Architecture: Celebrating Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel

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Celebrating Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel
Nov 1st 2011, 01:00

Sistine Chapel Frescoes by Michelangelo
On November 1, 1512, Michelangelo's frescoes on the vaulted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome were first shown to the public. The Renaissance artist Michelangelo spent four years painting the detailed Biblical scenes. In 1980, amidst great public outcry, preservationists began cleaning away the dirt and soot that had darkened the frescoes. When the restoration was completed in 1994, many people were astonished to see what brilliant colors Michelangelo had used. Some critics questioned whether the "restoration" was historically accurate. Above: Detail from Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Frescoes, photo � Fotopress/Getty Images

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Architecture: What's Hot Now: Wright's Curtis Meyer House

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Wright's Curtis Meyer House
Oct 31st 2011, 10:03

You may notice many similarities between Frank Lloyd Wright's Curtis Meyer House in Galesburg, Michigan and his earlier Jacobs II House in Wisconsin. Both are hemicycles with an arched glass front and a flat, protected back side.

Along the eastern side of the Curtis Meyer house, a crescent-shaped glass wall seems to follow the line of the grassy knoll. At the center of the house, a two-story tower encloses a stairway that leads from a carport and bedroom down to the lower level living area.

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Architecture: What's Hot Now: The Old Jewish Cemetery

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The Old Jewish Cemetery
Oct 31st 2011, 10:03

The Old Jewish Cemetery in Josefov, the Jewish Quarter, was created in the 15th century when Jews were forbidden to bury their dead outside their own district.

Tombstones in the Old Jewish Cemetery in Josefov, the Jewish Quarter of Prague, Czech Republic.

Tombstones in the Old Jewish Cemetery in Josefov, the Jewish Quarter of Prague

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Space was scarce in the Old Jewish Cemetery, so bodies were buried on top of each other. Historians estimate that the graves are layered about 12 deep. Over the centuries, lopsided tombstones formed unruly, poetic groupings.

The surrealist author Franz Kafka enjoyed moments of quiet reflection in the Old Jewish Cemetery. However, his own grave lies across town in the New Jewish Cemetery. That burial ground is half empty because the generation it was built for was transported to Nazi death camps.

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Architecture: What's Hot Now: Egyptian Column

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Egyptian Column
Oct 31st 2011, 10:03

Definition:

The term Egyptian column can refer to a column from Ancient Egypt or a modern column inspired by Egyptian ideas.

Columns of Ancient Egypt:

During the reign of the great kings of Egypt, roughly between 3,050 BC and 900 BC, at least thirty distinct column styles evolved. The earliest builders carved columns from enormous blocks of limestone, sandstone, and red granite. Later, columns were constructed from stacks of stone disks.

Some Egyptian columns have polygon-shaped shafts with as many as 16 sides. Other Egyptian columns are circular. The ancient Egyptian architect Imhotep, who lived in 27th century B.C, is credited with carving stone columns to resemble bundled reeds and other plant forms. The columns were placed close together so they could carry the the weight of the heavy stone roof beams.

Common Features on Egyptian Columns:

  • Stone shafts carved to resemble tree trunks or bundled reeds or plant stems
  • Lily, lotus, palm or papyrus plant motifs on the capitals (tops)
  • Bud-shaped or campaniform (bell-shaped) capitals
  • Brightly painted carved relief decorations

Egyptian Columns in the Western World:

With the rise of the Classical Orders of Architecture, Greek and Roman ideas were incorporated into the Egyptian column styles. In turn, Egyptian motifs influenced the evolution of column styles in the Western world. Nearly 2,000 years later, architects in Europe and the United States borrowed Egyptian motifs and Egyptian column styles for Egyptian Revival and Art Deco buildings.

Egyptian Column Resources:

Also Known As: papyrus column

Common Misspellings: Egyptin, Egypian

Examples:

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Architecture: Born on Halloween: Richard Morris Hunt

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Born on Halloween: Richard Morris Hunt
Oct 31st 2011, 01:00

Astors' Beechwood copyright � John W. Corbett Gilded Age architect Richard Morris Hunt was born on October 31, 1827. Living during an era when American business leaders amassed huge fortunes, Richard Morris Hunt became known for designing palatial and sometimes spooky homes. Among his works are these Newport, Rhode Island mansions:
  • Breakers Mansion for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, whose ghost is said to wander the lavish rooms.
  • the $11 million Marble House for railroad baron William K. Vanderbilt
  • the lavish renovation of Beechwood for the fabulously wealthy William and Caroline Astor. Visitors have reported strange noises, cold spots, and candles blowing out by themselves.

