var group = new THREE.Object3D();

	var materials = [];
	var side = new THREE.ImageUtils.loadTexture("textures/box_sides.png");
	// side.wrapS = side.wrapT = THREE.RepeatWrapping;
	var sideMat = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({
	    emissive: 0x000000,
	    color: 0x555555,
	    specular: 0x000000,
	    map: side
	});
	materials.push(sideMat);
	materials.push(sideMat);
	materials.push(sideMat);
	materials.push(sideMat);

	var top = new THREE.ImageUtils.loadTexture("textures/box_top.png");
	top.wrapS = top.wrapT = THREE.RepeatWrapping;
	top.repeat.set(1,1);
	materials.push(new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({
	    emissive: 0x000000,
	    color: 0x555555,
	    specular: 0x333333,
	    map: top
	}));
	var bottom = new THREE.ImageUtils.loadTexture("textures/box_bottom.png");
	materials.push(new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({
	    emissive: 0x000000,
	    color: 0x555555,
	    specular: 0x000000,
	    map: bottom
	}));

	var cubeGeo = new THREE.CubeGeometry(width,height,depth,1,1,1, materials);

	// rotate texture on sides
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][0] = [];
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][0].push(new THREE.Vector2(0,1));
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][0].push(new THREE.Vector2(1,1));
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][0].push(new THREE.Vector2(0,0));
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][1] = [];
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][1].push(new THREE.Vector2(1,1));
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][1].push(new THREE.Vector2(1,0));
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][1].push(new THREE.Vector2(0,0));

	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][2] = [];
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][2].push(new THREE.Vector2(1,0));
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][2].push(new THREE.Vector2(0,0));
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][2].push(new THREE.Vector2(1,1));
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][3] = [];
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][3].push(new THREE.Vector2(0,0));
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][3].push(new THREE.Vector2(0,1));
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][3].push(new THREE.Vector2(1,1));

	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][4] = [];
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][4].push(new THREE.Vector2(1,0));
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][4].push(new THREE.Vector2(1,1));
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][4].push(new THREE.Vector2(0,0));
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][5] = [];
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][5].push(new THREE.Vector2(0,1));
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][5].push(new THREE.Vector2(1,1));
	cubeGeo.faceVertexUvs[0][5].push(new THREE.Vector2(1,0));

	var mesh = new THREE.Mesh(cubeGeo, new THREE.MeshFaceMaterial(materials));

	mesh.position.set( x, y-(depth/2), z  );
	mesh.rotation.x = - Math.PI/2;
	mesh.scale.set( scale, scale, scale );
	mesh.receiveShadow = true;
	group.add(mesh);

	// Base of the plateau
	var texture = THREE.ImageUtils.loadTexture( "textures/stone.jpg" );
	texture.wrapS = texture.wrapT = THREE.RepeatWrapping;
	texture.repeat.set( 2, 2 );
	var base_material = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial( {color: 0xFFFFFF, map: texture, transparent: false} );
	//    var base = new THREE.CubeGeometry(500,1000,500,10,10,10);
	//    var baseobject = new THREE.Mesh(base, base_material);
	var baseobject = new THREE.Mesh( new THREE.CylinderGeometry( 200, 100 , 1000, 20, 5, true ), base_material);
	baseobject.position.set( x, y-depth-500, z );
	baseobject.scale.set(scale,scale,scale);
	group.add(baseobject);
	this.mesh = group;
	scene.add(group);