architecture

Habitat 67, Canada 1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Moshe Safdie 2. When was it built?1985? 3. Where is it located? Canada 4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? you can visit and even live in it 5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? yes 6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? Its design was created by architect Moshe based on his master's thesis at McGill University and built as part of Expo 67. 7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I picked it because I would love to visit Canada and maybe this will be the first place I will try to see. I also decided to keep this place because I think it looks really KOOL and fancy, I have never seen something like this place. I think its a beautiful design.

Cubic Houses, Netherlands 1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Piet Blom 2. When was it built? 1982 - 1984 3. Where is it located? Overblaak 70, 3011 MH Rotterdam, Netherlands 4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? you can visit it, its a housing complex 5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? yes 6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? "The concept behind these houses is that Piet Blom tries to create a forest by each cube representing an abstract tree; therefore the whole village becomes a forest." 7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I picked it because I thought the name sounded kool and that the building would be like a bunch of cubes stacked on each other. And when i saw the pictures i was amazed by the design I thought it looked so amazing and at first I thought it was fake at the same time.

Kansas City Public Library, United States
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)?
2. When was it built? 1873
3. Where is it located? 14 West 10th Street in Kansas city, Missouri,United States.
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? You can visit it because it is a public library.
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? not that i can fined
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? I think because of some man.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I picked it because it was the only one that is a library and when i saw the pictures of it i thought it was amazing looking.

Strong National Museum of Play, USA
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)?Margaret Woodbury Strong.
2. When was it built?1982
3. Where is it located? Rochester New York, US
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? You can visit it.
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? Yes
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? Yes, at first it was just a museum then it became a toy museum. The creator loved toys.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I picked it because it had play in its name so I thought it might be a pretty kool place. When I checked it out i saw that it was a really kool looking place, i plan to visit one day.

National Centre for the Performing Arts, China
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Paul Andreu
2. When was it built? Started December 2007 and finished July 2007
3. Where is it located? Beijing, China
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? Public
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? yes 3.2 billion
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? It was designed as an iconic feature, something that would be immediately recognizable.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) Again part of the name caught my attention, when I saw performing arts I was like "ooo I gotta check this out." So I did the architecture caught my attention as well how it was built looks really kool and how its by the water looks really pretty too.

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