“I call architecture 'petrified music'.” Goethe |
Experience Music Project (Seattle, WA)
Experience Music Project(EMP) was founded by Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft. It is a museum of music history sited near the Space Needle and is by one of the two stops on the Seattle Center Monorail, which runs through the building.
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Torres KIO (Madrid, Spain)
Torres KIO are two twin office buildings in Madrid. Each building is 115 m tall with an inclination of 15º. These twin towers are the world’s first leaning high-rise buildings.
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Postmodern (1965 – Present)
Postmodern (or post-modern) architecture evolved from Modernism, yet it rebels against that style. Modernism is viewed as excessively minimalist, anonymous, monotonous, and boring. Postmodernism has a sense of humor. The style often combines two or more very different elements. A Postmodern house may combine traditional with invented forms or use familiar shapes in surprising, unexpected ways. In other words, postmodern houses often don’t have anything in common with one another, other than their lack of commonality. Postmodern houses may be bizarre, humorous, or shocking, but they are always unique.
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A (very brief) Guide to Venice
Venice is one of those cities that are truly unique. Once the center of a powerful maritime empire, Venice is a city dotted with magnificent palaces and churches. Mostly devoid of cars and modern buildings, time seems to have stood still here. The city is located in the middle of a lagoon and is dissected [...]
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Cesar Pelli (1926 – Present)
Cesar Pelli is often praised for using a wide variety of materials and designs, seeking new solutions for each location. Believing that buildings should be “responsible citizens,” Cesar Pelli strives to design buildings that work within the surrounding city.
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The easy to be Green series |
(Weekly tips on things you can do to go greener at home) |
Week 6: Extra-strength insulation in the wall and attic
Have you bothered to look around your attic space to see if all areas contain insulation? Even a small area with limited or no insulation can significantly decrease overall effectiveness.
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Colonnade
A regular series of columns in a straight line or creating a curve or circle. These generally indicate a classical design, but are also used on modern structures.
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Corbel
Corbels are used to support cornices, turrets, brackets, ribs and oriel windows. A corbel is also a stone or piece of wood that supports a superincumbent weight.
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