luci203
July 18th, 2008, 01:56 PM
Casa Presei
Bucharest, Romania
HEIGHT: 92m
FLOORS: ?
COMPLETION: 1956
ARCHITECT: Horia Maicu
It was designed by the architect Horia Maicu, in the pure (albeit comparatively small-scale) style of Soviet Socialist realism, resembling the main building of the Moscow State University, and was intended to house all of Bucharest's printing presses, the newsrooms and their staff.
It has a foundation with an area of 280x260m, the total constructed surface is 32,000 m² and it has a volume of 735,000 m³. Its height is 91.6 m without the television antenna, which measures an additional 12.4 m, bringing the total height to 104 m.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/h5forem/A-casapresei.jpg
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/romania/ro04_06a.jpg
Between 1952 and 1966, Casa Scīnteii was featured on the reverse of the 100 lei banknote.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/ROL_100_1952_reverse.jpg
Bucharest, Romania
HEIGHT: 92m
FLOORS: ?
COMPLETION: 1956
ARCHITECT: Horia Maicu
It was designed by the architect Horia Maicu, in the pure (albeit comparatively small-scale) style of Soviet Socialist realism, resembling the main building of the Moscow State University, and was intended to house all of Bucharest's printing presses, the newsrooms and their staff.
It has a foundation with an area of 280x260m, the total constructed surface is 32,000 m² and it has a volume of 735,000 m³. Its height is 91.6 m without the television antenna, which measures an additional 12.4 m, bringing the total height to 104 m.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/h5forem/A-casapresei.jpg
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/romania/ro04_06a.jpg
Between 1952 and 1966, Casa Scīnteii was featured on the reverse of the 100 lei banknote.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/ROL_100_1952_reverse.jpg