Ok, I am back. Sorry for the lack of posts, but I have been away from the computer for a week or so. Of course, you could have followed me in Twitter and saw that I did update there.
Never fear, as here are the latest uploads to Google’s Cities in Development section of the 3D Warehouse since my last post.
Cape Town, South Africa
African Renaissance Stadium, Cape Town
Description
The plan to develop Green Point as a semifinal venue for the World Cup was prematurely announced by the Minister in the Presidency, Essop Pahad, Western Cape premier Ebrahim Rasool and the city's former mayor, Nomaindia Mfeketo, early in February 2006. On 31 October 2006, the city of Cape Town gave the go-ahead for the construction of the stadium. The construction of the stadium is hoped to be completed in 2008.
Arabella Sheraton Grand Hotel, Cape Town
Description
Hotel built in Cape Town International Convention Centre
Looks like we have another city to add to Cities in Development. Let’s all welcome…
Beijing, China
The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests(The Temple of Heaven )
Description
The Temple of Heaven is located in southern Beijing. It is included in the UNESCO world heritage list in 1998. With an area of 2.7 million square meters, it is the largest of its kind in the country. Built in 1420, the 18th year of the reign of Ming Emperor Yongle, the temple was where emperors went to worship heaven for good harvests.
the Meridian Gate
Monument to the People's Heroes
Description
onument to the People's Heroes in Tiananmen Square in Beijing center.September 30, 1949, the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, To commemorate the Chinese people's revolution in the People's Liberation War and the heroic sacrifices of the people, the establishment of the Monument to the People's Heroes in the capital city of Beijing. Monument to the People's Heroes Square was the construction area of 3,000 square meters.Monument breakdown quickly, and the pedestal Xumizuo three parts, a total of 37.94 meters high.A two-tier platform, surrounded white marble railings were level. Begonia-shaped blocks of class, 50.44 meters wide from east to west and 61.5 meters from north to south. Block was the upper box.Taiwan is serving two Xumizuo size.。Waist Department Xumizuo four major classes of eight white marble inlaid large feel that each Humenxiaoyin, Jin Tian Rebellion. Wuchang Uprising, the May 4th Movement, may 30th Movement, the Nanchang Uprising, the anti-Japanese guerrilla war, the arrival of a campaign theme.The arrival of relief on both sides in the campaign, and another two decorative feel that the theme of the People's Liberation Army to support the front, and welcome. Its more than 17,000 pieces of granite and white marble monument with brick, solemn silence magnificent.
China World Trade Center Tower II
Description
Complex China World Trade Center Borough Chaoyang District City Beijing State Beijing Country China Technical Data Height (struct.) 155 m 509 ft Floors (OG) 39 Construction end 1999
IDEA Plaze
CCTV Headquarters, Beijing
Description
The CCTV Headquarters is a skyscraper that is currently under construction in Beijing, China. The building will be the new headquarters of China Central Television. Groundbreaking took place on September 22, 2004. It is planned to be completed in time for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren are the designers of the building. The building will stand at 234 meters or 755 feet tall and will have 54 floors.
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Description
NIS is shaped like an unfolding Chinese traditional folding fan, and its steel roof structure system is a bi-directional truss string structure with the longest span spatial steels. The NIS is the biggest indoor stadium in China with a maximum seating capacity of 20,000 spectators. NIS will host Artistic Gymnastics, Trampoline and Handball finals during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, as well as Wheelchair Basketball for the Paralympic Games.
Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium
Description
Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium (Badminton and Rhythmic Gymnastic venue for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Beit Amot Habitu'ach
Description
This office building, constructed in 1997 by the architect Israel Godovitz, is the headquaters of the Klal insurance company, one of Israel's biggest insurance companies. The plaza beneath the building is one of the biggest in Tel Aviv.
Shalom Meir Tower
Description
Shalom Meir Tower (Hebrew: מגדל שלום מאיר, Migdal Shalom Meir; commonly shortened to מגדל שלום, Migdal Shalom) is an office tower in Tel Aviv which contains a small commercial center. The Shalom Meir tower was the first magnificent and tall tower to be built in Israel and when its construction was completed, it rivaled the tallest buildings in Europe in height, and was the tallest in the Middle East. The tower has 34 floors and stands at a height of 142 m (466 ft), it was completed in 1965. The tower contains Tel Aviv's only subway station. The tower locates the site which previously housed the Herzliya Hebrew High School. The school was razed and relocated in order to build the tower in 1962. This decision was later widely regretted despite the many benefits that the tower brought over the years.
