• 1. MIT Chapel
• The MIT chapel was designed by architect Eero Saarinen in 1955, when looking from the outside, the chapel has no windows and shape like a cylinder. The chapel is supported by arches, the surface of the chapel was created by rock to make it rough around the edge. Unlike the simple design for the exterior, visitors are amazed by the interior of the chapel, it makes them feel like they are in a different environment with the natural light shine into the chapel by a cylindrical glass on top of the building.

• 2. The Gateway Arch
• The Gateway Arch was the tallest memorial structure in the U.S. in 1965, with 630 feet tall. It was made from stainless steel and shaped like a catenary curve, represents free hanging with its own weight. Due to the Arch has no structural skeleton, it relies on its own frame of stainless steel for support. It is made up of a series of double walled triangular sections stacked on top of one another, gradually decreasing in size as they rise. Along with stainless steel frame, the Arch is also made from carbon steel plates, these made up the interior wall with a three foot space between the inner and outer wall, and narrow to less than eight inches on the smallest section. Between the carbon and stainless steel is concrete to further support the structure of the Arch. With weight of nearly nine hundred tons, the Arch is one of the heaviest memorial structure in the U.S. thanks to the stainless-steel plates that cover the exterior wall. There is a tram system that take visitors up to the observation deck. From the small windows at the top of the Arch, visitors can enjoy the panoramic view of Missouri and Illinois depending on the side of the deck they are in.

• 3. Warren Technical Center
• The technical center buildings are placed around the twenty-two-acre lake. The buildings are long and low, with metal and glass structure filled with curtain wall to contain secret developments from the outsider. The windows are insulated and leak-proof. Far away is a water tower that is 138 feet tall, made with stainless steel. The round aluminum dome of the Design Auditorium is at the lake’s southwest corner. The complex is placed on a ground of grass through which a roadway circumnavigates the campus and is surrounded by thousands of trees. The lobby of the Center has a spiral staircase filled with treads of green granite.

4. TWA Hotel/ Normally, nobody cares about airport hotels, but the TWA hotel is different from all other hotel. Its architectural design fascinates a lot of people with its seven-story tall. It has 512 rooms, with an infinity pool at the rooftop, and a 10,000 square foot observation deck that look over to the incoming flights. The wing of the hotel is curved with beak-shape makes it stand out from afar. Interiors details include a red-colored lounge with seating built into the floor. The sunken lounge was restored during the renovation and accompanied by carpet in a Chili Pepper Red hue – the signature color created for the project by the architect. Other portions of flooring are covered in thousands of penny-round tiles. The hotel’s 512 rooms are housed in two new curved buildings placed behind Saarinen’s structure. These have one of the thickest curtain-wall constructions in the world, featuring seven panes in order to block runway noise.

• 1. The first building that I had my first impression with is the Adams Center at OU, at McCasland Tower, which was the first building I have ever entered OU. It was my moved in date during the Summer of 2017, specifically Sunday, May 28, 2017. When I first looked at the building, the building was very tall and looked robust with the dark red paint outside; like it could handle a tornado, which it can in fact. Although the main floor ceiling looks tall and spacious, the ceiling for upstairs was considerably short, I guess they built it like that so the school and accommodate more rooms for students. I lived in a two-bedroom room and one bathroom. The living space is small for my liking, which is understandable. The room looked old, from my guess, the tower was built at least 30 years ago, I could see cracked walls and faded paints all around the tower. The McCasland tower was my first dorm room when I was being a college student, I did not have any particular memory with it because I lived there only for two months, then I moved to a different dormitory building in August 15, 2017, its name is Dunham Residential College.

2. During the time I lived in McCasland Tower, I took Renaissance Art and Pre-Calculus, which both took place in the Physical Science Center. The Physical Science Center was the second building that I entered at OU, and yet it al enormous when looking at a distance. The Physical Science Center is brown and tall in every way I could imagine, unlike the design of the McCasland tower, which was confined and uncomfortable. I do not remember how many floors there were at the McCasland, but the Physical Science Center is much taller, and yes, it is; with over fifteen floors, eighteen to be exact. Although only four floors are for students to access, the rest of the floors are for staff and faculty. I have the love for adequate to tall ceiling building and the Physical Science Center certainly did not disappoint me. The tall ceiling makes the rooms bigger and spacious. The building has four entrances so students and staff can easily access in their route favor. For me, I like going to the basement entrance, because I do not have to walk up the hill on the second floor as its steep slope makes me tired after a long walk from the Jenkins Parking Facility. I am a Biology major, which is a science course, and fortunately, most of my classes took place at the Physical Science Center, so I do not have to go anywhere else far away.

3. Next, the third building that I have been to and also lived in is the Dunham Residential College. It is the new building that was finished in August 2017. The building is located on Lindsey and Asp Ave. Unlike the McCasland tower, the Dunham Residential College was beautiful from the inside out. When you entered and looked to the left, its lounge was so beautiful you thought its not a dorm anymore. Keep going straight and you will get to the dining room. The dining room there is my most favorite place to go beside getting food. Its because it was built like a medieval church with very high ceiling and arches. I can guarantee you that this is the fanciest dormitory dining I have ever seen. Look to the right and you will find the food section where you can order a made-to-go bowl of fried rice or choose a variety of pizzas and sushi. The only thing that I did not like was the food selection. There were not many options for me to choose and I often found myself going to the Couch Center to have supper. I lived in 4^th floor, a single room B410. My room is a little small, but livable. I had a king-size bedroom and a closet to store my stuff. One thing I like about my room is that it is very quiet, which helped me focus of homework and assignments when my neighbors next door is having parties all day all night long. The Dunham Residential College also had a lounge area for residents on each floor, which was where activities and announcements are made by the RA. I must admit, the cost of living there is expensive, but not worth the price for a college student. Although the amenities are nice to have such as guest lounge, fancy dinging room and dining table, it does not worth it for a college student to stay because the price is sky high.

4. Lastly, the building that I had my first impression with was the OU library. When I transferred to OU in the Summer of 2017, I walked around campus to take a tour of the university and I walked by the Bizzelle Memorial Library and I am amazed by the size of it; it was so big that I thought this could not be a library of a university. As I walked past the main entrance, the main door was big and tall that leads to the computer room and the stairs. The library consists of 5 floors with the main purposes of providing students space to study and store books and valuable resources for students and faculty to access to achieve their goals. The thing that I am impressed with the Bizzelle library is that on the fifth floor, there was a Gallileo gallery, particularly of how they are able to store very old books, which dated hundreds of years ago. Being able to see those books in person although I was not permitted to touch them due to, they were very fragile. I have spent a good amount of time in the library to study for finals and doing home work and it wass very effective because of the quietness and the ease to access printers, scanners, and helps from my friends as we formed study group at the library to tackle the home work.

All of these building always have a place in my heart and will always be, as they were the first buildings that I entered when I transferred to OU. It was a new experience for me encounter these building. I still remember the first days I saw those and how I admired the work of the architects and workers that contributed to the magnificent work of art for the OU community inside out. One thing that I find in common with each building is that they are all painted in dark red except the Physical Science Center. Maybe you already know this, but the dark red color represent OU theme.