Hawyley Beach – Tasmania, Australia

Hawyley Beach – Tasmania, Australia

Hawley Beach, Tasmania is a seaside resort town 22 kilometres (14 mi) from the nearest main town (Devonport). At the 2006 census, the town had a population of 596. Nearby is the small town of Port Sorell and locality of Shearwater. Hawley Beach is known for its minute red sand crabs, Hooded Plovers and reasonable fishing. It borders the Rubicon Estuary

Tyrolean Ice Arena – Innsbruck, Austria

Tyrolean Ice Arena – Innsbruck, Austria

Tiroler Wasserkraft Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Innsbruck, Austria that is used for hosting ice hockey games. The capacity of the arena is 3,130 people and was built in 2004. The ice hockey games at the 1964 Winter Olympics and 1976 Winter Olympics were held at this arena, as well as being one of the venues during the 2010 European Men’s Handball Championship.

Landhausplatz – Innsbruck, Austria

Landhausplatz – Innsbruck, Austria

Landhausplatz is a public plaza in Innsbruck, Austria that also doubles up as a skating rink during the winter time. Completed in collaboration with Christopher Grüner, The Landhausplatz square retains the site’s four monuments with the addition of new trees, benches, lighting, a fountain and drinking fountains. The huge concrete slabs swell upwards to frame these elements

Romerberg – Frankfurt, Germany

Romerberg – Frankfurt, Germany

The Römer (German surname, “Roman”) is a medieval building in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, one of the city’s most important landmarks. It has been the city hall or Rathaus for 600 years. The Römer merchant family sold it together with a second building, the Goldener Schwan (Golden Swan), to the city council on March 11, 1405 and it was converted for use as the city hall.

Lake Tahoe – California

Lake Tahoe – California

Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada range of the United States. At a surface elevation of 6,225 ft (1,897 m), it is located along the border between California and Nevada, west of Carson City. Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America. Its depth is 1,645 ft (501 m), making it the USA’s second-deepest (the deepest is Crater Lake in Oregon)

Cupid’s Span Sculpture – Embarcadero, San Francisco

Cupid’s Span Sculpture – Embarcadero, San Francisco

Situated on the crest of Rincon Park’s northern knoll, Cupid’s Span is a depiction of a bow and arrow. Composed of fiberglass and steel, the sculpture stands approximately 60 feet tall and is 130-140 feet wide. The sculpture has an open design to provide a frame for the surrounding landscape. Cupid’s Span adds to Oldenburg and van Bruggen’s long list of famous large-scale civic sculptures

San Francisco City Hall – San Francisco, California

San Francisco City Hall – San Francisco, California

San Francisco City Hall, in its open space area in the city’s Civic Center, is a Beaux-Arts monument to the City Beautiful movement that epitomized the high-minded American Renaissance of the 1880s to 1917. The structure’s dome is the fifth largest in the world. The present building is actually a replacement for an earlier City Hall that was completely destroyed during the 1906 earthquake.

Elliot’s Beach – Besant Nagar, Chennai

Elliot’s Beach – Besant Nagar, Chennai

Elliot’s Beach is located in Besant Nagar, Chennai, India. It forms the end-point of the Marina Beach shore and is named after Edward Elliot, Governor of Madras. It has the Velankanni Church and the Ashtalakshmi Kovil nearby. The beach, one of the cleanest beaches in the city, is a prominent hang-out zone for most of the college-going crowd in Chennai.

101 California Street building – San Francisco

101 California Street building – San Francisco

101 California Street is a 48-story office building completed in 1982 in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The 600 ft tower providing 1,200,000 sq ft of office space is bounded by California, Davis, Front & Pine Streets. The faceted cylindrical tower features a seven story, glass enclosed lobby and a granite plaza with flower beds and a fountain.

Olympiahalle – Innsbruck, Austria

Olympiahalle – Innsbruck, Austria

OlympiaWorld Innsbruck is a multi-purpose sports facility complex in Innsbruck, Austria. It was built in 1963, holds 7,212 people, during ice hockey matches and 15,000 people, during handball matches. The ice hockey games at the 1964 Winter Olympics and 1976 Winter Olympics were held at this arena, as well as being one of the venues during the 2010 European Men’s Handball Championship.

