Far Back Wall
Length: 364"
Window to chalkboard: 76"
Chalkboard: 219"
Chalkboard to wall: 69"
Front of cabinet to shelves by window: 326"
Window to edge of wall (aka shelve length): 14"
Cabinet length: 24"
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Ross Lovegrove
Born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1958, the industrial designer Ross Lovegrove studied industrial design at Manchester Polytechnic until 1980 before transferring to the Royal College of Art in London, where he remained until 1983. In the early 80s he worked for frog design in West Germany. Some of his projects, such as walkmans for Sony and computers for Apple were highly successful and later invited to the Atelier de Nimes along with Jean Nouvel and Philippe Starck, consulting to amongst others like: Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Dupont. His work is usually inspired by natural forms and uses materials and manufacturing that are leading edge and following the Green Design guidelines. He uses very little and only the materials needed and nothing more for his designs. Winner of numerous international awards his work has been extensively published and exhibited internationally including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Guggenheim Museum NY, Axis Centre Japan, Pompidou Centre, Paris and the Design Museum, London, when in 1993 he curated the first Permanent Collection.
Born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1958, the industrial designer Ross Lovegrove studied industrial design at Manchester Polytechnic until 1980 before transferring to the Royal College of Art in London, where he remained until 1983. In the early 80s he worked for frog design in West Germany. Some of his projects, such as walkmans for Sony and computers for Apple were highly successful and later invited to the Atelier de Nimes along with Jean Nouvel and Philippe Starck, consulting to amongst others like: Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Dupont. His work is usually inspired by natural forms and uses materials and manufacturing that are leading edge and following the Green Design guidelines. He uses very little and only the materials needed and nothing more for his designs. Winner of numerous international awards his work has been extensively published and exhibited internationally including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Guggenheim Museum NY, Axis Centre Japan, Pompidou Centre, Paris and the Design Museum, London, when in 1993 he curated the first Permanent Collection.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Adopt an architect: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is a famous German-American architect known for designing unique glass buildings. He is one of the pioneer/veterans of modern architecture, making him an epic person. His buildings have a Gothic style to them with a more simplistic design and no ornaments. The buildings are made with minimal framework and almost down-to the-bone look and structure, which is why he called his buildings “skin and bones” architecture.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe didn’t just decide he wanted to be an architect, he was born into it. His father owned and operated a stone carving shop which he worked in part-time. He also worked in several design firms before he moved to Berlin to join the office of interior design, Bruno Paul.
Basically, Lugwig wanted to make something different, something new. It was his lifelong mission to create something new and modern to represent the new era. “He saw a need for an architecture expressive of and in harmony with his epoch, just as Gothic architecture was for an era of spiritualism.” – Wikipedia. He believed that architecture had a meaning, a meaning in the time period and culture it existed in which enabled him to come up with his designs. He is completely self-educated and studied many great philosophers to greater enhance his understanding of the time we live in. His buildings are abstract but very simple if you see them in real life.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is a famous German-American architect known for designing unique glass buildings. He is one of the pioneer/veterans of modern architecture, making him an epic person. His buildings have a Gothic style to them with a more simplistic design and no ornaments. The buildings are made with minimal framework and almost down-to the-bone look and structure, which is why he called his buildings “skin and bones” architecture.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe didn’t just decide he wanted to be an architect, he was born into it. His father owned and operated a stone carving shop which he worked in part-time. He also worked in several design firms before he moved to Berlin to join the office of interior design, Bruno Paul.
Basically, Lugwig wanted to make something different, something new. It was his lifelong mission to create something new and modern to represent the new era. “He saw a need for an architecture expressive of and in harmony with his epoch, just as Gothic architecture was for an era of spiritualism.” – Wikipedia. He believed that architecture had a meaning, a meaning in the time period and culture it existed in which enabled him to come up with his designs. He is completely self-educated and studied many great philosophers to greater enhance his understanding of the time we live in. His buildings are abstract but very simple if you see them in real life.
Sadly, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe died in August 17, 1969. R.I.P.
Rewritten and summerized by:
Jon C.
