This is the tallest building in Mongolia and the most beautiful building. This building changed view of capital city. Before this building, Mongolian tallest building was only 8 floor. This building is 25 floor. This building was revolutionary design in Mongolian history. We had only rectangle shaped buildings since 1970. But this building proved that Mongolian architects are capable of doing more than we thought.

I really liked this building because it changed tourist thought about Mongolia. It made Ulaanbaatar 10times beautiful. Also it is the first luxury hotel in Mongolia, which made rich tourist can have nice travel experience in Ulaanbaatar. Also you can see this building from very far.

I really love going there. This building have few shopping malls but lots of good restaurants. Whenever I enter this building, I feel like i am in New York. This building makes me forget all the poverty and corruption of government. I can enjoy my time with good food and luxury interior design

This is the mongolian traditional yurt which is called ‘GER’.  Before 2000, every mongolian people used to live in ger. Also i spend my first few years of life in it.  Mongolians are nomadic people. We move to different locations depends on the seasons. During winter it reaches -40 degrees therefore one need to move to farmer place such as base of mountain. Living in ger taught me how to survive in nature.

This is how inside looks like. We have stove in middle of it for cooking and heating purpose.  Every furniture inside is made by hand only using natural materials. Also all furniture and whole ger is same as LEGO. When you moving into different location, you disassemble all components which will makes it easier for transfering.

This mongolian national ger shaped my life from the birth. It made me nature person and prepared me for lot of life challenges. Also i admire how people from few thousand years ago managed to build this LEGO like structure

A major problem in navigating the seas and oceans is getting lost in them. Fortunately, lighthouses were built to help mitigate that problem, and over the span of human history, we have built copious amounts of them as a beacon to help navigators and their crew to get to port safely. However, I want to talk about one of the oldest in existence (and still one of the tallest) – the Lighthouse of Genoa, a.k.a. “Lanterna.”

Initially built in the 12th century, Lanterna had to suffer multiple incidents of war, immolation, and destruction, and was lost for quite some time. However, in 1543, it was reconstructed, and until 1902, remained the tallest lighthouse in the world up to that point. The building has also had additional improvements, including a Fresnel lens installed in 1840, electrical wiring in 1913 and 1936, and a final restoration project in 1956 following the events of WWII. And today, the structure still stands, originally built as basic stone masonry,  relatively close to the age of 500 years for a human project. Quite impressive!

Most of the buildings that human beings construct are designed to be lived in or worked in. Lighthouses, however, are different. The building design tends to follow a favored structure/function design philosophy, rather than an aesthetic and cheap one, as is the case with most buildings. Looking at their structure, they are very tall, slender, and brightly colored/lit to create their form. Consequently, this form creates an ideal approach to support its strict function, which is to be seen by ships from far away so their crews can land safely in port, with minimal supervision in the building and no function for housing, which is the case for most structures. This is why Lanterna fascinated me (other than its age and building material) the first time I read about a lighthouse – the lighthouse functions strictly to be seen, rather than to house or be a place of work for people. The Lighthouse of Genoa taught me this fascinating lesson – not all buildings are designed strictly to house something! I hope to visit it someday to get a better understanding of what it looks like up close, particularly at night when it is lit up.

Ibirapuera Auditorium designed by Oscar Niemeyer located in Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo to allow musical spectacle presentations. The Auditoriums constriction began in 2002 and was completed by 2005 consisted of 7,000 square feet. The auditorium has been a host for grammies, fashion shows, Americas top model, and many more. When the building was designed it was meant to have possessed volumetric simplicity being made by a single block formed into a trapezoid, which ended up becoming a triangle.

One of the main reasons I chose this building is it caught my attention with the long red mental piece just sticking out of the side. The long red mental piece is actually a marquee, and it is a metal that is painted red. It actually covers the main access of the building and is what gives identity to the building. The metal piece characterizes it and shows it is different from other buildings. The form and color of this piece of the  building have transformed the branding of the auditorium and act as an architectural logo. which it is called officially the Labareda – Portuguese for flame.

It amazes me that such a simple and plain piece of metal can give a building so much meaning, so much purpose and so much character. But it does make sense since the when I first saw the building thats what stood out to me. Its amazing what Oscar Niemeyer did to put so much meaning into something so small.

The Boston Avenue Methodist Church designed by Bruce Goff in 1929 located in Tulsa Oklahoma. The church is an example of art deco which is characterized by precise, boldly delineated geometric shapes and strong colors. The Boston Avenue church is to be said the most unique church in the world and holds the strongest look of art deco, even though it was built 70 years after that time period.

A very unique thing the church stands for are the symbols and saying that are actually located in the walls, stained glass, carved wood, and metal. Most methodist churches tend to be poor and so the Boston Avenue Methodist Church and so when the church was mad they did ask the architectures to include some of their churches beliefs into the actual building, however in doing so they made sure to be conservative in how they portrayed it to the outside world, so they weren’t flaunting their money. Which Bruce Goff and the other architecture involved did a phenomenal job of allowing the church to do.

I am not a big church person but of all the churches I have seen in my life this one is the most beauty and holds the most value on the inside and outside. You can see the passion the designer such as Bruce Goff had when creating this beautiful building for this specific religion.