Photo: Astors' Beechwood � John W. Corbett, www.corbettphotography.net

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Architecture: What's Hot Now: Alamillo Bridge in Seville, Andalusia (Spain)

Sunday, 30 October 2011 0 意見
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Alamillo Bridge in Seville, Andalusia (Spain)
Oct 30th 2011, 10:03

Architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava designed the Alamillo Bridge for the 1992 Expo on La Cartuja Island in Seville, Spain. Find facts below.

The Alamillo Bridge in Seville, Andalusia (Spain). Santiago Calatrava, architect.

The Alamillo Bridge in Seville, Andalusia (Spain). Santiago Calatrava, architect.

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Four new bridges were constructed for the 1992 Expo (World's Fair) in Seville, Spain. Alamillo Bridge, or Puente del Alamillo, is one of two bridges that Santiago Calatrava designed. Alamillo Bridge crosses the Guadalquivir River, connecting the old quarter of Seville with La Cartuja Island. Construction on the bridge began in 1989 and was completed in 1992.

Type: Cantilever spar cable-stayed. The deck is secured by a single, cabled pylon angled at 58 degrees.
Span: 200 meters

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Architecture: What's Hot Now: Sears House Plans Index

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Sears House Plans Index
Oct 30th 2011, 10:03

Sears House Plans
Index

Use this directory to find floor plans and elevation drawings, reprinted from the original catalogs for Sears Mail Order houses.

1908:

Sears, Modern Home No. 125

Sears, Modern Home No. 126

1909:

Sears, Modern Home No. 64

Sears, Modern Home No. 70

Sears, Modern Home No. 126

Sears, Modern Home No. 144

Sears, Modern Home No. 147

1911:

Sears, Modern Home No. 151, The Avondale

Sears, Modern Home No. 162, The Elmwood

Sears, Modern Home No. 156, The Glyndon

Sears, Modern Home No. 172, The Hazelton

Sears, Modern Home No. 168, The Matoka

Sears, Modern Home No. 161, The Niota

Sears, Modern Home No. 173, The Princeville

Sears, Modern Home No. 165

Sears, Modern Home No. 191

Sears, Modern Home No. 198

Sears, Modern Home No. 225

Sears, Modern Home No. 228

Sears, Modern Home No. 240

1912:

Sears, Modern Home No. 400

Sears, Modern Home No. 401

1913:

Sears, Modern Home No. 145, The Arlington

Sears, Modern Home No. 203, The Warham

Sears, Modern Home No. 155

Sears, Modern Home No. 182

Sears, Modern Home No. 202

Sears, Modern Home No. 204

Sears, Modern Home No. 229

1915:

Sears, Modern Home No. 264p107, The Alberta & The Wayside

Sears, Modern Home No. 264p245, The Argyle

Sears, Modern Home No. 264p237, The Belmont

Sears, Modern Home No. 264p240, The Corona

Sears, Modern Home No. 208, The Elsmore

Sears, Modern Home No. 264p201, The Hawthorne

Sears, Modern Home No. 264p234, The Hollywood

Sears, Modern Home No. 264p244, The Osborne

Sears, Modern Home No. 264p233, The Savoy

Sears, Modern Home No. 264p217, The Starlight

Sears, Modern Home No. 264p248, The Wabash

Sears, Modern Home No. 264p206, The Westly

Sears, Modern Home No. 264p205, The Winona

Sears, Modern Home No. 264p182

Sears, Modern Home No. 264p228

Sears, Modern Home No. 264p238

Sears, Modern Home No. 264p239

Sears, Modern Home No. 264p243

1917:

Sears, Modern Home No. C2032, The Arcadia

Sears, Modern Home No. C250, The Ashmore

Sears, Modern Home No. C2029, The Katonah

Sears, Modern Home No. C216A, The Kismet

Sears, Modern Home No. C2024, The Marina

Sears, Modern Home No. C187, The Sherbourne

Sears, Modern Home No. C2038

1918:

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 2099, The Adeline

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 237, The Belmont

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 2091, The Brookside

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 3031, The Carlin

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 2028, The Delevan

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 2098, The Pineola

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 2044, The Rosita

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 2030, The Saranac

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 2023, The Savoy

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 2008, The Somerset

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 2027, The Sumner

1919:

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 3039, The Ardara

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 3029, The Lebanon

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 3041, The Rodessa

1920:

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 3058, The Bandon

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 7030, The Clyde

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 7028, The Olivia

1921:

