The Pantheon Rome Building: Architecture

The Pantheon Rome building facade

Key feature: oculus – the circular hole in the middle of the coffered, concrete dome – that allows a mesmerising disk of light to rotate around the inner dome (when the sun shines of course).

Palazzo Venezia Rome Building

Palazzo Venezia Rome Building

The balcony facing the square is infamous for the Mussolini speech towards the end of the Second World War. The building contains San Marco.

Palazzo Massimo Rome Building

Palazzo Massimo Rome Building

This historic building is a Renaissance palace in Rome, Italy. The palace was designed by Baldassarre Peruzzi in 1532-1536 on a site of three contiguous palaces owned by the old Roman Massimo family.

Palazzo Giustizia – Rome Justice Palace Building

Palazzo Giustizia Rome Justice Palace Building

The Palace of Justice, Rome, is the seat of the Supreme Court of Cassation and the Judicial Public Library. It fronts onto the Piazza dei Tribunali, the Via Triboniano, the Piazza Cavour, and the Via Ulpiano. The huge building is popularly called in Italian the Palazzaccio (the bad Palace).

Palazzo di Quirinale, Rome Architecture

Palazzo di Quirinale, Rome Architecture

The Quirinal Palace is a historic building in Rome, Italy, one of the three current official residences of the President of the Italian Republic, together with Villa Rosebery in Naples and Tenuta di Castelporziano in Rome.

Palazzo Barberini – Rome Palace Building

Palazzo Barberini - Rome Palace Building

The sloping site had formerly been occupied by a garden-vineyard of the Sforza family, in which a palazzetto had been built in 1549. The sloping site passed from one cardinal to another during the sixteenth century, with no project fully getting off the ground.

Palazzetto dello Sport Rome building

Palazzetto dello Sport Rome stadium building

Palazzetto dello Sport Rome Stadium building: 20th Century Arena, Italy design by Pier Luigi Nervi, architect-engineer – also known as the PalaTiziano and PalaFlaminio: Italian arena built for the 1960 Summer Olympics

Asilo infantile Roma: Nursery School Rome

Asilo infantile Roma - Nursery School Rome

Rome Nursery School Building: From the outside the building is very different from the rest of the existing buildings in the district, so it can be easily distinguished also by children.

Music Auditoria Rome: Auditorium Parco della Musica

Music Auditoria Rome - Auditorium Parco della Musica

The largest European structure dedicated to the music, the famed architect Renzo Piano, is a complex of three large rooms that are reminiscent of “beetle” with volumetric forms in addition to a large auditorium and outdoor areas.

Constantines Arch Rome: Arco di Constantino

Constantines Arch Rome - Arco di Constantino

Arco di Constantino – architettura Roma: Location: centre of the city, just south of the Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Dedicated in 315, it is the largest Roman triumphal arch. It uses a three bay design with detached columns

Oriel College Design Competition, England

Oriel College, Oxford has launched a design competition to find an exceptional team for a major project, estimated between £5-10 million, to reprogramme its social spaces and catering facilities

SAFA Competition: Otaniemi Design Contest

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Computer Graphic Competition Venice: International ArtExpo

International ArtExpo Competition in Venice, Computer Graphic Design Contest, News Computer Graphic Competition Venice : International ArtExpo Contest Liquid Identities – International Videoart Festival and Photo Exhibition page updated 27 Aug 2016 International ArtExpo Computer Graphic Competition in Venice [International ArtExpo] Computer Graphic Competition in Venice Computer Graphic Competition in Venice – FREE ENTRY! Deadline: … Read more