My Visit To The Chicago River

The Chicago School of Architecture was developed by William Le Baron Jenney between the years of 1879-1910. It is usually known as the term “Chicago School” for its skyscraper architecture (Chicago School of Architecture 2). Not only did Jenney help develop the school, but other American architects as well like William Holabird, Louis Sullivan, Martin Roche, and others as well. There were two schools made during this period The First Chicago School of Architecture and The Second Chicago School of Architecture. The second school centered around the European Modernism. Three factors that contributed to the Chicago School of Architecture where the rapid need to build buildings to serve the industrial society, the development of construction using steel, and the strong desire to create a modern style.

Out of all the places that I have been to Chicago would be on the top of my list for multiple reasons. Although I was not raised in Chicago, I was born there. Well a suburb of it anyway, Evanston, IL. My parents were on vacation visiting some of our family and they ended up having me while they were there. I think Chicago is such a beautiful city, and every time I go visit, it just becomes even more beautiful. There are so many things to do in Chicago, from walking downtown to trying exotic food, or just their famous deep dish pizza. Although they are famous for deep dish, they are also famous for being the windy city. I never truly knew how windy it was until a few years ago when I went and almost got knocked down by Lake Michigan. It is so

Want to see an ever-expanding city of art, culture, and academics? Walk through streets upon streets of local art? Explore cultural, historical, and art museums?

Here we mainly talk about three buildings. The first building of the Art Center was built in 1943 and actually was the first museum built in the United States and is a distinctly modern building. Its name is Saarinen Building. It’s an S shaped building located on the crest of a small hill. The S shape creates a battery of wings connected to Saarinen’s building from east to west side, include different aspects of the center such as the auditorium and the classrooms. The building has a flat roof which constructed of reinforced concrete and clad in Lannon stone from Wisconsin. There’s an ongoing program called Smart Sunday which is for families. The purpose is to engage in a variety of community’s children and their families and it’s responding to either a permanent collection object or temporary exhibition such as tony feher. The second building is I.M.PEI building built in 1968 which is the Chinese-American architect designed. It slopes down at the south side of the Saarinen’s open courtyard. It’s made of two materials class in concrete primarily. I.M.PEI took the same concrete and bush hammered stone from Saarinen building. But after 25 years later from 1943, there was a need to expand and large-scale works. So actually this building is totally different than the Saarinen building, it’s massive, open, and heavy. And Jackson Pollock painting which painted in 1943 is an example of why this was needed

Think about Detroit and what it is today, would you have thought that Detroit’s skyline was the greatest in the world for architectural style? Well, you may have to change your mind. The roaring twenties were a time of growth and great economic wealth for many places, especially the United States and Europe. With new technology anything could happen as some would say it. Automobiles were very important and started to grow in the eyes of manufacturers and consumers. Detroit was growing with industrial and commercial spirit, big in the automotive business, Detroit had many jobs and factories inside the city limits. The country was on the rise and nothing could knock it down, the Art Deco architecture style was at its peak during the 1920’s. People say not to judge a book by its cover, don’t judge Detroit by what it is now, open the book to see that the motor city has a great history and this building is a part of it.

Architecture boat tour will give you chance to know about different constructions done in Chicago downtown which includes Trump tower and Post office building are greatest architecture among all.

This pride came with a theme of domination, this challenge to be the best, the biggest and the most extravagant building on the skyline very obviously indicates the ambition and motivations of the architects and commissioners of these buildings. The Carbide and Carbon building, for example, comprehensively embodies the 1920s and 30s architecture. The 1929 addition to the Chicago skyline was an extravagant statement that “epitomizes the lavish excitement of Art Deco,”. This building, the brainchild of the Burnham brothers, was ornamented with genuine “24 karat gold…[,] luxurious polished

Some other inexpensive attractions in Chicago are the different museums and exhibits scattered around the downtown area.

I learned that every state has its own rough areas and good areas. I have visited Chicago, IL and it remind me a lot as New York City except for it being windy some of the time. The only thing I should have done in Chicago is watched the Chicago Bears, Chicago White Sox, and Chicago Cubs. Working from home must be relaxing and stress free. My wife is currently looking for work and she been searching on working from home. Congratulations receiving your Associate Degrees and I know you are very proud of yourself. Achieving a education goals give you the strives to accomplish more. The good thing is that you closer to a Bachelor Degree in a blink of an

The Reliance building was one of the flagship designs of the Chicago window mixed in a with a bay window form. The enormous bay windows of the Reliance Building invited abundant natural light, ample air circulation, along with a steel framed structure covered by white terra-cotta decorated with Gothic style elements that were unique to office building construction. These ideas of air flow and natural light led to the design of other building by architects that noticed what Atwood was doing and how it was greatly impacting his design flow. Some of the architects that noticed; Sullivan, Burnham, Jenney, etc., were also designing in the Chicago School so they all learned through each other’s designs to create a greater Chicago

The building I chose to compare with the Art Deco period is the Café l’Aubette. This café shows the De Stijl movement that was designed by Theo van Doesburg. The café shows a lot of geometric patterns and is colorful to show a contemporary look to the building. The goal that Theo van Doesburg wanted to achieve in the café was to create a space that people feel like they are part of the painting on the walls that surround them. The exterior of the building is brick with minimum ornamentation and arched lower windows and square upper windows. The interior of the building is simple and shows no ornamentation and is decorated in the geometric colored panels on the walls.

Last spring, I had the opportunity to visit the Colorado River, one of the most beautiful rivers of the country. It was a sunny afternoon and I rented a row boat from Bullhead city to cruise the river because, I did not want the noise of a motorboat to distract me from enjoying the immense beauty of nature. The first thing that I noticed when I started rowing was the slow, steady, and languid flow of the water. This continual flow is charming enough to amaze any person. It just keeps rolling on and it flows murmuring by to join the vast expanse of the ocean. The soft sound of the waves was a treat to hear. I touched the water with my hand and the temperature was perfect. There were various kinds of watercrafts (from inner tubes to large motor boats) of different colors in the river. But thankfully, it was not too crowded. Moreover, there were different types of businesses (from boat rental to seafood restaurants) along the shoreline. When my boat was near the shore, I could even smell the yummy Crab Cakes and Paella. These smells along with the smell of

Coming to the United States for college from China was already quite eye-opening to me. The study abroad program to Italy opened up my horizon even more – I designed a memorial hall dedicated to the Nanking Massacre during WWII, and the moment that a dozen architects coming from Chinese, American, Italian, and other European backgrounds got together and shared their intelligent thoughts on the project really struck me. There were so many cultural and intellectual sparks colliding, and I felt substantial potential there. This is why I decided to take a summer off and travel around China to see different architectures and educate myself. Being a resident of three diverse environments has enabled me to integrate into other cultures, discover how they understand buildings, and imagine the greater potential for our built environment.

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

Manifest Destination uses the concepts of urbanization and tourism to explain the evolution of American culture. Gruen (2014) identifies Chicago as the center of urbanization in the US and this attracts domestic and international tourists to the city. The intention of these tourists was to explore the