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Santiago Calatrave - Fordham tower
Proposed for a prominent 2.2 acre site on North Water Street, adjacent to Lake Shore Drive and near the entrance to Navy Pier, the Fordham Spire will rise to a height of 1,458 feet at its roof and approximately 2,000 feet at the tip of its spire, making it the tallest building in the nation.
Calatrava’s design is a tall, slender form whose glass facade seems to ripple downward in waves, like the folds of a cloak swirling around a figure. This effect is achieved by means of a structural innovation.
Each floor unit of the tower is built out from the central core like a separate box, with gently curving, concave sides. As these boxes are stacked up, each is rotated by a little more than 2 degrees from the one below. The result is that the floors turn 270 degrees around the core as they rise, giving the facade an impression of movement.
http://www.arcspace.com/architects/calatrava/fordham/fordham.html
"Architecture is sometimes thought to be the most socially and historically revealing of all the arts because it depends most heavily on public support: it is harder for architects, particularly dealing with public buildings, to be as idiosyncratic as painters or poets."
--from World Civilizations, Stearns, et al
The Hall of Mirrors at Versailles
I got more, but I'd hate to bore yah...LOL
left for annual beds:
lil natural stuff:
2 or tree moe'
YO...CHEEZY..Here are some more Pimp-scapin furr yah(IDEAS)
nice little shack... 
a nice view...
This material is called "brickform" ------>>
http://www.brickform.com/
They have some interesting earthy tones available:
The block walls there are typical retaining walls that many suppliers have...sometimes called unilock block, because it is a dry lay and they are interlocking blocks. i like that....some architects only like field stone walls that take a freaking genius to lay....lol
the atrium space...garden...
think japanese rock garden with waterfall
Jackpot:
Still to white for my tastes and larger than I'm looking for, but hey, this is one awesome looking exterior treatment...
Lookit this concrete block material...
That's nice, as long as it's not white but yellowish-brown. This is the "earth" element.
possibly...i will read up..
we use metal panels of all types now...
corrugated, flat seam, standing seam...you name it.
copper panels are great...but zinc panels are my favorite.
example of zinc panels at University of Hartford ISET building:
http://www.high-profile.com/2005/nov/wilson.html
residence in New England...
http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/residential/archives/0604RHe-1.asp
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American Institute of Architects
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U.S. Green Building Council, including LEED
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National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
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National Architectural Accrediting Board, Inc.
http://www.naab.org
Architect Registration Examination (ARE) Forum
http://www.areforum.org
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Architecture Week Magazine
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