Architecture Preview 1

La Pedrera, Spain



1. Antoni Gaudi

2. 1906

3. Barcelona, Spain

4. private

5. 900 million pesetas.

6. Most important avenue in Barcelona

7. This building was appealing to me because I thought the area around the building and all the windows were pretty. I also wanted to know the background of the building. It was also the first one on the list.

Krzywy Domek (The Crooked House), Poland

1. Jan Marcin Szancerand Per Dahlberg.
2. 2004
3. Poland
4. Public
5. n/a
6. inspired by the fairytale illustrations and drawings of Jan Marcin Szancer and Per Dahlberg.
7. I chose this building because Poland is cool and crooked houses also seem pretty cool. I thought that the crookedness of the house was interesting and the windows were nice.




Nautilus House, Mexico

1. Javier Senosiain
2. 2007
3. Mexico City, Mexico
4. not public
5. $218,000
6. inspired by the work of Gaudi and Frank Lloyd Wright. The house was named after the shells of the nautilus cephalopod

7. I was drawn by the rainbow colors and the unique shape of this house. The colors give the house a refreshing look, and I would like to live here. It is also pretty.

Eden Project, United Kingdom

1. Nicholas Grimshaw
2. 1998
3. Bodelva, UK
4. Public
5. £141m
6. Inside the two biomes are plants that are collected from many diverse climates and environments.
7. I liked how the place was public and people can go and see pretty flowers. I also like flowers a lot and it was were appealing to the eyes.


Hundertwasserhaus

1. Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Joseph Krawina

2. 1986

3. Kegelgasse, Austria

4. the toilets are public

5. n/a

6. The Hundertwasserhaus is an apartment house in Vienna, Austria, built after the idea and concept of Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser

7. I chose this place because the apartments looked old but still bright and colorful. It looks very happy but mysterious at the same time. It looks like a place where I would like to live near. This is somewhere where I would like to take pictures.