most interesting building(s)

Out of all the buildings from the presentation last Monday, the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Taliesen West house both stood out to me. I really liked the interior and exterior design of the Milwaukee Art Museum. The interior design was really cool and the exterior kind of reminded me of a whale's tail. With the Taliesen West house, I thought it was cool how it wasn't just Frank Lloyd Wright lived in it, but his students lived and learned in it too. It was like a combo of a school and dormitory.

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Insight on which building we found most interesting

The building that I found most interesting, other than my own, was the World Trade Center. I think I found this building the most interesting because of A. the attacks of 911. B. The designer was afraid of hieghts. and C. It was once the tallest building in the world, and the amount of steel used to make it was outrageous. I found it a little odd that the designer was afraid of hieghts and he made one of the worlds most renowned tallest structure. I though it was funny that he made the windows some 18" wide because he wanted to make the people inside feel safe considering he himself was afraid of being up so high. It was this factor that he got a lot of criticism for. I also found it interesting that he thought his building was so safe and still the attacks of 911 brought them down within an hour or two. Just goes to show that it doesn't matter how much steel you use and how safe you think it is; there's still a possibilty of it coming down. I also liked this building because of its symbolism and because I actually visited them before 911

Most Interesting

The building that I found most interesting was the World Trade Center. I think the reason that I liked it the most was because the design was simple, it simply looked like a giant box. It also had new designs that also made the building. For example the building was built with an outer shell for support, which meant that there was no need for supports on the floors; which gave it more floorspace. Also the elevator system which stopped only at certain floors, which was a way for people to interact with each other.

the most interesting building in all presentation

The building the found most interesting is actually the building that do, Milwaukee Art Museum, but since I should be writing about one of the other buildings, my second find most interesting building is Bejing National Stadium(Bird Nest). I like the idea of taking natural structure and make structure out of it. Moreover, i like the design of complex of the structure, and steel use.

Architectural Research Project and Presentation

My favorite building from the architectural research presentation was the San Francisco Federal Building. I thought it was great how they were trying to integrate a very "green" office space into an area of San Francisco that city planners wanted to revitalize. The building had a very unique design, and ran extremely efficient. An idea I also found very interesting was the fact that the elevators only stopped on every 3 floors in order to promote employee health and interaction. An idea as simple as this really could help improve the quality of life for many of its employees.

In the Eye of the Beholder...

I enjoyed our in-class project because it helped us to see what the essences of the various buildings were to different people.  The different interpretations were interesting because it reminded me that all buildings are going to be viewed from different perspectives and attitudes - in a away, architecture is relative to the viewer.  Even choices of color can effect a person's attitude about a structure.  I've heard that the color pink can make people go insane over time!