Landscape architect

The Heckscher building was designed by architects named Warren and Wetmore. Warren and Wetmore is an architecture company in New York City shared by Whitney Warren and Charles Wetmore. The company has one of the most extensive practices of our time and is known for designing large hotels.The building…

where both partners did not give and take equally, whether emotionally or physically, would impede the growth of the lovers and eventually lead to toxicity. Similarly, Marc Webb 's romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer follows Tom Hansen, a failed architect whose potential is hindered because of his attraction and dependency towards Summer. It is shown in the movie that while he is in a relationship with Summer, his personal growth is stunted, yet when he finally gets over their breakup and…

Is It Organic Architecture, or Not? Years ago, I was traveling out in western America and I discovered something truly remarkable. It was the buildings; they had aesthetics that blended in with their environment and landscape around them, appearing as if they were part of the desert (environment) themselves. Stone and marble rock garnered the front exteriors, much similar to the ones laying on the ground. The exterior walls had tan or brown stucco, giving the feel of the western desert. Then,…

Herb Tam is a Chinese-American curator who was born in Hongkong and raised in San Fracisco, Bay area. He is now working as the curator and director of exhibitions at the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) in Manhattan Chinatown, New York. He curated lots of exhibitions focusing on Chinese identity, Chinatown, Chinese-American culture and history as well as their current life in America. Tam, a Chinese-American, is recognized as the minority person. He suffered from some unfairness and…

began my job at Independence Hall, I arrived at Market Street where I was greeted by my crew leaders Mel and Jenny. The rest of my crew members arrived and we made our way to Independence National Historic Park Headquarters. Toni, the park’s landscape architect, introduced herself to the crew. She shared stories about the first parks that emerged during the 1800s. We learned that because wealthy people were the only ones who could afford to have a park built on their property, cemeteries were…

I. INTRODUCTION: Tadao Ando a Japanese Architect well known for his use of monochrome colors, raw materials, simple forms. Tadao Ando works reveal a dialogue with nature and tradition (culture); Shintai and space; and geometry. In addition to many other concept and sub-themes. Beside the present of Japanese traditional concept in his architecture, Ando was influence by Modern architecture (Louis Kahn and Le Corbusier) I will discuss in this paper the vision and concept that Ando‘s Architecture…

and revived interest in cultural arts. Leonardo Da Vinci born on April 15,1452, had achieved many talents and accomplishments throughout his life. Being a mastermind at heart, Leonardo had many jobs: painter, sculptor, inventor, engineer, writer, architect, and a scientist. Leonardo was truly the most enlightened figure of his time. “Curiosity and the desire for beauty— these are the two elementary forces in Leonardo’s genius, curiosity often in conflict with the desire for beauty, but…

became directly involved in the Civic Square design (Niven 32-33). Sir Ian Athfield was an architect born in Christchurch, 15th July 1940 and passed away on 16th January 2015 at the age of 75. When Athfield was a young man he became very interested in the strong local brutalism architecture of Miles Warren, Maurice Mahoney, Peter Bearen and others. During his study in Auckland University, European architects hugely influenced him, such as the famous Modernism…

this by providing a space that expands potentialities to unexpected level. The cultural impact of the building is intensive and deeply effective (Wise 2015; 2010). Otherwise, the building design has received great support and high cheering from architects around the world. It has won several awards such like: AIA’s National Honor Award (2011), American Council of Engineering Companies’ National Gold Award (2010), American Institute of Steel Construction, IDEAS² Award (2010), and U.S. Institute…

tectonically extend. Of course, the program also exposing from inside to outside by those signs symbolically. The signs stacked on the one another through the arbitrary position of the hinges, eventually, the signs span over the street insanely. Like architects present their concept (or say their desire of design,) people eager their business success by their sign… Rational tectonic is based on the logic of culture and technology, which means craftsmanship inherits the predecessors form or…