The Tolo House Designed By Portuguese Architect Alvaro Leite Siza

Once one got nearer, the archway opened up until one could see the whole front of the house in a somehow eerie way. Around the windows grew ivy and creepers, twisting their way up to the roof in a claw like fashion. The windows

The Vargas house is a house which contains countless children with only a single mother to care for them. The Vargas children are known for being savage, vulgar, and impolite. They do not care about anyone or anything including themselves. It is almost an everyday occurrence that these children get into great danger or trouble. Esperanza does not want to be mixed in with these type of people and deal with all this commotion. She makes a mature decision of not associating herself with them and finding other friends. When Esperanza is new to Mango Street she tells her younger sister, Nenny, not to make friends with the Vargas’. As Esperanza grows and matures, she is realizing who she wants her friends to be. Her Ideal friends were perhaps not

On Friday I had the honor to visit the historical Rancho Los Cerritos House; also known as Rancho Los Cerritos or Casa de los Cerritos, in Long Beach, California, it was the largest and most impressive adobe residence raised in southern California during the Mexican period. The structure of the house was built in 1844 by merchant Jonathan Temple, a Yankee pioneer who became a Mexican citizen. Los Cerritos means "the little hills" in English. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970. I wasn’t lucky enough to visit this phenomenal and historical place until I took advantage of my history assignment and I decided to visit Rancho Los Cerritos with the company of some of my friends. On a Friday morning we took the chance and we

The second floor consisted of a central hall at the top of the steps. Leading off this hall, to

“The House on Mango Street” was written to explain the lives of a family living in poverty in 1984. Coming from Esperanza’s point of view, this book gave her siblings and friends an idea of who the real Esperanza was and what her priorities were. In this book, Esperanza moves from city to city, house to house, with her family hoping for a real house. When she gets to the house on Mango Street, it is not what she expects. She meets new friends and has some crazy experiences. This book has many societal standards but, the most important three are responsibility, happiness, and fitting in.

The house is different from other houses in the sense that, it didn’t allude to a real house. The house is an image of many ideas

The concrete stairs ascended at a harsh angle, a glistening bronze handrail aside them. At the foot of the stairs was a large, clear landing, void of all but two cracked pots of dying hydrangea and a ratty vending machine that only sold generic ginger ale. There weren't any lights in the landing, nor were there any windows. It was dark and very damp; some green and purple mosses grew in tatters from the ceiling and occasionally stretched across the dusty floor.

“ I pledge allegiance to flag of the United States of America …” Esperanza, held her head high up with honor, and as she laid her right hand across her chest she could feel her heart racing with hope. The vied red and white stripes painted rays of joy inside of Esperanza making her feel confident in every word that she spoke. Esperanza watched the flag carefully and was inspired by the way it swayed gracefully through the wind back and forth with great freedom. Closing her eyes she began wishing on each and every divine star that layed behind the rich midnight blue surface of the flag. As she made her wishes she found a promise that no wish was too big because her feet stood in the home of the brave were there was “freedom and justice for all”.

Moving from the downstairs to the home’s upstairs, you enter a set of staircases found outside the home’s

Esperanza was a girl that believed her life would be a good life forever and ever . She lived on her family ranch in Mexico she wore fancy dresses and had a nice home . But a big tragedy happened to her and her own little world one day Esperanza mother got sick . she knows if she can bring Abuelita to the United States , but she don't have any money to do that . At only thirteen years old Esperanza started working in the farm sheds packing produce for pitiful wages . Her mother became sicker and had to taken to the hospital but the medical bills had to be payed . Esperanza was a good girl that wanted to make sure her family was doing good and living a great life so she had to get another job so she can pay her mom hospital bill . Her mom was

In conclusion there are many innovative or modernized design styles of Adjaye in this “Sunken House” project, and many of his other projects reflect similar design concepts. This just goes to show that you can really see an artist, a designer, and also an architect as they mature in their design concepts and as they gain experience and go through their career. Also however, it is important to maintain your design concepts and build upon them to improve your work and set apart yourself from others, just like your work will set apart itself form its

Needing to see more of the house, I started descending the curved staircase. I stopped halfway down the staircase and savored the view. My eyes wandered around to the rooms that I would no longer use. Rooms that were once filled with people and belongings were now piled high with

We can notice clearly in this house how Sullivan’s teaching and Japanese prints influenced Wright’s design. In general for the Prairie houses, Frank Lloyd Wright used all of those influences to had a radically different idea of the function and appearance of residences. The use of horizontal lines is crucial in this design because they define how the volumes and other elements of the house are displayed, making it look longer and lower than other type of dwellings. Sullivan’s idea about the importance of a building’s interior can be seen in this house design because Wright actually took that and extended the interior outside the house. Moreover, Wright started experimenting with materials that allowed him to materialize his

An iron staircase was erected was erected on the outside of a block of flats.

The entryways of the building come from four different sides and meet in the middle. The overall shape of the building creates different views and facades. The building was not created just on the looks of it; it is made up of a three dimensional, stimulating, tactile human thing.