Tag: “Architecture”

30 places found.

1. 

   St. Mary's Cathedral

   St Marys Catholic cathedral in San Francisco, a 70's masterpiece in crazy design.

2. 

   The Bradbury Building

   Best known as the building that JF Sebastian lived in in Bladerunner. Now on the national register for historic places, the Bradbury Building is an incredible victorian style building with a huge open central atrium with open cage elevators and a glass ceiling.

3. 

   Marin Civic Center

   Frank Lloyd Wright's monsterly over-ornamented extravaganza of a building where GATTACA was filmed...
   
   If you need building permits in Marin or you have to fight a parking ticket or serve on a jury, undoubtedly, you will find yourself here. It's easy to make the best of it, the cafe has a fantastic retro, nostalgic feel.

4. 

   Seattle Public Library

   The Central Branch of the Seattle Public Library was designed by Rem Koolhaas of the Office of Metropolitan Architecture. Building was completed and opened in 2004 at a cost of $170 million.
   
   Seattle has many architectural jewels that you should see and this one tops the list.

5. 

   The Aerie

   Napa's most modern house. Designed by Helena Arahuete, the woman that took over John Lautner's practice, and worked with him on the Arrango residence in Acupulco.
   
   The house is perched on a hill with views of the entire bay area.

6. 

   Casino at Marino

   18th century neo-nlassical building in the gardens of Marino House. It was designed by the Scottish architecht Sir William Chambers.

7. 

   Prada Aoyama

   Herzog & de Meuron's Prada store in Aoyama has become one of the bigger attractions in the Omotesando shopping district. If you want to snap photos of the interior, you'll have to be sneaky, as photography is disallowed once you step through the front door.

8. 

   St. Mary's Cathedral

   Sleek modern cathedral designed by Tange Kenzo, in the Sekiguchi neighborhood of Tokyo. Seen from the sky, the building is in the shape of a cross.

9. 

   Westfield Centre

   The one million square foot, $500 million dollar mall downtown San Francisco.

10. 

    Boulder High School