Different places, different buildings

Group 1 Georgios, Christina Different Places,different buildings Include the following information Where is it? When was it built? Why? What materials were used to build it?

The Taj Mahal The Taj Mahal was commissioned in 1632 in India by the Mughal emperor Shar Jahar to house the tomb of his favourite wife Mumtaz Mahal, it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself. It was built with limestone and granite.

The Colosseum The Colosseum was built in 69-79 AD and completed in 80 AD is in the center of Rome in Italy It was built by Vespasian Titus, it was built like a big amphitheater that accommodated 50000-80000 spectators

Group 2 Marianna, Nikos, Petros

The Bird's nest

The stadium was designed for use throughout the 2008 summer Olympics and Paralympics around March 2003. Located at the Olympic Stadium in Beijing. The stadium consists of two independent structures, standing 50 feet apart a red concrete seating bowl and the outer steel frame around it.

The Erectheion

The Erectheion or Erectheum is an ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens, Greece. It was built in 421-406BC and it was made of marble.

Group 3 Helen, Stavroula, Sotiris,Ifigenia

The Louvre

-The Louvre is in Rue de Rivoli,75001 Paris, France.

-It was built in August 10, 1793 -It was built to serve as a royal palace, later became home to various art academies, offering regular exhibitions of its members' works.

-The materials they used to build the Louvre were stone and timber. Cement and stone were used to construct the walls and floors of the museum. Glass is used to build the pyramid outside the museum.

The Casa Milà

-Casa mila is in Barcelona -It was built between 1906 and 1910 -It was built for Roser Segimón and her husband Pere Milà. Roser Segimón was the wealthy widow of Josep Guardiola, an Indiano or Americano, or former colonist

returned from South America, had made his fortune with a coffee plantation in Guatemala.

-One of the most notable elements of the building is the roof, crowned with skylights, staircase exits, fans, and chimneys. All of these elements, constructed out of brick covered with lime, broken marble, or glass have a specific architectural function but are also real sculptures integrated into the building.