Works Cited:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Mies_van_der_Rohe>
<http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Ludwig_Mies_van_der_Rohe.html>
<http://www.designboom.com/portrait/mies/bg.html>
Measurements
Measurements
Desk:
Top
Length 59 3/4"
Width 29 3/4"
Thickness
3/4"
Height
Door:
Length 33.7"
Height 81"
Landing:
Width 63.5"
Height 9 feet
Depth 17"
Window:
lenght 192"
Height of Window Wall 128"
Desk:
Top
Length 59 3/4"
Width 29 3/4"
Thickness
3/4"
Height
Door:
Length 33.7"
Height 81"
Landing:
Width 63.5"
Height 9 feet
Depth 17"
Window:
lenght 192"
Height of Window Wall 128"
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Santiago Calatrava
One example of his work is the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. It is multiple venues that he designed for the 2004 summer Olympics. A major one he designed was the soccer pitch venue. It is a huge ovular structure with bone like beams rising up and over the field. He was the head architect and engineer in these projects. He had created so many dynamic structures that fellow engineers thought that this would be nearly impossible to finish in time for the Olympics. It was originally built in 1982 but they refurbished it in 2004. It hosted the soccer games and opening and closing ceremonies. It is currently used for the AEK soccer club.
Jacob
One example of his work is the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. It is multiple venues that he designed for the 2004 summer Olympics. A major one he designed was the soccer pitch venue. It is a huge ovular structure with bone like beams rising up and over the field. He was the head architect and engineer in these projects. He had created so many dynamic structures that fellow engineers thought that this would be nearly impossible to finish in time for the Olympics. It was originally built in 1982 but they refurbished it in 2004. It hosted the soccer games and opening and closing ceremonies. It is currently used for the AEK soccer club.
Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron
Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron are two of many famous architects that have been successful. They were born in Basel in 1950 and have grown up together from a young age. Herzog and de Meuron in 1978 completed the Bank side power plant and the Thames River in the London Gallery of modern art.
The piece of art has received a great amount of attention, from the media to their peers. Herzog and de Meuron have also created great pieces of architecture in the United States also; they completed a winery in the Napa Valley of California and are currently building the Kramlich Residence and Media collection in that same region. They have 3 other projects in work in the United States, from New York to San Francisco they have there hands full. They have projects in England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Japan, and of course, in their home land Switzerland. There they have built residences, several apartment buildings, libraries, schools, a sports complex, a photographic studio, museums, hotels, as well as office and factory buildings. It is safe to say that Jacques and Pierre have a mind for design and the skill to make a project successful (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herzog_&_de_Meuron)
The piece of art has received a great amount of attention, from the media to their peers. Herzog and de Meuron have also created great pieces of architecture in the United States also; they completed a winery in the Napa Valley of California and are currently building the Kramlich Residence and Media collection in that same region. They have 3 other projects in work in the United States, from New York to San Francisco they have there hands full. They have projects in England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Japan, and of course, in their home land Switzerland. There they have built residences, several apartment buildings, libraries, schools, a sports complex, a photographic studio, museums, hotels, as well as office and factory buildings. It is safe to say that Jacques and Pierre have a mind for design and the skill to make a project successful (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herzog_&_de_Meuron)
Sisco Almanza
Minoru Yamasaki
Minoru Yamasaki
Minoru Yamasaki is an American architect who was best known for his design of the World Trade Center. He founded an incorporation called Yamasaki Associates, Inc in 1955. Minoru tries to design environmental friendly buildings for education, healthcare, mixed use, and government markets throughout the world. Minoru has also designed over 50 buildings all across the world. He designed the World Trade Center in 1965 and constructed it in 1972,
Yamasaki was one of the most important architects of the 20th century. He and his fellow architect Edward Durell Stone are generally considered to be the two master practitiones of “romanticized modernism”. Yamasaki had been elected as a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects in 1960. He won the First Honor Award three times there.
Minoru Yamasaki is a neat architect in a way, he has designed many buildings that not only look cool but are also environmentally friendly. He also has many up and coming buildings that he is designing currently like the Seoul City Hall Expansion(to right).
Yamasaki’s most famous architectural design was the design of the World Trade Center in New York. This building was 13.4 million square feet. It was later destroyed in a terrorist act on September 11th of 2001. The interior had 47 columns, all concentrated in the core. It was 1368 feet high and 1362. Construction of a world trade center had been under consideration since the end of WW2. It was then opened in April 4, 1973.
http://www.yamasakiinc.com/ http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/1862150.jpg%3Fv%3D1%26c%3DViewImages%26k%3D2%26d%3DC68144F0A655549DFE567F1EE15BAD63A55A1E4F32AD3138&imgrefurl=http://www.viewimages.com/Search.aspx%3Fmid%3D1862150%26epmid%3D3%26partner%3DGoogle&h=594&w=416&sz=34&hl=en&start=6&um=1&tbnid=xTRwN7FExJzByM:&tbnh=135&tbnw=95&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dyamasaki%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1G1GGLQ_ENCA248%26sa%3DN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoru_Yamasaki
Kieffer Davieau.
