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Notable for its role as a pioneer of modernist architecture in America and for its groundbreaking work in skyscraper design and construction, SOM has designed some of the world's most significant architectural and urban projects including several of the tallest buildings in the world: John Hancock Center (1969, second tallest in the world when ...
Googie architecture (/ ˈ ɡ uː ɡ i / ⓘ GOO-ghee [1]) is a type of futurist architecture influenced by car culture, jets, the Atomic Age and the Space Age. [2] It originated in Southern California from the Streamline Moderne architecture of the 1930s, and was popular in the United States from roughly 1945 to the early 1970s.
Bjarke Ingels during opening speech at exhibition of projects from Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) at Danish Architecture Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark – June 2019 2006-2007 BIG Ideas, Galerie Jaroslava Fragnera, Prague, 15 November – 17 December 2006; Galerie Architektury Brno, 7 February – 4 March 2007; DESIGN FACTORY, Bratislava, 30 March ...
Influenced by the coming of the Space Age, the Googie-themed architecture popularity was most notable from the mid-1940s to early 1970s, among motels, coffee houses and gas stations. The term "Googie" comes from a now defunct coffee shop and cafe built in West Hollywood [ 1 ] designed by John Lautner .
The project has undergone several cuts since its passing in 2020. [170] [171] Puget Sound Gateway Program: Seattle & Tacoma, Washington: 2015: In progress: 2028 (proj.) $2.38 billion: This project includes the completion of SR 167 between Puyallup and Tacoma and of SR 509 from I-5 to Burien. [172] Reagan Airport's Project Journey: Washington, D ...
Utilizing State Historic Tax Credits the Century building was renovated under the concept of adaptive reuse and completed in 2010. The twelve-story building is now included on the National Register of Historic Places and houses a restaurant, two floors of offices, and 60 units of mixed-income housing (40% affordable) provided in lofts, one bedroom, and two bedroom units. [18]
Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...
As an architecture student at the Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura, in Barcelona, from 1873 to 1877, Gaudí achieved only mediocre grades, but he did well in his "trial drawings and projects." [ 1 ] After five years of work and schooling, Gaudi qualified as an architect in 1878.