ARCITECTS PREVIEW

LA PEDRERA

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)?-Antoni Gaudi
2. When was it built?-1911
3. Where is it located?-Barcelona, Spain
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?- you can visit or live
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?- no info on this
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?-said to have been inspired by the mountain of Montserrat, curves around the street corner, while the cave-like balconies seem to flow into one another.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)- i picked this building because i have always wanted to visit Spain. i have always enjoyed the culture and the way the streets and neighborhoods are like.  so when i saw that this building was in Spain i new i just had to check it out.

EDEN PROJECT

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)?-Tim Smit, Nicholas Grimshaw
2. When was it built?-2001
3. Where is it located?- united kingdom
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?- you can visit
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?-no info
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?- it was basically just to show people plants and the outdoors and have fun at the same time
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)-i thought it was interesting that there was just  a random bio dome in the UK.


Cubic Houses, Netherlands

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)?- Piet Blom
2. When was it built?-1984
3. Where is it located?-Netherlands
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?-its private unless u buy to live in
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?-no info
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?-it was just built as an idea
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)-i picked because i have never seen pictures of the Netherlands. i wanted to see what it was like. and a house on its side just seemed pretty interesting to me.


National Centre for the Performing Arts, China


1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)?- Paul Andreu
2. When was it built?-2001-2007
3. Where is it located?-china
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?-yes
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?-not sure bout 300me
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?-so it can be a place for people to preform
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)-i picked this because i am a preformer. i tought it might be cool to see what performing is like in other countries. and because the building looked cool.




Turning Torso, Sweden

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)?- Santiago calatrava
2. When was it built?-2001-2006
3. Where is it located?-Sweden
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?- yes
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?-living
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?-no
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)-i picked it because of the name really jumped jout at me. who names a building twisting torso.its kinda crazy and people live in it.