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 7031, The Alpha

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 3048, The Avalon

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 3081, The Cinderella

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 8013, The Columbine

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 3086, The Crescent

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 3065, The Del Ray

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 3051, The Dundee

Sears, Honor Bilt Home, The Harper

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 3072, The Homeville

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 7034, The Ionia

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 7044, The Josephine

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 7013, The Kilbourne

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 3053, The Lorne

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 7004, The Rest

Sears, Honor Bilt Home, The Springwood

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 3044, The Stone Ridge

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 3052, The Uriel

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 6000, The Valley

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 3049, The Vallonia

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 6001, The Vinita

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 6002, The Vinemont

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 6003, The Verndale

Sears, Honor Bilt Home No. 3050, The Walton



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Architecture: What's Hot Now: WTC Twin Towers

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WTC Twin Towers
Oct 30th 2011, 10:03

"There are a few very influential architects who sincerely believe that all buildings must be 'strong'. The word 'strong' in this context seems to connote 'powerful'â€" that is, each building should be a monument to the virility of our society. These architects look with derision upon attempts to build a friendly, more gentle kind of building. The basis for their belief is that our culture is derived primarily from Europe, and that most of the important traditional examples of European architecture are monumental, reflecting the need of the state, church , or the feudal families â€" the primary patrons of these buildings â€" to awe and impress the masses. This is incongruous today. Although it is inevitable for architects who admire these great monumental buildings of Europe to strive for the quality most evident in them â€" grandeur, the elements of mysticism and power, basic to cathedrals and palaces, are also incongruous today, because the buildings we build for our times are for a totally different purpose."

~ Minoru Yamasaki, from Architects on Architecture: New Directions in America, by Paul Heyer (compare prices)

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Architecture: What's Hot Now: 1995: Residence for Mario Masetti, Cava Estate, in Cabreuva, SP, Brazil

Saturday, 29 October 2011 0 意見
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1995: Residence for Mario Masetti, Cava Estate, in Cabreuva, SP, Brazil
Oct 29th 2011, 10:03

Pritzker-prize winning architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha is known for bold simplicity and an innovative use of concrete and steel.

Residence for Mario Masetti - Cava Estate - Cabreuva, SP, Brazil, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Architect

Residence for Mario Masetti, Cava Estate, in Cabreuva, SP, Brazil, by Paulo Mendes da Rocha, 2006 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate.

Photo © Nelson Kon
Paulo Mendes da Rocha calls this modest home a a multifaceted event in the landscape and a suite of little surprises. Located in Cabreuva, a small town northwest of São Paulo, the house is linear and symmetrical, while its pool is rounded and irregular. Inside the house, straight concrete walls are juxtaposed with a curved stone wall.

~Pritzker Prize Committee

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Architecture: What's Hot Now: World Trade Center Tower 2

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World Trade Center Tower 2
Oct 29th 2011, 10:03

In keeping with Daniel Libeskind's master plan for the World Trade Center site, towers 2, 3, and 4 will form a descending spiral toward the Memorial.

West Elevation of Tower 2 at the new World Trade Center

West Elevation of Tower 2 at the new World Trade Center

Rendering: Foster and Partners, courtesy of Silverstein Properties

Towers 2, 3, and 4 are expected to include 6.2 million square feet of office space and a half million square feet of retail space.

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Architecture: What's Hot Now: Naoshima Ferry Terminal

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Naoshima Ferry Terminal
Oct 29th 2011, 10:03

The Naoshima Ferry Terminal is set on a small island in the Inland Sea of Japan. The terminal area is sheltered by a large roof measuring approximately 39,000 square feet. Glass walls enclose the waiting area, cafe, and visitors center.

Architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa began the project in 2003. The Naoshima Ferry Terminal was completed in 2006.

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Architecture: Hollywood's Haunted Houses

Friday, 28 October 2011 0 意見
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Hollywood's Haunted Houses
Oct 29th 2011, 01:00

Photo: Second Empire House What is it about the Second Empire style? These tall houses with their high mansard roofs are the favored setting for spooky movies like Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. But when French architects used the term horror vacui, they weren't thinking about murder or ghosts. According to early critics, the opulent Second Empire style expressed a fear of unadorned surfaces.

