Burj Khalifa http://www.burjkhalifa.ae/en/index.aspx The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world. It is more than 160 stories tall and located in Dubai. It also has many another "tallest" within the building. It has the highest outdoor observation deck. Also the elevator inside has the longest travel distance in the world. It is a hotel with restaurants inside.
Indian Supreme Court Orders Government to Restore the Taj Mahal — or Demolish It For hundreds of years one of the most beautiful buildings in the world has stood out, now not so much. The Taj Mahal was built 400 years ago by Shah Jahan who built it to remember his favorite wife Mumtaz Mahal. The white, shiny marble of the Taj Mahal has began to fade away into a green, black, brown, and yellow color because of bug poop and industrial pollution. The Supreme Court took action saying "Restore it or it's gone". As of right now the Taj Mahal is still standing.
Fallingwater Fallingwater was built by Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright is a revered architect, and has built many buildings, but this is one shows off his true talent. Fallingwater was initially built as a summer camp for his employees, but now it is an institute in Pennsylvania. Legend has it, this building was sketched in less than two hours. This building has its inventive name because it is built atop a waterfall. There are structural problems with Fallingwater because it wasn't built with enough steel to support the first floor concrete. Wright was a creative man, he designed the interior for this building as well, and it still holds its original furniture and wall art.
Lotus Temple The lotus temple is constructed with 27 different pedals. To me it kind of looks like an upside down pedal. This building structure can fit up to 2500 people inside of it. It was completed in 1986, and since then over 100 million have come to visit it. This fascinating structure known as baha'i house of worship is located in New Delhi.
Burj Khalifa Burj Khalifa is the worlds tallest/largest building in the world. Standing at 160 stories tall it is easily spotted in the rich city of Dubai. It has been the worlds tallest building since 2009. Construction had started in 2007. The building is made mostly of glass. When it first opened in 2010 it was called a "mix-use development building". It was designed by Adrian Smith who had also designed one of the World Trade Center Towers that was hit by an airplane in 2001. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa
The Golden Gate Bridge will be closed on weeknights, excluding holidays, through 2021 as workers begin installing a suicide net along the sides of the bridge.At least one lane in both directions of the bridge will remain open during the lane closures. The closures will provide space for construction workers to lower materials under the roadway. http://www.ktvu.com/news/lanes-to-close-during-installation-of-suicide-net-on-golden-gate-bridge
The Sydney Opera house, located in New Whales, Australia, sits on Port Jackson. It is named after two men who were friends with the first british settlers of Australia and the locals who had already lived there.. They were named Bennelong and Colebee. There was a small building that was Bennelong's house, then in 1821 it became Fort Macqarie, and is now the Sydney Oprah House and has been since 1959. Before it was built the Sydney Symphony Orchestra resident conductor said that Sydney which is Australia's leading city needed a musical facility. The Sydney Opera House is not only home to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra but to many other musical groups. The white sails on top of the building make it special and one of the most photographed buildings in the world!
The Flatiron building in New York was built between 1901-1903 by Daniel Burnham. It was not the tallest building in that time, but it is 21 stories tall. The building originally was meant to be called Fuller Building, but locals started calling in the Flatiron building and it stuck ever since. It was also called Burnham's Folly because they thought it would fall over due to how tall it was and how fast the winds could blow. But it never has fallen over, and more than likely never will. http://www.aviewoncities.com/nyc/flatiron.htm
The Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater), built in 70 AD. by Emperor Vespasian as a gift to the Roman people. The Colosseum opened ten years after construction began and, to celebrate it’s upbringing, held 100 shows in 100 days ranging from gladiator combats to wild animals fights. This work of art measured 620 by 513 ft, smashing the Roman record of the largest amphitheater. Seating in the Colosseum held up to 50,000 people! Four centuries after the Flavian Amphitheater opened, it closed down due to the omission of gladiator combats and similar events and eventually, completely abandoned when it started falling apart due to natural events such as earthquakes. Today, only about ⅔ rds of the Colosseum stands.
Written by History.com editors https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/colosseum
"Newgrange Stone Age Passage Tomb" Newgrange is located in Boyne Valley, Isareal. It is 5,200 years old, meaning it was constructed in 3,200 B.C. making it older than The Pyramids of Giza. It was built in a cicular form, and through the passage, you will find three alcoves. Alcoves are built in wall shelves and/or another word for garden. In this case, it's the shelves. Newgrange was built by ancient farmers that believed in more religious beliefs. The structure is 85 meters by 13.5 high. https://www.newgrange.com/
Willis Tower The Willis Tower, built in 1970, wasn't always called the Willis Tower. It is located in Chicago, and its original name was the Sears Tower. The building was renamed in 2009. From the time of 1970-1996, it was the tallest building in the world. Many people know this building for its sky deck, where roughly 1.5 million people go each year. The sky deck is on the 103rd floor of the building. There is a clear "box" that you step out, onto. The person standing there is able to see all the way down to the street. This structure is fascinating and a huge tourist destination.
