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The Seagram Building was constructed in 1956-58 by Ludwig Mies Van De Rohe. The Seagram Company was a liquor company which was based in Canada. During the 1950’s they decided that they want to build a headquarters in New York. When they visited New York City they loved the Lever House that was built and wanted something of that nature. As they searched for architects the ended up with commissioning Mies Van De Rohe. He was known for his modernist buildings such as the Barcelona Pavilion and his service as a director in the Bauhaus. This was his first project at this scale as well as an unlimited budget for construction. The Seagram Tower was the first to have a public space in front of the building for the community to hang-out and mingle. This was due to the building being pushed back on the lot in order to give tribute to the racquet and tennis club building. As it featured Romanesque architectural style. As Rohe was a big fan of classical architecture he wanted to preserve and m...

The Ingalls Hockey Rink, located at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut was designed by architect Eero Saarinen. This project was completed in 1958 and is characterized by the sweeped dome roof. Eero Saarinen was a Yale graduate and the rink is actually known as the “yale whale.” Saarinen used curved walls and roofs, and uses biomorphic architecture in the David S Ingalls Hockey Rink. This project was worked on with Kevin Roche, who worked with Saarinen and took part in the rink’s original design. The rink is two hundred feet long and eighty-five feet wide with organic shapes and forms. The rink has a tensile structure, consisting of a two hundred ninety foot long central arch of reinforced concrete. The main support of the wooden roof is hung from a cable structure giving the building a double curve. The lateral loads that may affect the building (wind), are being stabilized by cables from the center arch to the outer edges of the building. This building shows its simplici...