Buckingham stands on Avenue Saint-Michel, in Monte-Carlo. It was completed around 1979 to designs by Louis Rué. It has 13 levels, is Modernist in style and holds apartments and shops.
The building
Avenue Saint-Michel, Monte-Carlo, Monaco – facts from the open sources, each with its source.
Facts
- Address
- Avenue Saint-Michel
- Use
- Apartment buildingOpenStreetMap
- Built
- c. 1979Metro Mode
- Architect
- Louis RuéOpenStreetMap / Wikidata
- Floors
- 12OpenStreetMap building:levels
- Height
- 38 mfrom the storeys in OpenStreetMap (3.1 m a floor)
- Footprint
- 574 m²OpenStreetMap
- Quartier
- Monte-Carlo
The sun
Hours of direct sun on each façade at the middle floor, and floor by floor on the sunniest one (SSE). The hills behind Monaco, the sea and every building around are counted.
Façade by façade
| Façade | 21 March | 21 June | 21 Sept. | 21 Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSE 16 m | 9.5 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 5.9 |
| ESE 18 m | 6.4 | 8.0 | 6.6 | 3.1 |
| ENE 8 m | 5.3 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 1.6 |
| WSW 13 m | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.3 |
| NE 16 m | 3.3 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
| W 9 m | 2.9 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| NW 22 m | 1.9 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.5 |
Floor by floor
| Floor | 21 March | 21 June | 21 Sept. | 21 Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground floor | 1.9 | 8.3 | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| Floor 1 | 2.4 | 8.8 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| Floor 2 | 4.0 | 8.9 | 4.1 | 0.1 |
| Floor 3 | 6.5 | 9.0 | 6.7 | 1.9 |
| Floor 4 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 2.0 |
| Floor 5 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 4.8 |
| Floor 6 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 5.9 |
| Floor 7 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 9.9 | 6.2 |
| Floor 8 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 6.5 |
| Floor 9 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 6.7 |
| Floor 10 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 6.9 |
| Floor 11 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 7.1 |
VERA PI’s sun model (NOAA); ground at 81 m from the Copernicus GLO-30 surface model. Clear sky; an estimate, not a measurement.
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- Roquevilleline 2, line 4, line 5, line N2, line X3 · 1 min on foot
- Beach
- Plage du Solarium15 min on foot
- Port
- port de Monaco11 min on foot
- From the Casino
- 7 min on footestimate, with the stairs and lifts
- From the Palais
- 18 min on footestimate, with the stairs and lifts
Nearby
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Sources
Building outline, height, floors, use and address: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0.
Sun: VERA PI’s model; terrain Copernicus GLO-30 (© DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA).
Buses: Compagnie des Autobus de Monaco GTFS (Licence Ouverte 2.0).
PSS-archi: Buckingham Palace