Buildings uploaded for March 19, 2008

Here are the latest uploads to Google’s Cities in Development section of the 3D Warehouse since my last post.



Osaka, Japan



Mitsui-Soko





Florence, Italy



Chiesa di San Lorenzo a Firenze





Nuremberg, Germany



City-Theatre Fürth



The City Theatre Fuerth was build in 1901 and 1902 by the plans of the Viennese architects Fellner and Helmer in modern baroque architecture. Financed it was to a large part by donations from the citizens of Fürth. Upon the gable is a statue of a female torch bearer, a lion and a male figure lying at her feet. Recently, on the occasion of its 100-year anniversary the theater was restored extensively.



Church of Our Lady in Fürth





Warsaw



Budynek przy ul Królewskiej 1/7 (BrowArmia Królewska)





Victoria Hotel





Istanbul



Dolmabahçe Sarayı - Dolmabahçe (Filledgarden) Palace



Dolmabahçe Palace was the first European-style palace in Istanbul and was built by Sultan Abdülmecid between 1842 and 1853, at a cost of five million Ottoman gold pounds, the equivalent of 35 tons of gold.The world's largest Bohemian crystal chandelier, a gift from Queen Victoria, is at the center hall.The chandelier has 750 lamps and weighs 4.5 tons.Dolmabahçe has the largest collection of Bohemian and Baccarat crystal chandeliers in the world, and one of the great staircases has bannisters of Baccarat crystal.The site of Dolmabahçe was originally a bay in the Bosphorus which was filled gradually during the 18th century to become an imperial garden, much appreciated by the Ottoman sultans; and it is from this garden that the name Dolmabahçe (Filledgarden) comes from.The palace that stands here today was built between 1842 and 1853 during the reign of Sultan Abdülmecid, on the site of the old coastal palace of Beşiktaş, by the Armenian architects Garabet Amira Balyan and his son Nigoğayos Balyan.The palace is composed of three parts; the Mabeyn-i Hümâyûn (or Selamlık, the quarters reserved for the men), Muayede Salonu (the ceremonial halls) and the Harem-i Hümâyûn (the Harem, the apartments of the family of the Sultan).The palace is managed by Milli Saraylar Daire Başkanlığı (Directorate of National Palaces) responsible to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.The museum is open to public on weekdays from 9:00 to 15:00, except Mondays and Thursdays.



Çırağan Sarayı - Çırağan Palace



Çırağan Palace (Turkish: Çırağan Sarayı), a former Ottoman palace, is now a five-star hotel of the Kempinski Hotels chain. It is located on the European shore of the Bosporus between Beşiktaş and Ortaköy in Istanbul, Turkey. The palace, built by Sultan Abdülâziz, was designed by the famous Armenian palace architect Nigoğayos Balyan and constructed by his sons Sarkis and Hagop Balyan between 1863 and 1867. This was a period in which all Ottoman sultans used to build their own palaces rather than using those of their ancestors. Çırağan Palace is the last example of this period. The inner walls and the roof were made of wood, the outer walls of colorful marble. The palace was connected with a beautiful marble bridge to the Yıldız Palace on the hill behind. A very high garden wall protected the palace from the outer world.



Beylerbeyi Sarayı - Beylerbeyi Palace



The Beylerbeyi Palace (Turkish: Beylerbeyi Sarayı) is a palace located in Beylerbeyi neighbourhood of Istanbul, Turkey at the Asian side of the Bosphorus, situated just north of the Bosphorus Bridge today. Designed in the baroque style by Sarkis Balyan, Beylerbeyi Palace seems fairly restrained compared to the excesses of the earlier Dolmabahçe or Küçüksu palaces. It was commissioned by Sultan Abdülaziz (1830-1876) and built between 1861 and 1865 as a summer residence and a place to entertain visiting heads of state. Empress Eugénie of France visited Beylerbeyi on her way to the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 and had her face slapped by the sultan's mother for daring to enter the palace on the arm of Abdül Aziz. Other regal visitors to the palace included the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. The palace was the last place of captivity of the deposed sultan Abdulhamid II from 1912 until his death there in 1918. The palace looks its most attractive from the Bosphorus, from where its two bathing pavilions, one for the harem (women's only) and the other for the selamlık (men's only), can best be seen.



Madrid, Spain



Nuevos Ministerios, Madrid





Edificio Castelar, Madrid





Belém – Brazil



Ilha de Creta tower





La Plata, Argentina



Liceo Victor Mercante – Unlp





Edificio en 12 y 50 ( La Plata )





Edificio de Departamentos Calle : diagonal 74 y 54 ( La Plata )





Mar del Plata, Argentina



Edificio Terraza Palace





Torres de Manantiales





La Habana, Cuba



Fabrica Partagás





Castillo de la Real Fuerza





Rome, NY, USA



South James St. Bridge





Mt. Zion Ministries Church





Brunswick, Maine



Brunswick Gazebo





Lexington, Kentucky



National Bank Building





World Trade Parking





South Broadway Parking Structure





Montreal, QC, Canada



Montreal City Hall



The 5 storey Montreal City Hall is the work of architects Henri-Maurice Perrault and Alexander Cowper Hutchison, built between 1872 and 1878. Its architecture is in the Second Empire style, also known as Napoléon III-style.



Miami, Florida



fairwind (fairmond) hotel





Breakwater Hotel





Essex House Hotel





Government Centre downtown Miami





Edmonton



The Edmonton Journal Building





Toronto, Ontario, Canada



North American Life Centre





Cambridge Suites Hotel





Aegon Place