Architecture Preview 1

°The National Centre for the Performing Arts
1. Paul Andreu
2. December 2001
3. Beijing China
4. It is a private center
5. 300 million euros
6. Created for theatre and is the biggest theatre complex in asia
7. I picked this building because of course it looks crazy and absract but mainly because of the size. The amount of work this building must have taken to build is amazing because of the size of the building and the shape must be pushing structural boundaries. It also looks really abstract and modern on the outside but really nice and fancy on the inside.


°Kansas City Public Library
1. Dunn Construction
2. 1873
3. Kansas City Missouri
4. It is a public building
5. Originally 10,000 dollars
6. Was built to bring the community together and is known as the community bookshelf.
7. I picked this building because its is not as famous as the others but is one of the most creative buildings on this list. Even though all of the buildings on this list are crazy and cool this one is different because it is part of the community. The


°UFO House Taiwan
1. Matti Suuronen
2. 1980
3. Sanzhi District, New Taipei, Taiwan
4. Private houses
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6.The area the building are in were made for US Servicemen stationed in Taiwan to come on vacation.
7. I picked this building because is made to live and be comfortable in while being so weird at the same time. Another thing that caused me to pick these buildings was the interesting history. The buildings had difficulties from the beginning with many of the construction workers dying in freak accidents. It was also interesting because locals said the deaths happened because a dragon statue was torn down during construction.


°Atomium 
1. Andre and Jean Polak
2. 1958
3. Brussels, Belgium
4. Public
5. 27 million euros
6. Originally made for the 1958 Brussels expo
7. I picked this building because of its multiple purposes. Its main purpose was just to be a sculpture when first created. One of the spheres is used to hold events such parties, films, concerts, or conferences. Another sphere is used as a children's ball and the top sphere is a restaurant.


°Habitat 67
1. Moshe Safdie
2. 1967
3. Montreal, Cananda
4. Private Housing Complex
5. $22,195,920
6. Originally made as a thesis project for Safdie's architecture program
7. I chose this building because a it started off as some of an experiment. It was designed by Safdie as a project without knowing if it would be successful or not. Now it is one of the most succesful and famous buildings with actual residents living in it.