Architecture

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)?
2. When was it built?
3. Where is it located?
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)


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The museum's architect is Chaintreiul Jensen. It was built in 1969 and is in Rochester, New York. It is open to the public. There's no information on how much the building cost to make. The founder, Margaret Woodbury Strong, was an avid collector of toys, and thus opened a museum dedicated to toys in 1969. 

I chose this building because it sounds like a really fascinating place to go. It's definitely also very unique in its build, and quite pretty in the picture above. It sounds interesting, and I'll definitely want to go sometime in the future. In my opinion, though, there could be other things added to it to make the museum more appealing to children

Turning Torso

    The Turning Torso in Malmor, Sweden, was developed by Johnny Orback in 1999. It's a public building, and it cost around $220 million U.S. dollars to build. Its structure is based off of Calatrava's sculpture, the Twisting Torso. 
I picked this building because the way it was built caught my eye. The Turning Torso would be a good place to live in for me. I am attracted to fancy architectural buildings like this. If my friend and I were to go to Sweden and live there, this is the building I would choose to live in. 

UFO House

  This unique building is the Sanzhi UFO house. It's located in New Taipei City in Taiwan, and constructed by Matti Suuronen. It is now unavailable to visit, as it's been torn down to make room for a tourist attraction with hotels and beaches. The cost of building the UFO house is unknown.  The building was intended as a resort for U.S. military officers coming from East Asian posts. 

It's hard to explain why I chose this building. Its structure is odd, and oddly pleasing to my eye. I would have liked to see it in person. Unfortunately, it's gone now, its site used for a resort. There isn't really a solid reason to explain why I like this place. 

Habitat 67

This interesting piece of architecture, residing in Montreal, Canada was designed by Moshe Safdie. Habitat 67 is intended to integrate the benefits of suburban homes. It cost about $140,000 in Canadian money to build. It is a private building, open only to the residents who reside there. 

I love this building. Actually the structure of the building was based on Legos, which is part of the reason I like it. The cool design is really neat, and special. It'd be kind of confusing to tell where one is supposed to go when looking for their house, but otherwise it seems like the perfect place to live in, with a really amazing view from most of the vantage points. 

   

In Cornwall, England, the Eden project consists of different biomes in each dome. Designed by Nicholas Grimshaw, this building opened to the public in March '01. It took about 140 million pounds to build. People are allowed to visit this unique scientific project. 

I like this because of the purpose intended for it. The only thing is, is that I would like to see the inside for myself. I also wonder if the domes are climate controlled. All in all, it seems like a pretty interesting place to see for myself and just have the chance to see how large these things are.