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village pump .
Beckomberga hospital c. 1935
Château de Rosny : Painting by
Corot .
Shell Service Station
Interior of the Scottish Parliament Building
… that the
Giliardi family of architects, originally from
Ticino ,
Switzerland established themselves in Russia in the middle of
18th century ?
… that the
Architecture of Portugal has unique examples of Arquitecture chã (plain architecture),
Manueline (pictured) and
Pombaline style ?
… that
Domenico Giliardi (1785–1845), a
Swiss architect , was among those charged with rebuilding
Moscow , after the
Great Fire of 1812 .
… that
Heliopolis style is a unique mixture of the Moorish, Arabic and European
architectural styles in
Cairo , Egypt?
… that the American
Neoclassical
Nathaniel Russell House has an entirely self-supporting, elliptical
spiral staircase ?
… that the
Mossehaus in
Berlin by
Mendelsohn and
Neutra is an early example of
streamlined architecture?
… that the
Great Mosque of Djenné in
Mali is the largest
mud brick or
adobe building in the world? (pictured)
… that the
San Petronio Basilica in
Bologna is host to the longest
sundial in the world, built in
1655 and designed by the famous astronomer
Giovanni Domenico Cassini (66.8 meters)?
…that the
Vall de Boí in
Catalonia has the densest concentration of
Romanesque architecture in Europe?
… that the buildings by
Cremer & Wolffenstein on Kaiser Wilhelm Straße were among the first
Neo-baroque buildings of
Berlin ? (pictured)
…that
Erich Mendelsohn was the first foreign architect in to be asked to work in the
USSR , designing the
Red Flag Textile Factory in 1925? He also designed the
Cohen House in 1936 with
Serge Chermayeff on Old Church Street, Chelsea,
London
…that the "
Chicago window " used on the
Marquette Building is considered a trademark of the
Chicago school of architecture ? (pictured)
…that the work of
Australian architect
George Temple-Poole has been assessed by the
National Trust of Australia as 'essential to the heritage of Australia and must be preserved'?
…that the
Aga Khan Award for Architecture is the largest architectural award in the world with a total prize of US$ 500,000?
...that the
Knickerbocker Hotel in New York City was host to the world-famous opera singer
Enrico Caruso who sang "
The Star-Spangled Banner " from the window of his room on
Armistice Day ?
...that the
Villa Romana del Casale is the richest, largest and most complex collection of late
Roman
mosaics in the world? (pictured)
...that the
Barbican of Warsaw became obsolete almost immediately after its construction in
1548 ?
...that
St. Michael's Castle was built like a
medieval
fortress for the personal protection of the
Russian Emperor
Paul I , who ironically was
assassinated in his bedroom shortly after moving in to his new castle?
...that a church of the
Order of the Holy Ghost once stood at the site of the
Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in
Kraków ?
...that the
Certosa di Pavia was commissioned by
Gian Galeazzo Visconti to be built halfway between his two courts in
Milan and
Pavia ?
...that
Remuh Synagogue is the only functioning
synagogue in
Kraków ,
Poland ?
...that the only remaining part of the
Palais Strousberg after the Second World War were the gates complete with the British coats of arms and they were built into the modern
British Embassy in Berlin , erected on the same site in the 1990s?
... that since 1994, the mural arts program of the
Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network has created more than 2,500 murals across
Philadelphia ?
…that the
Lovell House by
Richard Neutra was the first
steel frame house (1929)?
…that the
destination hotel became popular in the 1800s, and their number has expanded to present times, along with the elaborateness of their amenities?
…that
Beckomberga Hospital (pictured) in
Stockholm was designed according to a strict
symmetrical pattern and used to be one of the largest
psychiatric hospitals in
Europe ?
…that the
Château de Rosny (pictured ), the birthplace and seat of
Henri IV 's minister
Duc de Sully , was largely stripped of its furniture and neglected after it was acquired by a Japanese company in 1984?
…that four years before her death,
Madame de Pompadour paid almost one million
livres to buy the
Château de Menars (pictured ), selling some
pearl bracelets to meet the first payment?
…that the
Shell Service Station (pictured) in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina was chosen for the
National Register of Historic Places as an example of
folly architecture, and over $50,000 has been spent restoring it to its original condition?
…that the
McLean County Courthouse and Square in
Bloomington, Illinois , a
Registered Historic Place , is home to multiple historic buildings built from the 1850s to the 1920s, including the old county courthouse, constructed in 1903?
…that
Fort Randolph was an
American Revolutionary War fort where
Cornstalk , a
Shawnee chief, was murdered in 1777?
....that a
crow-stepped gable is a roof slope design arising in the
Middle Ages which was decorative, but also facilitated access to
chimneys for maintenance?
...that the
Viipuri Municipal Library (pictured) , built to
Aalto 's groundbreaking design in 1935, was abandoned for a decade following the transfer of
Viipuri to the
Soviet Union ?
... that local farmers would drive rock laden wagons onto the
Ada Covered Bridge to prevent it washing away during floods (pictured) ?
...that all buildings of the
Vitra furniture factory in Germany have been designed by internationally renowned architects, including
Frank O. Gehry (production hall pictured ),
Nicholas Grimshaw ,
Zaha Hadid ,
Tadao Ando and
Álvaro Siza ?
...that the
Kandariya Mahadeva (pictured) is one of the best examples of
Hindu temples preserved from the medieval period in
India ?
... that the Catalan architect
Enric Miralles died before seeing the completion of his largest building: the
Scottish Parliament Building " (pictured) ?
... that the
Neo-Renaissance
architectural style encompasses such dissimilar structures as the
Opera Garnier and
Hôtel de Ville in
Paris , the
National Theatre in
Prague , the
Reichstag in
Berlin ,
Mentmore Towers near
London ,
Vladimir Palace in
Saint Petersburg , and the
Public Library in
Boston ?
… that
Finials were once believed to act as a deterrent to witches on broomsticks attempting to land on one's roof?
… that
Jørn Utzon won the competition to design the
Sydney Opera House despite the fact that he submitted only preliminary drawings?
… that
novelty architecture is made in the shape of objects like hot dogs or giant hats?
… that
Inigo Jones (15 July 1573 – 21 June 1652) is regarded as the first significant
English architect ?