Kieffer Davieau.
Raymond Moriyama is cool, he is so cool, he designs things. Just kidding. He’s not cool. No, I’m obviously joking here. Raymond Moriyama set up an office in a single detached home on Yorkville Avenue. He shared the building with 2 other architects, who started business on the exact same day. They’re drafting tables were doors on sawhorses. His first project was a cottage, in which he did a good job. He only went up from there.
Raymond Moriyama project is definitely a long list. His style is only to do buildings. His style is a modern theme with strange angles and curves. The lights are always hanging off a strange cable formation. The walls are never straight and bare. The buildings never look the same and normal, and new fresh ideas are always apparent. Here is an example:
Raymond Moriyama project is definitely a long list. His style is only to do buildings. His style is a modern theme with strange angles and curves. The lights are always hanging off a strange cable formation. The walls are never straight and bare. The buildings never look the same and normal, and new fresh ideas are always apparent. Here is an example:
I.M.PEI
I. M. PEI
His full name is Ieoh Ming Pei. He was born in Canton, China on April 26, 1917. At the age of 18 he left china to study architecture at Harvard and MIT. I. M. Pei creates buildings with an abstract form and uses materials such as concrete, glass, steel, and stone. In general I. M. Pei designs complicated glass-clad buildings that can be related to the high-tech movement. His original designs ideas result in many of his designs. He has been called a follower of Walter Gropius. In his work, I. M. Pei shows very little concern with theory. His work is recognized by its sharp geometric designs. One of his best known designs is the Pyramide De Louvre. This is the pyramid outside the Louvre museum in Paris, France. This piece is demonstrates his style as it showcases his geometric designs. The pyramid itself is constructed of 673 pieces of glass; there are 603 rhombi and 70 triangles (according to the Louvre museum). The building is a pyramid and is constructed out of glass, steel rods and cables. This building and the lobby underneath it form the main visitor entrance to the Louvre. This building was created for the purpose of having a greater number of visitors at the louver at one time. Visitors enter through the pyramid, and then descend to the roomy lobby below. To gain admittance to the actual museum visitors must re-ascend into the main louver buildings. This amazing architect has created some incredible buildings and has contributed ideas for the future.
His full name is Ieoh Ming Pei. He was born in Canton, China on April 26, 1917. At the age of 18 he left china to study architecture at Harvard and MIT. I. M. Pei creates buildings with an abstract form and uses materials such as concrete, glass, steel, and stone. In general I. M. Pei designs complicated glass-clad buildings that can be related to the high-tech movement. His original designs ideas result in many of his designs. He has been called a follower of Walter Gropius. In his work, I. M. Pei shows very little concern with theory. His work is recognized by its sharp geometric designs. One of his best known designs is the Pyramide De Louvre. This is the pyramid outside the Louvre museum in Paris, France. This piece is demonstrates his style as it showcases his geometric designs. The pyramid itself is constructed of 673 pieces of glass; there are 603 rhombi and 70 triangles (according to the Louvre museum). The building is a pyramid and is constructed out of glass, steel rods and cables. This building and the lobby underneath it form the main visitor entrance to the Louvre. This building was created for the purpose of having a greater number of visitors at the louver at one time. Visitors enter through the pyramid, and then descend to the roomy lobby below. To gain admittance to the actual museum visitors must re-ascend into the main louver buildings. This amazing architect has created some incredible buildings and has contributed ideas for the future.
Work Cited
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._M._Pei
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre_Pyramid
http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/I._M._Pei.html
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Pyramide_du_Louvre.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre_Pyramid
http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/I._M._Pei.html
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Pyramide_du_Louvre.html
Morgan Crane
Jorn Utzen By Tom From
Jorn Utzon
Jorn Utzon is one of the worlds greatest architects he is the designer of the sydney opera house and other buildings like the National assembly building in Kuwait.
