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Aleksander Ignacy Lubomirski

Founder of the Main Building of Cracow University of Economics, as well as a monastery and girl school in Łagiewniki.

Cornelius H. Evans House

Its architect is unknown, but it shows the influence of James Renwick, who in the years before had pioneered the mansard-roofed buildings that evolved into the Second Empire style with the original Corcoran Gallery in Washington and, closer to Hudson, Main Building at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie.

Sniper and Other Love Songs

The album's title song is a vaguely fictionalised account of Charles Whitman's shootings from the clocktower of the Main Building of the University of Texas at Austin in August 1966.


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3D scanner

A 2009 CyArk 3D scanning project at Uganda's historic Kasubi Tombs, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, using a Leica HDS 4500, produced detailed architectural models of Muzibu Azaala Mpanga, the main building at the complex and tomb of the Kabakas (Kings) of Uganda.

Agricultural University of Athens

To its east lies the ancient cemetery of Kerameikos and to the west was the location of Plato's olive, whose remains are exhibited inside the main building of the University.

Albert Benschop

In 1972 he made name as leader of the SRVU Students' union of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, who occupied the main building of the Vrije Universiteit during the student protests that year.

Berks and Hants Railway

Mortimer railway station on the Basingstoke branch is a good example of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's "chalet" style station; the main building has a wide roof that extends beyond the walls on all four sides to give shelter to passengers and there is a small waiting shelter on the opposite platform that is in matching style.

Brockhill Country Park

This was once Brockhill Park, now used as the main building of Brockhill Park Performing Arts College.

Carl Christoffer Gjörwell

Some of his buildings include Garnisonssjukhuset ("The garrison hospital", a hospital building on Kungsholmen, today a council house), the main building of the Royal Academy of Turku, the Old Academy Building in Turku and the Haga Palace.

Château de Meudon

The main building was largely destroyed in a fire in 1871, and it is now the site of the Observatoire de Paris-Meudon.

Chateau Impney

Chateau Impney has 106 bedrooms, including boutique-styled rooms in the main building, and houses the Impney Restaurant and Bar and the Grand Bar, which features an oak-carved Jacobean staircase that extends upwards throughout the building and views that incorporate the Malvern Hills.

Concordia University Texas

The original main building, Kilian Hall, is named for the Wend John Kilian, founder of the first Texas Lutheran church associated with the Missouri Synod and leader of a large group of Wends (also called Sorbs) who settled in the Serbin area.

Cujas Library

At that time, the library was located in the main building of the Law School of Paris, on the Place du Panthéon.

Danmarks Designskole

Upon a merger in 1930, the school changed its name to Kunsthåndværkerskolen (The School of Arts and Crafts) and after several further mergers with other schools it changed its name to Danmarks Designskole (The Danish Design School) in 1991 and moved into the former main building of the Finsen Institute at Strandboulevarden.

Emanuel School

The school gained national attention in December 1988 after its pupils and teachers were first on the scene of the Clapham Junction rail crash, which occurred just to the west of the main building.

Evlogi Peak

Named after the Bulgarian financier, industrialist and philanthropist Evlogi Georgiev (1819–1897) whose endowment funded the construction of Sofia University’s main building.

Faculty of International Relations, Belarusian State University

Building built center of Minsk, near the train station and the main building of the Belarusian State University, on the streets of Leningradskaya.

Frank Francis

He was largely responsible for the contents of the British Museum Act of 1963, which gave the Natural History Museum complete independence from the British Museum for the first time, authorised the museum to dispose of duplicate items, and allowed it to store and even display items away from the main building at Bloomsbury.

Harrisburg State Hospital

Built in 1851, the Main Building was designed following the Kirkbride Plan which was a very popular building style during the late 19th century.

Henry N. Snyder

After funeral services at the Wofford College Chapel (now known as the Leonard Auditorium, in the Old Main building), Dr. Snyder was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC.

Herron School of Art and Design

Herron's Main Building was designed by Paul Philippe Cret in 1929 and was the second facility in the nation designed specifically for art education.

Hôtel de Ville, Paris

Eventually, in 1835, on the initiative of Rambuteau, préfet of the Seine département, two wings were added to the main building and were linked to the facade by a gallery, to provide more space for the expanded city government.

International Radio of Serbia

During the 1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the main building of Stubline transmission center was destroyed, along with all transmitters.

J. P. McCaskey High School

While the main building was subsequently extended, the original façade, lobby, and auditorium are set in Art Deco style.

J. S. Sirén

Sirén went on to hold his own office, and his later work included the expansion of the main building of the University of Helsinki.

