3. Type of Building: Example of Japanese
Metabolism.
Function: Apartment Complex
Architect: Kisho Kurokula
Date: 1972
Style: 70’s
Location: Tokyo
Cultural Group: Japanese
Materials: Modified sea containers
4. Historical Facts: Architect makes unusual
buildings
Fun Fact: You can take or add blocks
Why I choose this building: I’ve never seen a
building with block and circular windows
stacked on top of eachother.
5.
6. Building Name: The Highlife Tree House
Type of Building: Family Living
Function: House
Architect: Pete Nelson
Style: Log
Location: England
Cultural Groups: British
Materials: Wood
Fun Fact: In an actual tree
Why I chose this building: It was cool and I
like treehouses.
7.
8. Building Name: Raffles Hotel
Type of Building: Hotel
Function: Living
Architect: Regent Alfred and John Bidwell
Date: 9th Century
Style: Colonial
Location: Singapore
Cultural Group: Chinese
Fun Fact: It’s a hotel
Why I chose this building: Tall with a lot of
windows
9. Aalton,
Gaynor. The History of Architecture.
New York: New York, 2008.