This Week’s Crazy Building: Kansas City Public Library
Friday, 24 August 2018
The Kansas City Public Library is a sight to see! At about 25 feet high by 9 feet wide these huge books line the parking garage. Called the “Community Bookshelf” 22 spines and 42 titles are present including: Romeo And Juliet, Catch-22, The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, Invisible Man, The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, Little
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August 2018 San Diego Real Estate Market Update
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
What are the latest real estate trends in our San Diego area market? Let’s find out. What’s going on with the San Diego real estate market? Not long ago, we were in the middle of a red-hot seller’s market—but, now, things have begun to shift. Nowadays, market conditions vary by area a little more so
- Published in Real Estate Tips
This Week’s Crazy Building: Royal Ontario Museum
Tuesday, 21 August 2018
Toronto Canada’s Royal Ontario Museum merges old with new in a startling way. The Crystal as the new addition is called seems to burst forth from the older style building, originally constructed in 1914. The various angles were attained by lifting the steel beams one by one to their positions. The Crystal actually isn’t attached
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This Week’s Crazy Building: London City Hall
Friday, 17 August 2018
Sitting on the banks of the Thames River, the London City Hall at first looks like an oddball but on further inspection is quite smart. Designed by architects Foster + Partners it runs on a quarter of the energy compared to a typical air-conditioned office building. It achieves this feat through its unusual shape which
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Oakley Headquarters
Friday, 17 August 2018
The Oakley Headquarters in Lake Forest may remind you of something from a Blade Runner movie, and that is no coincidence! CEO Jim Jannard, who is a friend of Ridley Scott wanted to bring that movie aesthetic into the building. Besides the movie reference, there is also a military feel to it. This also makes
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Geisel Library
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
UC San Diego’s Geisel Library located in La Jolla, California has a futuristic otherworldly, look. It is done in a mix of the brutalist and modernist architectural styles. Interestingly, the whole college campus utilizes more modernist architecture instead of the historical-revival style which is most commonly seen. Its name comes from Theodor Seuss Geisel, better
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Centre Georges Pompidou
Wednesday, 01 August 2018
The Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, France is a unique building. On first glance you can see what is unusual about it, all of the infrastructure is actually located on the outside! This was done to allow for large open spaces inside the Pompidou (totaling over 1 million square feet), which houses modern art as
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