The construction of the Golden Gate Bridge started in 1933 and ended in 1937. The bridge, in total,1.7 miles long. The bridge is also 90 feet wide. The Golden Gate Bridge connects San Francisco and Marin County. The construction costed a total of what would be 1.5 billion dollars in today’s money.
"Moscow greenlights its tallest skyscraper yet" August 29, 2018 Recently in Moscow, a 'supertall' skyscraper has been given the green light to begin plans. The design for the building is set to be finished in 2019. Construction should be complete in 2024. Moscow currently housed five of the ten tallest buildings in Europe. The new unnamed tower will become the second tallest building in Europe standing 404 meters tall with the highest usable space at 399 meters. The tallest building is the Lakhta Center, which is 462 meters tall, but the highest usable level is only 377 meters high.
March 18th 2018 https://www.inverse.com/article/42474-sxsw-2018-cheap-fast-3d-printed-house
ICON and a non-profit organization are developing 3d printed houses. These houses only take about a day to be constructed. The cost of these 3d printed houses is about 10,000 USD. In the future they wish to bring the cost down to 4,000 USD to make them as affordable as possible. They also wish to bring the construction time down from a day to around six hours.
The Gateway Arch in St Louis: It is one of the tallest arches in the world and it was man-made.The arch is a 630-foot monument in St Louis. Construction began February 12,1963, and finished on October 28, 1965. I have been to the Arch and it is amazing.Their is a museum under the Arch.
Jeddah Tower Saudi Arabia will be opening the highest tower in 2020. This skyscraper will knock Burj Khalifa off of the highest skyscraper measuring 3,280 feet-tall which is 590 feet taller. This tower is known as the mile-high structure. They started building this skyscraper in 2013. This skyscraper will be in the center of their city Jeddah in the desert. Jeddah tower fits all the requirement for 2030, so if they wouldn't finish until then it was still a fit tower. https://www.cnn.com/style/article/jeddah-tower-saudi-arabia-new/index.html
The Eiffel Tower is located in Paris, France. This weekend the people of France witnessed a fascinating display of lights. These lights were shown against the tower. The lights made different pictures showcasing the past 160 years of French and Japanese diplomatic ties. The Eiffel Tower was created by Gustave Eiffel. Eiffel had help from Stephen Sauvestre, Maurice Koechlin, and Emile Nouguier.
The White House is a very iconic building, being the place where a sitting U.S. president lives during their time as president of the U.S. The construction on the White House started in 1792 and the first president to live in the White House was John Adams in 1800. The White House was burned in 1814 by the British in the War of 1812. Nowadays the White House is a popular tourist spot and is one of the oldest Government buildings still in use in the U.S.
The Milwaukee Art Museum is an architectural landmark, this building has three parts to it. The War Memorial Center which was designed by Finnish and by an American named Eero Saarinen. The Kahler Building which was made by David Kahler and the Quadracci Pavilion this was created by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. Overlooking Lake Michigan, it’s right next to Wisconsin Avenue the building has a cable stay footbridge. People can cross Lincoln Memorial Drive on the bridge and continue into the pavilion, while drivers enter in an underground parking garage.
Hughes, Kerrie. “30 World-Famous Buildings to Inspire You.” Creative Bloq, Creative Bloq ART AND DESIGN INSPIRATION, 28 June 2018, www.creativebloq.com/architecture/famous-buildings-around-world-10121105.
There is a building in Abu Dhabi that is not famous for being that tall. It is only 525 feet which is still pretty tall but not something that would make it famous. Instead, it is most popular for its incredible tilt leaning over four times as much as the leaning tower of Piza. It is tilting at a whopping 18 degrees westward which is an immense amount for a building. The base is drilled 98.4 feet just to accommodate for the gravity not to mention all the other things that the tower needs that other parts of the tower are designed for.
Leaning Tower of Pisa The Leaning Tower of Pisa is one of the most remarkable structures in Europe. It is very famous for it's tilt. While it was being built to started to lean, because of the ground being soft. They started to build it in 1173 and it took 199 years to build.
Floating UFO house could sail in 2018! https://futurism.com/this-updated-floating-ufo-house-design-could-sail-in-2018/
People hunting for UFOs are probably scouring the skies looking for them. One company wants you to see them on the beach while you are strolling along. Futuristic yacht designers have the second version of their UFO floating houseboat catching a lot of attention from people on the internet. This version has the same problem as the last prototype, it catches to many buys/funders. The UFO houseboat is circular like a real UFO, and a disk around it kind of like a balcony.