Jockey Plaza

Outside of the main building, there is a T.G.I. Friday's, Tony Roma's and others.

Khalsa College, Amritsar

The main building is considered a gem of the Indo-Sarcenic style, which is strongly influenced by traditional Indian and Mughal schools of architecture.

Letton, Norfolk

The main building in Letton is Letton Hall a Grade II listed building now used mainly as a religious holiday centre.

Matfors

The papermill was closed in 1990, at the time owned by SCA, and the original main building now hosts about 20 small businesses.

Moravian College

The main building of the North Campus is Comenius Hall, which was built in 1892 and is named for John Amos Comenius, the last bishop of Unity of the Brethren, known as the "father of modern education" for his revolutionary educational principles.

Münchweiler an der Rodalb

The main building on the base was a mirror image of the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.

National Museum of Slovenia

The main building of the National Museum is located close to the Slovenian Parliament building and the Slovenian Foreign Ministry, while the Ljubljana Opera House stands just opposite to it on the same square.

National Shrine of the Little Flower

The main building is granite and limestone, with exterior and elaborate interior sculptural work by Corrado Parducci, including a lectern and Stations of the Cross, and hand-painted murals by Beatrice Wilczynski.

Nelson College

In the 1929 Murchison earthquake, the main building of the College was once again severely damaged, although only two boys were injured.

North Berwick West Links

They also intend to incorporate the David Huish Pro Shop into the main building and use the site currently occupied by the shop for state-of-the-art practice bays and swing analysis technology.

Northern Army Group

During the construction of the main building of the joint HQ, the JHQ (Joint Headquarters), a Frankish battle ax (Francisca) was found.

Phoenix Trotting Park

The main building of the park was used in the 1998 Charlie/Martin Sheen movie No Code of Conduct.

Piața Romană

The main building of the Academy of Economic Studies is located to the north of the square.

Polish Theatre in Wrocław

The main building, the result of the endeavors of a Wrocław merchant: Paul Auerbach, was designed by Berlin architect: Walter Hentschel and completed in 1909.

Prague 1

The Parliament of the Czech Republic and the offices of the government are in Malá Strana, while the main building of Charles University is in Staré Město.

Royal Selangor Club

The building was later redesigned by architect Arthur Benison Hubback (who was notably credited for the design of the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station) and rebuilt in 1910, with two additional wings on either side of the main building and a Mock Tudor styling.

Saint Louis Science Center

From October 2011 until May 2012, the main building is hosting Star Trek: The Exhibition, a major showcase of Star Trek props, costumes and artifacts, including a full-size bridge from the USS Enterprise.

Silver Center

Samuel Colt developed the revolver and Samuel Morse invented the telegraph; John William Draper in 1840 took the first photograph in the United States in the original Main Building that the present structure replaced.

Skrøbelev Gods

The estate features a large courtyard, surrounded by the main building, green meadows with its display of strutting peacocks, cascading fountain, moat and the bridge which leads you to the church.

SM City Fairview

This is seen as a preparation for the opening of its newest rival, Ayala's Fairview Terraces, which is just in front of SM City Fairview's Main Building.

Stanford University Medical Center

The roof of the main building contains a landing facility and Life Flight helicopter.

Stiftung Louisenlund

The school's main building is in Louisenlund Castle, which was built by Hermann von Motz between 1772 and 1776 for Landgrave Charles of Hesse as a gift for his wife, Princess Louise of Denmark, the daughter of King Frederick V of Denmark.

University of Santo Tomas

Four of the University's structures are also declared National Cultural Treasures by the National Museum: Main Building, Arch of the Centuries, Santissimo Rosario Central Seminary, as well as the Grandstand and the University field.

University of the Philippines College of Arts and Letters

CAL is housed at three establishments – at the CAL Main Building (where most of the classes are held), Bulwagang Rizal (or Rizal Hall, also known as the Faculty Center) beside Osmeña Avenue, and the Vargas Museum (dedicated to former U.P. alumnus Jorge Vargas, and features the collection of Fernando Amorsolo's artworks as well as the Filipiniana Research Center).

Villa Pisani

The initial models of the palace by Paduan architect Girolamo Frigimelica still exist, but the design of the main building was ultimately completed by Francesco Maria Preti.

Woodlands Academy, Coventry

In the main building there is a copy of the Guernica painting, which illustrates a stylised view of the 1937 Bombing of Guernica in Basque Spain by German and Italian bombers in the Spanish Civil War, in which the artist Pablo Picasso clearly expressed his abhorrence to the military suppression of the Spanish people.