Comments on: What makes you instantly to recognize the WORLD FAMOUS BUILDINGS? http://architecturelife.com/2008/12/11/what-makes-you-instantly-to-recognize-the-world-famous-buildings/ Fri, 18 May 2012 02:16:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Zigmaz http://architecturelife.com/2008/12/11/what-makes-you-instantly-to-recognize-the-world-famous-buildings/#comment-160 Zigmaz Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:39:26 +0000 http://architecturelife.com/2008/12/11/what-makes-you-instantly-to-recognize-the-world-famous-buildings/#comment-160 World Famous buildings get a lot more publicity then others. I've seen the Eiffel tower in magazines, post cards, school books, movies, and many other places. The oldest standing church west of the Mississippi River is close to my home, historically it is very important, yet I bet very few people outside of this area know of it. World Famous buildings get a lot more publicity then others. I’ve seen the Eiffel tower in magazines, post cards, school books, movies, and many other places. The oldest standing church west of the Mississippi River is close to my home, historically it is very important, yet I bet very few people outside of this area know of it.

]]> By: KnocturnialAnimal420 http://architecturelife.com/2008/12/11/what-makes-you-instantly-to-recognize-the-world-famous-buildings/#comment-159 KnocturnialAnimal420 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:05:25 +0000 http://architecturelife.com/2008/12/11/what-makes-you-instantly-to-recognize-the-world-famous-buildings/#comment-159 welcome 2 the hotel California welcome 2 the hotel California

]]> By: Yñkhez http://architecturelife.com/2008/12/11/what-makes-you-instantly-to-recognize-the-world-famous-buildings/#comment-158 Yñkhez Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:19:56 +0000 http://architecturelife.com/2008/12/11/what-makes-you-instantly-to-recognize-the-world-famous-buildings/#comment-158 architecture, height and color. architecture, height and color.

]]> By: estianut http://architecturelife.com/2008/12/11/what-makes-you-instantly-to-recognize-the-world-famous-buildings/#comment-157 estianut Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:38:14 +0000 http://architecturelife.com/2008/12/11/what-makes-you-instantly-to-recognize-the-world-famous-buildings/#comment-157 I was going to answer but when I saw Jon Lang's dissertation I changed my mind. He has put it so lucidly, far better than I could have. There are many factors involved but at the end of the day it is a combination of gut feeling and knowledge, in other words, natural experience. I was going to answer but when I saw Jon Lang’s dissertation I changed my mind. He has put it so lucidly, far better than I could have.
There are many factors involved but at the end of the day it is a combination of gut feeling and knowledge, in other words, natural experience.

]]> By: Harry http://architecturelife.com/2008/12/11/what-makes-you-instantly-to-recognize-the-world-famous-buildings/#comment-156 Harry Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:02:35 +0000 http://architecturelife.com/2008/12/11/what-makes-you-instantly-to-recognize-the-world-famous-buildings/#comment-156 Finally. An architectural related question based on architectural theory. I do believe this is based on how we percieve our physical environment (surroundings). We look at many things such as signs, symbolism, and aesthetics. Famous buildings fit these criterias. As for signs, Lynch's thoery on how we navigate the physical environment is about orienation, memory, and places refered by people. Famous buildings like the Gugenheim, Frank Gehry's architecture, and so on have these qualities. They act as orientation points, they are places people memorize, and are refferenced by people all over the world. As for symbolism, famous buildings are a key indicator of a period. They could be a symbol for modernity, tradition, and so on. As for aesthetics, famous buildings are in the complex region. You can have simple architecture but it's more of the generic type. The complex architecture such as Frank Lloyd Wrights gugenheim, japanese modern architecture where it has complex relations to nature, and so on. Famous buildings have these things in common. They are complex in theory, they are symbolic of something, and they are used for many things aside from function*. Function: A functional building protects people from the elements, physical environment including people, and suits the psychological demands of the human mind such as I want a home to stay in or A home is were I am mentally sane plus so on. Hope I helped you out. I wish you were in SYdney because there is the actual book here. But here are key things to look at your library. 1. Aesthetics 2. Symbolism 3. Environments (in terms of architecture) 4. Function Finally. An architectural related question based on architectural theory. I do believe this is based on how we percieve our physical environment (surroundings). We look at many things such as signs, symbolism, and aesthetics. Famous buildings fit these criterias.

