architecture preview

Eden Project

1. architect: Nicholas Grimshaw

2. completed may 2000

3. location: St Blazey, Cornwall, UK

4. you may visit it

5. no

6. it was inspired by J. Bladwin's Pillow Dome

7. I picked this building mainly because it looked like something out of a fairy tale. At night when it's all lit up, it looks beautiful and just sort of magical. It also sort of reminds me of the Teletubbies home with the dome and all.

National Centre for the Performing Arts

1. architect: Paul Andreu

2. construction began December 2001 and was completed July 2007

3. located in Beijing, China

4. you may visit it

5. cost more than 3.2 billion to build

6. it's used as an opera hall, a music hall, and a theatre hall

7. i picked this building because the pictures were really intriguing. the way the building reflects off of the water and displays the sky/sunsets is gorgeous, and it just looks so cool. the reflecting elements make the building look like it's a sphere.

Nautilus House

1. architect Javier Senosiain 

2. built in 2006

3. located near Mexico City

4. i think people are allowed to visit, but a family lives here

5. no

6. the family were tired of living in a conventional home and wanted one integrated to nature

7. i picked this building mainly because i want to live here. it's so cute and pretty, and the architecture is beautiful as well as its incorporation with nature.

Krzywy Domek (The Crooked House)

1. architects: Szotynscy and Zaleski

2. built in 2004

3. located in the Rezydent shopping center in Poland

4. you may visit it

5. nope

6. the building was inspired by the fairytale illustrations and drawings of Jan Marcin Szancer and Per Dahlberg

7. The building itself looked like something out of a Dr. Seuss novel. I think the way it was shaped is really interesting. The overall creation is just really cool because the building looks like it will collapse in on itself at any second.

Nord LB building 

1. architect: 

2. founded July 1, 1970

3. Hanover, Germany

4. you may visit it

5. doesn't say

6. occupies an entire city block and serves as an important linking between the various activities which define the neighboring quarters of the city.

7. the architecture is intriguing, and i like that there's so many different elements of design incorporated into this building. It's cool to look at, and the pictures are captured from so many different angles which adds lots of interest.