Architecture Preview #1

Atomium, Belgium

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)?
The architects that built it were Jean Polak and Adré Polak
2. When was it built?
It was first built in 1957
3. Where is it located?
It is located in Brussels, Belgium
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?
You can visit it but not all the spheres are available to everyone
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?
It costs €26 million
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?
It was built for the 1958 World's Fair.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)
I picked this building because I really love how unique the structure of the building is. It looks really cool at night too and it makes me curious how you get to each sphere, specifically the three towards the top. It doesn't look like you could just go up it too easily, it's too skinny to be able to do that but other than that it just caught my attention because of the appearance.

The Longaberger Company (The Basket Building), United States

1. The architect of this building is designed by NBBJ and Korda Nemeth, but the founder was Dave Longaberger who operates his own business called the Longaberger Company. 
2. It was built in 1973
3. It is located near Dresden, Ohio.
4. You can get a tour of the place and probably get good deals on the baskets they sell for a pretty good size too
5. It cost $1.2 million and the back taxes excess of $800,000
6.It was built to represent the company's biggest seller, the Longaberger Medium Market Basket.
7. I picked this building because it's a giant basket. It is very rare for someone to build and work in a place that resembles something so simple. It's unordinary and I like it for that reason. It's like their the ants trying to get the food out of the basket, which is money because that's what they get paid with.







Cubic Houses, Netherlands

1. The architect is Piet Blom
2. It was designed in 1977 but the first test houses were built in 1975. and the official houses was first built in 1982.
3. It is located in Rotterdam, Netherlands
4. If you take the tour of the houses then you could see them, otherwise you can't just freely roam around because you want to.
5. The average cost to build new rental property was 233 euro per cubic meter, but as of 2019 it increased seven percent.
6. It was created to solve the urban planning problem
7. I picked this building because I found it pretty neat that their is such houses that look like this. It makes me curious on how the people who rent out the places or live in them work around the slantness of the houses. It would be like climbing a tree and it seems pretty hard to find a way how to sleep or even figure out how to work things out. Its just interesting in general which is why I picked this building.







Nord LB building, Germany

1. The architect is Behnisch Architekten 
2. It was built in 2002 but was established in 1765
3. It is located in Hanover, Germany
4. They allow visitors but only a certain amount, so not too many people can visit at once.
5. It doesn't mention how much it costs but it said that it had a advantage to low construction costs.
6. It was created the way it was because they didn't believe in doing a formal up and down building. They wanted their designs for everything in the building and outside of the building to be very complex and unique.
7. I picked this building because I liked how it breaks regulations by having the individual building parts face in different directions. It looks weird but also cool at the same time which is why I picked it just because of those reasons. Its unique and complex then any other business building.







Burj Al Arab, Dubai, UAE

1. The architect is Tom Wright
2. The building was built in 1994
3. It is located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
4. You have to be a guest of the hotel in order to visit, otherwise you can't get in unless you paid to get in.
5. It cost $650 million to build
6. It was created to become the word's first 7star hotel, offering a luxury experience that was truly unique.
7. I picked this building because I liked how it has the form of a sail at the top of the building. It looks pretty cool in my opinion, which is the main reason why I picked this photo, also because I liked it more than the other places that I was able to choose from.