Monday, April 25, 2011

Architecture Preview

1) Tom Wright
2) Construction began 1994
3) Dubai
4) hotel
5) no
6) the emirates wanted to the create one of the most luxurious hotel in the planet
7) I choose this building because is the only 7 stars hotel in the world, and i think the architecture is revolutionary because it has the shape of a ship.





  1. Nicholas Grimshaw
  2. 2001
  3. Cornwall, England
  4. is an eden garden
  5. no
  6. it was built as an environmental structure in order to grow different species of plants
  7. It reminds me of the moon and i admire the reason for which this structure was built and i would love to visit that building

  1.  Santiago Calatrava
  2. 2001
  3. Malmo, Sweden
  4. private
  5. no
  6. to re-establish a recognizable skyline for Malmö since the removal of the Kockums Crane in 2002
  7. it is impressive that the building is turning on itself and it is perfectly balanced


  1.  Hung Kuo
  2. 1978
  3. Sanzhi, Taiwan
  4. public
  5. intended as vacation resort and marketed to US Military officers in East Asia
  6. no
  7. the architecture reminds me of an extraterrestrial ship


  1.  Moshe Safdie
  2. 1985
  3. Montreal, Canada
  4. public
  5. NA
  6. temporary residence of dignitaries during Expo 67
  7. first of all is on a river and it is really cool because it reminds me of the video game Tetris where you build randomly your structure

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