Buildings uploaded on August 1, 2007

Here are the buildings uploaded to the Cities in Development since my last post.

Osaka, Japan

Hilton Osaka Hotel


Kabul, Afghanistan

Bagh-e Babur, Kabul

Description
Babur’s Garden, the first Moghul ‘Paradise Garden’, is said to have been a model for many other gardens. Zahiruddin Babur was a Muslim Emperor from Central Asia who founded the Mughal dynasty of South Asia. He died at the age of 48, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Humayun. Though he wished to be buried in his favourite garden in Kabul, a city he had always loved, he was first buried in a Mausoleum in the capital city of Agra. Roughly nine years later his wishes were fulfilled by Sher Shah Suri and Babur was buried in a beautiful garden Bagh-e Babur in Kabul, now in Afghanistan. The inscription on his tomb reads: “If there is a paradise on earth, it is this, it is this, it is this !".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babur

Shanghai, China

Plaza 66 Tower One & Two

Description
Plaza 66 is the 2nd tallest building in Shanghai and also the tallest building in Puxi district. It consists of two office towers and a shopping mall. It is located at 1266 Nanjing Road West. The height of the building is about 288 m (945 ft) tall. It has about 66 floors. Work on the first tower was finished in 2001. The shorter tower, called Plaza 66 Tower 2, was completed in 2007. The project was developed by Hang Lung Properties of Hong Kong led by Ronnie Chan. The buildings were designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) architects from New York. The lead designer for KPF was James von Klemperer and the manager in charge of the project was Paul Katz.

Mumbai, India

India Tower (formerly the Park Hyatt Tower)

Description
Designed by FXFowle, India's first supertall, at 301m, recently started construction in South Mumbai, with an expected completion date of 2010.
http://indianskyscraperblog.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/india-tower-formerly-park-hyatt-tower-mumbai-india-mumbai-and-indias-tallest-skyscraper-begins-construction/

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Rotterdamsche Lloyd

Description
Former headquarters of the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd shipping company. Completed in 1922, and recently restored, the building now contains offices, galleries and appartments. The Royal Rotterdam Lloyd shipping company served the Dutch colony East Indies. Hundreds of thousands of emigrants were processed through this building: for many people this was the last building on European soil they would ever set foot in. The journey by ship from Rotterdam to the Dutch East Indies could take as much as a year.

Robeco Coolsingel 120 Rotterdam

Description
Office tower of Robeco Group NV, architect W.G. Quist, 1992

Zumaia, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain

Victoriano Arrate Etorbidea 2 & 4 and Alai Auzategia 9 & 11 in Zumaia

Description
Building in Zumaia, Eroski supermarket

Aita Mari Auzategia 43 in Zumaia


Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain

Torre del Oro


Chapel of Santa Maria de Jesus

Description
Chapel where was founded the Seville University in 1505. Here we can see paint of Ducth Master Alejo Fernandez

hamburg / germany

3dHH-Chilehaus-3


3dHH-Unileverhaus-2


3dHH-Korachstrasse-2


3dHH-Mundsburgtowers-2(1973/79,97/101m,22/29st)


3dHH-Spiegel-Verwaltung-2 14x34x60m,17st. 1994


3dHH-Finnlandhaus-2 17x17x40m,12st


Looks like we have a new city. Welcome Baltimore, Maryland!

Baltimore, Maryland

Legg Mason Building


World Trade Center


Commerce Place

Description
Located in Baltimore is the third tallest building with 138.4m and 31 floors. It was finished in 1992. BYNANO2192

War Memorial Museum