Buildings uploaded for January 23, 2008

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



Belém – Brazil



Diamond Tower





Lima, Peru.



Edificio de la Dirincri





Edificio en la av. Wilson





Edificio en la av. Wilson





Edificio de la Sunat





Edificio Rimac





Edificio Angloperuano





Edificio en la av. Wilson





Museo de Arte Italiano





Museo Historico Militar





Museo de Arte





Pabellon Morisco





Teatro La cabaña





Lima-Museo de Arte-v2(by 3dHH)





Nuremberg, Germany



St. Sebald Church – Nuremberg





The Sebaldus-church is the older of the two major double-tower churches in the Nuremberg Old Town. Originally built in 1230 as late romanesque basilica in the following centuries repeatedly rebuilt and expanded until 1483. With the increase of the two towers (to approximately 80m) it's received the final gothic form. From the original romanesque building is still conserved the west choir protruding between the towers. However, even here later 3 high gothic windows were implemented. In front of the midle window is adapted a crucifix made by Johan Wurzelbauer. Inside the church is the tomb of St. Sebaldus the patron saint of Nuremberg. Until the Reformation (since 1525 the Sebalduskirche is Evangelical Lutheran) found numerous pilgrimages to his grave. Furthermore, there are many important works of art, such as the "Bamberger window" by Albrecht Dürer, in the inner church. In the 2nd World War II, the church was badly damaged and in the years after rebuilt until 1952.



Phoenix, Arizona



US Airways Center



Formerly known as the America West Arena, the US Airways Center is a sports and entertainment facility located in Phoenix, Arizona. With the intent of replacing the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, construction for the new Arena began in 1988 and was inaugurated in 1993. The Arena is home to the NBA’s Phoenix Suns, the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, the AFL’s Arizona Rattlers, and the ECHL’s Phoenix Roadrunners.



Environmental Showcase Home



The Environmental Showcase Home (ESH) in Phoenix, Arizona was designed in response to the extreme climate of the Sonora desert. This project was commissioned by the Arizona Public Service, to introduce a full range of environmentally responsible design ideas, systems, and products to mass-market, production housing builders. Areas of special attention included climate-specific design, energy and water conservation, sensitive material selection, public health concerns, and waste reduction. The design team used both passive strategies and active systems to achieve the main goal of reducing residential energy use and overall environmental impact in mass-market, production building. Other initiatives toward this goal throughout the project were water conservation, waste reduction, and the evaluation of materials through a life-cycle assessment.



Orpheum Lofts



One of Phoenix's last remaining Art Deco skyscrapers, originally the Title and Trust Building, completed in 1931 at 11 Stories high. At the time of its completion, the original Title and Trust Building was the largest office building in the state of Arizona. The building was Converted into 90 residential lofts in 2002 - 2003.



Luhrs Center



The Luhrs Center consists of two buildings, the Luhrs Building and the Luhrs Tower, both designed by the El Paso architectural firm of Trost & Trost. The Luhrs Building was constructed in 1924 at 10 floors, the top floors where home to the Arizona Club from 1924 to 1971. The building is faced with brown brick, marble, and cornice. The Luhrs Tower was constructed in 1929, at 185 feet, 14 floors. The art-deco skyscraper was one of the tallest buildings in the state of Arizona at the time of its construction. The building is heavily resembled by the O. T. Bassett Tower in El Paso, another Trost & Trost building, completed one year later with one more floor. Model also includes an office building at Jefferson Street and Soun Central Avenue.



Collier Center



The Collier Center, was planned to be a three towered multi-use office and entertainment complex. The Collier Center includes a Hard Rock Cafe, Kinkos, Rubios, and much more. Only one tower was ever constructed, the 361 Foot, 24 Story Bank of America Tower, completed in 2000. The Bank of America Tower is the state headquarters for Bank of America since 2001. The Collier Center was designed by Opus Architects and Engineers and The Jerde Partnership. The complex is located in Copper Square ajecent to the U.S. Airways Arena in Downtown Phoenix.