As for signs, Lynch’s thoery on how we navigate the physical environment is about orienation, memory, and places refered by people. Famous buildings like the Gugenheim, Frank Gehry’s architecture, and so on have these qualities. They act as orientation points, they are places people memorize, and are refferenced by people all over the world.

As for symbolism, famous buildings are a key indicator of a period. They could be a symbol for modernity, tradition, and so on.

As for aesthetics, famous buildings are in the complex region. You can have simple architecture but it’s more of the generic type. The complex architecture such as Frank Lloyd Wrights gugenheim, japanese modern architecture where it has complex relations to nature, and so on. Famous buildings have these things in common. They are complex in theory, they are symbolic of something, and they are used for many things aside from function*.

Function: A functional building protects people from the elements, physical environment including people, and suits the psychological demands of the human mind such as I want a home to stay in or A home is were I am mentally sane plus so on.

Hope I helped you out. I wish you were in SYdney because there is the actual book here. But here are key things to look at your library.

1. Aesthetics
2. Symbolism
3. Environments (in terms of architecture)
4. Function

]]> By: music_lover_in_ga http://architecturelife.com/2008/12/11/what-makes-you-instantly-to-recognize-the-world-famous-buildings/#comment-155 music_lover_in_ga Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:16:10 +0000 http://architecturelife.com/2008/12/11/what-makes-you-instantly-to-recognize-the-world-famous-buildings/#comment-155 a) repetition. we've seen pictures of the building over and over b) distinctiveness. the building has qualities that stand out from others. c) in movies (this lis linked to repetition but I think it is a different category) Sears Tower -- solid black rectangle Twin Towers -- two white blocks--tallest in NY (or were) Empire State Building -- repetition Chrysler Building - distinctive style Versailles - style, size, repetition Big Ben - distinctive, repetition Transamerica Building - distinctive, repetition Westminster Abbey - distinctive, repetition Angkor Wat - distinctive, repetition (in a lot of movies) Petronas Towers - distinctive ,repetition, mission impossible :) a) repetition. we’ve seen pictures of the building over and over
b) distinctiveness. the building has qualities that stand out from others.
c) in movies (this lis linked to repetition but I think it is a different category)

Sears Tower — solid black rectangle
Twin Towers — two white blocks–tallest in NY (or were)
Empire State Building — repetition
Chrysler Building - distinctive style
Versailles - style, size, repetition
Big Ben - distinctive, repetition
Transamerica Building - distinctive, repetition
Westminster Abbey - distinctive, repetition
Angkor Wat - distinctive, repetition (in a lot of movies)
Petronas Towers - distinctive ,repetition, mission impossible :)

]]> By: Mr. Zwink http://architecturelife.com/2008/12/11/what-makes-you-instantly-to-recognize-the-world-famous-buildings/#comment-154 Mr. Zwink Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:38:18 +0000 http://architecturelife.com/2008/12/11/what-makes-you-instantly-to-recognize-the-world-famous-buildings/#comment-154 its usually becausse the building have a specific shape or form, or they are mentioned a lot. the human brain, especially the subconciousness does a lot with images before they enter your conciousness. simply by saying eifeltower, i know you immediately see the eifeltower in your mind. your mind simply reacts to what it sees, but only the relevant stuff will enter your conciousness. i.e. had you been in france, looking for a museum, and seeing the eifeltower inthe background, you would mostlikely not even remember seeing it, because youre looking for something else. women are also genetically inclined to remember where they are with the use of landmarks, where men tend to use a more polar coordinationsystem, i.e. 12 steps in that direction. this mostlikely has something to do with the roles women and men had in ancient hunter/gatherer societies. its usually becausse the building have a specific shape or form, or they are mentioned a lot. the human brain, especially the subconciousness does a lot with images before they enter your conciousness. simply by saying eifeltower, i know you immediately see the eifeltower in your mind. your mind simply reacts to what it sees, but only the relevant stuff will enter your conciousness. i.e. had you been in france, looking for a museum, and seeing the eifeltower inthe background, you would mostlikely not even remember seeing it, because youre looking for something else.

women are also genetically inclined to remember where they are with the use of landmarks, where men tend to use a more polar coordinationsystem, i.e. 12 steps in that direction. this mostlikely has something to do with the roles women and men had in ancient hunter/gatherer societies.

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