More: Halloween Round-Up from our Home & Garden Guides

Photo: Jordan House in Auburn, Maine designed and built by Charles A. Jordan, ca 1880. � Ken Zirkel/iStockphoto

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Architecture: Statue of Liberty

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Statue of Liberty
Oct 28th 2011, 09:00

Statue of Liberty On Oct. 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland. Designed by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, the statue became one of the most enduring symbols of the United States. Learn about the design and history of America's most famous sculpture: The Statue of Liberty

Photo: The Statue of Liberty in New York. � 2000-2006 NewOpenWorld Foundation

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Architecture: Architecture Updates: Oct. 22-28, 2011

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Architecture Updates: Oct. 22-28, 2011
Oct 28th 2011, 07:00

This week we dug deeper into Victorian styles, explored spooky architecture, and received some amazing submissions from our readers. New and updated: Reader Submissions:

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Architecture: Birth of the Arch

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Birth of the Arch
Oct 28th 2011, 08:00

Gateway Arch in St. Louis - Image from ClipArt.com The famous Saint Louis Gateway Arch in Missouri celebrates a birthday today. Designed by Finnish-born architect Eero Saarinen, the arch officially opened on October 28, 1965.

The Saint Louis Gateway Arch is actually an enormous steel catenary curve. It commemorates Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and symbolizes the gateway to the American West.

Challenge: Are you a math whiz? See if you can solve this Catenary Curve problem.

St. Louis Gateway Arch Photo: ArtToday.com

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Architecture: What's Hot Now: Second Empire Architecture

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Second Empire Architecture
Oct 28th 2011, 10:03

With tall mansard roofs and wrought iron cresting, Victorian Second Empire homes create a sense of height. But, despite its regal name, a Second Empire isn't always elaborate or lofty. So, how do you recognize the style? Look for these features:
  • Mansard roof
  • Dormer windows project like eyebrows from roof
  • Rounded cornices at top and base of roof
  • Brackets beneath the eaves, balconies, and bay windows
Many Second Empire homes also have these features:
  • Cupola
  • Patterned slate on roof
  • Wrought iron cresting above upper cornice
  • Classical pediments
  • Paired columns
  • Tall windows on first story
  • Small entry porch
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Architecture: What's Hot Now: The Woolworth Building

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The Woolworth Building
Oct 28th 2011, 10:03

The Woolworth Building
Location: 233 Broadway, New York, NY, USA
Architect: Cass Gilbert
Year: 1911â€"1913
Height: 241 meters / 792 feet
Stories: 57

About the Woolworth Building:

Architect Cass Gilbert spent two years, drawing thirty different proposals, for the office building commissioned by Frank W. Woolworth, owner of the dime store chain. Soaring 792 feet high, the Neo-Gothic skyscraper was the world's tallest building until the Chrysler Building was erected in 1929.

Cass Gilbert combined Gothic design with modern technology in this New York highrise. It had a steel frame to withstand high winds and high-speed elevators with air cushions that would stop a car from falling. The ornate lobby was lavished with marble, bronze and mosaics. Gothic-inspired details adorned the cream-colored terra cotta facade.

The gargoyles on the Woolworth Building caricature Gilbert, Woolworth, and other famous people.

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Architecture: What's Hot Now: Haunted House Books - True

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Haunted House Books - True
Oct 28th 2011, 10:03

Don't turn off the light while you immerse yourself in these tales of haunted houses, inns, and restaurants around the world. Are they really true? Who cares! Anyone who's ever designed or remodeled a building knows how easy it is to become possessed by turrets, corbels, stairways, and all sorts of architectural things.

1. Haunted Houses: Chilling Tales from American Homes

From the Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, Massachusetts, to the Winchester Mansion in San Jose, California, author Nancy Roberts brings us 24 spine-chilling tales of ghostly hauntings across America. Roberts interviewed each contributor and includes brief historical background on each haunting, information on the sites, phone numbers for potential visitors, and more.
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2. Where the Ghosts Are: The Ultimate Guide to Haunted Houses

Collected from his own personal investigations, Hans Holzer takes readers to more than 50 locations, both private homes and public places, where ghosts have been spotted. This book includes case studies, photos, and the history and psychology of each ghost.
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3. More Where the Ghosts Are: The Ultimate Guide to Haunted Houses

Another ghostly book by Hans Holzer, this one continues where the first left off. Holzer provides a fascinating tour of haunted locations, with pictures he claims proves the the existence of spirits.
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4. Historic Haunted America

Beth Scott and Michael Norman spent 18 years collecting "true" ghost stories from all 50 states and some Canadian provinces. This 672-page book covers all types of hauntings, from the terrifying to the sublime, from the yarns and folklore to current news stories.
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5. Haunted Inns of the Southeast

