The main branch of the Salt Lake City Public Library opened up in February of 2003 to accommodate their ever expanding collection.
Thom Mayne's new San Francisco Federal Building is not only architecturally pleasing but is extremely energy efficient and follows the green trend that has hit this city hard in the past few years. The building has built in shading system so workers can use sunlight instead of electric lights, it's also designed to consume about half the power of a standard office tower.
Designed as a shopping mecca for the nouveau-riche, the biggest reason to visit Roppongi Hills is the ascent to the top of Mori Tower. Tokyo City View on the 58th floor and the adjacent Mori Art Museum are well worth a visit.
The one million square foot, $500 million dollar mall downtown San Francisco.
Opening its doors in 1935, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art. For its first sixty years, the museum occupied upper floors of the War Memorial Veterans Building in the Civic Center.
The Farnsworth House, built by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1951 and located near Plano, Illinois, is one of the most famous examples of modernist domestic architecture and was considered unprecedented in its day. Transcending any traditional domestic function or program, the importance of the house lies rather in the absolute purity and consistency of its architectural idea.
Long Beach is located in southern Los Angeles County, California, USA, on the Pacific coast. It is about 20 miles (30 km) south of downtown Los Angeles.
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