BACKGROUND - My husband and I have again agreed to volunteer our services and build a display for our local Children's Museum. http://www.the-childrens-museum.org/ This year's theme is BUILDING.

Our idea for a display is to build a series of 4 flats with a map of the world on each flat and 15 photographs showing buildings and structures from around the world. A small description of the building, as well as when it was built, will be provided with each photograph. The child can discover the location of the building by pushing a button, which will reveal the city/state/country/continent as well as illuminate an LED light on the map. Each flat will represent a period in time (ex. ancient, middle ages, modern and somewhere in between). Here's how you can help....

#1 - COMPILING LIST OF BUILDINGS - So far I have about 25 buildings/structures on my list including New Grange in Ireland (the world's oldest building), Petra, Angkor Wat, Chaco Canyon, Great Zimbabwe City, Great Wall of China, Stonehenge, Machu Pichu, Pyramids/Sphynx, Taj Mahal, Halley Research Station in Antartica, International Space Station, the Fred & Ginger House in Prague, Kijk Kubus in Rotterdam, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Golden Gate Bridge, a Roman aquaduct system, terracing and a few other possibilities. I also want to include London Bridge, which I'm guessing the children will assume is in London and will be surprised to learn it's actually in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Also, Neuschwanstein in Bavaria, Germany, which I'm sure the kids will guess is Disneyland/world.

I need suggestions of other buildings/structures that you think I should include in our display. As well as the name, it would assist me if you also provided the city, state, country, continent where the building is located so I can do research.

#2 - HELP ME WITH MY RESEARCH - ONLY if you are so inclined and have the time and information to share, perhaps you can also provide me with the date of the structure as well as a little description (25-50 words). And, if you are aware of an internet site where I can download a picture of the building, and some history, that will save me a lot of time googling for the information. Credit of photographs will be given on the display, when possible.

Any suggestions and information that you can provide will be greatly appreciated - last year over 8000 kids came through the Children's Museum. Peace. >-

Robyn

A very interesting project. Mind sharing where this is going to be?

Patrick, if you follow Robyn's link, you'll see it's in Bloomsburg, Pa.

Robyn, it just so happens on the Europe board, someone recently asked about Medieval buildings in Paris b/c her daughter was studying this period in school and they were going to Paris. I found the following websites which have info on buildings etc.
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/...dle/capets.htm

This is the thread
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34548673

What might be even more helpful to you is the website
http://www.greatbuildings.com/gbc.html
which has the info you need on lots of great buildings plus a way to peruse choices.

You don't really give parameters for inclusion but I think Notre Dame would be a possibility. The Pompidou museum which is very modern looking. I can think of lots in NYC--the Brooklyn Bridge, the UN Building, Rockefeller Center, the Guggenheim etc.

Agree with the Brooklyn Bridge.

The London Bridge in Nevada I thought was just an obscure bridge from London? Why not include the real thing?

What about Tulumn or one of the other ruins from the Mayan Riviera?


The Vatican?


My mind is drawing a blank on this one. I know there is something glaring I've forgotten.

Very interesting project. How about

The Sydney Opera House
http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/sect...nk/?sm=5&ss=22

The Empire State Building in NYC
http://www.esbnyc.com/index2.cfm?CFI...TOKEN=25945303

and the

Chrysler Building in NYC
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/DI...r/Frame-1.html

You won't be surprised to hear that there are several contenders for world's oldest building (including a second claimant in Ireland, two in Japan, and one in Malta). Depends on what counts as a building, how you determine age, etc.

Robyn,

What a great project. Perhaps including some famous Philly (or Pa) buildings would be good too. Here's a great link for Philly:

http://philadelphia.about.com/od/historicsites/

If you haven't already, you could contact your local AIA chapter:

http://www.aiapa.org/organization.html

And one the best resources for buildings in the U.S. has to be:

http://www.nbm.org/

Good luck and best wishes.

Maureen

THANK YOU EVERYONE, for your replies so far. I've been linking on to some of your suggestions. greatbuildings.com is an excellent site and will provide me with a wealth of information.

Keep the suggestions coming. I have a couple of weeks to put the project together. Peace.

Robyn

some more to consider:

The White House, Washington DC

http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hi...mbnail155.html

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/life/

George Washington's home in Mt. Vernon, VA

http://www.mountvernon.org/

Is the Parthenon not mentioned? I would definitely include it!

...just one more for the night...

Ellis Island, NYC opened in 1892
http://webcenter.ellisisland.netscape.com/default.asp

The following link provides historic sites to the Underground Railroad with less famous buildings that have historical significance.

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/

What about Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, the largest home in the United States and among the most visited?

http://www.biltmore.com

I would include the world's tallest building, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur. Also the Pantheon in Rome and Monticello in Virginia, St. Basil's in Moscow and the Tower Bridge (what most people think of as the "London Bridge") in London.

World's tallest building - Taipei 101. Not sure if I spelled it right.

Thanks, Stjohnbound, I had forgotten that building was supposed to open this past weekend. The Taipei would be a good building to include because not many people are familiar with it yet.

For a modern one, I suggest the Experience Music Project in Seattle designed by Frank Gehry and built 1999-2000...when looking up deatils I found it is already in greatbuildings.com...

Is this for educational purposes such that the building still has to be in existence? If not, how about the Twin Towers in NYC?

laurieb_nyny -

I was actually thinking of using an architectural drawing of the building that will replace the Twin Towers. It's supposed to be 1776 feet high, which will then make it the tallest building in the world, if I'm correct. If anyone has additional information on the new tower, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Peace.

Robyn

UPDATE - What great suggestions I've been getting...it will be hard to narrow down which 60 buildings to select out of so many. I've spent the last two days researching all the links provided and mapping out the locations.

GENERAL QUESTION - I'm really lacking on buildings/structures in South America and Africa (not including Egypt). Any suggestions for these two regions?

GoTravel - Can you provide me a country where Tulumn is located so I can narrow my search?

Anonymous - Can you provide the names and/or more specific locataions of the other contenders for the world's oldest building. I only learned of New Grange through doing research for this project and would like to learn more about the other possible sites.

I have about 50 of the 60 buildings selected so far, so I'm still looking for suggestions, if anyone has any to contribute.

Thanks for all your help. Peace.

Robyn

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