Jorn was born in Copenhagen in 1918. He went to the academy of arts in Copenhagen and when he finished he traveled Europe, America and Mexico. When he got back to Copenhagen in 1950 he established his own company. In all of his designs Jorn incorporates three different styles; he uses "Asplund, Alvar Aalto, and Frank Lloyd Wright" and always tries to design using architectural tradition and always builds with a strict structural and constructive process.
When Jorn Utzon began his career he was designing mostly houses and suburban buildings. After a few years of designing houses, schools and recreational centers he was contracted to design the Sydney opera house, which he won the "2003 laureate of the pritzker prize of architecture" for and on June 29 2007 the opera house was declared a world heritage site. When Jorn Utzon was asked about his design for the complex shells covering the sydney opera house he said "I came up with the idea while peeling an orange and that if all 14 pieces of the shell where put together they would form a perfect sphere." After the completion of the Sydney opera house in 1973 Jorn went on to do a series of public projects like the bagsvaerd church in Copenhagen for which he got his inspiration from Scandinavian tradition.
In a 2005 edition of Harvard design magazine professor Bent flyvbjerg was arguing "that because of the politically low-balled construction budget Jorn Utzon was unable to create more masterpieces" which is why his only widely recognized piece is the sydney opera house.
Today Jorn Utzon has a number of unfinished designs like a theatre in Zurich Switzerland and a high school in Elsinore, Denmark. Therefore Jorn Ultzon is one the worlds greatest architects.
When Jorn Utzon began his career he was designing mostly houses and suburban buildings. After a few years of designing houses, schools and recreational centers he was contracted to design the Sydney opera house, which he won the "2003 laureate of the pritzker prize of architecture" for and on June 29 2007 the opera house was declared a world heritage site. When Jorn Utzon was asked about his design for the complex shells covering the sydney opera house he said "I came up with the idea while peeling an orange and that if all 14 pieces of the shell where put together they would form a perfect sphere." After the completion of the Sydney opera house in 1973 Jorn went on to do a series of public projects like the bagsvaerd church in Copenhagen for which he got his inspiration from Scandinavian tradition.
In a 2005 edition of Harvard design magazine professor Bent flyvbjerg was arguing "that because of the politically low-balled construction budget Jorn Utzon was unable to create more masterpieces" which is why his only widely recognized piece is the sydney opera house.
Today Jorn Utzon has a number of unfinished designs like a theatre in Zurich Switzerland and a high school in Elsinore, Denmark. Therefore Jorn Ultzon is one the worlds greatest architects.
By Tom From
Works Cited
http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/frame-ArchitectureUtzon.htm
http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Jorn_Utzon.html
Moshe Safdie
Moshe Safdie
An incredible architect, Moshe Safdie was born in Haifa, Israel in the year of 1938. He and his family moved to Canada later on. He graduated from McGill University with a degree in architecture. Moshe was an apprentice for Louis Kahn in Philadelphia. Once he was finished, Moshe moved back to Montréal to take charge of the plan for the world exhibition in 1967; where he came up with the genius idea for Habitat ’67 (seen below, left). Habitat ’67 is a Canadian apartment building in Montreal. It has a very unique design that’ looks as if many boxes are just randomly piled. In 1970, Safdie developed an office to help rebuild Jerusalem. He was responsible for restoring the old parts and re-making the center, linking them both. Moshe Safdie also did a lot of teaching; He was a professor at McGill (the university he attended), Yale and Ben Gurion. He also became the director of the Urban design Program at Harvard. In the following decade he designed the national gallery of Canada (below, right), the Quebec Museum of Civilization and the Vancouver Library Square, (below, center). His most recent buildings include;
An incredible architect, Moshe Safdie was born in Haifa, Israel in the year of 1938. He and his family moved to Canada later on. He graduated from McGill University with a degree in architecture. Moshe was an apprentice for Louis Kahn in Philadelphia. Once he was finished, Moshe moved back to Montréal to take charge of the plan for the world exhibition in 1967; where he came up with the genius idea for Habitat ’67 (seen below, left). Habitat ’67 is a Canadian apartment building in Montreal. It has a very unique design that’ looks as if many boxes are just randomly piled. In 1970, Safdie developed an office to help rebuild Jerusalem. He was responsible for restoring the old parts and re-making the center, linking them both. Moshe Safdie also did a lot of teaching; He was a professor at McGill (the university he attended), Yale and Ben Gurion. He also became the director of the Urban design Program at Harvard. In the following decade he designed the national gallery of Canada (below, right), the Quebec Museum of Civilization and the Vancouver Library Square, (below, center). His most recent buildings include;
the Salt Lake City main Public Library (2003), the Telfair Museum of Art (2006), the Yad Vashem Museum (2005) and the Ben Gurion National airport (2004).