Washington DC



National Gallery of Art - East Building



The East Building of the National Gallery of Art was built between 1971 and 1978. Designed by I. M. Pei, the angles of the building reflect the angles of the streets bordering it, most notably Pennsylvania Avenue. The center of the building is a large atrium with a ceiling of space-frame glass pyramids. The building is faced with lavender-pink marble from the same quarry in Tennessee as the marble in John Russell Pope's 1941 West Building, creating a harmony between the two. The East Building's collection focuses on modern and contemporary art with a changing series of special exhibitions.

Buildings uploaded for November 6, 2007

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

Adelaide, South Australia

Chesser House (Adelaide)


Pretoria, South Africa

DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH


HSRC

Description
The HSRC undertakes 'social science research that maks a difference', work with all aspects of development and poverty alleviation in South Africa.It undertakes large-scale, policy relevant,collaborative research primarily for government departments at national, regional and local levels, other public entities, and local and international development agensies.

Shanghai, China

The Bund Waibaidu Bridge


Bahia Blanca, Argentina

Galeria Plaza


Buenos Aires, Argentina

Edificios Porteños Plaza I, II & III


Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Heinz Field

Description
Heinz Filed, home to the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers and the University of Pittsburgh Panthers college team, is located in the North Shore neighborhood across the Allegheny River from downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Due to yellow seats, Heinz Filed is lovingly nicknamed “The Mustard Palace” by many Pittsburgh-area sportscasters and locals alike. The stadium spans over 12 acres and has seating for more than 64,000. http://www.steelers.com/heinzfield/

Houston, Texas

George R. Brown Convention Center

Description
The George R. Brown Convention Center, named for the prominent Houstonian George R. Brown, an entrepreneur, civic leader and philanthropist, is Houston’s premier meeting and conference location. Everything is bigger in Texas and the George R. Brown is no exception; nearly two million square feet of space makes this convention center one of the ten largest in America. Nestled in the heart of downtown the convention center is conveniently located between the Toyota Center and Minute Made Park. www.houstonconventionctr.com

Washington, D.C

The World Bank Headquarters

Description
The World Bank building in Washington DC consists of a 7-story block, seated on a broad five story base. The construction of the building was finished in 1983, and the floors are surrounded on the outside by wide ledges, enclosed in an open wall of narrow vertical beams. There is a noticeable absence of natural materials, with the exception of the granite curbstones which are required by the city. Despite the hint of granite, all the materials for the building are man made.

Washington DC Convention Center

Description
Located between two of the more eclectic neighborhoods the 100 foot curved glass entry of the Washing DC Convention Center opened in 2003. The planning, design and construction took nearly a decade to complete. The Atlanta based architects Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback and Associates, carried out the design work. Without dwarfing and standing out from the surrounding neighborhoods, the design firm embraced Charles Pierre L’Enfant’s original city grid model for building, and intended for the structure to add another well integrated element to a city rich in architectural diversity and richness.

901 New York Ave

Description
The 901 New York Ave building is located in the heart of Washington D.C., half-way between the White House and the U.S. Capitol Building. Built in 2005, the 11-story Class A office building was developed by Boston Properties at the intersection of three of the five major business thoroughfares in downtown: New York Avenue, Massachusetts Avenue and K Street. Designed by award winning architectural firm Davis Carter Scott, the dramatic combination of glass walls and cast stone merge to create an esthetic yet fictional space.

Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle

Description
Cited as having “One of the most beautiful church interiors of modern times” the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle’s interior walls bear shimmering mosaic tile work. Construction began in 1893 and the then church was completed in 1895. By 1939 it was designated as a cathedral, and notably, served as the site for John F. Kennedy’s funeral mass in 1963. Architect C. Grant LaFarge of New York designed the building.

Franciscan Monastery

Description
The Memorial Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Franciscan Monastery located in Washington, D.C. was designed by the Roman architect Aristide Leonori, and built between 1898–1899. Designed after the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, the church is laid out like the five-fold Crusader Cross of Jerusalem. Designated as a National Historic Site in 1991, the monastery has been a place of worship and pilgrimage since it’s dedication in 1899.