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THE VIRTUAL COLLECTION OF EMBLEMATIC BUILDINGS Comenius Mars 2012
THE VIRTUAL COLLECTION OF EMBLEMATIC
BUILDINGS
Comenius Mars 2012
Gapahuk
At the local shore where people go for
picnic and swimming during the summer half of the year, a shelter is now being
constructed. The «gapahuk» will be
open all year for everyone to use. It is being built the same way the fishermen
and farmers at the west coast of
Norway have built boathouses and
barns for more than a thousand years!
NORWAY
Old Outhouse
Outhouses are buildings people among
other things keep tools and firewood. In
the old days people built their outhouse using different materials and different
techniques. This is a picture of a very old outhouse near our school in Røvær.
Barn
In earlier days many families in Røvær had a small barn. Their main income was usually by fishing, but beside this they could have a horse, a cow and some sheep. People kept these animals to be self-supported with meat and milk. The picture shows a barn that was built many years ago. As what was (or is) common with barns, the owner stored hay at second floor, and the first floor were used as a stable.
NORWAY
GERMANY
Rathaus – Town hall
testifies to the former wealth of the city
from various stages of
construction, start 1517
Special feature: plant tower
with two golden goats
GERMANY
Birnstilsches Haus
Renaissance town house from 1545
former building of the Franciscan
framework with many features
Former inn „Golden sun“
Renaissance town house from 1594
1670 – 1707 Inn „Golden sun“1831 – 1871 Postbuilding
after world war 1 Cinema
2005 – 2007 extensively renovate
White villa
Representative Art Nouveau
Formerly belonged to the industrialist
Richard BestehornIs currently being renovated extensively
and will be a home for elderly people
Krukmannsches Haus
Renaissance – town house from 1572built by the merchant Herrmann
Krukmann after his trip to Moscow
extensively renovated in 1998
GERMANY
SPAIN
“ EDIFICIO MIRADOR SANCHINARRO”
This peculiar square building with a hole in the middle is the most famous building in
its neighbourhood. It is a modern building
with 21 floors. The views to the
Guadarrama mountains are marvellous.
“THE TOWN HALL IN MADRID”
It was the former Communication Palace, built in 1918. These two white buildings are placed in the historic centre of Madrid,with 30,000 square metres. It is one of the first examples of modern arquitecture. The designer´s aim was to create “a building for people”. In 1993 it was declared a Monument of Cultural Interest. “THE TOWN HALL IN MADRID”
It was the former Communication Palace, built in 1918. These two white buildings are placed in the historic centre of Madrid,with 30,000 square metres. It is one of the first examples of modern arquitecture. The designer´s aim was to create “a building for people”. In 1993 it was declared a Monument of
Cultural Interest.
SPAIN
“TORRES KIO” OR EUROPE GATE
These two towers, Kio Towers, are
leaning15º respect the vertical position,
with 114 metres and 26 floors. They are the second highest twin towers in
Spain. They were the first leaning skyscrapers built in the world (in 1996).
“CAIXAFORUM”
This building was a power-station and it
was rebuilt with original results. This new
museum has an open square with fountains
and cascades. You may appreciate a rusty
metalic finish. One of its lateral fronts has a
spectacular vertical garden, a green carpet
full of hundreds of plants. This museum
has circular stairs reminding the
Guggenheim Museum in New York.
SPAIN
“MUSEO DEL PRADO”
The National Prado Museum, built in the
19th century, is one of the most
important and most visited museums in the world. A portico integrated by six
Tuscan columns is in the front central part of the building. There is a statue of
the famous artist Velázquez outside the
museum.
“TEMPLO DE DEBOD”
This is a 2,200 years-old temple from the
old Egypt placed at the West of “Plaza de
España”. It stands in the same direction as
it was from East to West. It was a present
from Egypt to Spain to acknowledge the help of our government in the construction of the Aswan Dam in 1968.
