TINEL MUSEUM
TINEL MUSEUM Edgar Tinel was a leading figure in the establishment of the musical traditions of the Flemish-speaking people of Belgium. He was born on 25 March 1854 in …
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BRIDGES ILLUMINATED
BRIDGES ILLUMINATED Domingo Gonzalez Associates developed the lighting for the Hudson River crossing that will replace the Tappan Zee Bridge, shown here in a rendering. Lighting for the 3.1-mile …
VLADIGEROV MUSEUM
VLADIGEROV MUSEUM Bulgaria’s musical patriarch, Pancho Vladigerov, is commemorated in the north-eastern city of Shumen, some 100 km from Varna, where he and his identical twin Luben spent their …
SCHOENBERG MUSEUM
SCHOENBERG MUSEUM There is a house in Modling, a southern suburb of Vienna where Beethoven liked to stay and to walk in the fields. It bears a plaque which …
DANJIANG BRIDGE MAP
DANJIANG BRIDGE MAP Crossing Tamsui River, Tamsui-Bali, Taiwan Designers/Engineers Zaha Hadid Architects Expected completion c. 2020 Span 1,476 feet (450 meters) Materials Steel, concrete Type Cable-stayed Relieving traffic was …
KHAJU BRIDGE MAP BRIDGE MAP
KHAJU BRIDGE MAP BRIDGE MAP Crossing Zayandeh River, Isfahan, Iran Designer/Engineer Shah Abbas II Completed c. 1650 Span 433 feet (132 meters) Materials Masonry Type Arch An ancient Persian …
LAKE MARACAIBO BRIDGE MAP
LAKE MARACAIBO BRIDGE MAP For the first time, concrete was used for both pylons and deck in a cable-stayed bridge. In the fifteenth century, when the Spanish conquistador Alonso …
CORNISH-WINDSOR COVERED BRIDGE MAP LONGEST COVERED BRIDGE MAP IN THE UNITED STATES
CORNISH-WINDSOR COVERED BRIDGE MAP LONGEST COVERED BRIDGE MAP IN THE UNITED STATES Builders soon learned that, without a roof, a wooden bridge won’t last long. December 8, 1989, was …
SCHMIDT MUSEUM
SCHMIDT MUSEUM Franz Schmidt was a revered figure among Austrian composers in the interwar years. Born in Pressburg (now Bratislava) in 1874, he had been a cellist in the …
CHENAB BRIDGE MAP
CHENAB BRIDGE MAP Crossing Chenab River, Jammu and Kashmir, India Designer/Engineer WSP Expected completion 2020 Span 1,532 feet (467 meters) Material Steel Type Arch Structural history is being made …