Monday, April 30, 2012

Architecture preview

La Pedrera, Spain 
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Antoni Gaudi
2. When was it built? 1905- 1910 but officially opened 1915
3. Where is it located? passeig de gracia Barcelona 
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? yes it public
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? no
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? it was build for couple roser segimon and  pere mila
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) i picked La pedrera because its a really cool building. its just different that other building it almost looks like its made out of tree .like a tree was grown there and they shaped it out but its all made out of stone  i also really like the windows this building has. it has a weird shape to it that attracts me that's why i also like it .

Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? peter cook and Colin Fourier
2. When was it built? 1847
3. Where is it located? lendkai 1,88020 graz austria
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? its public
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? no
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? kunsthaus graz was made to developed an institution for stage international exhibitions of modern contemporary art from the 1960s
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) i picked this building because the shape of its is weird it almost looks like a a heart from a certain point of view of the building 

habitat 67 

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Moshe safdie 
2. When was it built?  1967
3. Where is it located? Montreal Canada 
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? its public
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? 140,000 Canada dollars
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? . project for his architecture program at McGill University. It was "highly recognized" at the institution, though Safdie cites its failure to win the Pilkington Prize, an award for the best thesis at Canadian schools of architecture
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) i like this building because it almost looks like a game of tetris there all stacked together its seems very nice made i didn't think a building would exist like this one i think its really creative and neat .that why i picked this building and it really caught my eye

National Centre for the Performing Arts, China
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? paul andreu
2. When was it built?  2001 -2007
3. were is it located ?  Beijing China
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? yes
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? 300 me
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? the building was created to have preform es its a theater
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) i picked this building because its an oval and its like randomly just like in the middle of the water witch makes it look really cool it seems like a boat almost seeking in the middle of the water  it think the architect did a good job its also cool cause its a theater and it seem really cool to go and see a preformace there


Eden project, United Kingdom
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Nicholas Grimshaw
2. When was it built? 2001
3. Where is it located? st blazey Cornwall UK
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? yes  its public
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? 50 million i think
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?  for environmental aspects
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) i picked this cause  its for environmental things  it has such a pretty garden pretty flowers how there sculptured things and the landscapes and how the round  biomes look they look like gold balls and stuff

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