Sheila Turnage takes readers to 90 of the Southeast's best haunted inns across nine states, with telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and rates for visitors. The book includes eyewitness stories of the hauntings from guests, employees, and owners. The introduction gives helpful information for the first-time ghost hunter.
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6. Haunted Hotels: A Guide to American and Canadian Inns and Their Ghosts

Robin Mead's guide to haunted hotels in Canada and the U.S. covers 27 states, 3 territories, and more than 80 possessed lodgings. Stories of each ghost's past and appearances accompany hotel descriptions, along with the travel information for the curious and thrill-seekers who want to plan a supernatural vacation.
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7. Dinner and Spirits: America's Most Haunted Restaurants, Taverns & Inns

Authors Robert James and Anne Wlodarski take readers to more than 500 places where you can have dinner, a drink, and perhaps spend the night with a spooky guest. The illustrated and detailed listing includes history of the hauntings with telephone numbers and other information for making reservations.
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8. The Field Guide to North American Hauntings

Subtitled, "Everything You Need to Know About Encountering over 100 Ghosts, Phantoms, and Spectral Entities," this guide from W. Haden Blackman itemizes more than 100 haunted sites and their resident ghosts. Blackman includes addresses, the number of ghosts present, their identities, the type of activities observed, and more.
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9. Haunted Places: The National Directory

Dennis William Hauck leads us to more than 2,000 sites of paranormal activity across the United States, organized by state. Often used as a "travel guide" for those interested in paranormal activity, "The National Directory" is the good book for planning a spooky trip alone or with the kids. Not just haunted locations, but sacred sites, UFO landings, and more are listed here.
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10. The International Directory of Haunted Places

The perfect companion to "The National Directory," here Hauck takes us around the world to more ghostly abodes and other supernatural locations in Great Britain and Europe, Canada, South America, Australia, Northern Africa, and Asia. Included are more than ninety black-and-white photos, travel directions, phone numbers, and more.
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Architecture: What's Hot Now: Oslo Opera House, Norway

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Oslo Opera House, Norway
Oct 28th 2011, 10:03

The striking white marble Oslo Opera House is the foundation of a sweeping urban renewal project in the waterfront Bjørvika area of Oslo, Norway. The stark white exterior is often compared to an iceberg or a ship. In stark contrast, the interior of Oslo Opera house glows with curving oak walls.

With 1,100 rooms, including three performance spaces, Oslo Opera House has a total area of about 38,500 square meters (415,000 square feet).

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Architecture: What's Hot Now: Haunted House Books : Fiction

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Haunted House Books : Fiction
Oct 28th 2011, 10:03

A dilapidated old Victorian house may be an architect's nightmare, but it's the perfect environment to enjoy a spooky novel about haunted houses. In these creepy tales, architecture plays a staring role with houses that change shapes, make scary noises, and take on horrific, surreal personalities.

1. The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red

A turn-of-the-century mansion, built out of arrogance and greed, becomes a living spirit in Joyce Reardon's page-turning novel. Mysteriously in the night, the house grows, creating a maze of hallways, chambers and twisting stairways where wanderers vanish.
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2. The Haunting of Hill House

Author Shirley Jackson describes the fictional Hill House as a foreboding structure "without kindness, never meant to be lived in...." Her ghostly tale unfolds amidst towers, buttresses, Gothic spires, gargoyles, strange angles, and rooms within rooms.
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3. The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories

A wonderful anthology of new and classic short stories, for those who like their shivers in small doses. Peter Haining has assembled works from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, L. P. Hartley, James Herbert, and many more, in this 512-page paperback guaranteed to produce nightmares.
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4. The Shining

"Wendy, I'm home!" Who can forget a possessed Jack Nicholson's creepy greeting to his wife in the movie based on Stephen King's novel? Strange things happen when the Torrances become winter caretakers at the Overlook Hotel, a place that contains an awesome power and a horrible past that only 5-year-old Danny can see. One of Stephen King's most engrossing stories of all time.
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5. Hell House

Stephen King once said "Richard Matheson's 'Hell House' is the scariest haunted house novel ever written," and we agree. All those sent to investigate Belasco House were ultimately destroyed by murder, suicide, or insanity. Now, for the first time in two decades, a new team has been assembled to dissect the secrets of the haunted mansion. Will they meet the same horrible fate?
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6. The Amityville Horror

When Jay Anson wrote The Amityville Horror, he claimed the story was true. Fortunately, the terrifying experiences of paranormal activity in a pretty suburban house proved to be mostly fabrications. Still, the tale is chilling and, if you want, you can drive by the real Amityville Horror house in Amityville, New York.
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