ITALY
a tower house in Piazza Grande
Arezzo cathedral
ITALY
Saint Mary parish tower
the entrance of the Fraternity of Lay palace
ITALY
the old courthouse
The Vasari arches
_eský Krumlov, the Czech
Republic - one of the beautiful
houses in the historic centre
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
_eský Krumlov, the Czech Republic - the
facade of an emblematic Renaissance building
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
_eský Krumlov, the Czech
Republic - the rounded six-storied tower of the Castle
_eský Krumlov, the Czech Republic - the
three-storied covered arched bridge - part
of the Castle
_eský Krumlov, the Czech Republic - the view of the Castle
complex, the Church of St. Vitus and some of the typical houses in the centre
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRIA
Die Wotruba Kirche
The Church of the holy of holiest Trinity in Vienna, better known as the Wotruba Church, is located on the Sankt Georgenberg in Mauer in the 23rd District of Vienna. It was built between August 1974 and October 1976 on the basis of a model by Fritz Wotruba.The church startles at first glance, resembling more an enlarged piece of abstract sculpture. It provides visitors with the unique opportunity to enter into an art form more often viewed on a much smaller scale.Fritz Wotruba wanted to show that being poor is not the same as ugly, and that believing in God is wonderful even if it is in a very similar building.Lots of visitors have come to see that building even before it was finished.
The building consists of 152 asymmetrically arranged concrete blocks of a size between 0.84 m3 to 64 m3, the highest block measures 13.10m.
The new railwaystation - westRebuilding 2008-2011
Since mid-September 2008 a series of undertakings have been commenced at Wien West, including the renovation of
the listed ticket hall, the removal of the expensive, redundant flag poles outside of the station and the construction of new
buildings to the left and right of the main hall, all of which are part of the new BahnhofCity project. To the left, above the park on the corner of Mariahilfer Straße and Neubaugürtel, an office building with a large atrium, on the other side another modern office complex with
integrated hotel are being constructed. The plan includes space for roughly 100 shops and various restaurants. During this construction period the entire ticket hall and the Europaplatz in front of it have been shut down. A provisional station has been created to the left of the main hall so that the station may remain in operation. Austrian Federal Railway (31 October 2008). Retrieved 29 November 2008.
AUSTRIA
The Mur-island in GrazThe Murinsel in Graz, Austria, is actually not an island at all, but an artificial floating platform in the middle of the Mur river. This landmark of Graz was designed by New York artist Vito
Acconci on the occasion of Graz becoming the 2003 European Capital of Culture.The building in the form of a giant sea shell measures 50m in length and 20m in width.Two footbridges connect it with both banks of the Mur. The centre of the platform forms an amphitheatre. Below a twisted round dome there is a café and a playground. The Murinsel is built for a maximum number of 350 visitors.
AUSTRIA
Open Space Murau - Hotel - Lounge
Cafe - Bar - Gasthof
The Open-Space cafe looks like a wide open mouth over the river Mur. It seems like it would hang over the Mur. It's part of a restaurant of the 13. century, ten meters high and standing out twelve meters over the river. A sensational view in a nice athmosphere is guaranteed.
Das Loisium
The architect Steven Holl from New York created with his Vinedestination Loisium an unusual place for the avangard landarchitecturcombined with the theme vine. The Loisium is a symbios of a modern vine-center, a hotel, a mystic vine cellar and vineyards. It's a vine -adventure-center in Austrias famoust whitevinearea. A new combination: 900 years old vinecellars very modern enacted.The bulding is a silver cube with an angle of inclination of 5 degrees to the south. So the view between the building, the vinecellar and the vineyards is very impressioner.
Modernes Einfamilienhaus in Wien
The onefamily-house was built in 2000 in a viennesealloment garden. It could be a prototyp for a modern gardenhouse.In a very populated area, near the Hans Christian Andersen school, there exists a small ground with 250qm. The architect built a small house, scopping out all posibilities to create a lot of room. A teacher of our school lives in this unusual house with her family.
AUSTRIA
WALES
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FRANCE
The fly house
The fly house is the smallest house of Colmar and perhaps the smallest in France.
Located at the crossroad between SchoolPlace and Market. This house has13 m2, for this reason, the Colmar residents named it :
« The fly box » or « fly house ».
Pfister house
The most famous house of the city is
the Pfister house. Built in 1537, in
Renaissance style, for mister Ludwig
Scherer who was hatmaker, this house
is made of stone and wood.
FRANCE
The Koifhus
The fountain Schwendi, on the former CustomsPlace was built by
Bartholdi and is dedicated to Lazare de Schwendi, who was commander of
the imperial army against the Soliman’s in Hungary. According to the legendSchwendi brought back the Tokay, the most famous vine variety in Alsace.
FRANCE
Little Venice
From this small bridge, we can see a wonderful landscape of the « Lauch »
river and the houses long the river.
Unterlinden Museum
This museum is sized on a former convent of the dominicans and its church. It is the most visitedmuseum out of Paris.
The most famous piece of the museum is the « retable d’Issenheim ».
