Monday, April 25, 2011

Architecture Preview

Atomium, Belgium
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? André Waterkeyn and Jean Polak.
2. When was it built? 1958
3. Where is it located?  1020 City of Brussels, Belgium
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? private
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? 165 billion (thousand million) times
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? quality of lifting everyone’s spirits and firing their imagination.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I picked this building because it looked really cool to live in. Just imagining it is really cool just to live in one of those balls on the top. I have no idea how be are the rooms but i would like to find out.




1. Who is the architect? Charles Deaton
2. When was it built? in 1963
3. Where is it located? Lakewood, Colorado
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? private
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? $10,000,000
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? they believed that people are not regular so why should they live in rectangles
7. Why did you pick this building? I've seen this building in a couple of movies and I like how almost all of the side of the building is glass and how it kind of hangs to the side of the hill look out to the Colorado mountains. I would really like to leave in this house.


1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Paul Andreu
2. When was it built? December 2001- July 2007
3. Where is it located? Beijing, china
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? It is a performing arts building
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? $400 million complex
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? For concerts and to attract more people to their building
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I really like this building then all the others. I would love to perform at this place if i was still in Color guard. Its really pretty at night with all the lights.

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? burj khalifa
2. When was it built? October 27, 2006
3. Where is it located? Dubai, united Arab emirates
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? you could rent a room but its going to be a lot of money.
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? about tens of millions of dollars.
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?
they build it to have the most expensive building in the country and if there's any disasters like a huge wave nothing will happen to this building.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I picked this building because I've seen it in one movie once and i always wanted to see it in person. its really fascinating

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Nicholas Grimshaw
2. When was it built? in May 2000
3. Where is it located? Carnwall, United Kingdom
4. Is it a private building or can you visit 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? to show a garden or echo friendly life and world.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) i chose this building because it looked weird. i like the environmental aspect of it as well. it has one of the most beutiful sites. i like this picture because it looks nice.

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