Architecture preview #1

Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
1. Peter Cook
2. 2003
3. It is located in Graz, Austria
4. You can visit it
5. It cost $50 million to build
6. It was built as part of Capital of Culture celebrations in 2003
7. When I saw the photo for this building,m it really captured my eye because it just looked like an organelle or a blob made of jello or something. The fact that this was made as an actual place is really interesting.

Krzywy Domek (The Crooked House), Poland
1. SzotyƄscy & Zaleski
2. 2004
3. Located in Sopot, Poland
4. You can visit it
5. No info on cost
6. It was built in inspiration of Jan Marcin Szancer and Per Dahlberg fairytale drawings
7. I picked this place because when I looked at the picture, it looked very twisted and illusion like. Then I started to think "how did they make everything on the inside right side up, but the whole exterior crooked?" I got really interested in how it was built so I chose it.

Burj Al Arab, Dubai, UAE
1. Tom Wright and Carlos Ott
2. began in 1994
3. Dubai, United Arab Emirates
4. you can visit it
5. it cost $1 billion to build
6. Was built to be hotel for visitors
7. This building looks like a sailboat and I really wanted to know why, so I chose it. It also has really pretty lights scattered on it, so it glows at night That is really cool!

Turning Torso, Sweden
1. Santiago Calatrava
2. Construction began February 14th 2001
3. Located in Malmo, Sweden
4. you can visit
5. no info on cost
6. To resemble a human spine twisting
7. When I saw that this building was supposed to resemble a humans 'turning torso', I had to learn more. It is really cool to see how actual humans and things inspire people to such things on a larger scale.

Atomium, Belgium
1. Andre Waterkeyn and Christine Conix
2. 1957
3. Brussels, Belgium
4. you can visit
5. 23 million
6. Was built for Expo 58, Brussels World Fair
7. I LOVE this building. ITS AN ATOM. It is even in the name (which I did not even realize til like 30 seconds ago) but that is SO COOL!!! I wanted to know how it is balanced, how you get to the different rooms and everything! It is so unique.

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