Architecture Archives - ToursMaps.com ® https://toursmaps.com/tag/architecture Tue, 06 Nov 2018 18:16:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Museums and Cultural Centers USA http://toursmaps.com/museums-and-cultural-centers-usa.html http://toursmaps.com/museums-and-cultural-centers-usa.html#respond Sat, 17 Nov 2018 19:21:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=262201 Several museums and cultural centers have seen increased visitation after expansions designed by renowned architects. Cincinnati’s Contemporary Arts Center, for example, experienced an 85% increase in attendance during the four-year period following the opening of the Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center, designed by Pritzker-prize winning architect Zaha Hadid. “It’s a key strategy for a growing number of museums: promoting ‘architourism,’ or drawing visitors with new buildings or wings by star architects.” The Wall Street Journal The following are museums and performing arts centers designed by renowned contemporary architects: Museums Architect Art of the Americas Wing, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston,

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/museums-and-cultural-centers-usa.html/feed 0 Des Moines Map http://toursmaps.com/des-moines-map.html http://toursmaps.com/des-moines-map.html#respond Thu, 08 Nov 2018 00:09:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=264291 Des Moines Art Center 4700 Grand Ave, Des Moines. IA 50312-2099 Tel: (515) 277-4405 Fax: (515) 271-0357 Acting Director: Ms. Susan Lubowsky Talbott Admission: free. Attendance: 259.371 Established: 1948 Membership: Y ADA Compliant: Y Parking: free on site. Open: Tuesday to Wednesday. llam-4pm. Thursday. llam-9prcr Friday to Saturday, 11am -4pm; Sunday. noon-4pm; 1st PrkLay in month, llam-9pm Closed: Ixgal Holidays. Facilities: Architecture Building (designed by Eliel Saarinen, 1948), Building (designed by I.M. Pei, 1968), Building (designed by Richard Meier, 1985): Auditorium (220 seats); Building Area (90,000 square feet;: Classrooms: Food Services Restaurant (Tues-Sat, llam-2pm & Thurs. 5:30pm-9pm); Library (13.000 volumes;

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/des-moines-map.html/feed 0 Paris Map and Travel Guide http://toursmaps.com/paris-map-and-travel-guide-3.html http://toursmaps.com/paris-map-and-travel-guide-3.html#respond Fri, 26 Oct 2018 18:09:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=268478 Paris Map and Travel Guide Paris – Versailles and Giverny Day Trip This post I’m leaving Paris and I’m heading a little bit outside to go to the town of Giverny where Monet is from and also see the Palace of Versailles which is one of the most extravagant palaces in the world. This place used to be only used for royal summer retreats and hunting grounds until Louis XIV came along and transformed it into a palace. The palace has over a hundred rooms. My favorite room of all is the Hall of Mirrors. It’s this long domed hallway

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