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Introduction:

Introduction:

The Indian Habitat Centre : A short introduction

Here are some photos that i got while browsing on the net. Just wanted to share. Really cool photos.

Types of Air-Conditioners:

Hearst Tower is the world headquarter of the Hearst corporation which shelters many of their publications and communications companies like Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, San Francisco Chronicle and others under one roof.

Earlier there used to be a six-story headquarter building which was commissioned by William Randolph Hearst (the founder) and was built by architect Joseph Urban. That building was completed in 1928 with a total cost of $2 million.

In the new design, the earlier cast stone facade has been preserved as a designated Landmark site. The new tower addition took place after around 80 years. On 4 May 2006, around 2000 Hearst employees moved to this new tower.

This tower was designed by architect - Norman Foster and constructed by Turner Construction. It is 46 stories tall and is 182 meters in height. The triangular framing pattern required 9,500 metric tons of structural steel. Hearst tower was the first skyscraper to break ground in New Yourk city after 11 September, 2001. In 2006, this building was awarded with Emporis Skyscraper Award, citing it as the best skyscraper in the world completed that year.

Robert Venturi was born in Philadelphia in 1925 where he practices now. He studied at Princeton University and graduated in 1947. His earlier architectural career included periods with Louis Kahn and Eero Saarinen.

LVMH Building
19 W. 57th St. between Fifth and Madison avenues
Architect: Christian de Portzamparc (1996-99)

IAC Building
West Street and 19th Street
Architect: Frank Gehry (2005-07)

About Frank Lloyd Wright:

Wright's "time, his day, his age" was that of late nineteenth-century America. His works spanned two vastly different cultural periods. He was born on 8th June 1867 and died on 9th April 1959. He had a working career of more than 75 years.

Every different shape has a certain measure of relationship with emotional responses which suggest as follows:

1. Verticals: Dignity, Strength, Stability, Permanence, Solumnity, Aspiration
2. Horizontals: Repose, Calm, Quiteness, Peace, Tranquity, Balance
3. Diagonals: Dramatic or Vigorous Movement, Excitement, Restlessness, Agitation