Africa Israel Tower
Description
The Africa-israel tower is a 17 floor office tower built between 1999 to 2001 by the Yaski Sivan architecture firm. It stands just across the street from the famous Shalom Meir tower.
Nagoya, Japan
Matsushige Lock Gate
Description
Matsushige lock gate was built as a sluice which will connect the Nakagawa canal to Horikawa in 1930, and it functioned as a water transport institution. However, when cargo shipment converted into land transportation from water transportation, shipping vessels also decreased, and it was closed down in 1968. Then, it was fixed as a park and the Matsushige lock gate was designated as city tangible cultural properties.
Aichi Prefectual Office
Taipei, Taiwan
Yuan Sheng Chung Hsiao Building
Osaka, Japan
Osaka Mitsubishi Building
Aqua Dojima NBF Tower
Crystal Tower
OBP Catsle Tower
Matsushita International market place Building
Osaka City Hall
Looks like we have another city to add to Cities in Development. Let’s all welcome…
A Coruña, Spain
Torre de Hércules
Description
Torre construida por los romanos como faro de navegación. Fue sometida a diversas rehabilitaciones, la ultima data del siglo XVIII. En la actualidad sigue siendo utilizada como faro y es uno de los monumentos mas visitados de A Coruña.
Cementerio Moro o Casa de las Palabras
Description
Cementerio Moro Construido en Adormideras durante la Guerra Civil. Debido a años de abandono, sufrió un gran deterioro, y tuvo que ser rehabilitado. Así, en el año 2006, fue inaugurado recibiendo el nombre de Casa de las Palabras.
Edificio de viviendas en La Coruña
Wroclaw, Poland
Rynek – kamienica
Rynek – kamienica
Yerevan, Armenia
my building in Yerevan
Yeritasardakan" station of Yerevan Metro
Description
"Yeritasardakan" station of Yerevan Metro. Arch. Stepan Kyurkchyan 1981. The Yerevan Metro (Armenian: Երեւանի մետրոպոլիտեն, Erevani metropoliten) is a rapid transit system that serves the capital of Armenia, Yerevan. The system was launched in 1981 and like most former Soviet Metros, its stations are very deep and intricately decorated with national motifs.
Braunschweig, Germany
Haus zur Rose V1.0
Description
An der Ecke Schuhstraße befindet sich neben dem „Haus zum goldenen Stern“ das „Haus zur Rose“. Ein erster Bau stand hier bereits 1268, er wurde 1309 erweitert. Die heute sichtbare Front stammt aus dem Jahre 1590 und ist mir einer großen goldenen Rose geschmückt. Die Fensterrahmen des zeigen den Stil der Spätgotik, wohingegen Erdgeschosswölbungen wahrscheinlich auf Restaurierungsarbeiten des Jahres 1865 zurückgehen.
Der "Graue Hof"
Description
Die Eroberung der freien Stadt Braunschweigs 1671 und die Krönung Karls IV des Schweigerenkels Herzog Anton-Ullrichs brachten einen Prestigegewinn mit sich, der nach einer angemessenen Residenz verlangte. So wurde 1712/13 der Entschluss für den Bau des Grauen Hofes gefasst. Als Standort wurde die "Grauer Hof" genannte Stadtresidenz der Zisterziensermönche von Riddagshausen gewählt, das auch schon Herzog Rudolf August als Stadtquartier diente. Der Hofarchitekt Hermann Korb, der auch schon das Welfenschloss in Wolfenbüttel umgebaut hat sollte ab 1717 nach dem Tod Anton-Ullrichs den Bau für Herzog August Wilhelm beginnen. Während der Revolution von 1830 brannten der Nord- und der Ost-Flügel ab, woraufhin man den Entschluss fasste, eine neue Residenz auf den Mauern der alten zu errichten. Das Modell entstand 2007 für eine Arbiet im Fach Architekturtheorie.
