Among the cities I’ve seen, I liked Oslo the most. I am amazed by its architecture and well-ordered organization. Here is the Oslo Opera House that we all are familiar from courses. It was an amazing structure in terms of the materials that have been used, the relationship between its landscape and its interior design.
At the beginning of my summer vacation I had a trip to Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. I have seen many beautiful sights and enjoyed the scandinavian architecture.
My summer practice has officially finished yesterday. It’s sad because I really had the best time in Egypt over the last 6 weeks. I’ve been working in the design office of Limak Holding for the Cairo International Airport project, the expansion … Okumaya devam et
Today I was looking at the photographs I took when I was in California, it suddenly hit me that I forgot to post about this amazing structure, Walt Disney Concert Hall by Frank Gehry. It’s probably one of the most well-known structures … Okumaya devam et
Here is the “Painted Ladies” better known as the houses where the famous TV show “Full House” takes place.
The academy is a single structure that contains aquariums, the planetarium, natural history museum and the roof terrace better known as the ‘Living Roof’. It was an incredible experience to see these things together. I also impressed by the structure itself. It is the greenest museum and the largest public Platinum-rated building in the world. Which means the building has the highest rating for energy saving and sustainability. It has solar panels on the roof to generate energy for the building. And heating system is provided by radiant floor heating. They used natural lighing for all of the building to save energy. And here is a fun-fact about the insulation of the building: they used recycled blue jeans rather than typical fiberglass! The architect of this incredible structure is Renzo Piano and it took nearly 10 years to making this masterpiece. Here is some photographs I took:
Again it’s one of the awesome ideas of whoever the architect of Googleplex is.
Melis Kucuktunc 