REPORT ON

CE P58 SEMINAR

Topic : STRANGEST BUILDINGS

IN THE WORLD.

By

NOORUL HASSAN. S

REG NO: 18TA0129

EIGTH SEMESTER

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY

Submitted to

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

SRI MANAKULA VINAYAGAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE

(An Autonomous Institution)

MADAGADIPET, PUDUCHERRY-605 107

April - 2022

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 DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the CE P58 SEMINAR done by NOORUL HASSAN. S

( REG NO : 18TA0129) ] in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of B.

Tech, Degree in the Department of Civil Engineering of Sri Manakula Vinayagar

Engineering College (An Autonomous Institution), Madagadipet, Puducherry during

the academic year 2021-2022.

Signature of the Staff Signature of Head of the Department

Mr. G.Yamuna Dr. S. Sundararaman

Assistant Professor Professor and Head
Department of Civil Engineering Department of Civil Engineering

Submitted for the Seminar Report on..........................

INTERNAL EXAMINER

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 TABLE OF CONTENT

LIST OF CONTENTS i

LIST OF FIGURES iii

So.No. Title Pg. No.

1 Bellagio 1
2 Allegheny County Courtyard 2

3 Union Station Kansas City 3

4 Old Faithful Inn – 3
Yellowstone National Park

5 Safeco Field – Seattle 135 5

6 Safeco Field- Seattle 6

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 LIST OF FIGURES
So. No. Title Pg. No.

1 Bellagio 1
2 Allegheny County 2
Courtyard

3 Union Station Kansas 2

City
4 Old Faithful Inn – 3
Yellowstone National
Park

5 Safeco Field – Seattle 4

135

6 Safeco Field- Seattle 5

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UNDERRATED ARCHITECTURAL MARVELS
AROUND THE WORLD

1. BELLAGIO

• Bellagio is a resort, luxury hotel and casino on the Las Vegas

Strip in Paradise, Nevada.
• The original tower is over 500 feet tall with a staggering 3000
rooms.
• Bellagio's design architect was DeRuyter Butler.
• Peter Smith was the project executive.
• Construction on the Bellagio began in May 1996.

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 Fig.1

2. ALLEGHENY COUNTY COURTYARD

Pittsburgh's original courthouse, first occupied in 1794.
• It was a wooden structure located on one side of Market Square.
• The winner of the competition was Boston architect Henry
Hobson Richardson.
• The construction of the buildings was begun by the Norcross
Brothers.
• The courtyard is surrounded by four stories in three sides.

Fig.2

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3. UNION STATION KANSAS CITY

• The beautiful BeauxArts station was the second largest in the
U.S.
• It was huge, 850,000 square feet.
• 95 feet up to is gloriously ornate ceiling with a trio of
chandeliers each weighing 3500 pounds.
• Renovation began in 1997 and was completed in 1999.
• Half of the $250 million restoration of Union Station.
• The remaining money was raised through private donations and
federal funding.

Fig.4

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4. OLD FAITHFUL INN – YELLOWSTONE
NATIONAL PARK
• The national historic stone and log landmark dates from 1905.
• It is also the biggest log structure in the world.
• The Old House is rotated 90 degrees with respect to Old
Faithful so that a view of the geyser is framed by the entrance
porch for arriving visitors.
• The inn's architect was 29-year-old Robert Reamer.

Fig.5

5. DOUGLAS HOUSE-HARBOR SPRINGS

• It is an extremely ambitious structure, packing a lot into its
small residential size.

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• The material is reinforced concrete.
• The house was completed in 1967 and featured on the cover of
a magazine.
• Stairways were located in the corners of the structure so that
they would not block views or sunlight.
• The fourth floor serves as the home's entry from the bridge.

Fig.6

6. SAFECO FIELD – SEATTLE 135

• It presents itself with a curved brick facade retro homage to the
great ballparks of old.
• The unique 22 million pound retractable roof protects field.
• An underground heating system induces the 7 grass blend of
Kentucky blue and perennial rye to turn green by opening day.

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• It affords grand views of the Seattle skyline and Puget Sound.

Fig.7

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