Malissa Rivet
http://www.msafdie.com
http://www.msafdie.com
Luigi Colani
Adopt an Architect-Luigi Colani
Luigi Colani is a very famous designer that has created some of the wildest looking creations you may ever see. He was born on August 2nd, 1928 in Germany. In 1946 he studied sculpture at the Akademie der Künste and also studied aerodynamics at Université de Paris-Sorbonne. After graduating he designed many vehicles including his record setting Colani 2CV, which set the world record for fuel economy. He also designed the first kit cars in 1960 with the Colani GT. Over the last 50 years he has also designed everything from Robots to clothes and microscopes.\
Luigi Colani’s style is his trademark and are very natural and circular. Most of the surfaces he uses are curved and smooth to give it an organic feel and catch your eye. Anything that Luigi Colani design’s is always unique and uses vibrant colours or eye catching schemes of rounded shapes.
Luigi’s works have always been revolutionary to the design world and often set records. His designs can be applied to almost anything to make it more aerodynamic or stylish and are practical for everyday life. One of his most famous designs is that of his aerodynamic semi truck. It uses a rounded glass windsheild that allows a large field of view and therefore allows you to pilot the truck more effectively. It has contours allong the sides that allows air to flow past easier and skirts over the wheels that cut down on areodynamic drag. This improves fuel economy as a result and the truck is able to go faster and not waste gas, making it very economical.
Luigi Colani has been a very influential and original designer and will continue to amaze people with his aerodynamic designs in the future.
By: Will Foertsch
Luigi Colani is a very famous designer that has created some of the wildest looking creations you may ever see. He was born on August 2nd, 1928 in Germany. In 1946 he studied sculpture at the Akademie der Künste and also studied aerodynamics at Université de Paris-Sorbonne. After graduating he designed many vehicles including his record setting Colani 2CV, which set the world record for fuel economy. He also designed the first kit cars in 1960 with the Colani GT. Over the last 50 years he has also designed everything from Robots to clothes and microscopes.\
Luigi Colani’s style is his trademark and are very natural and circular. Most of the surfaces he uses are curved and smooth to give it an organic feel and catch your eye. Anything that Luigi Colani design’s is always unique and uses vibrant colours or eye catching schemes of rounded shapes.
Luigi’s works have always been revolutionary to the design world and often set records. His designs can be applied to almost anything to make it more aerodynamic or stylish and are practical for everyday life. One of his most famous designs is that of his aerodynamic semi truck. It uses a rounded glass windsheild that allows a large field of view and therefore allows you to pilot the truck more effectively. It has contours allong the sides that allows air to flow past easier and skirts over the wheels that cut down on areodynamic drag. This improves fuel economy as a result and the truck is able to go faster and not waste gas, making it very economical.
Luigi Colani has been a very influential and original designer and will continue to amaze people with his aerodynamic designs in the future.
By: Will Foertsch
Coop Himmelblau
Coop Himmelblau is an architectural firm primarily located in Vienna, Austria and now maintain offices in the United States and in Mexico. This great design firm has design such great buildings such as the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, BMW World in Munich, the Great Egyptian Museum and many more. Right now Coop Himmelblau is now proposing a new hotel in New York City and is now currently under construction for the European Centre Bank in Frankfurt. Coop designs his buildings with the most advanced materials and with limited city funding. His designs are modern and all very successful and create jobs for many people.
Last year he won the International Architecture Award for the Chicago Athenaeum in Illinois. Also in 2004 he won the Annie Spink Award for excellence in Architectural Education. He has also won the gold medal for merits to the federal state of Vienne, Austria.
Most of his designs are usually made with glass and are not the usual skyscraper; he designs are very complex and have twists and turns everywhere. An example of this would be the BMW Welt in Munich, Germany, which is the BMW vehicle delivery building. Another example of this is the MOCAPE in Shenzhen, China, he won first place in a competition for this building and the design.
He believes that a vigorous urban architectural experience results when the qualities of space are linked, creating a rhythm of dynamism and concentration.