The Forbidden City. The Forbidden city is located at the heart of China. It was built in 1420 in early Ming Dynasty. It's the best preserved palace in China. It's largest palace in the world. It homed 24 emperors. It was such a nice place it was forbidden from ordinary hence why it go the name "The Forbidden City". The original name was "Purple Forbidden City." The main colors of the building are yellow and red. The yellow represents power. Red means happiness and good fortune. The reason this building was built was for emperors. https://www.chinahighlights.com/beijing/forbidden-city/
The Lotus Temple https://www.creativebloq.com/architecture/famous-buildings-around-world-10121105 The Lotus house is in New Delhi's made up of 27 petal like structures that make up of a Lotus flower. The Lotus Flower opens up to 40 meters high. There are nine sides and nine doors. The structure can hold up to 2,500 people. Since 1986 this building has had the biggest attraction of 100 million people.
Statue of Liberty Will Reopen Despite Government Shutdown Jan21, 2018. The reason they had chose to shut it down was due to the attacks of and after 9/11. they reopened the island at the end of 2001, but the pedestal and statue remained off-limits. later state and federal officials had reached a deal to reopen the Statue of Liberty. They chose to reopen the statue because it cost NYC $65,000 a day to cover the tourist budget. They saw that if they opened the statue they would more then enough to cover the expenses.
The space needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington. The space needle was built in the Seattle Center in 1962. It brought in over 2.3 million tourists and about 20,000 people a day used the elevator. The space needle is 605 ft tall and 138 ft wide. The space needle weighs about 8,660 tonnes and was built to withstand winds of over 200 mph. The observation deck is at 520 ft and the rotation restaurant is at 500 ft.
When this building started getting built in 1173 wars were breaking out. So they stopped and at times the building would get ruined so they would have to start over. Overall this building took around 200 years to build. They don't know the architect is still today. This story was supposed to be 185 feet tall. The top if vertically off by 17 feet because of architect's trying to make it staighter and not from falling over. Around the 1920'sand before the 1920's their was discussion about taking it apart and building it straight. They later decided no and and cemented it in to stablize the building more. This building has 297 spiral steps.
https://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/statue-facts https://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/statue-history Frenchman Edouard de Laboulaye thought about building the monument in 1965. America and France both helped build the statue of liberty. On the crowns there are seven rays represent each content. The statue of liberty has a 35 feet waistline.
The Pantheon https://www.creativebloq.com/architecture/famous-buildings-around-world-10121105
The Pantheon is a building in Rome. The Pantheon is known as the Temple of the Gods. It was built around 126 AD. The Pantheon was destroyed and rebuilt twice. It also started as a rectangle, but now it is a dome shape. The Pantheon has the worlds largest unreinforced concrete dome. Nobody knows for sure what emperors or architects were responsible.
The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world. The weight of just the concrete is about the same weight of 100,000 elephants. It had the highest single elevator going up to 140 floors. It takes about one minute to reach the 124th floor, or the observation deck. https://luxeadventuretraveler.com/fun-facts-about-the-burj-khalifa/
Naruhito sets off Japan-themed light show at Eiffel Tower
On September 13 the Eiffel Tower was illuminated with a red sun, the colors of France's flag, and other Japanese artwork. The special light show was put on to celebrate the 160th Japan-France friendship. Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito had the honor to start the light show by pushing a button. The show was about ten minutes long and ran on loop until 2 in the morning. The lightshow was part of the Japonismes (art movement) 2018 event held in and around Paris that introduces Japanese culture. The Eiffel Tower also has special light shows for holidays like Christmas and Bastille Day.
Construction begins on $133 million revamp of Chemistry Building Posted on September 17, 2018 Construction has started at the UW-Madison Chemistry Facility. It is a 133 million dollar project that is going to take about 4 years to finish. The university is really happy to announce this because it has been waiting for this moment for a while. The original couple building were built in 1962 and 1965 so it is time to revamp that specific wing on campus. https://news.wisc.edu/construction-begins-on-133-million-revamp-of-chemistry-building/
The Gateway Arch will go dark for two weeks starting Monday. They are doing this to protect the migrating birds. The lights will be turned back on, October 1, 2018. Thousands of birds travel along the Mississippi Flyway each year to and from there breeding grounds. the Mississippi Flyway hugs the Mississippi River stretching from Canada to the Gulf Of Mexico.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/china-quarry-hotel-shanghai/index.html A futuristic hotel is opening this October. It has skyscrapers, beaches, tropical forests and some of it is underground. This hotel is located in China. It has 18 floors and 336 rooms. It is built into the Sheshen Mountains.
The Forbidden City is a palace complex (home to royals) that is located in the centre of Beijing, China. It was built somewhere between 1406AD and 1420AD. It was used as a home for the Emperors from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing. This palace was the political core in China for half a millennium (500 years). That is now known for a public museum.
