Friday, February 5, 2010


St George in the East
is an Anglican Church and one of six Hawksmoor churches in London, England, built from 1714 to 1729, with funding from the 1711 Act of Parliament. The name of the church was also the parish for the surrounding area, until subsumed into Metropolitan Borough of Stepney (and later the London Borough of Tower Hamlets).





Church of San Spirito


The Basilica of Santa Maria del Santo Spirito ("St. Mary of the Holy Spirit") is one of the main churches in Florence, Italy. Usually referred to simply as Santo Spirito, it is located in the Oltrarno quarter, facing the square with the same name. The building on the interior is one of the pre-eminent examples of Renaissance architecture.






Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Building Typology

1) The typology of my building research is museums.
2) I research this type of building because its bultiuse building (business, gatherings, rooms, halls, etc)
3) The specialty of this building can be anything again, you can use it for several diffrent things.
4) The example of Museums that I will research are; Guggenheim museum, Kimbell museum, Yale art museum, Walt Disney Concet Hall, JFk library & museum, Van Gogh Museum, Porsche Museum, Folkwang museums.
5) The goals for my research are to understand the functionality and what makes the museums successful.
6) The elements that I will add to my research are; how does it relate to the neighborhood and what material they used to save the earth.