Another fantastic piece of work utilized to give desert workers a place to stay for the night. The blockiness of this entire building looks like one big abstract Picasso painting. The corners and angles are exaggerated to give the building a great geometrical aesthetic to it that you probably haven’t seen before. This building for sure gives me post-apocalyptic vibes and seems like it was made in the future and for the future. The navy blue color stands out during the day when the sun is high in the sky, but I can definitely see the building washing out as the color of the sky because a darker blue as the day goes on. Amazing!

OU’s stadium has been involved in some of my earliest and happiest memories. I was born and spent 9 years in Texas before moving to Florida and I didn’t move to Oklahoma until I came out here to start classes. My dad, however, was born and grew up in Norman and loved OU football. I remember him having the windows open and screaming when something bad happened, jumping up and screaming when something great happened, and always letting the outcome of the game affect his day. I didn’t understand football until I moved out here and decided to take the time to figure it out, so I don’t remember any specifics of any games I watched with him when I was younger. What I do remember was loving how excited my dad got, how open the house felt when the windows were open and the sun was shining, and how much I enjoyed throwing the football that we owned in our yard with my dad and my brother.

Du Lac’s purpose was to reduce the overcrowding in Paris by erecting buildings for people to live in. Bofill put this place on an artificial lake to resemble the upper echelons installment of or castles on large bodies of water. My first impression was, “this looks like a Univeristy campus”! The next idea I had was that it looked like some maximum security prison or a very important military headquarters. I really like the pier type placement because I have never seen buildings sit on the water like that before. This whole place is one big symmetrical setting that shows newer clues to its importance the more you look at it!

Avon Park High School is a high school located in Avon Park, Florida. This was my high school and was therefore a building where I spent a significant part of my life. My town was a small town and we only had one middle school and one high school. My senior class was a little over 100 people and it is drastically different than the life I got when I moved out here to Oklahoma. Our rival city/school was Sebring and, although Sebring was a different city and our rival, our middle and high schools were designed and built almost exactly the same way. For the most part, the structure is built out of brick and it is primarily outdoors. The only things inside buildings are generally classrooms and bathrooms so any time you walk to a different class, you get to experience some natural light. Although I didn’t have the greatest experiences there, I did love the campus.

Kleinhans Music Hall is located in Buffalo, New York, and was a project collaboration between Eero Saarinen and his father, Eliel Saarinen. The design of the hall is modeled after the body of an instrument, and it is known for its excellent acoustics. The simple lines and lack of decoration ensure that the focus is on the musical performance. Surrounding the hall, is a curved reflecting pool that reflects the image of the building. The building features a cantilevered roof that extends beyond the building. On the western entrance of the building, there is a series of ledges, climbing up the side of the building that resemble a musical scale. The hall contains 2 auditoriums, both of which are designed with acoustics in mind. The hall has been the backdrop for notable speeches, including Robert F. Kennedy in 1964 and Dr. Martin Luther King in 1967. In

I never would have imagined this place being home to villas an apartments for people to live in. It almost looks like some dystopian elementary school playground from the 1950s. I really like the rough, gritty, and rustic look the building gives off making it look like it has been sitting there for hundreds of years. There are obvious shapes that Bofill decided to use to make each angle of this building symmetrical. This structure also looks like a huge maze and was also one of Bofills original works.

This amazing building was constructed on the side of a rocky cliff of Calpe, overlooking Spain’s Costa Blanca. The view out to the ocean is amazing because it has a nice contrast between the blue and red primary colors. It almost looks like a red maze or a huge unfinished set of just red loge pieces. Roja also gives off the impression of being part of an optical illusion museum because it looks like you could get to just about anywhere! I love this shot because it’s taking advantage of my two favorite colors in the same setting. I also get a surreal vibe as well.

The Trans World Flight Center or TWA was completed in 1962. The design, with acute angles, was supposed to mimic the wedge shaped area where it was built. The roof of the structure is made with varying thicknesses of concrete and each terminal is located at the end of one of the acute angle wings. The main head house is two stories tall, and the glass is stained green. While making models of the building, they re-did the plans 100s of times to ensure perfection. As flight travel grew, there was a need for more terminals and advanced technology. Debates over the conservation of the original wing rendered the wing unused for several years, and it was briefly used as a space to host an art exhibit. In May of 2019, the wing opened as a hotel.

The Harvard Graduate Center was completed by Walter Gropius in 1950. It consists of simple academic buildings made of concrete with brick and limestone exteriors.  It is eight buildings in total, which include dorms, meeting halls, lounges, and a cafeteria. The dorms are made of reinforced concrete but the community buildings are made of steel. The dorms are a simple design: a central corridor and single or double rooms on the sides. The buildings are connected by covered walkways.

            The biggest negative for me is that this series of buildings doesn’t match the rest of the traditional Harvard University buildings. These are modern buildings that exemplify the International style architecture, which clashes against the classical Georgian style that is prominent throughout the Harvard campus. At the time it may have seemed bold and modern but now it just looks like a cheap afterthought in comparison.

The Keinhans Music Hall was constructed between 1938 to 1940 in Buffalo, New York. It was designed by Eliel Saarinen and his son, Eero Saarinen, who is also one of the most respected architects in history.

The main auditorium of Kleinhans Music Hall showcases the hall’s parabolic ceiling and acoustically-informed design. The shape of the hall is built so that audience members in the very back rows of the balcony will have as clear of sound as the people in the front. The outside and inside color palette is neutral with simple lines. These serve to direct the audience to the music without distraction of lavish decoration.

Some notable occurrences were housed at this hall including, Robert F. Kennedy; who gave a speech in 1964 while running for United States Senator for New York. In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King gave a speech at Kleinhans titled “The Future of Integration.” In this speech, he said, “We are moving toward the day when we will judge a man by his character and ability instead of by the color of his skin.”