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Built of brick and concrete in the few years between the fire and Nero's suicide in 68, the extensive gold leaf that gave the villa its name was not the only extravagant element of its decor: stuccoed ceilings were applied with semi-precious stones and ivory veneers, while the walls were frescoed, coordinating the decoration into different themes in each major group of rooms.
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Built of brick, at a cost of $ 11, 000, and very similar to the previous courthouse, the new Courthouse began serving the county in the Fall of 1853.
Built from the 1970s onwards, it was initially made up of town houses in grey brick ; more recent builds are in red & yellow brick.
Built as a statement of the Christian faith after the upheavals of the Cathar heresy, this gigantic brick structure was embellished over the centuries: the Dominique de Florence Doorway, the 78 m high bell tower, the Baldaquin over the entrance ( 1515 – 1540 ).
Built in 1855, the Gothic revival residence was one of the first brick structures in the area.
Built in the 1830¹s, the " Western " school was built as a one room brick school, it was replaced by the current building in 1875.
Built in 1939, this two-story brick dwelling was constructed as a replica of The Hermitage ; it was listed on the National Register in 1998 for its architectural significance.
Built with brown brick with some timber framing, and clay tile roofs the house faces west.
Built using a similar brick to that used for the Grove almost 200 years earlier, the building is largely below ground-level, resulting in a direct view of the surrounding landscape for audience members towards the back of the gallery.
Built in 1840, the viaduct's 27 brick arches carry the mainline railways from Manchester to Birmingham and London over the River Mersey.
Built of yellow brick in a Neo-Gothic expressionist style, it was completed in 1940.
Built in brick, created in Selly Oak, and faced with Penmon Anglesey Marble presented to the town by Sir R. Bulkeley, proprietor of the Penmon quarries, the hall is modelled on the Temple of Castor and Pollux in Rome.
Built in the late gothic style, from stone and brick.
Built out of brick, it has rounded corner windows, made possible by the introduction of reinforced concrete.
Built on a platform made of 100, 000 wooden piles, it is constructed of Istrian stone and marmorino ( brick covered with marble dust ).
Built in 1892, the Romanesque Revival red brick structure is included on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Herrmannsschacht ( Built in 1889 ) is one of the oldest brick factories in the world.
Built in 1887, it consists of a series of brick archways clad in Roxbury Puddingstone.
Built of local red brick and costing £ 28, 000, the locomotive erecting shop had a central traverser which was hand-moved, serving 12 roads on each side.
Built in the Palladian style, of stuccoed brick, the mansion is nine bays long by seven bays deep.
Built of red sandstone and red brick, the name " MCCLELLAN " tops the simple rectangular gate in gilt letters.
Built for plant growing the Conservatory features a glass and metal roof supported by brick piers.
Built in 1958, the Mattox Administrative building was the first permanent brick structure on campus.
Built by Aldridge & Deacon in red Ruabon brick.
Built and concrete
Built of steel and concrete in 1925 the statue, according to Habersham County, The Big Red Apple weighs 5, 200 pounds and is 7 feet high.
* Turf Skatepark – Built in 1979, included five concrete pools in a indoor / outdoor facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin ( defunct since 1996 ).
Built on a land plot of 290 hectares and at an elevation of 140 meters above sea, it has an asphalt runway measuring 1660 x 30 meters, with one of its thresholds reinforced with concrete for an additional 60 meters.
Built of reinforced concrete between 1928-1930 for Fritz Tugendhat and his wife Greta, the villa soon became an icon of modernism.
Built in 1953, the bridge was the first pre-stressed concrete bridge in Europe.
Built in the middle of a protecting forest, and located far from major roads, the complex occupied more than and consisted of three separate security zones, the most important of which was Sperrkreis 1 ( Security Zone 1 ), in which was located the Führer Bunker and concrete shelters of members of the inner circle such as Hermann Göring, Martin Bormann, OKW chief Wilhelm Keitel and " chief of operations " OKW Alfred Jodl.
Built in 1922, this concrete deck arch bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Built between 1928 and 1930, the three massive concrete structures formed an experimental early warning system that aimed to detect invading aircraft by focusing sound waves.
Built in 1958, it consists of a reinforced concrete framed classroom and an administration block clad with cedar boards and aluminium windows.
Built partially of concrete, and designed in a neo-classic style reminiscent of Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, the Palace featured an extravagant facade, with 22 hand-carved Corinthian columns with elaborate details at the top, and opera-style private boxes in front of the covered grandstand.
Built of reinforced precast concrete as a stack of modular classroom and office spaces with wall-length windows for more natural illumination of rooms, it exemplifies the brutalist concrete construction style pioneered by Swiss architect Le Corbusier.
Built in 1926, the concrete and steel structure is part of a city park.
Built in 1986, the course is made primarily from concrete.
Built entirely of concrete, the viaduct consists of 21 arches, each spanning 15m and has a maximum height of 30m offering spectacular views down Lochaber ’ s Loch Shiel.
Built between autumn 1980 and December 1982, it is twenty three metres high, constructed from steel and concrete, and carrying a forty metre high aerial mast with FM-and TV-aerials on its top.
Built in 1932 by Joseph Sunlight, it is constructed of steel and concrete and clad in Portland stone under a three-tier mansard slate roof with glazed centre.
Built of concrete and steel, the tower is considered Modernist in style.
Built of reinforced concrete between 1959 and 1964, it has an observation deck and a restaurant at a height of 76 metres.
Built between 1908 and 1912, it is an early example of poured-in-place concrete and features 44 rooms, over 200 windows, 18 fireplaces and 10 bathrooms.
Built in 1902, Francis Field's permanent stands represent one of the first applications of reinforced concrete technology.
Built using a cut-and cover method, concrete segments of the vault were pre-cast and then lowered into the station.
Built over reclaimed land by construction company Sato Kogyo, the bridge is made of pre-stressed concrete and links East Coast Parkway on the east coast to Marina Bay on the west coast.
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