Last year he won the International Architecture Award for the Chicago Athenaeum in Illinois. Also in 2004 he won the Annie Spink Award for excellence in Architectural Education. He has also won the gold medal for merits to the federal state of Vienne, Austria.
Most of his designs are usually made with glass and are not the usual skyscraper; he designs are very complex and have twists and turns everywhere. An example of this would be the BMW Welt in Munich, Germany, which is the BMW vehicle delivery building. Another example of this is the MOCAPE in Shenzhen, China, he won first place in a competition for this building and the design.
He believes that a vigorous urban architectural experience results when the qualities of space are linked, creating a rhythm of dynamism and concentration.
Works Sited
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, or better known as Le Corbusier, is considered by many to be one of the fathers of modern architecture. Born in Switzerland in 1887, Le Corbusier believed that architecture had lost its way, and that the world would have to start again, from the bottom up. What that led to was the type of architecture that was to become known as the International Style, with such ideas as raise the building on stilts, mix in a flowing floor plan, make the walls independent of the structure and add horizontal strip windows and top it off with a roof garden. Le Corbusier was a creator, a visionary, a person who wanted to do new things. One thing that Le Corbusier always thought was that American skyscrapers were too small; he wanted to construct multiple, massive 66-story buildings throughout Manhattan.
Le Corbusier took his pseudonym from his great grandfather’s name, and it translates literally to ‘the crow like one’. Le Corbusier took on this name as a metaphor to say that anyone can recreate themselves at any point in their life.
Le Corbusier also wrote many books on architecture and interior design, all resembling something more like an instruction manual more than a book.
Later in his career, Le Corbusier discovered the miracles of reinforced concrete, which allowed him to design and build unique and imaginative buildings, such as
Another idea that Le Corbusier felt strongly about was that of the shape of a city. He was a city planner, and his idea of the model city would be one that abandoned the sprawling urban-spread of congested streets, public squares and messy subdivisions. He felt that there should be designated areas for work, living and play, and all buildings would be in massive scale. He thought that there would be huge apartments buildings, wide roads and large open spaces. He called the design The Radiant City. However, wherever this idea was tried, whether it be in Chandigarh or Brasilia, it failed due to the regimented, daunting and disorienting nature of the layout.
Le Corbusier designed and constructed over 40 buildings, and was also involved in the multinational team of architects that designed the United Nations building in New York City. Later in his life, he began to publish many design magazines and inspired many modern builders, before his death in 1965 when he suffered a heart attack while swimming, his body washing to shore. He was crowned as a model of modern style, and was also recognized on the Swiss franc.
Link to La Cite Radieuse in Marseille
http://www.villes-en-france.org/histoire/Corbu13.html
I believe that this building is a good representation of Le Corbusier’s work because it is his plans for the ‘perfect city’. It shows the uniqueness of his designs and how he thought a city should look like and function. It was created later in his career after he had established himself and allowed his actual ideas to become apparent.
Works Cited
http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/lecorbusier3.html
www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Le_Corbusier.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Corbusier Mediterranean
Jake Pelling
Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, or better known as Le Corbusier, is considered by many to be one of the fathers of modern architecture. Born in Switzerland in 1887, Le Corbusier believed that architecture had lost its way, and that the world would have to start again, from the bottom up. What that led to was the type of architecture that was to become known as the International Style, with such ideas as raise the building on stilts, mix in a flowing floor plan, make the walls independent of the structure and add horizontal strip windows and top it off with a roof garden. Le Corbusier was a creator, a visionary, a person who wanted to do new things. One thing that Le Corbusier always thought was that American skyscrapers were too small; he wanted to construct multiple, massive 66-story buildings throughout Manhattan.
Le Corbusier took his pseudonym from his great grandfather’s name, and it translates literally to ‘the crow like one’. Le Corbusier took on this name as a metaphor to say that anyone can recreate themselves at any point in their life.
Le Corbusier also wrote many books on architecture and interior design, all resembling something more like an instruction manual more than a book.
