John Hamilton: O'Neil Ford #8

This is the Murchison Tower located at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas and was designed by Oneil Ford. 
The tower is a dominant landmark on the campus, and i see why due to it great stature that stands alone and i especially enjoy how you can see that there is a walk way through the very middle and a observation deck on the top, but you can observe at point through out the walk up or down the stairs of the tower.
The orange/red brick it definitely a wonderful look to it also.

Allison - Blog 6

OLYMPIC STADIUM

Montreal, Canada

Architect:

Le Stade, Parc olympique de Montreal is the largest stadium in its maximum seating capacity. It was built in the mid- 1970s as the main venue for the Summer Olympics, and was nicknames "The Big O" both for its donut shape and the permanent component of the stadiums roof. The roof looks a little bit like a suspended tent to me, and how it is being held in place by the support cables is remarkable.

From doing some research, I found that the stadium had issues in the past, and support beams snapped causing a 55-long-ton concrete slab to fall onto the exterior walkway. I am not sure if the building might have issues in the future, and I certainly hope not. The building looks remarkable. I also has the Worlds tallest incline tower!

John Hamilton: O'Neil Ford #7

This building to me is something that gives that feel of creativeness even though it was build in the 1950's.  It is the Texas Instruments Building. The outside of the building give its a business type of feel and not a factory type of boringness that can be exhibited with some manufacturing companies buildings.  The same can be said for the inside of the building with the supporting beams within it, they give it realistic and modernity look and feel to this day, again, even thought build in the 50's. 

Meacham - Blog 16

The Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Growing up in Oklahoma I would always come to OU games and I remember always being amazed by the stadium and it just its overall massive stature. Its design and style really blend well with the campus as a whole as it has somewhat of that Cherokee Gothic feel, but on a more sleeker and modern level. Starting after this next football season its going to be even that much more grand. It’s about to get a $105 million upgrade that will put it up there with one of the best college stadiums in the country. They are filling in the rest of the stadium so that it will be a full coliseum rather than the horseshoe-shape that it has now. I can’t wait for the new renovations to be complete, but I’ll probably have graduated by that time. If that’s the case, I’ll being trying my hardest to make it to as many home games as possible.

Allison - Blog 1

MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM

Architect: Calatrava

Milwaukee Art Museum by Calatrava, which was designed in 1957 by Eero Saarinen as a war memorial, overlooks Lake Michigan, in this picture I can see that he got the idea of the museum from maybe a war ship. This building shows tension, with a white steel façade.

The sheer mass of this structure is overwhelming. It looks quite futuristic with the simplistic use of elegant lines. The positioning of the mast and the "front of the ship" is quite interesting. The head of the ship faces right into the water. This building looks very unique compared to the high-rise structures in the background.