From the interior, the building's large size was emphasized with trees and statues ; this served, not only to add beauty to the spectacle, but also to demonstrate man's triumph over nature.

Another trick is to cool the building's thermal mass at night, and then cool the building from the thermal mass during the day.

An anemometer is installed on the tip of the building's mast ; the anemometer sits at 378 m ( 1, 240 ft ) above sea level.

Base isolation is a collection of structural elements of a building that should substantially decouple it from the shaking ground thus protecting the building's integrity and enhancing its seismic performance.

On the opposite side is the " survivor tree ", part of the building's original landscaping that survived the blast and fires that followed it.

All that is left of many of the volumes are tantalizing titles that hint at all the history lost due to the building's destruction.

The building's sides are glass and charcoal-painted steel ; the floor, of brick, is not flush with the ground but sits 10 inches above.

The building's northern aisle is all that remains.

The effect is pronounced on the right side of the building's roof, where a long blue streak is visible.

The building's first phase was designed by British architect Sir Denys Lasdun and is one of his few works outside the UK.

The building's base is approximately.

The new building's exterior is laced with symbolic images of music.

* The building's façade is covered in crushed quartz, giving the building its pure white color.

* The building's foundation is thick and was the result of a 24-hour continuous concrete pour.

Les Invalides (), officially known as L ' Hôtel national des Invalides ( The National Residence of the Invalids ), is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building's original purpose.

This is distinct from a material's insulative value, which reduces a building's thermal conductivity, allowing it to be heated or cooled relatively separate from the outside, or even just retain the occupants ' thermal energy longer.

The annexation is to be used for a drug rehabilitation center ; the building's current occupants demand that the hospital find them replacement housing before the building is demolished despite the building being condemned sometime before.

The building's exterior is dominated by heavy flying buttresses which allowed the architects to increase the window size significantly, while the west end is dominated by two contrasting spires – a 105-metre ( 349 ft ) plain pyramid dating from the 1140s and a 113-metre ( 377 ft ) early 16th century Flamboyant spire on top of an older tower.

It is usually known as the Royal Society of Arts for brevity ( and on the building's frieze The Royal Society of Arts — see photograph ).

On the RSA building's frieze The Royal Society of Arts words ( see photograph ) are engraved, although its full name is Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.

Los Angeles SWAT members Jack Traven ( Keanu Reeves ) and Harry Temple ( Jeff Daniels ) are able to sneak inside the shaft and rescue the hostages before the bomber is aware, and then track the bomber to the building's basement.

Much of the building material is exposed in the building's interior.

It is estimated that compared to a concrete framed construction, the timber structure saved the equivalent in carbon production as nine years of the building's operation.

However, the building's 14th century tower was its only section to survive the Great Fire of London in 1666 ( and then only partially ).

Prime Group Realty Trust, a subsidiary of The Lightstone Group, the building's current owner considered partially converting it to condominiums in 2006.

On 4 October 1999, the building was officially opened with a simple ceremony held at the building's foyer, where a stainless steel plaque was unveiled before 500 MPs and invited guests.

To ensure that all aspects of the building's performance in strong winds will be acceptable, a detailed wind tunnel study was carried out by Professor Alan Davenport at the BLWT at the UWO.

Architects Edward Lippincott Tilton and William Alciphron Boring received a gold medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition for the building's design.

In her later years, she also visited the Empire State Building frequently, once visiting in 1991 as a guest of honor at the building's 60th anniversary, and also in May 2004, which was among her last public appearances.

He disabled the building's elevator, and had his remaining men barricade themselves at the top of the stairs with orders to shoot any intruders on sight.

However, the building was vacated in 2012 as a result of the Broadcasting House changes and the end of the building's lease that year ; the first service to move was the Burmese Service on the 11 March 2012 and the final broadcast was a news bulletin broadcast at 11. 00GMT on the 12 July 2012.

The building's famous C-47 ' Raisinbomber ' Skytrain can be seen with ease from the top of the Fernsehturm and from a descending aircraft landing at Tempelhof Airport.

In 1972, Edward Downes, formerly associated with London's Royal Opera House, became Musical Director, and his first new production was the Australian premiere of Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne, followed closely by Prokofiev's War and Peace as the opening night performance of the Sydney Opera House, a short time before the building's official opening.

The middle school located on the building's first floor became Manly Junior High and moved to Manual's old building at Brook and Oak.

She points out a crack at the base of a door jamb, indicative of one of the building's main problems, its settling foundation.

Louisville native Carl Jackson plays an annual Christmas concert at the theater to raise money for the building's restoration.

Stevens then reused the building's scheme, while reducing its size by two-fifths, to become The Bay of Naples Inn at Naples, Maine, which opened in 1899.

The building was closed for more than four years while it was decontaminated at a cost of $ 65 million, but an improvised post office was made from tents and canopies in the building's vicinity.

Prior to the building's completion, the township conducted business from a rented basement office at Kiski Park Plaza shopping center on Route 56 at the intersection of the 356 by-pass.

From the building's initial construction until late 2009 there were 2 large freight lifts at which point another was added.

The building's namesake, Hugh Aston, died in November 1558 and was a leading figure of his generation ; serving at different times as Coroner, Mayor and Member of Parliament for the borough of Leicester, as well as being one of the foremost early Tudor composers.

In 1966 the airport had a setback when at 3: 30 p. m. on Sunday, February 13, a fire broke out in a greasy flue in the kitchen of the terminal building's second-floor restaurant, The Sky Room.

The " cowcatcher " retail space at the front of the building was not part of Burnham or Dinkelberg's design, but was added at the insistence of Harry Black in order to maximize the use of the building's lot and produce some retail income to help defray the cost of construction.

The retail space in the building's " cowcatcher " at the " prow " was leased by United Cigar Stores, and the building's vast cellar, which extended into the vaults that went more than under the surrounding streets, was occupied by the Flatiron Restaurant, which could seat 1, 500 patrons and was open from breakfast through late supper for those taking in a performance at one of the many theatres which lined Broadway between 14th and 23rd Streets.