"Do you know this building?" Game Thread

[Dirk Van der Herten]

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King's Lynn, Custom House.

[mikemgb]

Correct! That didn't take as long as I expected! Over to you.

 

The Canadian connection is that the statue is of George Vancouver, who charted the North West coast of the USA and Canada in the 1790s.

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[Dirk Van der Herten]

Thanks, Mike.

We're looking for the name of the building, but the name of the city where it is located will do as well.

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Edited September 29, 2016 by Dirk Van der Herten

[Michael Geschlecht]

Hello Dirk,

 

Could we be somewhere in Kyushu?

Best Regards,

 

Michael

[Dirk Van der Herten]

Excellent! Yes, we're in Kyushu, Michael.

[jdlaing]

Is,it Kumamoto Castle?

[Dirk Van der Herten]

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Yes!

Unfortunately the castle was destroyed by the earthquake earlier this year.

Over to you.

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Restoration is already underway on the base of the castle. However the work may be done before we hear from jdlaing.

[Dirk Van der Herten]

Who knows jdlaing is busy helping with the reconstruction in Kumamoto.

 

If anyone else likes to post the next question, please go ahead.

[washingtonydc]

okay, since nobody else has jumped in...

 

 

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[Michael Geschlecht]

Hello Washingtonydc,

 

Welcome to the Forum.

 

Could we be in the Western 1/2 of the USofA?

Best Regards,

 

Michael

[washingtonydc]

Hello Washingtonydc,

 

Welcome to the Forum.

 

Could we be in the Western 1/2 of the USofA?

 

Best Regards,

 

Michael

 

thank you!

 

it's in the United States but east of the Mississippi River.

[adan]

Hah! This is where I spent a semester drawing perfect lines on yellow tracing paper (before switching my major to photography - cause and effect?), and thus really do know from personal experience.

 

S. R. Crown Hall (School of Architecture), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. Mies van der Rohe, 1950-56.

 

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/e1/55/a4/e155a43e900f5a80773cd2b4387a779b.png

[washingtonydc]

Hah! This is where I spent a semester drawing perfect lines on yellow tracing paper (before switching my major to photography - cause and effect?), and thus really do know from personal experience.

 

S. R. Crown Hall (School of Architecture), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. Mies van der Rohe, 1950-56.

 

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/e1/55/a4/e155a43e900f5a80773cd2b4387a779b.png

 

indeed!  looks like after a semester you learned how to draw a straight line out of there...

[Michael Hiles]

Interesting. I was wondering if the was Meis or maybe Phillip Johnson. Thanks.

[adan]

The trick to drawing perfect lines was to tilt your mechanical pencil in the direction you were dragging it along the straightedge (i.e. pencil point trailing) and then rotate the pencil between your fingertips constantly as you drew - thus wearing the tip down evenly and in effect resharpening it with the paper as you dragged it. I think it was part of the Zen of Miesian design, passed on by the instructors (most of whom were Mies' students themselves.)

 

Anyway - next challenge:

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[Michael Geschlecht]

Hello Andy,

 

Could we be somewhere in Canada?

Best Regards,

 

Michael

[Michael Hiles]

Halifax, Nova Scotia

[adan]

And the building is....?

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[Michael Hiles]

The Old Town Clock. Just below the Citadel.