Later in his career, Le Corbusier discovered the miracles of reinforced concrete, which allowed him to design and build unique and imaginative buildings, such as
Another idea that Le Corbusier felt strongly about was that of the shape of a city. He was a city planner, and his idea of the model city would be one that abandoned the sprawling urban-spread of congested streets, public squares and messy subdivisions. He felt that there should be designated areas for work, living and play, and all buildings would be in massive scale. He thought that there would be huge apartments buildings, wide roads and large open spaces. He called the design The Radiant City. However, wherever this idea was tried, whether it be in Chandigarh or Brasilia, it failed due to the regimented, daunting and disorienting nature of the layout.
Le Corbusier designed and constructed over 40 buildings, and was also involved in the multinational team of architects that designed the United Nations building in New York City. Later in his life, he began to publish many design magazines and inspired many modern builders, before his death in 1965 when he suffered a heart attack while swimming, his body washing to shore. He was crowned as a model of modern style, and was also recognized on the Swiss franc.
Link to La Cite Radieuse in Marseille
http://www.villes-en-france.org/histoire/Corbu13.html
I believe that this building is a good representation of Le Corbusier’s work because it is his plans for the ‘perfect city’. It shows the uniqueness of his designs and how he thought a city should look like and function. It was created later in his career after he had established himself and allowed his actual ideas to become apparent.
Works Cited
http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/lecorbusier3.html
www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Le_Corbusier.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Corbusier Mediterranean
Jake Pelling
Monday, March 17, 2008
Norman Foster British Architect
Norman Foster was born in Manchester, England in 1935. He was sent to a private school and grammar school. He worked for two years in the city’s treasurer’s office, studied commercial law, and then left to serve in the royal air force. During this time Foster developed an interest in architecture. When he left the air force he worked in a bakery, sold furniture and worked in a factory. He then, in 1961 went to Manchester University school of Architecture and city planning. He had entered at 21 years of age. He won a fellowship to Yale University. Here he earned a Masters in Architecture. This is where he met Richard Rogers and became close friends. In 1963, He worked with Richard Rogers, Sue Rogers, Gorgie Wolton, and his wife Wendy Foster. They created “Team 4” which was used until Foster Associates was formed in 1967. Now it is called Foster and Partners.
Since then, they have received more than 190 citations and awards for excellence and have won over 50 national and international contests. Foster was awarded the RIBA royal gold medal in 1983 and he was awarded the RIBA trustees medal in 1990 for the Willis Faber Dumas building. He was knighted in 1990 and received the gold medal of the AIA in 1994. Also in 1994 he was appointed officer of the order of the arts and letters by the ministry of France. On June 12 1999, it was announced in the Queens birthday honor list that Sir Norman Foster had been honored with a life peerage, taking the title of Lord Foster of Thames Bank. In the same year he was also awarded the prestigious 21st Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate. Considered to be the Noble prize for architecture.
His buildings and urban projects have renewed cityscapes, transportation systems, and restored city centers. Many of his aesthetically and technologically groundbreaking projects are based from ecology- conscious concepts. He sets a new standard for the interaction of a building and the environment. Some of his most remarkable architectural projects are done in the last few years. These include the rebuild of the Reichstag in Berlin, the great court at the British museum in London, The Millennium Bridge, and the new Hong Kong airport.
Websites
www.designboom.com/portrait/foster/bio.html
www.fosterandpartners.com/Projects/1235/Default.aspx
Matt Heibein :)
Since then, they have received more than 190 citations and awards for excellence and have won over 50 national and international contests. Foster was awarded the RIBA royal gold medal in 1983 and he was awarded the RIBA trustees medal in 1990 for the Willis Faber Dumas building. He was knighted in 1990 and received the gold medal of the AIA in 1994. Also in 1994 he was appointed officer of the order of the arts and letters by the ministry of France. On June 12 1999, it was announced in the Queens birthday honor list that Sir Norman Foster had been honored with a life peerage, taking the title of Lord Foster of Thames Bank. In the same year he was also awarded the prestigious 21st Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate. Considered to be the Noble prize for architecture.
His buildings and urban projects have renewed cityscapes, transportation systems, and restored city centers. Many of his aesthetically and technologically groundbreaking projects are based from ecology- conscious concepts. He sets a new standard for the interaction of a building and the environment. Some of his most remarkable architectural projects are done in the last few years. These include the rebuild of the Reichstag in Berlin, the great court at the British museum in London, The Millennium Bridge, and the new Hong Kong airport.