Wuppertal / Germany
IHK - Wuppertal Solingen Remscheid
Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain
Puente sobre la Rivera
Almere, The Netherlands
Brandboxx (Dome)
Rooie Donders
Rome, Italy
Regione Lazio Sede Tintoretto
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
heembouw - BVG – Transmissie
Porto Alegre Buildings
Anfiteatro Pôr-do-Sol
Asunción, Paraguay
Palacio de los Lopez
Description
El Palacio de López es uno de los edificios públicos más bellos existentes en Asunción. Su construcción comenzó en el año 1857 para residencia del general Francisco Solano López hijo del entonces Presidente de la República, Don Carlos Antonio López. concebido en un estilo neoclásico, exhibe una estructura monumental con lineamientos franco–latinos. Ocupa un predio de dos hectáreas frente a la bahía de Asunción, delimitado por las calles El Paraguayo Independiente, Ayolas (antes del Paraná) y O´ Leary (Paso de Patria). El terreno le fue donado al General López por su padrino de bautismo, Don Lázaro Rojas. Durante el gobierno de Don Carlos Antonio López fueron contratados en Europa técnicos para llevar adelante diferentes emprendimientos. Arquitecto, profesores, artistas, técnicos industriales e ingenieros conformaron un numeroso grupo de expertos, algunos de quienes intervinieron en la construcción del palacio.
Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires
Catalinas & Alem Plaza Towers
Description
Bordering street #1 Avenida Eduardo Madero* Bordering street #2 Avenida Ingeniero E. Butty* Complex Alem and Catalinas Plaza Zone Financial District Neighborhood Retiro City Buenos Aires State Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires Country Argentina
Opera Bay, Buenos Aires
Description
Opera Bay, located in Puerto Madero, is a nightclub, known for its architecture which resembles the Sydney Opera House. A building, set on the edge of the Puerto Madero river, this place is party central on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Several rooms with different Djs and all styles of music keep people dancing till early in the morning, including large outdoor decks good for rocking out in the warm summer nights.
Telecom Building
Description
Bordering street #1 Agüero* Bordering street #2 Avenida Las Heras* Neighborhood Recoleta City Buenos Aires State Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires Country Argentina
Santiago, Chile
Edificio Recidencial
Edificio Recidencial 2
Mar del Plata, Argentina
Puglisi
Puerto Gallego
Chichilo
Boise, Idaho
Downtown Boise
The Idaho Building, Downtown Boise
Downtown Boise
Downtown Boise
New York City, New York
Triborough Bridge - East River Span
Description
The suspension span of the Triborough bridge complex spans 420 meters over the East River and connects Queens to Ward's Island. The construction started on the 25th of october 1929, a day also known as Black Friday. When the New York Stock Exchange crashed, Triborough Bridge's future begun to look dark. The original plans had to be simplified by master bridge builder Othmar Ammann to save on building costs. The new design was a one deck design with a center span of 420 meters and 213 meter long side spans. The steel towers are 93 meters tall and represent art deco style. The four vertical posts between tower legs are just ornamentals. The deck has six raod lanes and two pedestrian lanes above the stiffening trusswork. It has 44 meters of clearance over the East River. The cables that support the deck are 51 centimeters thick and consist of 9,176 wires each. The construction lasted over six years, and the bridge was opened to traffic on the 11th of June, 1936. The bridge complex is very popular and approximately 200,000 vehicles use it every day. The toll revenues are enormous. In 2002 over 933 million dollars were collected.
Triborough Bridge - Harlem River Span
Description
The lift bridge of the Triborough Bridge complex spans over Harlem River and connects Randall's Island to the Manhattan Island. The bridge is designed by master bridge builder Othmar Ammann and it was constructed in 1936. The bridge's 64 meter tall towers borrow their design from the George Washington Bridge. The six road-lane-bridge deck consists of three truss spans. The center span is 95 meters long and has a clearance of 17 meters over river surface. The center span can be lifted up with 96 wire ropes, increasing it's clearance to 41 meters.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Couture
Holy Redeemer Catholic School
Bell ActiMedia Tower