Berlin hotels from gloriously grand to popularly priced The privately five star hotel it has a great few from the hotel. The hotel is called Mandala hotel. It gots 158 rooms and suites. The room sizes go from to studios to sprawling penthouses. It puts the visitors so close to the Brandenburg Gate and Checkpoint Charlie some tourist spot in Berlin. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/berlin-hotels/index.html
The crooked House It looks like a painting by a drunk painter. But its really a house located in Rezydent center in Sopot Poland. Its the most photo graphed photo in Poland. It covers 4,000 square meters.http://www.archinomy.com/case-studies/709/50-most-amazing-buildings-of-the-world
Berlin hotels from gloriously grand to popularly priced https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/berlin-hotels/index.html Hotel de Rome has 108 rooms that starts off at the classic sizes and they are classy. They go up 37 suites and there is a big variety of styles of suites. This hotel roof top is a terrace. It has really good views of the nearby classical buildings. In the mid-2000s they installed flat screen tv in every room and suites. They also were filling out the old jewel vault with a swimming pool and spa.
It was started in Jan 28 1887 and Its completed in March 31 1889. Its was bult by hand. it was one of the tallest bulldings for 41 year till the chrysler bulding was bult in 1930. Some people climb the 1700 steeps but most people use the lift.
The St. Lewis is a symbol to people who wanted to go from the East to the west as a "Gateway to the West." The Arch was completed in 1963 and has not had much renovations since. The arch has a ability to survive up to an earthquake being able to sway around 18 inches. The site around the arch has just received a $380 million dollar renovation and the arch it self has actually received a name change to the Gateway Arch National Park.
The Lotus Temple is known as a Baha'i place of worship. The temple stands at 112 feet in height and is located in New Delhi, India. It was finished in the year 1986 costing roughly $10 million to construct. The 27 structures that make up the temple are placed specifically to resemble a lotus flower. The lotus flower is a symbol of love and purity, it sends a message of immortality. The Lotus Temple is one of nine places of worship around the world. This specific temple attracts over 100 million people a year, an average of eight to 10,000 people each day. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lotus-Temple
The Empire State building is a 102 story skyscraper in downtown Manhattan, New York. It was built in 1931 and stands 1,454 feet tall. It is currently the 5th tallest skyscraper in the United States and the 28th tallest in the world. On January 28th of 2018 there was a shooting was a shooting in the outside of the Empire State building. Three people were shot but they all survived. The people shot were believed to be intended targets. The shooter was later found be police and fatally shot for threatening the police officers.
Space Needle. The Space Needle has been around since 1962, it opened on April 21st. The Space Needle originated from a drawing by a man named Edward E. Carlson, he made a rough sketch on a napkin at a fair. It took over 400 day's to build the Space Needle and it was over $4.3 million bucks to make it. Over 1.3 million guest visit the structure per year. The structure is owned by the Wright family.
The Eiffel Tower was built in 1887, just in time for the 1889 World Fair. The Eiffel Tower underwent a facelift in 1986, almost one hundred years after it was built. The Eiffel tower gets repainted every seven years. The Eiffel Tower was named after Gustave Eiffel. Millions and millions of people each and every year go to see the tower. https://www.history.com/topics/landmarks/eiffel-tower
The Great Wall of China is Located in China. The Great wall of China is 374 years old. Prisoners, soldiers, and common people were in charge of building it. This structure used to be used for keeping raiding parties and tribes out but now it is mostly for sight seeing purposes. The Great Wall of China is the longest man made structures in the world. It is the most visited place in the world.
The bean in Chicago, Illinois is actually called the "Cloud Gate." It was designed by Anish Kapoor. The bean was built in 2006 and is made of metal, the inside structure is mostly made of wood. At one point during construction of the bean there was a desk and workspace put inside of it. It is made of 168 pieces and weighs about 110 tons. It was built to last until 3006. https://www.thrillist.com/lifestyle/chicago/chicago-facts-secrets-about-millennium-park-the-bean-buckingham-fountain#
Taipei 101 is the tallest building in Taiwan. It was noted as the tallest building in the world from 2004-2010. The building is 1,667 ft tall the but to the first floor the building is 1,437 ft tall. The building has over 101 floors , the construction cost of the building was 1.8 billion dollars. On the 91st floor there is a outside observation deck.
The Gateway Arch is located in St. Louis. The architectural creation, had been built in 1965. Today, it still remains the highest arch in the world. The Gateway Arch has become one of the most recognizable symbols of the United States. In many different variety's of ways, the arch has become more usable. By making the arch more reliable to access by foot or bike instead of by car, the Gateway Arch Museum had completely rethought to accounce a new generation of citizens. On July 3, 2018 the St. Louis Gateway Arch had been opened for the public, for the annual Independence Day festivities.
