Greed And Hope: The Chrysler Building

Michael Norton, the TED Talk speaker, discussed “How to Buy Happiness.” Norton is a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School; he has also studied psychology. Furthermore, Norton did research on whether spending money on oneself or on others can make a person happy. According to him, people who spend money on others are happier than those who spend money on themselves. He wanted to convince his audience that happiness is in sharing or giving to others. First, he gained the attention of his public by starting his speech with humor. Similarly, he has conducted various surveys on how two groups of people, who felt differently, spend money on others like charity or giving gifts from different countries like Uganda and Canada. Although Norton’s attempts at stablishing credibility were somewhat ineffective, his arguments were mostly effect because of his use of logos and pathos.

A powerful quote said by pre-socratic philosopher named Democritus says “Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul”. In other words, happiness does not come from materialism but instead from the things money can’t buy. In the article The Secret of Happiness the author David Myers writes directly to Americans about how he believes we need to obtain a new “American Dream” that emphasizes personal happiness instead of materialistic happiness. Myers also believes happiness resides in the soul and he says people that think money is the key to happiness are actually less content with themselves and he uses various ways to prove this point. With that being said materialistic happiness vs personal happiness is an important issue, and Myers made a strong use of Logos by showing surveys and studies, Ethos by showing credibility in his argument but he could have used more Pathos by using more emotion and enthusiasm in his argument.

The texts, “High incomes don’t bring you Happiness” and “You can buy Happiness, if it’s an Experience”, completes the idea that monetary value does not bring true joy. In the passage, “High incomes don’t bring you Happiness”, the author states that bringing in an over excessive amount of money will not make one happy. The author said that an overall income of around $75,000 will complete one’s emotional well being, while anything over that will complete a life evaluation. Life evaluation is the idea that if one was to look at themselves while they’re in their deathbed, how would they rate their lifestyle. This is also supported through different statements within the passage, “You can buy Happiness, if it’s an Experience”. Within this study, it was proven that people enjoyed money, but often spent it on materialistic items which leaves them with a temporary feeling of satisfaction, while when they are given a fully paid trip to the Bahamas, the feeling of peace and joy lasts far longer than when they were to purchase an item of materialistic value. This

The building is four stories high made of brick, tile, and concrete. The east façade also has Classical features such as a frieze, dentils, cornice, raking cornice, entablature and an architrave. The front of the façade was adorned with floral coffers, corbels, as well as post and lintels (Photo 2).

1. The observable artifacts associated with the Chrysler culture was that the CEO was located in a penthouse office of the building which Mr. Marchionne moved to the middle of the engineering department; he streamlined senior leadership, and to the remaining 15 members he gave them added responsibility feeling that the more decisions they had to make the faster they would work to meet the deadlines; he also gave them the opportunity to take full authority to take risks without worrying about bureaucrats barriers and they were allowed to make smart decisions and to be held accountable for them (Lueneburger, 2014).

From the outside of the building much can be observed. By standing across the street, almost the entirety of the front of the building can be observed. It is completely light grey as it was most likely built of cement or concrete. The blocks form a staggered, brick-like pattern with a thick row of blocks topped by a thin row, topped by a thick row again and so on. There are not many windows on the front side of the

What is that strange orange brick building? Why should I care about that? That striking orange, brick building is the Guardian Building of downtown Detroit. When deciding to go to a historical site in the city, I was drawn in by the history of the place. I am relatively new to the city and when I heard about this place, I knew that’s where I wanted to go. When our group traveled together to the site, it became apparent why this building is not only important to Detroit, but to all cities. The Guardian Building was not only a great fixture of the past, but it is a leading example of the efforts to bring a city back to greatness.

Throughout the modern era, society’s views on money’s effect on a person’s emotions have drastically changed. Many people believed that the more money a person has, the more satisfied he or she will be. However, due to recent conclusions made by writers and case studies, money has proven to not be responsible for a person’s contentment. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, Daisy and Gatsby’s wealth ultimately shows the reader that money does not equal happiness.

Have you ever been to a place and began to feel pitiful? Pity, a cause for regret or disappointment. The feeling of wanting something but cannot get it has caused many people to feel bad and others to become motivated. Imagine, living in one of the largest cities in Illinois, Chicago. You live in the Midwest area and whenever you decide to leave your home you go downtown, Chicago. You get to the downtown area near the Water Tower place on Michigan Avenue. You decide to go inside and shop. While shopping, you hear two women conversing about a luxurious shopping area just down a few blocks from where you are. You go over to the nearest kiosk and ask about its location and its name. You find out that it is called Downtown Chicago Oak Street. You Google it on your phone and walk down to its area. You see splendid stores and prosperous people. Your first decision was to go into the Jimmy Choo store and shop. You haven’t looked at any prices

Therefore, wealth can only create temporary happiness; it creates a never ending desire that cannot be satisfied. The ideal life is an illusion that deceives humans to want more than they can ever have. Firstly, the cars show the carelessness of the rich. Then, the green light was a symbol deceiving others disguised as a symbol of dreams. Finally, with the representation of the Valley of Ashes being the hopelessness values of the American Dream never happening. So, while every human wishes to be wealthy and carefree, it seems to bring only more problems than it is worth.

The significance of this specific building is apparent from the moment you enter its domain. The door, witch is not shaped like a door you will find in an average office building or home, is designed to be deliberately dark, narrow,

Today technology allows us to construct structures that we would never have been able to make in the past. Some of the creations are impressive based on what they accomplish but others are masterpieces in themselves. Man’s capability to build such tall buildings, as the skyscrapers we are familiar with covering our cities today, is a major expression of the advancements we have made as a culture. The power necessary to build such tall structures inspired competition between architects to see who could build the tallest one. One skyscraper that has inspired many and served as a model, for high rise buildings that were created after, is the Chrysler Building. The Chrysler Building serves as an identifying mark to anyone that

Different architects have different styles because they are trying to get at different things. Architecture is not just about making something beautiful anymore, it is about trying to get across a set of ideas about how we inhabit space. Two of the most famous architects of the twentieth century, one from each side, the early part and the later part up until today each designed a museum with money donated by the Guggenheim foundation. One of these is in New York City, it was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The other is in bilbao, Spain, and it was designed by Frank Geary. My purpose of this paper is to interrogate each of these buildings, glorious for different reasons, to show how each architect was expressing their own style.

The Gucci building’s immense structure, as well as golden detail, express the city’s desire for materialism and wealth. Tyler Gillespie, a student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is currently taking academic writing on Chicago, studying the way pictures can portray more than beyond just images. In 2017, for a class project he took the picture, Chicago and Catering to the Wealthy, exhibiting the city's materialistic values. Taken in daytime Chicago, this building seems to be in a well off neighborhood with a flashy exterior and bright lights. The building itself is big and bright and the windows are well lit to present the items inside in a way to draw customers in. Meanwhile, in the front of the building are two well dressed buyers and more shoppers inside. In this photo, Gillespie uses lighting, structure, and advertisement to portray how today’s society is obsessed with material possessions.

A particular building or site distinguishes many cities. For example the Eiffel tower is the symbol for Paris and one may say Buckingham Palace is the symbol for London. This means that a city’s identity can be portrayed through its architecture and I believe that a building like the Lloyds building is not appropriate for the prestigious City of London.