Fun and Games

This building is Moshe Safdie's Habitat 67 in Montreal. I really like how each apartment/complex is layered. I'm not sure how you would get to the top or how the stairs work. However, although the building is very awkward it appeals to the eye because of it's awkwardness. I don't think I would ever live in the building, I'd be afraid it would collapse. However, it is very intrestingly designd. I like the color of it and since it is layered you can see straight through some sections. It reminds me a lot of this old wooden block game I used to play as a kid. Where you took different sections out with out making the structure fall. I think this is exactly what Safdie did.

Fun House

This front of this home outside Michigan was described as "lego's on steroids." Laugh as we all may it really does look like it almost. The home itself has whimsy touches of crayola like colors. None of the exterior or interior walls are painted a color they remain white or gray. The touch of character comes in the architecture itself and the little splashes of color on the windowsills, and outside deck aspects. Usually I would never live in a house that hand a bunch of random colors everywhere. However the architect, Margaret McCurry made the colors subtle by only adding them in certain places. The house overall is a great design and very fun.

Texas Home

The home above rests in Austin, Texas. The architect was Peter L. Gluck. The home was designed to be very open because through a grove of live oaks, the home over looks the dome of Texas's state capitol. The first floor is buried, and the second is free space enclosed by glass. The top floor is said to "float" amid the oaks. I really like the red exterior of the house on the top floor. I also really enjoyed how the first floor was buried. But it's not buried directly underneath the home instead it's in front of it before you come to the pool. And their is just like a hole in the ground, no fence, that you can look out from one side of the buried first floor, up to the original floor. The house is just architectured well for the young couple with no kids. However once they have a family or have guests over I can imagine that cut off being kind of dangerous.

Slate House

This is probably the most interesting part of this house in Malibu. The entire home is made out of slate. There is no carpet, no draperies, and no upholstered furniture. The owner wanted to live in harmony with nature, because of his fabulous view. The designer was Michael Taylor and the architect was John Lautner.

Barn Heaven

I love renovations and I really want to work a lot with that when I'm a proffessional. This 19th century barn is in Leesburg, Virginia. The architect was john Blackburn. The redo is full of historic character and contemporary comfort. I think that they did a really awesome job in redoing this barn. I enjoy the full side of lights. I also enjoy how they took where the normal wooden doors would be and made it glass french doors surrounded by glass windows. There looks like there would be tons of light from the inside and natural light from the outside in the building. It's just amazing.

The National Theatre

Also in Prague, the National Theatre completed in 1881. The inner and outer design was completed by M. Ales, F. Zenisek, V. Hynais and J.V Myslbek. The inside was redone in 1883 after a major fire. The Theatre sits on the Vltava river. The building plays host to Czech's finest ballet and operas. I really liked renaissance buildings and this is a neon-renaissance building. I think how it is so lit up really plays a part in how it's viewed. I'm sure it's also beautiful during the day, but if it's night time and you see this huge amazing building it just has a powerful feel to it. Also I'm a big fan of statues and columns and things like that.

Prague

The Dancing House was designed by Frank Gehry and Vlado Milunic. It's a cobination of a double office building. The building is in Prague, Czech Republic. After the country came out of communism modernism, and art deco started to take over the city. This piece is so different yet so amazingly cool. I mean how can you build something that looks like that and have the interior be a successful space. This is why I am in this major to learn things like how I can do that someday.

Old Stone

I had to put this home on here since it is from the hills of Eastern Pennsylvania. The architecture was done by John D. Milner. The residence 24 rooms are dispersed in wings that appear to have been added over many years. The exterior is clad in local fieldstone and in brick. The roof is done in terra-cotta tiles. The house has a very old english feel to it. I am a big fan of stone homes because my home is made out of real mountain stone not the fake concrete slabs you can buy. I find it very unique and different if you can create a beautiful home not only with the layout but with hard materials like mountain stone.

Falling waters

Falling waters, is possibly one of the most known buildings in the country. Just as Frank Lloyd Wright is probably the most well known designers in the country. Falling waters was designed in 1935 for the Kauffman family of Pittsburgh, Pa. The house sits over Bear Run, and has a series of cantilevered trays made of some Pottsville sandstone. What I really love about this building is that the floor space is evenly split between outdoors and indoors. This is especially interesting because the nature of the area is so beautiful and I really love how Wright incorporated the beauty of the nature into the building. www.paconserve.org

Javier Barba

This Green home sits on the north side of the Aegean island of Mykonos. It was designed by Javier Barba. I particularly enjoy this house because it blends in well with the natural surroundings yet, sticks out from them at the same time. I like how he incorporated traditional elements of the island's building idiom. This includes the white washed stuccoed walls, and flat roofs. The only thing I don't particurly like about this building is that it's not particurly inviting. The walls are very hard materials and everything sort of blends together making only the shape stand out.