Burj Khalifa
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The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world. It is more than 160 stories tall and located in Dubai. It also has many another "tallest" within the building. It has the highest outdoor observation deck. Also the elevator inside has the longest travel distance in the world. It is a hotel with restaurants inside.
Indian Supreme Court Orders Government to Restore the Taj Mahal — or Demolish It
ReplyDeleteFor hundreds of years one of the most beautiful buildings in the world has stood out, now not so much. The Taj Mahal was built 400 years ago by Shah Jahan who built it to remember his favorite wife Mumtaz Mahal. The white, shiny marble of the Taj Mahal has began to fade away into a green, black, brown, and yellow color because of bug poop and industrial pollution. The Supreme Court took action saying "Restore it or it's gone". As of right now the Taj Mahal is still standing.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/indian-supreme-court-restore-taj-mahal-or-demolish-it-180969668/
Fallingwater
ReplyDeleteFallingwater was built by Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright is a revered architect, and has built many buildings, but this is one shows off his true talent. Fallingwater was initially built as a summer camp for his employees, but now it is an institute in Pennsylvania. Legend has it, this building was sketched in less than two hours. This building has its inventive name because it is built atop a waterfall. There are structural problems with Fallingwater because it wasn't built with enough steel to support the first floor concrete. Wright was a creative man, he designed the interior for this building as well, and it still holds its original furniture and wall art.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/90823/12-facts-about-frank-lloyd-wrights-fallingwater
Lotus Temple
ReplyDeleteThe lotus temple is constructed with 27 different pedals. To me it kind of looks like an upside down pedal. This building structure can fit up to 2500 people inside of it. It was completed in 1986, and since then over 100 million have come to visit it. This fascinating structure known as baha'i house of worship is located in New Delhi.
https://www.creativebloq.com/architecture/famous-buildings-around-world-10121105
Burj Khalifa
ReplyDeleteBurj Khalifa is the worlds tallest/largest building in the world. Standing at 160 stories tall it is easily spotted in the rich city of Dubai. It has been the worlds tallest building since 2009. Construction had started in 2007. The building is made mostly of glass. When it first opened in 2010 it was called a "mix-use development building". It was designed by Adrian Smith who had also designed one of the World Trade Center Towers that was hit by an airplane in 2001.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa
The Golden Gate Bridge will be closed on weeknights, excluding holidays, through 2021 as workers begin installing a suicide net along the sides of the bridge.At least one lane in both directions of the bridge will remain open during the lane closures. The closures will provide space for construction workers to lower materials under the roadway.
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The Sydney Opera House
ReplyDeleteThe Sydney Opera house, located in New Whales, Australia, sits on Port Jackson. It is named after two men who were friends with the first british settlers of Australia and the locals who had already lived there.. They were named Bennelong and Colebee. There was a small building that was Bennelong's house, then in 1821 it became Fort Macqarie, and is now the Sydney Oprah House and has been since 1959. Before it was built the Sydney Symphony Orchestra resident conductor said that Sydney which is Australia's leading city needed a musical facility. The Sydney Opera House is not only home to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra but to many other musical groups. The white sails on top of the building make it special and one of the most photographed buildings in the world!
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sydney-Opera-House
The Flatiron building in New York was built between 1901-1903 by Daniel Burnham. It was not the tallest building in that time, but it is 21 stories tall. The building originally was meant to be called Fuller Building, but locals started calling in the Flatiron building and it stuck ever since. It was also called Burnham's Folly because they thought it would fall over due to how tall it was and how fast the winds could blow. But it never has fallen over, and more than likely never will.
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“The Colosseum-History”
ReplyDeleteThe Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater), built in 70 AD. by Emperor Vespasian as a gift to the Roman people. The Colosseum opened ten years after construction began and, to celebrate it’s upbringing, held 100 shows in 100 days ranging from gladiator combats to wild animals fights. This work of art measured 620 by 513 ft, smashing the Roman record of the largest amphitheater. Seating in the Colosseum held up to 50,000 people! Four centuries after the Flavian Amphitheater opened, it closed down due to the omission of gladiator combats and similar events and eventually, completely abandoned when it started falling apart due to natural events such as earthquakes. Today, only about ⅔ rds of the Colosseum stands.