The Shard Skyscraper building designed by Renzo Piano, located in Southwark London. The Shard is the tallest building in the United Kingdom standing 1,016 feet high. The construction began March 2009 and completed November 2012, but the building wasn’t opened up to the public until February 1st 2013. Renzo got the idea of this building after the following of the twin towers in New York in 2001. He built the tower to show strength, as the building can tolerate 400 millimeters of sway.

The most interesting think that I learned about the Shard is that 95% of the construction materials were recycled and 20% of the steelwork is from recycled sources as well. The building has 72 habitable floors and then there are still another 15 floors that are in the works. Each floor has its won purpose and its own meaning for why it exist and I think that is so most beautiful thing about the building.

An interesting thing to know about  the Shard is it in meant to represent a glass shard stabbing out from the ground. The building full-fills this standard as well with how tall it stand and that it is made up of 11,000 glass panels.

Fallingwater house, designed by Frank Loyd Wright in 1935 about 43 miles out of Pittsburg Pennsylvania. The Fallingwater house was designed for the Kaufmann family as a weekend get away home. The Fallingwater house was used as a home for the Kaufmann family and passed down through a generation until 1963 when the house and the surrounding 469 acres of forest were donated to the western Pennsylvania conservancy. I have actually known about this building for many years and been obsessed with it and wanting to visit i . I actually had no idea of the background or the designer until today.

The Fallingwater house is now a museum for the public and since it’s 80 years of being open five million people have now visited and tour the Fallingwater house. Falling water has two part the main house which consist of 5,330 square feet and the guest house which consist of 1,700 square feet. The Fallingwater house was designed to create a unified and organic composition, which limited the colors that could be used fro the house, so the house is actually only made up of two colors which were a light ochre for the concrete and a Cherokee red for the steel.

I admire the beauty of this house, the plain yet creative and humble vibe it gives off. I think the Fallingwater house is a great way to explain and show Frank Loyd Wrights unique and outside the box mind. The Fallingwater house is easily the most beautifully designed house I have ever seen.

During my study abroad trip to Italy, my class had the opportunity to visit the famous Colosseum. We entered the Colosseum on the ground floor, a point of view that meant death during the Roman empire. We also noticed shafts that were under construction underneath the ground level, depicting the intricacy of the design of the Colosseum. We were told that battles were very popular in this dome, often being reenacted in stylized form for entertainment. Among battles were also gladiator fights, executions, and shows. I learned that the Jews were the people that did the labor for the construction of the Colosseum, due to the fact that they were the most recently conquered group for the Roman empire.

When we toured the Colosseum, we noticed that part of the top was being reconstructed. This slightly saddened me because I thought that a part of ancient architecture was being lost with the addition of newer parts. It was also extremely intimidating to stand in the middle of the Colosseum because it gave me a greater understanding of the horrors that were committed in this arena. I thought that visiting this area was an extremely growing experience due to the fact that It helped me better understand the epicenter of ancient western civilization.

During the summer of 2019, I had the opportunity to study abroad in Italy. While we visited many great architectural feats, the Pantheon was one of my favorites. Located in the center of Rome, the Pantheon is a temple that was designed using geometrical shapes. This temple was created in 127 CE and was devoted to the earth gods in ancient Roman mythology. The walls in this temple on the ground were noted to be 27 feet thick and become progressively thinner as it got closer to the dome. The slant thickness of this temple was done in order to hold up the massive dome sitting on its top. Furthermore, the lower walls were made of gravel and then turned into stone/concrete as it progressed in height.

My favorite component of this building is the hole at the top of the dome, allowing the inside of the temple to allow the weather to enter the building itself. This hole was created in order to create a connection between the physical and metaphysical world, showcasing the Roman connection between them and their gods. This building impacted me in a positive way because it showed the creativity and depth these ancient architects conducted in order to showcase their beliefs while also making monumental feats. The ideals behind this building have encouraged me to try to make a personal connection to all the activities and assignments that I take up. I was struck with awe when I entered the building because the combination of the pillars that were all beautifully crafted and the natural light that came in through the roof really enunciated the beauty of the dome itself.

Last Fall I had a job interview at Facebook’s Headquarters in Menlo Park.

It seemed like Facebook took pride in the huge and impressive campus. It was like a more professional version of a theme park. Architecturally, it incorporated a lot of glass, concrete, exposed duct work, open floor plans, and greenery. The greenery in particular was striking. Many of the rooftops had what looked like miniature forests on top. At one point another candidate mentioned to me that there was a “mile-long rooftop garden” on one of the buildings. I don’t know if that was true, but such a garden would have fit right in.

I also got to see the legendary Facebook microkitchens, where employees can take a break from work to grab a healthy snack. These kitchens, like all the greenery, serve a practical purpose in improving employees’ well-being. I imagine it would be much easier to feel burned out if you went to work every day in a drab gray office with none of these amenities.

Finally, I’m sure that all these architectural decisions were also intended to impress prospective hires. They certainly had that effect on me, and I was ecstatic when I got the offer. I will be starting work at the Menlo Park headquarters in July!