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Suliaman Bin Ahmed Crown Hall   Crown Hall is one of 20 buildings designed by Ludwig  Mies  van der Rohe for the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago. The building was built between the period of 1950-1956. This is the center piece of a master plan for the campus founded in 1940 that covers approximately 50 hectares. Crown Hall is an architecturally significant building because  Mies  van der Rohe refined the basic steel and glass construction style, beautifully capturing simplicity and openness. Crown Hall,  Mies  considered the building to be the best embodiment of that maxim.  Mies  once described his creation as being "almost nothing." With World War II and the Great Depression leaving a large break in construction,  Mies  reconstructed curriculum to appreciate minimalism and to focus on using only what was necessary; an approach not yet  favor able  in most architecture schools of the time. ...

Arial View In 1962 Eero Saarinen was commissioned to design the new Airport Terminal. Before this time, flying was mainly for rich people; the same thing could be said about architecture. The airlines began discounting tickets and including payment plans so that "common people" could afford their services. For this terminal they wanted the idea of the “spirit of flight.” He created a design that was made up of four symmetrical curved concrete shells that came together in middle. Many said the building looked like a bird about to take flight; Saarinen said this was only a coincidence because he got his inspiration from a hollow grapefruit peel, which, he pushed the middle down. Interior Space Whichever the inspiration, the TWA is a milestone achievement. Before then, many architects were not worried of the person’s personal use or experience, but Saarinen wanted to change that. “We wanted passengers passing through the building to experience a fully-designed env...

Sulaiman  Bin Ahmed   Unite  d’Habitation     Unite  d’Habitation  is  a great architectural innovations  that is referenced all over the world, it is located in France. Unite  d’Habitation  was designed by the famous French architect Le Corbusier in the year 1947 with the assistance of painter-architect Nadir Afonso. The complex has more floors than Habitat 67, boasting of 18 floors with 160 residences.   After the famous World War II, the need for housing was high as many French more importantly the resident of Marseille were without shelter due to bombings. There were needs for new housing project. Le Corbusier deigned series of new housing project in which Unite  d’Habitation  was a pioneer in the year 1947. The project lasted for five years and was completed in the year 1952. The building was developed with the assistance of Nadir Afonso, Shadrach Woods, and George  Candilis . The building was call...