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English: City Hall (1926) in Opa Locka, Florida, also known as the Opa-Locka Company Administration Building, was designed by Bernhardt E. Muller. The building was inspired by "The Talking Bird," a tale in the Arabian Nights.
Opa-locka was founded in 1926 by aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss, who had retired to become a real estate developer during the nascent Florida land boom.The city's unique "Arabian" or "Moorish" architectural theme was executed by American architect Bernhardt E. Muller, who had designed several Mediterranean and Spanish-style homes in nearby Miami in 1923. [8]
In an interview with Opa-Locka’s newspaper, the North Dade Hub, Muller explained the original intent of his scheme for Opa-Locka: [3] In planning the city, our [Muller and Curtiss] idea was to avoid the only too-well known checkerboard idea of development with the visual square boxes planted on each lot, making a composite of architectural ...
In 2011, Singapore was ranked first in green building policies, before advanced cities like Tokyo, Sydney and Seoul, in a study conducted by Solidiance on Asia-Pacific cities. [ 13 ] In December 2011, there are more than 940 green building projects, translating to a gross floor area of about 300 million ft2, or 12% of Singapore's total gross ...
The Opa-locka Company administration building is a historic site in Opa-locka, Florida. It is located at 777 Sharazad Boulevard. On March 22, 1982, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. This property is part of the Opa-locka Thematic Resource Area, a multiple-property submission to the National Register. It is a boarded ...
Aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss retired from aircraft development and manufacturing in the 1920s and became a real estate developer in Florida. In 1926, he founded the city of Opa-locka, naming it Opa-tisha-woka-locka (quickly shortened to Opa-locka), a Native American name that translates into the high land north of the little river with a camping place.
The Harry Hurt Building is a historic site in Opa-locka, Florida. It is located at 490 Opa-locka Boulevard, on the corner of Ali-Baba Avenue. On March 22, 1982, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. This property is part of the Opa-locka Thematic Resource Area, a Multiple Property Submission to the National Register.
Former City Hall, Singapore; P. Parliament House, Singapore ... Supreme Court of Singapore; T. The Istana This page was last edited on 31 January 2020, at 23:35 (UTC ...