Bryce Model

The Bryce model is a replica of my original model of the Queen of Queens Building. It is a unique program because it provides a variety of color and designs you can apply to your building. I had fun trying out different colors and designs in my creation. At times it was very difficult to adjust some shapes to the floor plan because of wrong movements. Overall I learned a lot in using the Bryce system.

The Skyscraper Museum

The skyscraper museum is located in 39 Battery Place. It is on the lower level of a beautiful skyscraper. The museum is the length of one floor only. There are plenty of television's that show how certain buildings were created. There was a special piece that captured my attention. It was the miniature buildings of the world trade center. Overall the museum visit was great. I had fun and saw a lot.

The Queen of Queens Building

My building is called the Queen of Queens Building. It is located in the heart of Jackson Heights, Queens. The building has four entrances. There are two entrances on two different streets. In every entrance there are elevators that take you to the main lounge and then to other elevators for the main building. Its design is unique because it has a big crown in the main entrance of the building. It is 37 stories high. It’s green glass windows are used as solar panels. The building has a lot of uses. There are clothes stores, small businesses, restaurants and a club in the building. All the solar energy collected from the day is used for the buildings night activities. The building is opened 24/7.
In the exterior of the building it has benches and small garden areas in the entrances

Louis Kahn projects & tragic ending.

Louis Kahn is known for his extraordinary work in several projects. One of his greatest works is The Salk Institute for Biological Studies. It’s a non-profit, scientific research laboratory. It is located in La Jolla, California. Inside the institute, it has 56 labs. It has three different research areas. Another great project was The Trenton Bath House. Its unique name has nothing to do with the model of the building and use. It is a building that was built for a Jewish community center. The Trenton Bath House was used as an entrance and changing area for patrons of an outdoor pool. These are only two of the many fabulous projects Louis Kahn has had great success on. Its just too bad how this great architects life came to an end. Louis Kahn died from a heart attack in a bathroom in Penn Station in New York. He was just returning from India when this accrued. His body was not immediately identified; it was idenitfied three days later. A great legend of the architectural world was gone. One could say he revolutionized the architectural world. His great works that until this day still stand will always be remembered.

Louis Kahn early works & partnerships

In 1929 Mr. Kahn returned to Philadelphia. He started working in Crets’ office as a designer. Mr. Kahn was happy about his job. He later got married to Esther Nee Isreali in 1930. He couldn’t continue working in Cret’s office. So, he was sent to Designer Zantzinger, Borie & Merdary to work with them. Mr. Kahn worked there until early 1932 and was part of the U.S Department of Justice Building project in Washington D.C.

Mr. Kahn and Dominique Berninger created an organization called Architectural Research Group (ARG). Young architects who liked populist social preoccupations and styles of contemporary European designers formed this organization. Mr. Kahn and Soils Koplelan another ARG member, formed a partnership. The Kahn & Kopelan was made to pursue commercial jobs. It got a fair amount of good success. The ARG ended in the late 1930’’s. Later on Mr. Kahn got a job with the Philadelphia City Planning Commission, who worked on housing studies. Within that time he was hired by the federal government’s Resettlement Administration. He worked as a consultant to the Philadelphia Housing Authority.

Louis Kahn joined George Howe to work in the Philiadelphia Housing Authority Projects. He later on was invited by Mr.Howe to join partnership for future projects. They worked together for a short time. Even though they didn’t work together for a long time, Mr.Howe would be a part of Louis Kahn's career.
Louis Kahn joined partnership with Oscar Stonorov in 1940.They worked togther for a long time. By 1945 Mr.Kahn started working on several projects with Anne G. Tyng.
Louis Kahn started teaching at Yale university in 1947. By 1950 he spent nine life changing months traveling in Europe. He learned about monumentality,light, amd the form of ancient building and sites. In 1955 Mr.Kahn returned to the University of Pennsylvania to be a teacher. During that time, he was a designer for Alfred Newton Richard medical laboratories. Because of his work, he was greatly recognized by his contemporaries.

Louis Kahn Family & early education

He came from a Jewish family and they came to the United States in 1906. They settled in Philadelphia fearing that his father would be put into the military. His family was poor. They didn’t have a good financial life. At a young age he started to play the piano in silent movies to provide an income for his family. Mr. Kahn would also sell his paintings to get money.
He went to Central High School to study architecture. After that he entered an architecture program in the University of Pennsylvania. In his senior year at the school he won a bronze medal in the Arthur Spayed Brooke Memorial prize. He worked as a draftsman in offices, while he was still in school. He was hired in Moliter’s office as a chief designer. But after two years in school he left it.

The beginning of Louis Isadore Kahn

Louis Isadore Kahn was born in Kuressaare on the Estonian Island of Saaremaa. His real name was Leiser-Itze Schmuilowsky. The exact day of his birth is unknown but it is estimated that he was born in February 20,1901. Louis Kahn was son of Bertha Mendelsohn and Leib Schumuilowsky. The family name was changed from Schmulowsky to Kahn in 1902. At age three his life was at risk because of a serious accident that happened to him. He was home picking up some coals, that were used to heat up the house and he burned his face. The flames left his face scarred for life.