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"Newgrange Stone Age Passage Tomb"
ReplyDeleteNewgrange is located in Boyne Valley, Isareal. It is 5,200 years old, meaning it was constructed in 3,200 B.C. making it older than The Pyramids of Giza. It was built in a cicular form, and through the passage, you will find three alcoves. Alcoves are built in wall shelves and/or another word for garden. In this case, it's the shelves. Newgrange was built by ancient farmers that believed in more religious beliefs. The structure is 85 meters by 13.5 high.
https://www.newgrange.com/
Willis Tower
ReplyDeleteThe Willis Tower, built in 1970, wasn't always called the Willis Tower. It is located in Chicago, and its original name was the Sears Tower. The building was renamed in 2009. From the time of 1970-1996, it was the tallest building in the world. Many people know this building for its sky deck, where roughly 1.5 million people go each year. The sky deck is on the 103rd floor of the building. There is a clear "box" that you step out, onto. The person standing there is able to see all the way down to the street. This structure is fascinating and a huge tourist destination.
https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/03/us/willis-tower-fast-facts/index.html
https://www.history.com/topics/landmarks/golden-gate-bridge
ReplyDeleteThe construction of the Golden Gate Bridge started in 1933 and ended in 1937. The bridge, in total,1.7 miles long. The bridge is also 90 feet wide. The Golden Gate Bridge connects San Francisco and Marin County. The construction costed a total of what would be 1.5 billion dollars in today’s money.
"Moscow greenlights its tallest skyscraper yet"
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Recently in Moscow, a 'supertall' skyscraper has been given the green light to begin plans. The design for the building is set to be finished in 2019. Construction should be complete in 2024. Moscow currently housed five of the ten tallest buildings in Europe. The new unnamed tower will become the second tallest building in Europe standing 404 meters tall with the highest usable space at 399 meters. The tallest building is the Lakhta Center, which is 462 meters tall, but the highest usable level is only 377 meters high.
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/moscow-tallest-skyscraper-skuratov/index.html
March 18th 2018
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ICON and a non-profit organization are developing 3d printed houses. These houses only take about a day to be constructed. The cost of these 3d printed houses is about 10,000 USD. In the future they wish to bring the cost down to 4,000 USD to make them as affordable as possible. They also wish to bring the construction time down from a day to around six hours.
The Gateway Arch in St Louis: It is one of the tallest arches in the world and it was man-made.The arch is a 630-foot monument in St Louis. Construction began February 12,1963, and finished on October 28, 1965. I have been to the Arch and it is amazing.Their is a museum under the Arch.
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Jeddah Tower
ReplyDeleteSaudi Arabia will be opening the highest tower in 2020. This skyscraper will knock Burj Khalifa off of the highest skyscraper measuring 3,280 feet-tall which is 590 feet taller. This tower is known as the mile-high structure. They started building this skyscraper in 2013. This skyscraper will be in the center of their city Jeddah in the desert. Jeddah tower fits all the requirement for 2030, so if they wouldn't finish until then it was still a fit tower.
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/jeddah-tower-saudi-arabia-new/index.html
The Eiffel Tower is located in Paris, France. This weekend the people of France witnessed a fascinating display of lights. These lights were shown against the tower. The lights made different pictures showcasing the past 160 years of French and Japanese diplomatic ties. The Eiffel Tower was created by Gustave Eiffel. Eiffel had help from Stephen Sauvestre, Maurice Koechlin, and Emile Nouguier.
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The White House is a very iconic building, being the place where a sitting U.S. president lives during their time as president of the U.S. The construction on the White House started in 1792 and the first president to live in the White House was John Adams in 1800. The White House was burned in 1814 by the British in the War of 1812. Nowadays the White House is a popular tourist spot and is one of the oldest Government buildings still in use in the U.S.
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The Milwaukee Art Museum is an architectural landmark, this building has three parts to it. The War Memorial Center which was designed by Finnish and by an American named Eero Saarinen. The Kahler Building which was made by David Kahler and the Quadracci Pavilion this was created by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
ReplyDeleteOverlooking Lake Michigan, it’s right next to Wisconsin Avenue the building has a cable stay footbridge. People can cross Lincoln Memorial Drive on the bridge and continue into the pavilion, while drivers enter in an underground parking garage.
Hughes, Kerrie. “30 World-Famous Buildings to Inspire You.” Creative Bloq, Creative Bloq ART AND DESIGN INSPIRATION, 28 June 2018, www.creativebloq.com/architecture/famous-buildings-around-world-10121105.
There is a building in Abu Dhabi that is not famous for being that tall. It is only 525 feet which is still pretty tall but not something that would make it famous. Instead, it is most popular for its incredible tilt leaning over four times as much as the leaning tower of Piza. It is tilting at a whopping 18 degrees westward which is an immense amount for a building. The base is drilled 98.4 feet just to accommodate for the gravity not to mention all the other things that the tower needs that other parts of the tower are designed for.
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Leaning Tower of Pisa
ReplyDeleteThe Leaning Tower of Pisa is one of the most remarkable structures in Europe. It is very famous for it's tilt. While it was being built to started to lean, because of the ground being soft. They started to build it in 1173 and it took 199 years to build.
Floating UFO house could sail in 2018!
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People hunting for UFOs are probably scouring the skies looking for them. One company wants you to see them on the beach while you are strolling along. Futuristic yacht designers have the second version of their UFO floating houseboat catching a lot of attention from people on the internet. This version has the same problem as the last prototype, it catches to many buys/funders. The UFO houseboat is circular like a real UFO, and a disk around it kind of like a balcony.