Websites
www.designboom.com/portrait/foster/bio.html
www.fosterandpartners.com/Projects/1235/Default.aspx
Matt Heibein :)
Santiago Calatrava Olympic Sports Complex Design
One example of his work is the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. It is multiple venues that he designed for the 2004 summer Olympics. A major one he designed was the soccer pitch venue. It is a huge ovular structure with bone like beams rising up and over the field. He was the head architect and engineer in these projects. He had created so many dynamic structures that fellow engineers thought that this would be nearly impossible to finish in time for the Olympics. It was originally built in 1982 but they refurbished it in 2004. It hosted the soccer games and opening and closing ceremonies. It is currently used for the AEK soccer club.
Some venues of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex seen below:
Soccer field
Some venues of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex seen below:
Soccer field
Will Alsop
Will Alsop
Alsop always wanted to be an architect, but at six years old he didn’t understand what they did. At only six years old he designed a house for his mother, set in New Zealand. He first started working in the business of architecture at age 16. At age 23 he started to go to school to study the architecture and made a design for a contest to plan the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. His design came second.
His buildings are exuberant and bright; his buildings or original and have a very contemporary feel to them. Alsop is also prominent in the art world, with his pop art sketches and paintings. He drew his inspiration for his buildings from other sources; pop music, science fiction films and comic books. These inspirations of his can clearly be seen in Peckham Library. He has many awards and nominations under his belt, including the Stirling Prize, Civic Trust Award, Private Eye magazine's Worst New Building, City of Toronto Urban Design Award and numerous others.
Will Alsop’s designs are coming to Canada, in the form of condominiums. The Westside Lofts are currently in construction and will be open soon. Alsop also designed a building for Canada’s largest and oldest school of art and design; Sharp Centre for Design for Ontario College of Art & Design was designed by Alsop and was completed in 2004.
Will Alsop concepts of architectural design is where the architectural world is heading, but he is already there.
-Nevin Webster
Alsop always wanted to be an architect, but at six years old he didn’t understand what they did. At only six years old he designed a house for his mother, set in New Zealand. He first started working in the business of architecture at age 16. At age 23 he started to go to school to study the architecture and made a design for a contest to plan the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. His design came second.
His buildings are exuberant and bright; his buildings or original and have a very contemporary feel to them. Alsop is also prominent in the art world, with his pop art sketches and paintings. He drew his inspiration for his buildings from other sources; pop music, science fiction films and comic books. These inspirations of his can clearly be seen in Peckham Library. He has many awards and nominations under his belt, including the Stirling Prize, Civic Trust Award, Private Eye magazine's Worst New Building, City of Toronto Urban Design Award and numerous others.
Will Alsop’s designs are coming to Canada, in the form of condominiums. The Westside Lofts are currently in construction and will be open soon. Alsop also designed a building for Canada’s largest and oldest school of art and design; Sharp Centre for Design for Ontario College of Art & Design was designed by Alsop and was completed in 2004.
Will Alsop concepts of architectural design is where the architectural world is heading, but he is already there.
-Nevin Webster
Sunday, March 16, 2008
221
Room 221 is a relatively functional lab – but it can be better.
Pair up with a partner and carry out the following:
1. Measure the room. Include the door, windows, chalkboards, desks, power outlets, cabinets, shelves etc…
2. Do a rough sketch of the room on paper being sure to note dimensions accurately.
3. Open Autocad LT and create a floorplan of the room as it exists.
4. Do a floorplan of the room using Autocad and dimension it.
5. Brainstorm a set of improvements to the room that would accomplish the following: make the room more comfortable, make every computer screen visible at a glance, give improved flexibility, and be more attractive .
6. Devise a new layout for the room being sure to include all of the necessary objects (computers, writing surfaces, etc…) Do hand sketches first.
7. Create a floorplan of the room as you propose it.
Pair up with a partner and carry out the following:
1. Measure the room. Include the door, windows, chalkboards, desks, power outlets, cabinets, shelves etc…
2. Do a rough sketch of the room on paper being sure to note dimensions accurately.
3. Open Autocad LT and create a floorplan of the room as it exists.
4. Do a floorplan of the room using Autocad and dimension it.
5. Brainstorm a set of improvements to the room that would accomplish the following: make the room more comfortable, make every computer screen visible at a glance, give improved flexibility, and be more attractive .
6. Devise a new layout for the room being sure to include all of the necessary objects (computers, writing surfaces, etc…) Do hand sketches first.
7. Create a floorplan of the room as you propose it.
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