Alte Oper – Frankfurt

Alte Oper – Frankfurt

The Alte Oper is a major concert hall and former opera house in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The building was inaugurated in 1880. Many important works have been premiered at the Alte Oper, including Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana in 1937. The building was inaugurated on October 20, 1880. It was designed by the Berlin architect Richard Lucae and financed by the citizens of Frankfurt.

Landestheater – Innsbruck, Austria

Landestheater – Innsbruck, Austria

The Landes Theater Innsbruck was built in the year 1629 by architect Christoph Gumpp. Christoph Gumpp was inspired by the Italian theaters in Firenze and Parma. The building was opened as “Comedihaus”. In the years 1945/46 the “Comedihaus” receives it’s todays name “Landestheater Innsbruck”. The director Mr. Pless opens the new Landestheater with the stage play “Wiener Blut”

Bergisel Ski Jump – Innsbruck, Austria

Bergisel Ski Jump – Innsbruck, Austria

Reconstructed several times, the Bergisel jumping stadium is one of the landmarks of Innsbruck. Now used as part of the international Four-Hill Ski-Jumping competition, the stadium also features a viewing platform with 360° panoramic views over the Inn Valley, Alps and the city. Sited on a historic battlefield, the first ski-jumping competition held here was in 1927.

European Central Bank – Frankfurt

European Central Bank – Frankfurt

The European Central Bank (ECB) is the institution of the European Union (EU) which administers the monetary policy of the 17 EU Eurozone member states. The bank is based in Frankfurt, the largest financial centre in the Eurozone. Its location in the city is fixed by the Amsterdam Treaty along with other major institutions. The bank will move to the new location proposed to be open in 2014.

Holbeinsteg – Frankfurt, Germany

Holbeinsteg – Frankfurt, Germany

Planned in 1990 as temporary replacement of the “Eiserner Steg”, the Holbein Bridge quickly found a place in the hearts of the inhabitants of Frankfort, so that the suspension bridge remained at its location. The steel supporting structure spans the Main River with a span of 142 m and a total length of 210 m. The width of the pedestrian bridge amounts to 4 m.

NAB Headquarters – Docklands, Melbourne

NAB Headquarters – Docklands, Melbourne

Designed by James Grose of Bligh Voller Nield, the building is located on one of the best sites in the Docklands. On the southern side of Victoria Harbour, adjacent to Harbour Esplanade, it is the first to enjoy a northerly aspect over the water. But the main advantage is the opportunity to move away from the typology of the office tower and adopt a more lateral profile.

ACCA Building – Melbourne

ACCA Building – Melbourne

The Australian Centre For Contemporary Art (ACCA) is a contemporary art gallery in Melbourne, Australia. The gallery is located on Sturt Street in the Melbourne Arts Precinct, in the inner suburb of Southbank. The ACCA is housed in a distinctive brown metallic building (made of COR-TEN weathering steel) designed by Melbourne architects Wood Marsh.

Silence Sculpture – Docklands Precinct, Melbourne

Silence Sculpture – Docklands Precinct, Melbourne

Commissioned in 2001 and installed during 2002, Silence has a size of 18 x 23 meters and a height of 4.5 meters. It consists of 13 components and was made from epoxy resin and stainless steel painted off-white. Silence was installed on the New Quay esplanade, Docklands Precinct Melbourne. The sculpture was commissioned by the MAB Corporation

Eiserner Steg – Frankfurt

Eiserner Steg – Frankfurt

The Eiserne Steg is a romantic 19th-century footbridge over the river Main in Frankfurt. The bridge itself is made of iron, the bridgeheads of red sandstone. The 174 meter-long footpath has been adapted several times over the years, and is now accessible by children and the disabled. Blown up towards the end of WWII, today’s bridge is a reconstruction of the old Eiserner Steg.

Pedestrian Bridge – Birrarung Marr, Melbourne

Pedestrian Bridge – Birrarung Marr, Melbourne

Birrarung Marr is an inner-city park between the central business district in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and the Yarra River. It was opened in 2002. The name means ‘river of mists’ and ‘river bank’ in the Woiwurrung language. A long ramping footbridge within the park, designed by architects Swaney Draper, links the three terrace levels and provides disabled access.