The Forbidden City. The Forbidden city is located at the heart of China. It was built in 1420 in early Ming Dynasty. It's the best preserved palace in China. It's largest palace in the world. It homed 24 emperors. It was such a nice place it was forbidden from ordinary hence why it go the name "The Forbidden City". The original name was "Purple Forbidden City." The main colors of the building are yellow and red. The yellow represents power. Red means happiness and good fortune. The reason this building was built was for emperors.
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The Lotus Temple
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The Lotus house is in New Delhi's made up of 27 petal like structures that make up of a Lotus flower. The Lotus Flower opens up to 40 meters high. There are nine sides and nine doors. The structure can hold up to 2,500 people. Since 1986 this building has had the biggest attraction of 100 million people.
Statue of Liberty Will Reopen Despite Government Shutdown Jan21, 2018. The reason they had chose to shut it down was due to the attacks of and after 9/11. they reopened the island at the end of 2001, but the pedestal and statue remained off-limits. later state and federal officials had reached a deal to reopen the Statue of Liberty. They chose to reopen the statue because it cost NYC $65,000 a day to cover the tourist budget. They saw that if they opened the statue they would more then enough to cover the expenses.
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Space Needle
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The space needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington. The space needle was built in the Seattle Center in 1962. It brought in over 2.3 million tourists and about 20,000 people a day used the elevator. The space needle is 605 ft tall and 138 ft wide. The space needle weighs about 8,660 tonnes and was built to withstand winds of over 200 mph. The observation deck is at 520 ft and the rotation restaurant is at 500 ft.
The leaning tower of Pisa
ReplyDeleteWhen this building started getting built in 1173 wars were breaking out. So they stopped and at times the building would get ruined so they would have to start over. Overall this building took around 200 years to build. They don't know the architect is still today. This story was supposed to be 185 feet tall. The top if vertically off by 17 feet because of architect's trying to make it staighter and not from falling over. Around the 1920'sand before the 1920's their was discussion about taking it apart and building it straight. They later decided no and and cemented it in to stablize the building more. This building has 297 spiral steps.
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Frenchman Edouard de Laboulaye thought about building the monument in 1965. America and France both helped build the statue of liberty. On the crowns there are seven rays represent each content. The statue of liberty has a 35 feet waistline.
The Pantheon
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The Pantheon is a building in Rome. The Pantheon is known as the Temple of the Gods. It was built around 126 AD. The Pantheon was destroyed and rebuilt twice. It also started as a rectangle, but now it is a dome shape. The Pantheon has the worlds largest unreinforced concrete dome. Nobody knows for sure what emperors or architects were responsible.
Burj Khalifa
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The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world. The weight of just the concrete is about the same weight of 100,000 elephants. It had the highest single elevator going up to 140 floors. It takes about one minute to reach the 124th floor, or the observation deck.
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Naruhito sets off Japan-themed light show at Eiffel Tower
ReplyDeleteOn September 13 the Eiffel Tower was illuminated with a red sun, the colors of France's flag, and other Japanese artwork. The special light show was put on to celebrate the 160th Japan-France friendship. Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito had the honor to start the light show by pushing a button. The show was about ten minutes long and ran on loop until 2 in the morning. The lightshow was part of the Japonismes (art movement) 2018 event held in and around Paris that introduces Japanese culture. The Eiffel Tower also has special light shows for holidays like Christmas and Bastille Day.
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ReplyDeleteConstruction begins on $133 million revamp of Chemistry Building
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Construction has started at the UW-Madison Chemistry Facility. It is a 133 million dollar project that is going to take about 4 years to finish. The university is really happy to announce this because it has been waiting for this moment for a while. The original couple building were built in 1962 and 1965 so it is time to revamp that specific wing on campus.
https://news.wisc.edu/construction-begins-on-133-million-revamp-of-chemistry-building/
The Gateway Arch will go dark for two weeks starting Monday. They are doing this to protect the migrating birds. The lights will be turned back on, October 1, 2018. Thousands of birds travel along the Mississippi Flyway each year to and from there breeding grounds. the Mississippi Flyway hugs the Mississippi River stretching from Canada to the Gulf Of Mexico.
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https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/china-quarry-hotel-shanghai/index.html
ReplyDeleteA futuristic hotel is opening this October. It has skyscrapers, beaches, tropical forests and some of it is underground. This hotel is located in China. It has 18 floors and 336 rooms. It is built into the Sheshen Mountains.
Forbidden City, Beijing: Written on June 28
ReplyDeleteThe Forbidden City is a palace complex (home to royals) that is located in the centre of Beijing, China. It was built somewhere between 1406AD and 1420AD. It was used as a home for the Emperors from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing. This palace was the political core in China for half a millennium (500 years). That is now known for a public museum.
