1993 – Catedral de la Almudena, Madrid, Spain
Architect: Francisco de Cubas, Juan Moya, Fernando Chueca Goitia &
Governor Phillip Tower sits 10 floors above street level on a series of large beams atop a 4-level sandstone-clad podium (upon which Governor Macquarie Tower also sits).
Before proceeding,
In 1756, one of the first opera houses created inside an existing freestanding building was opened in Lyon.
Sited across from the Münster,
One of three new public spaces in the Temple Bar area –
Gets its name from both its triangular plan and the upside-down pyramid suspended from the 3 corners at the top of the tower.
Placed across the square from Laloux’s railway station,
This was Gehry’s first major project to feature his now trademark organic stainless steel facade,
A composition of three parts with different finishes to each.