Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut, France (1955)

Annunciacion Greek Orthodox Church
Wisconsin, USA

Photo by Farrel Grehan
Arhitecture by James Neal

The Guggenheim Museum
Bilboa, Spain

\From Wonders of the World

A newly opened 'City of Arts and Sciences' in Valencia, Spain features a planetarium and science museum that both make extensive use of laminated glass to achieve "a challenging and audacious architectural assembly", in the words of architect Santiago Calatrava, also of Valencia.

Fabulous structures.

Guanajuato, Mexico
Modern structure

Mexico
Older architecture

Thank you for all the fabulous images.
Where do you find them all.

Gisele

Architects: Shreve, Lamb and Harmon

Location: New York, New York ,USA
Date 1931

Building Type: commercial office tower, skyscraper. 102 floors, 1252 feet, 381 meters high.

Construction: System steel frame, stone cladding

Style: low-key Art Deco

New York, NY USA

The Chrysler Building. At one time the tallest building in the world. Perhaps still the most elegant.

319 m high, 77 storeys
1930

From: Wonders of the World

Petronas Towers,
Malaysia


Number of storeys 88

Height 452 meters above street level

Design/Architecture Cesar Pelli & Associates [U.S.] in association with KLCC architects.

Location of skybridge Levels 41 and 42
Length of skybridge 58.4 meters
Height of skybridge 170 metres above street level

Chicago, USA

Sears Tower

442 meters, 1450 feet
110 stories

1974

Not sure that I want to spend a great deal of time on the top floor of these towers.

Gisele

Vicky suggested that we should post our city hall here in Toronto, just before she left for the Philippines. She never had time to do it, so I am posting an image here now.

The City Hall of Toronto, Ontario, Canada is one of the most distinctive landmarks of the city. Designed by Viljo Revell and engineered by Hannskarl Bandel, the building opened in 1965; its modernist architecture still impresses today. It was built to replace the Old City Hall that had been built in 1899.

This is truly a fantastic thread! Thank you everyone!

I am adding some pictures of Ponte Milvio and Ponte Flaminio in Rome. The first - Ponte Milvio is the OLDEST bridge existing on the Tiber. And Ponte Flaminio is a modern bridge quit near the to Ponte Milvio. Together they are a fantastic view. These pictures were taken by Francesco my son, who loves to discover new perspectives of this magnificent site which is Rome.

Love, Margherita

On the above picture the camera focussed on the sky ... but I love the "painting effect" of the picture!

Here comes another view of Ponte Milvio, through the Arch the church of Ponte Milvio Square ...

and here the view of Ponte Flaminio ... I love the lights reflecting and the indigo sky ...

Dear Margherita,
Thank you for the beautiful photos. Your son is a wonderful photographer.

St. Peter's Basilica
Rome

Thank you dear Sue, I will tell my son!

Here comes a picture of St. Angel's Castle and the bridge. I love it!

A short description:

St. Angel's Castle

On the left side of the river Tevere (Tiber), on the opposite side of historical centre of Rome, there is St. Angel's Castle (Castel Sant'Angelo) formerly the main fortress of Papal Court.
Initially it was the mausoleum built to hold the tombs of emperor Hadrian and his family: the construction began in 135 and was completed by his heir Antonino the Pious. The monument consisted of a stone square basement of 80 meters each side, upon which there was a cylindrical wall 20 meters high, on whose top there was a heap of earth ending with the statue of the emperor.

During Middle Ages the popes gradually transformed it into a fortress, building upon the cylinder a new stone floor with the crenelation upon the surrounding walls. They built also the fortified passage connecting to the Vatican palaces.

After the ill-famed Sack of Rome made by Lansquenet in 1527, it was arranged inside the castle a private apartment as refuge for the Pope and his Court in case of another invasion. The apartment shows a great contrast between the military exterior and the refined interiors. The fortress hosted also the prisons.

The castle took its name under the reign of pope Gregorius Magnus in the VI century when, during a heavy epidemic of plague who hit Rome, on top of the fortress appeared an angel who sheated his sword: this image was interpreted as a good sign for the end of God's punishment.


Love, Margherita

The Bridge of St. Angelo ...

The castle a bit nearer ...