Tag: “Hall”

21 results found.

  1. Egg

    National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China.

    Designed by Frenchman Paul Andreu

  2. City Hall East: A Sleeping Monster

    City Hall East lays claim as the largest commercial building in Georgia, weighing in at a massive 2,000,000 square feet.

  3. Savannah, GA

    In November 1732, the ship Anne sailed from Britain carrying 114 colonists, including General James Oglethorpe. On February 12, 1733, Oglethorpe and his settlers landed at Yamacraw Bluff and, in an example of some of the earliest "Southern hospitality", were greeted by Tomochici, the Yamacraws, and John and Mary Musgrove, Indian traders.

  4. Sanjusangen-do

    Although the official name is "Rengeo-in" (Temple of the Lotus King), this temple is better known as "Sanjusangen-do," or the "Hall of 33 Spaces (between pillars)," which refers to the architecture of this temple. Built by Taira no Kiyamori on behalf of the retired emperor Go-Shirakawa in 1164, this hall houses 1001 magnificent Kannon statues carved out of Japanese cypress.

  5. Stairway Detail Town Hall

    Vaasa Finland

  6. Chandelier detail

    Town Hall, Vaasa, Finland

  7. Ho Chi Minh City Hall

    We randomly encountered City Hall while we were walking back to our hotel. It's a beautiful building, in the old French Colonial style, and was illuminated quite dramatically.

  8. Meeting Room Vaasa Town Hall

    Vaasa Finland

  9. Turbine Hall

    Tate Modern, Southwark, London, England

  10. Savannah City Hall

    This is the Savannah City Hall with a relatively (last year 2007) new coat of gold on the dome. This was taken from my hotel next to it!