18. Petronas Twin Tower Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
19. • The towers feature a double decker skybridge connecting the two towers on the 41st and 42nd floors. • The bridge is 170 m (558 ft) above the ground and 58 m (190 ft) long, weighing 750 tons. • The main bank of Otis Lifts is located in the centre of each tower. All main lifts are double-decker with the lower deck of the lift taking passengers to even-numbered floors and upper deck to odd-numbered floors. To reach an odd-numbered floor from ground level, passengers must take an escalator to the upper deck of the lift. • On the top of each tower is a pinnacle standing 73.5 metres (241 ft) tall. Each pinnacle is composed of 50 unique parts making up the main components: the spire, mast ball and ring ball. Together these parts weigh 176 tons. • The interiors of the towers highlight the Malaysian cultural inspiration to the design through traditional aspects such as fabric and carvings typical of the culture, specifically evident in the foyer of the entrance halls in the towers.
20. Sky bridge at height of 170m above G.L. Comparitive height of varios sky skrapper One of the Petronas Towers spires
21. the Petronas Twin Towers floor plan design adopted a simple Islamic geometric forms of two interlocking squares creating a shape of eight-points stars with the semi-circles softening in the inner angles. Plan of 17th floor
22. Harold Washington Library • The Harold Washington Library Center is the central library for the Chicago Public Library System. • The building contains approximately 756,000 square feet (70,200 m2) of space. • Architects: Hammond, Beeby and Babka. • Exterior:- The exterior evokes the design of the Rookery, Auditorium and the Monadnock buildings. The bottom portion is made of large granite blocks. Red brick makes up the majority of the exterior. These two portions draw on the Beaux-Art style. On the north, east and south sides of the build are five story tall arched windows. Between the windows are rope friezes. The pediments and most of the west side facing Plymouth Court are glass, steel and aluminum with ornamentation hearkening to the Mannerist style. the roof was ornamented with seven large, painted aluminum acroteria designed by Kent Bloomer with owl figures by Raymond Kaskey.
23. Detailed exterior elements Elevation at western face
24. Interior:- • All public doors lead to the lobby. The corridor goes east then south then west and opens south to the lobby. • The lower level houses the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, Multi-Purpose Room and Exhibit Hall. • The central lobby is two stories tall. On the east side, the Popular Library is housed. • The second floor houses the Thomas Hughes Children’s library. Plan of Harold Washington library
25. Neue Staatsgalerie • The Neue Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, Germany, was designed by the British firm James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates, although largely accredited solely to partner James Stirling. • The building has been claimed as the epitome of Post-modernism. • It was constructed in the 1970s and opened to the public in 1984. • The building incorporates warm, natural elements of travertine and sandstone in classical forms, to contrast with the industrial pieces of green steel framing system and the bright pink and blue steel handrails. • The building's most prominent feature is a central open-top rotunda. This outdoor, enclosed space houses the sculpture garden. It is circumvented by a public footpath and ramp that leads pedestrians through the site. This feature allows the public to reach the higher elevation behind the museum from the lower front of the building's main face.
26. Side views of Neue Staatsgalerie 3D view of Neue Staatsgalerie
27. Plan of Neue Staatsgalerie First Floor Ground Floor
28. UTOPIAN IDEAS
29. • Utopia is derived form two Greek terms • ‘ou’ – meaning ‘not’ or ‘no’ • ‘topos’ – meaning ‘place’ • no – place • THE WORD WAS FIRST COINED BY SIR THOMAS MORE IN HIS BOOK ‘UTOPIA’ IN 1516
30. • The built environment that we live in today was largely shaped by Modernism. The buildings we inhabit, the chairs we sit on, the graphic design that surrounds us have all been created by the aesthetics and the ideology of Modernist design. • Modernism was not conceived as a style but a loose collection of ideas. • It was a term which covered a range of movements and