Tuesday, May 1, 2012

 #1
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Catalan Architect Antoni Gaudi
2. When was it built? completed in 1912
3. Where is it located? 92, Passeig de Gracia, Barcelona, Catelonia, Spain
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? you can visit it.
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?  no, not that I can find.
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? It was build for a married couple, that had tremendous wealth.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)
I picked this building because the name just sounded familiar to me, because I did a project on it once, and it's so beautiful the way it has those curtain like draped, it's a building you've never seen, it's just beautiful, it's somewhere i'd like to visit.

#2
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Andre Waterkeyn
2. When was it built? 1958
3. Where is it located? Belgium
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? you can visit it.
5. Cost just for a triangular piece of it €1,000,
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? for the Expo 58
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)
I randomly choose this one, but when I looked at it, it was just so cool, the way it's made like out of spheres, it looks like a rollercoaster ride or something, but it's really cool.
 

#3
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)?
2. When was it built? 1873
3. Where is it located? Kansas City on Central 14th 10 street
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? you can visit it.
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build at first 10,000, but then 20,000.
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? No, not that I could find.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)
This building is so cool, I would expect to see something like this in Austin, but this is, has to be one of the coolest libraries I've ever seen, the way that they got so creative to make a library out of books, it's kind of ironic really, it's something i'd want to visit.
 
#4
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Moshe Safdie
2. When was it built? 1967
3. Where is it located? Canada
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? it's a complex, you can visit it.
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? nooo,
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? for an Expo 67
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)
This building because the way people think of building these things, it's crazy, how did all that hold up, imagine all the work that went into it, the money, everyones hard work, it's really cool.

#5
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Hung Kuo Group
2. When was it built? TAIWAN. 1978
3. Where is it located? New tapaie City, Taiwan
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? they're house, I THINK OPEN.
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? They were intended for a vacation resort.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)
Because it had that futuristic vibe to it, it looks so cool, I would love to live in something like that, It would be really cool, the way they built it, shows creativity, sucks that they never got to finish it because of so many injuries and accidents in the making of these houses.

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