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Berlin hotels from gloriously grand to popularly priced
ReplyDeleteThe privately five star hotel it has a great few from the hotel. The hotel is called Mandala hotel. It gots 158 rooms and suites. The room sizes go from to studios to sprawling penthouses. It puts the visitors so close to the Brandenburg Gate and Checkpoint Charlie some tourist spot in Berlin.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/berlin-hotels/index.html
The crooked House
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a painting by a drunk painter. But its really a house located in Rezydent center in Sopot Poland. Its the most photo graphed photo in Poland. It covers 4,000 square meters.http://www.archinomy.com/case-studies/709/50-most-amazing-buildings-of-the-world
Berlin hotels from gloriously grand to popularly priced
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Hotel de Rome has 108 rooms that starts off at the classic sizes and they are classy. They go up 37 suites and there is a big variety of styles of suites. This hotel roof top is a terrace. It has really good views of the nearby classical buildings. In the mid-2000s they installed flat screen tv in every room and suites. They also were filling out the old jewel vault with a swimming pool and spa.
Eiffel Tower
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It was started in Jan 28 1887 and Its completed in March 31 1889. Its was bult by hand. it was one of the tallest bulldings for 41 year till the chrysler bulding was bult in 1930. Some people climb the 1700 steeps but most people use the lift.
The St. Lewis is a symbol to people who wanted to go from the East to the west as a "Gateway to the West." The Arch was completed in 1963 and has not had much renovations since. The arch has a ability to survive up to an earthquake being able to sway around 18 inches. The site around the arch has just received a $380 million dollar renovation and the arch it self has actually received a name change to the Gateway Arch National Park.
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Lotus Temple
ReplyDeleteThe Lotus Temple is known as a Baha'i place of worship. The temple stands at 112 feet in height and is located in New Delhi, India. It was finished in the year 1986 costing roughly $10 million to construct. The 27 structures that make up the temple are placed specifically to resemble a lotus flower. The lotus flower is a symbol of love and purity, it sends a message of immortality. The Lotus Temple is one of nine places of worship around the world. This specific temple attracts over 100 million people a year, an average of eight to 10,000 people each day.
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The Empire State building is a 102 story skyscraper in downtown Manhattan, New York. It was built in 1931 and stands 1,454 feet tall. It is currently the 5th tallest skyscraper in the United States and the 28th tallest in the world. On January 28th of 2018 there was a shooting was a shooting in the outside of the Empire State building. Three people were shot but they all survived. The people shot were believed to be intended targets. The shooter was later found be police and fatally shot for threatening the police officers.
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DeleteSpace Needle.
ReplyDeleteThe Space Needle has been around since 1962, it opened on April 21st. The Space Needle originated from a drawing by a man named Edward E. Carlson, he made a rough sketch on a napkin at a fair. It took over 400 day's to build the Space Needle and it was over $4.3 million bucks to make it. Over 1.3 million guest visit the structure per year. The structure is owned by the Wright family.
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The Eiffel Tower was built in 1887, just in time for the 1889 World Fair. The Eiffel Tower underwent a facelift in 1986, almost one hundred years after it was built. The Eiffel tower gets repainted every seven years. The Eiffel Tower was named after Gustave Eiffel. Millions and millions of people each and every year go to see the tower.
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The Great Wall of China is Located in China. The Great wall of China is 374 years old. Prisoners, soldiers, and common people were in charge of building it. This structure used to be used for keeping raiding parties and tribes out but now it is mostly for sight seeing purposes. The Great Wall of China is the longest man made structures in the world. It is the most visited place in the world.
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The bean in Chicago, Illinois is actually called the "Cloud Gate." It was designed by Anish Kapoor. The bean was built in 2006 and is made of metal, the inside structure is mostly made of wood. At one point during construction of the bean there was a desk and workspace put inside of it. It is made of 168 pieces and weighs about 110 tons. It was built to last until 3006.
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Taipei 101 is the tallest building in Taiwan. It was noted as the tallest building in the world from 2004-2010. The building is 1,667 ft tall the but to the first floor the building is 1,437 ft tall. The building has over 101 floors , the construction cost of the building was 1.8 billion dollars. On the 91st floor there is a outside observation deck.
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ReplyDeleteThe Gateway Arch is located in St. Louis. The architectural creation, had been built in 1965. Today, it still remains the highest arch in the world. The Gateway Arch has become one of the most recognizable symbols of the United States. In many different variety's of ways, the arch has become more usable. By making the arch more reliable
to access by foot or bike instead of by car, the Gateway Arch Museum had completely rethought to accounce a new generation of citizens. On July 3, 2018 the St. Louis Gateway Arch had been opened for the public, for the annual Independence Day festivities.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/gateway-arch-museum-st-louis-missouri/index.html