Posts Tagged ‘building’
Frank O. Gehry, Architect
Frank Owen Gehry (1929- ) has become one of the most celebrated and one of the most criticized architects of our time. He found notoriety in the 1970’s with his cardboard furniture and the renovations to his personal residence (Included in video). The only music that seemed appropriate was Jimi Hendrix.
Duration : 0:3:51
Beautiful Buildings and Architecture
Cool buildings, amazing skylines, beautiful bridges, and other architectural feats.
Here are the places and the order in which they appear:
1. Greek arches
2. Medieval castle
3. Allegheny County Courthouse
4. Monastery of St. Nil
5. Convento do Carmo ruins in Lisbon
6. Broadway Tower Cotswolds
7. Big Ben at night
8. Notre Dame de Paris
9. Notre-Dame de Montreal Basilica
10. Tower Bridge, Sacramento, CA
11. Neuschwanstein Castle
12. Cape Reinga Lighthouse, New Zealand
13. Blue Mosque at night
14. Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque at sunset
15. Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque
16. St. Vitus Cathedral
17. Louvre Pyramid, Paris
18. London Eye at twilight
19. Goslar Imperial Palace
20. Beijing bridge under fog
21. Mont Saint-Michel, France
22. Milau Viaduct, France
23. Fort-Jefferson Dry-Tortugas
24. Hallgrímskirkja, Iceland
25. Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral at dusk
26. Louvre Staircase
27. Brooklyn Bridge
28. San Diego Temple
29. Brisbane by night
30. Blue Bridge underside
31. Tomorrow Square
32. Jin Mao Building Inside
33. Crystal Cathedral
34. Moon over San Diego
35. Slide Bridge
36. USAFA Chapel
37. Ciudad de las Ciencias noche
38. European Parliament
39. Japanese Indoor Beach
40. Chicago Skyline
41. Petronas Twin Towers
42. Petronas Twin Towers tops
43. Golden Gate Bridge by night
44. Pudong by night
45. Sugarloaf Mountain, Brazil
46. Shanghai at night
47. Roads and Traffic
48. San Francisco International Airport at night
49. Seattle Skyline
50. Vaux le Vicomte Garden
51. San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts
52. Nikolsky Women’s Monastery
53. Northern Telc Reflection, Czech Republic
54. St. Basils Cathedral
55. Kinkaku Ji
56. St. Barbara Cathedral, Czech Republic
57. Château de Chambord, France
58. Tulip Stair, Queens House, Greenwich
59. Château de Chenonceaux, France
60. Monastery of St. Jacob domes
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Condo Building Demolition Implosion
The high-rise condominium structure at 1515 S. Flagler in West Palm Beach, FL was damaged beyond repair by hurricanes. It had been an eyesore for years and today, the Kelly family fixed the problem, once and for all.
The Idaho-based Kelly family travels from state-to-state imploding buildings. The 30-story structure they implode here is, by far, the tallest building the Kellys have imploded.
Duration : 0:3:33
Building destroyed in downtown Dunkirk
Dunkirk firefighters say it’s likely the long standing building on Central Avenue, will have to be demolished.
