoare. The present facility includes: Sala Mare ("the Large Hall"), with 1,155 seats; Sala Amfiteatru ("the Amphitheatre Hall"), with 353 seats; Sala Atelier ("the Studio Theatre") with no fixed stage, with 94-219 seats depending on how it is configured; Sala Studio 99, also without a fixed stage, seating 75-99 people.

The House of the Free Press, Bucharest, Romania



Casa Presei Libere (The House of the Free Press) is a building in northern Bucharest, Romania, the highest one in the city until 2007. Construction began in 1952 and was completed in 1956. The building was named Combinatul Poligrafic Casa Scînteii "I.V.Stalin" and later Casa Scînteii (Scînteia was the name of the Romanian Communist Party's official newspaper). It was designed by the architect Horia Maicu, in the pure (albeit comparatively small-scale) style of Soviet Socialist realism, resembling the main building of the Moscow State University, and was intended to house all of Bucharest's printing presses, the newsrooms and their staff. It has a foundation with an area of 280x260m, the total constructed surface is 32,000 m² and it has a volume of 735,000 m³. Its height is 91.6 m without the television antenna, which measures an additional 12.4 m, bringing the total height to 104 m.

joi, 13 august 2009

4th & Vine Tower, Cincinnati, Ohio, SUA





The 4th & Vine Tower (formerly known as the Central Trust Bank Building) is a 495 foot (151 meter) tall building in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. It stands 31 stories tall, overlooking the Ohio River waterfront. It is considered one of the most recognizable buildings making up the city's skyline. Few PNC Bank employees now work in the 4th & Vine Tower today, most report to the newer PNC Center. PNC Bank has the signage rights to the building, but that is not the official name. It is officially the 4th & Vine Tower.

Cristo-Rei, Lisbon, Portugal



Cristo-Rei was inspired by the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and inaugurated on May 17, 1959. At that time Portugal was being ruled by the President of the Council António de Oliveira Salazar, and it was on his orders that the Cristo-Rei was built. The base of the monument, by architect António Lino, is in the form of a gate, standing 75 m (246 ft) tall. At the top is a statue of Christ the Redeemer, designed by sculptor Francisco Franco de Sousa, 28 m (92 ft)-tall. At the base of the statue is an observation deck (altitude: 184 m / 604 ft) providing panoramic views of the city of Lisbon, the Tagus river (in portuguese: Rio Tejo) and of the 25 de Abril Bridge (in portuguese: Ponte 25 de Abril). It is located on the left riverbank.

The sculpture was modelled by Peter Olsen, Brighton-le-Sands, Sydney, Australia.