architecture assignment preview #1

sculptured house, usa



1. charles deaton
2.  1963
3. genesee mountain
4. visit
5.  2.8 million
6. for experimental reasons
7. i chose this building because of the look of it. the overall shape makes everything about it interesting and very eye-catching. also, the fact that it is built on top of a mountain adds interest to the building. it makes me wonder how they got it to be stable enough to be safe to live in. considering that the earth moves, i wondered if the house would ever shift.

habitat 67, canada



1. moshe safdie
2. 1967
3. montreal
4. visit
5. no
6. for entertainment
7. i chose this building because of the interesting design. there's stacks of square shaped buildings on top of each other. i assume this was hard to do in the actual design process. the building kind of looks like pixels stacked together to make a single, large, house like thing.

eden project, uk



1. nicholas grimshaw
2. 2000
3. cornwall
4. visit
5. no
6. for environmental reasons/attraction
7. this one caught my eye because of the way it looks. at first i thought it looked like giant golf balls. but it also kinda looks like bubble wrap because of the shape. what also caught my eye was the size of this building, its huge. i wondered what this could be made from as well.

turning torso, sweden



1. santiago calatrava
2. 2005
3. malmo
4. visit
5. no
6. for apartments/living purposes
7. at first glance it looks like this building is gonna fall over because of the twist in it. but thats also what makes this structure so intriguing. it had to of been carefully been planned out in order to ensure stability. especially, if it was meant for people to be living in it. overall it looks really cool.

cubic houses, netherlands



1. piet blom
2. 1977
3. rotterdam
4. visit
5. no
6. for living space
7. when i first saw this i was kinda confused on what it was. all the yellow and the diamond shapes blended and i couldn't tell where it started and ended. however, this is a really cool building. the inside is very geometric and it seems weird to live in a house/apartment with oddly shaped walls, but maybe that's apart of the appeal.