Duration : 0:2:3
So you want to be an architect – Part 4
Hi. I’m Doug Patt and this is So you want to be an architect, Part 4. What does an architect use? Aside from the wide variety of items an architect uses to physically create the drawings, specifications, models, and paperwork necessary to make buildings the architect uses elements of style to create buildings. Narrowed from a gamut of items I believe you could say the elements of style, when it comes to buildings are scale, form, complexity, and material. Lets look at examples of each. Much has been made throughout the history of art and architecture over proportion from DaVincis canon of proportions to Le Corbusiers modular man. How buildings reflect & accommodate human scale is a key component of architects work. From the beginning architects like Palladio used ratio and proportion found in nature to create harmonious buildings. From Frank Lloyd Wrights cozy interiors to the grand palace of Versailles. to the Hancock skyscraper of Boston who’s scale overwhelms the famous trinity church but was designed to reflect it’s beauty nonetheless building can be scaled to the human figure or scaled in a more ambiguous manner. Ambiguity is key for Jean Nouvels Arab world institute where the elements of the elevation make scale extraordinarily vague. So scale is one way architects relate a building to the user. In the last few decades architecture has increasingly been able to take advantage of advanced technologies that have allowed them to build with incredible freedom of form. From Norman Fosters Hearst tower in New York city or his Gherkin skyscraper in London to the Millau viaduct in France, from Rem Koolhaas seattle central library to his CCTV building in china. From Santiago Calatravas Milwaukee art museum to his Hemispheric in Spain. With Herzog and de Meurons birds nest arena in China or Renzo Pianos Nemo museum in Amsterdam, architects today work within a realm of form perhaps never imagined before. A buildings aesthetic complexity is also an element that portrays a certain idea or ethos. From the classicism of Bernard Maybecks palace of fine arts, or Louis Sullivans intricate ornamental stone detailing, the work reflects the spirit of an era. Theres detail that might emphasizes verticality as in Raymon hoods Chicago tribune building or Cesar Pellis Patronis towers in Malaysia, or horizontality as in Frank Lloyd wrights prarie style homes. A building can also be ornamental in a unique way like Antonio Gaudis buildings or simplified to only steel and glass as in Mies Van Der Rohs aesthetic. They can also be free of detial like Le Corbusiers La tourette or Louis Kahns Salk institute. Lastly, every building ever made is made from something. The material an architect chooses to build with is affected by both cost and intent. From IM Peis Louve pyramid and Hong Kong towers of steel and glass to the concrete work of Zaha Hadid, from the cold steel exteriors of Sir Richard Rogers in the Lloyds of London to the cool white porcelain tiles of Richar Meier or the stone facades of Herzog and de Meuron. Architects continue to work with great freedom in the realm of material, which only promises to become even more advanced and unlimited. Its up to the architect to take the meaning and intent of their commission and have the architecture reflect that in some way. Using scale, form, complexity and material the architect creates a framework for style. And that concludes the fourth part of the video series so you want to be an architect. Im Doug Patt. See you next time.
Duration : 0:4:8
Joe McNally – Empire State Building
Photographer Joe McNally climbs to the top of the Empire State Building multiple times to get “the ultimate light bulb changing shot” for the National Geographic story on The Power of Light.
Duration : 0:7:58
Interior Design
Interior Design: Live. Work. Play. Design. Think interior design is knowing which drapes match the carpet? Go beyond mere decoration and explore the exciting field of interior design. Combining the skills of architecture and science with the creative talent of the artist, interior designers are in demand. With a degree in interior design from Washington State University you can go anywhere. Learn more about the career possibilities in this short video.
Duration : 0:3:26
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Skyscrapers 2009 – The World’s Tallest Buildings
Skyscrapers 摩天大廈 2009 – The World’s Tallest buildings 世界最高的大樓
Cramped into 10 minutes, i present you an update of my Skyscraper video. A lot has changed in the skyscraper world since April. New stats, new construction photos, and a recession, delaying several projects.
I put quite a bit of effort into eliminating the moire patterns from the 2008 video, the overall image quality greatly improved. However, due to the larger format of my composition (960×720), i couldn’t always take the “best” photos, since many come in very small resolution.
If i ever make an update, it’ll have to be a two-part video, unless YouTube changes their policies. So this better stay accurate for a very long time 
I didn’t attempt to include Nakheel Tower and the various Korean supertall projects, as their construction is unpredictably far in the future (~2020), and i didn’t have any room left anyway, hah.
I didn’t have room for the credits this time, so here they are:
Information and Imagery:
Flickr
Google Image Search
Skyscrapercity.com
Skyscraperpage.com
Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedia
Music:
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
Cdnalsi – The Queen Of Goth’arde (Part One Prelude).
Moby – Novio
Air – Run
Arcana – Closure
A. R. Rahman – Mumbai Theme Tune
Enjoy!
Comments apprechiated.
Duration : 0:10:0
BUILDINGS [HD]
Drawing 2DCG animation /5min44sec / Japan / 2008
Directed by Tomoyoshi Joko
ある街に突然現れた高層ビル
高層ビルは周りの低い建物たちを見下し目立とうとするが、
突然の嵐により街は水没してしまう。
it is a story of a skyscraper that has suddenly appeared in a town.
The skyscraper looks down on the low-rise buildings and wants to stand out,
causing fear and annoyance among the buildings around it.
As a result, it is hated. And, the town goes under water by a sudden storm.
©Tomoyoshi joko
http://tomoyoshi-joko.com/
Duration : 0:5:45