Who doesn’t love beer? This building was repurposed for the use of turning it into a vibrant development. Reusing old garage doors with large framed windows and reusing beer storage and viola a perfect space to a little drinking. With 18 restaurants and bars occurring over 100,000 square feet along with a amphitheater overlooking the Riverwalk with office and banquet space, it is an extremely inviting area for drinking, socializing and enjoying indoor or outdoor cooking.

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In a difficult part of my live, I once considered this home away from home my second home and the people inside the home my second family. For a prolonged period, my father worked overseas, and I would rarely see him, so weeks turned to months and months to a calendar year. My best friends’ family often offered for me to come over for dinner and sometimes just to hang out and play around because they understood no one was at home to take care of me. The house the family lived in was a 2-story house with 4 bedrooms, all upstairs, with a living room downstairs and a sauna in the garage. It was well decorated with its warm pastel wall colors and chocolate furniture but there was nothing especially about the home. It’s impact stays with me because of the family that resided inside it, so although they may have moved out, every time I pass the house, I feel nostalgia.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/611-Park-Ave-Brookings-SD-57006/114541057_zpid/

This building is a new model for research facilities that challenges the traditional laboratory design, by creating an open lab design that fosters engagement. THE LEED Engineered Biosystems Building’s six story narrow structure is a light footprint that maximizes view while simultaneously acting as a vibrant new entry to the campus making Atlanta’s northern midtown. The buildings showcases ecology in its use of wood finished interiors complimenting the research done on ecology. This building resembles the same layout as Gallogly Hall in its interior design but the beauty of the outside simply outshines our dull brick layered Gallogly. The open space compliments the ecological performance of the building extremely well.

https://www.rfd.com/_singleproject/krone_engineering_biosystems_building

In this high school, located in the middle of the sixth largest city in the State of SD, the dreary hallways zap the energy of the students as they traverse the halls. Although a renovation made seven years ago has allowed the cafeteria to soak in sunlight from its window panels it’s a large improvement from the dungeon that once was. This building always made me feel uneasy once inside, the tile flooring was never waxed, the corridors were always too tight for people roaming the halls and the heating was never on during the beginning of wintertime. When the hallway lights flickered, the image seemed like a shot from a scary film.

https://www.brookingsregister.com/article/brookings-school-district-responds-to-threat

This park located in the south region of Texas in San Antonio at the confluence of San Antonio River and San Pedro Creek (hence the name) it contains concrete petals designed to imitate the form of plants. This imagery is supposed to convey the confluence of waterways by using plants that are structured to funnel rainwater to their roots and these concrete structures are meant to convey that concept. The park also includes a multi-purpose education center that has a green roof providing passive heating and cooling. The entire site is also powered by a solar panels that will provide energy on a year long basis. The golden arches of the concrete petals themselves are very beautiful but adding the fact that this park is also self-powered increases the thought put into this by Flato. It is simply remarkable concrete could be used in such a way.

https://www.sacurrent.com/ArtSlut/archives/2019/10/16/gather-round-for-spooky-stories-at-san-antonios-confluence-park-this-weekend

https://moderninsanantonio.com/confluence-park-confluence-watershed-and-conservation

Located in Forth Worth on a sloping site on a heavily wooded area the building beautifully blends into the landscape with massive walls of limestone with a balance of wood and glass. This building is truly remarkable, and it simply draws you in when considering the landscape around the house. The use glass allows the people inside to enjoy the vegetation around them creating a tranquil atmosphere that I can only imagine calms the mind immensely after a stressful day. Looking at this building I can only gaze in awe at the beauty and serenity.

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Many times, throughout my childhood on road-trips across the country for vacations or soccer games the golden arch brought me joy. A swirl of emotions filled my heart as I saw my father pulling into a McDonalds after a long drive or even a long game for a happy meal. A one story, open concept layout never seemed so welcoming, especially with the golden sign signaling the location of happiness. During my adolescence, my father was always working outside of the continent, so I never had a lot of money and I found myself often staring at my local McDonalds with 5 dollars and a dream. This was the beginning of a love affair with a golden arch, silly clown and wacky fun architecture designed to stimulate happiness for children. It doesn’t need to be said but the best McDonalds had a playground inside them for kids to play and what a marvelous idea construed by this corporation.

https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMB35P_McDonalds_Watertown_South_Dakota

When you go to the state capitol, Washington DC, the building most talked about is the spectacular White House where the president resides. But just west of the white house less than half a football field away lies of the most magnificent structures I have ever seen, the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. This building is 5 acres in area and 4 stories tall with a

basement. When I first saw the building I was overwhelmed, I didn’t know it existed. I remember as a kid seeing the White House, but after revisiting this building it is unmistakably in your face. It was designed to strike awe into visitors to show the might of the most powerful country on Earth. The French Second Empire architecture style is unimaginably beautiful and if I were to design a place for state officials to work this would be it. I would recommend to anyone visiting the White House to simply look to their right and gaze in awe.

https://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2019/01/house-unanimously-passes-bill-elevate-federal-cio/154185/