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.

Sony (AT & T) Building

The AT & T building, which is now known as the Sony building is Located on 55st & Madison Ave. The building was constructed in 1984. It is a 37 story high building in Midtown Manhattan. The sony building was designed by the architect, Philip Johnson and his Collegue John Burgee. One of the buildings best feature is the entrance. It's arched entrance is seven stories in height. In the bottom, it is being used as stores for sony products,

Citigroup Center

The Citigroup Center (Citicorp Center) Is located in 54st & Madison Ave of Midtown Manhattan. It is one of the largest skyscrapers in New York City. The architect who designed the building was Hugh Stubbins Jr. The building was completed in 1977. The Citigoup building has 59 floors. It is 915 feet (279m) high. The building is known for its unique 45 angled top and its base, which has a one of a kind stilt-style.

Lipstick Building

The Lipstick building is a located in 53st & 3rd avenue. The building got it's name becuase of its lipstick design shape. The building was cmpleted in 1986. The building designers were John Burgee and Philip Johnson. It has 34 floors. The Lipstick building is 453 feet (138m) tall. It is used for commercial offices.

Louis Kahn Video

Louis Kahn was born in Kuressaare on 1901. He was a reconginzed architect. He was from a Russian family and a hardworking man. He was an architect for many buildings around the world. He died in Penn Station of New York City. Noone knew the cause of his death. It took a couple of days for the police to identify his body. A great architect was gone.

Race for the tallest video(n/a)

About Me QUEEN JACKY

My name is Jacky Quizhpi. I am a 17 year old Ecuadorian girl. I currently live in the heart of Queens, Ny. I was born and raised in the Lower East Side.
I was missing gym credits and my teachers enrolled me in the New Design summer program. In the program we study differnt sky scrappers in New York City. We go on tours around the city to take pictures of skyscrappers. We learn about the history of the building and write about it.

Chrysler Building

The Chrysler Building was built in May 27, 1930. The Architect Of this building was Willam Van Alen, he was hired by Walter P. Chrysler. The building is 1,047 ft (319 meters) tall. The chrysler building has 77 floors. The style of the building is art deco. It is a commercial office tower.

United Nations Headquarters

The United Nations was Built in 1950. It was built by Wallace K Harrison. The U.N Building has 38 floors. Its east-west walls are thermopane glass. The north-south Walls are Vermont Marble. The buliding has green glass windows. The shape that was mostly seen in the building were rectangular. The buliding is heavly guarded. Many important issues are dissused in the building, in regard to problems around the world.

Met Life Insuance Building

The Metropolitan Insurance Company Tower which is also know as Metlife Tower, was Completed in 1909. The construction of the bulidng started in 1893. The arcitects for the buliding were Napoleon Le Burns & sons- Hedden Construction Corp. The Buliding is 700ft tall (213M). It has fifty floors. The Carp anile in venice, Italy was the inspiration for the design of the buliding. The Metlife building has a plain lime stone color to it.

The Flat Iron Building

The Flatiron Building, also known as the Fuller Building, was built in 1902. Daniel Burham And John Wellburn Root were the designers involved in the buliding's creation. The flat iron building is 285 ft tall. It has 22 floors. The color of the building is grey and beige. As designs it has lion heads on the exterior of the buildng. It is currently being use as a office building