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The building is over 40,000 square metres (430,000 sq ft), has a height of 55 metres (180 ft), [3] and it resembles the skeleton of a whale, [3] [4] a façade that was designed by Santiago Calatrava and was built by a joint venture of Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas and Necso. [5]
The City of Arts and Sciences (Valencian: Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Spanish: Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias) [a] is a cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is the most important modern tourist destination in the city of Valencia and one of the 12 Treasures of Spain.
The rationalist building, which the Museum of Natural Sciences currently takes in, corresponds to the former luxury restaurant Restaurante Viveros. This building was built in the late 1950s, and was designed by the Valencian architect Luis Gay, whose work was influenced by the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, precursor of the Bauhaus.
L'Àgora, with the tennis configuration in 2013 Assut de l'Or Bridge and the L'Àgora are two parts of Valencia's City of Arts and Sciences complex. The building has a height of 70 m (230 ft) and occupies 5,000 m 2 of space with an open ground plan resembling a pointed ellipse about 88 m (289 ft) long and 66 m (217 ft) wide.
In 1960, Dade County built a new 48,000 sq ft (4,500 m 2) museum building on a three-acre (12,000 m 2) site in an area of Miami called Coconut Grove, on property belonging to the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens complex. [4] In 1966, the Space Transit Planetarium was added with a Spitz Model B Space Transit Projector. [5]
The administration also proposed paying above market value for a 1982 office building at 11222 Quail Roost Drive that would replace the South Dade Government Center about two miles away ...
The Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe is a science museum in Valencia, Spain. It is part of the City of Arts and Sciences architectural complex. The building is over 40,000 square metres (430,000 sq ft), has a height of 55 metres (180 ft), and was designed to resemble the skeleton of a whale, with a facade designed by Santiago Calatrava .
The Government Center Metrorail station is located inside the building, giving it easy access to public transit. It is located in western downtown, on North First Street between West First and West Second Avenue. The building was completed in 1985. It is named after the former Mayor of Miami-Dade County and Mayor of Miami, Stephen P. Clark ...