Airport City buildings in real life

[Chloe11111]

@Chloe11111 Boo-yah! You nailed it earlier (just the wrong castle)! Castle Rock = Chateau de Noisy (Chateau Miranda) in Belgium. (Apparently people do put turrets on a tower that obstruct the view)

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OMG, this was staring us in the face!

 

[Chloe11111]

@Jenn B the only place I have found a similar roof peak so far is this - coincidentally the Wax Museum in Mexico city.

 

[Jenn B]

@Jenn B the only place I have found a similar roof peak so far is this - coincidentally the Wax Museum in Mexico city.

That roof peak doesn't match the House of Wax, unfortunately. I found a good roof on a train station in Spain. I have been thinking that "House of Wax" means it is deteriorating -- melting like wax (was inspired by an art exhibit of a wax house melting over time). I have been slowly going through various western/central European countries for abandoned mansions. Need something with the bones and stairs of Pidhirtsi and the square towers of Swannanoa Palace, but with better roof and such.

 

[Chloe11111]

That roof peak doesn't match the House of Wax, unfortunately. I found a good roof on a train station in Spain. I have been thinking that "House of Wax" means it is deteriorating -- melting like wax (was inspired by an art exhibit of a wax house melting over time). I have been slowly going through various western/central European countries for abandoned mansions. Need something with the bones and stairs of Pidhirtsi and the square towers of Swannanoa Palace, but with better roof and such.

I saw and pondered the train station as well.

 

[Chloe11111]

That roof peak doesn't match the House of Wax, unfortunately. I found a good roof on a train station in Spain. I have been thinking that "House of Wax" means it is deteriorating -- melting like wax (was inspired by an art exhibit of a wax house melting over time). I have been slowly going through various western/central European countries for abandoned mansions. Need something with the bones and stairs of Pidhirtsi and the square towers of Swannanoa Palace, but with better roof and such.

OK, this is making me a bit angry. I thought I had a hit with the national museum of Serbia until I looked closer.

But when I see the rounded windows I think warmer climates. Mediterranean maybe - or even Caribbean/Latin America. Looking like decaying stucco rather than stone. Is that heading in the wrong direction?

 

[Jenn B]

OK, this is making me a bit angry. I thought I had a hit with the national museum of Serbia until I looked closer.

But when I see the rounded windows I think warmer climates. Mediterranean maybe - or even Caribbean/Latin America. Looking like decaying stucco rather than stone. Is that heading in the wrong direction?

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Hmmmm.... Southeast Asia perhaps? Hefty European influence there, which could explain the mix of styles.

 

[LX Air - Teresa]

Are there plants growing inside? Abandoned in jungle ?

 

[Chloe11111]

Are there plants growing inside? Abandoned in jungle ?

I've been searching "jungle" too. It certainly looks like that

 

[Chloe11111]

château de ferrières - some of this maybe

 

[Jenn B]

An Dinh palace is also close, but no match. However, there is a really cool 3D reconstruction you can move around and rotate:

An Dinh Palace - Vietnam - 3D model by CyArk

Located by the bank of An Cuu canal, An Dinh palace used to be the private residence of Nguyen Phuc Buu Dao (later king Khai Dinh). This construction was renovated in modern style between 1917-1919 and officially became the residence of the crown-prince Vinh Thuy (later King Bao Dai). LiDAR and...

sketchfab.com

 

[Chloe11111]

Getting frustrated with this one. Need a win. Others that have really bugged me

Crystal manor (identified), esports arenam hi-tech plant

Mechanical plant (identified), meteorological lab, design center

 

[Jenn B]

Getting closer.....

 

[Chloe11111]

I have a suspicion that the planetarium is based on the sri sathya sai space theatre. What do you all think of that?

Less likely, the Eurosat CanCan coaster

 

[Chloe11111]

Here's one I forgot about

Retro Movie Theater, need to find it

 

[Chloe11111]

Another "not a match"

 

[Chloe11111]

For real! I checked on a whim. Makes sense - it's the arboretum park at Sochi. I will find a better, non watermarked, royalty free image for the wiki but you can see in this image the pergolas going down the steps at the back. Still need to identify the exact location in the park

 

[Chloe11111]

@TeresaLisboa and @Jenn B can you help me find the location of this gazebo? I can't pinpoint it

 

[LX Air - Teresa]

I’ll try from the map here
Sochi arboretum

 

[Chloe11111]

I’ll try from the map here
Sochi arboretum

The park is huge. I was looking for a map OF the park and no luck getting a high res image there

 

[Chloe11111]

I’ll try from the map here
Sochi arboretum

Found it and marked the exact location on the map

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