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Queen's Tower
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Queen's Tower can refer to: * Queen's Tower, Brisbane, residential skyscraper in Brisbane, Australia * Queen's Tower (London), a building of Imperial College London * Queen's Tower (Serpieri), a former royal estate near Athens * Queen's Tower (Sheffield), a house in Norfolk Park * Queen's Tower (Neduntheevu), a tower and lighthouse in Neduntheevu Neduntheevu or Nedunthivu (; ) (also known by its Dutch language, Dutch name Delft) is an island in the Palk Strait, northern Sri Lanka. This island is named as Delft in the Admiralty Chart unlike the other islands, whose names are Tamil. The isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Tower, Brisbane
The Queen's Tower is a proposed residential skyscraper to be located at 545 Queen Street in the north-east of Brisbane CBD in Queensland, Australia. Development The development will occupy an island site between Queen, Adelaide and Macrossan Streets in Brisbane, Australia. The 250-metre, 76-storey tower will include 891 luxury residences and 100 serviced apartments in one, two, three and four-bedroom apartment configurations. Recreation area with swimming pool, café, gymnasium, function space and lush landscaping will be located on podium rooftop. Retail space (approximately 2,500m2) is planned for the ground level. The tower will have Brisbane's deepest basement, 17 levels below the surface, for 853 cars, 71 motorcycles and 752 bicycles. The car park will only be accessible by four car lifts. A current ten storey commercial building at the site will be demolished. Development application was lodged with the Brisbane City Council in March 2016. See also *List of tal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Tower (London)
The Queen's Tower is a tower topped with a copper-covered dome. It is situated in the South Kensington Campus of Imperial College London, England, just north of the Imperial College Road. To reach the base of the dome from the ground on foot, one must ascend a series of narrow spiral staircases with 325 steps in total. The tower used to be the central tower of the Imperial Institute, and is now the sole remaining part of that building. History The Imperial Institute was founded on Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887, and its partial demolition began in 1957. At that time it was generally known as the Collcutt Tower, after its designer, the Victorian architect Thomas Edward Collcutt. The tower itself would have been demolished along with the rest of the Institute, had it not been for a public campaign led by the then Poet Laureate John Betjeman, a supporter of 19th-century architecture. He warned that tastes in architecture change, and that the destruction of this buildi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Tower (Serpieri)
Queen's Tower (, ''Pyrgos Vasilissis'') is a former royal estate near Athens, Greece. The estate, consisting of 200 hectares (494 acres), was purchased by King Otto, the first king of modern Greece. He built there a small neogothic castle for his wife, Queen Amalia. The architecture resembles Hohenschwangau castle in Bavaria, built for Maximilian II of Bavaria, the brother of King Otto. As the castle is only one tower, it is called the Queen's Tower. After the abdication of King Otto, the estate was sold to the Serpieri family, who still own it. They have a dairy farm and wineyard on the estate. The wines bottled on the estate are called "Tour la Reine" (French for Queen's Tower). A nearby station of the Proastiakos The Proastiakos (; "suburban") is Greece's commuter rail service, run by Hellenic Train, on rail infrastructure owned by the Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) (lines) and GAIAOSE (buildings and Trains). These services connect a participating ... suburban r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Tower (Sheffield)
Queen's Tower is a house in Sheffield, lying on Park Grange Road in the Norfolk Park area of the city. It was designed by Woodhead & Hurst for Samuel Roberts, a local cutler, as a tribute to Mary, Queen of Scots, and completed in 1839.Ruth Harman and John Minnis, ''Pevsner Architectural Guides: Sheffield'' The two-storey building is in a Tudor style, with battlements and several turrets. Its grounds were designed by Robert Marnock and incorporated walls and a window from Manor Lodge, where Mary had been imprisoned. On completion, Roberts gave the Tower to his son as a wedding present. He enlarged the structure in the 1860s. His descendants, who lived in the Tower for several generations, included Samuel Roberts, the Member of Parliament for Sheffield Ecclesall, and his son, also Samuel Roberts, and also a politician.Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, ''Who's Who of British MPs: Volume III, 1919–1945'' The Tower was converted to flats Flat or flats may refer to: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Tower (Neduntheevu)
The Queen's Tower (), also known as Quindah Tower; ) is a tower that was built by the British during their rule in Sri Lanka. They built it as a trigonometric point and a light navigation point for diurnally operated ships. It is located on the southeastern coast of Neduntheevu, also known as Delft Island. It was used by the British as a tower to measure the land by setting up an instrument on the top of the tower. However, an incorrect theory suggests that this tower had been used as a lighthouse. According to it, a fire was lit at the bottom which created a vacuum, forcing air upwards. Its light was passed through the tower's chimney A chimney is an architectural ventilation structure made of masonry, clay or metal that isolates hot toxic exhaust gases or smoke produced by a boiler, stove, furnace, incinerator, or fireplace from human living areas. Chimneys are typical ...-like tube to the top where sailors would be able to see the light from a distance. Another tower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
