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Vancouver es una ciudad de la costa de Canadá sobre el océano Pacífico, ubicada enel suroeste de la provincia de Columbia Británica, entre el estrecho de Georgia y las Montañas Costeras. La ciudad y la isla fueron llamadas así en honor del capitán George Vancouver, un explorador inglés. Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on [...]

Burj Al Arab hotel            Architect: Tom Wright of W.S. Atkins PLC Location: Dubai, Arabian Emirates. Date: 1994 to 1999 Building type: hotel Construction system: steel exoesqueleton wrapped around a reinforced concrete tower. Teflon-coated fiberglass sail on the front. Style: Ultra Modern Note: Higest hotel in the world. It’s stands on [...]

Bank of China tower   Architect: J.M. Pei Location: Hong Kong, China. Date: 1982 to 1990 Building type: skyscraper commercial office tower. Construction system: steel frame, glass curtain wall. Style: Modern. Notes: graceful, concise and structurally expresive, triangular stepped-back plan.  

Chartres cathedral     Architect: unknown Location: Chartres, France. Date: 1194 to 1260 Building type: cathedral Construction system: bearing masonry Style: Gothic exemplar

Farnsworth house     Architect: Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe Location: Plano, Illinois (USA) Date: 1946 to 1950 Building type: house Construction system: steel frame with glass Style: Modern Notes: International style exemplar. Glass and steel hpuse hovers in meadow.

Fallingwater – Kaufmann house     Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright Location: Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania (USA) Date: 1934, 1938, 1948 Building type: house Construction system: reinforced concrete, stone Style: Modern Notes: Edgard J. Kaufmann residence. Cantilevers dramatically over rock outcropping and rushing stream.

Campo Volantin footbridge     Architect: Santiago Calatrava Location: Bilbao (Spain) Date: 1990 to 1997 Building type: footbridge Construction system: steel inclined parabolic arch with galss decking Style: Modern  

  Sagrada Familia church     Architect: Antoni Gaudí Location: Barcelona (Spain) Date: 1882 to 1926 Building type: church Construction system: masonry Style: Expressionist

  Notre Dame cathedral           Architect: Maurice de Sully Location: Paris (France) Date: 1163 to 1250 Building type: church, cathedral Construction system: bearing masonry, cut stone Style: Early Gothic  

Eames house     Architect:Charles Eames Location: Pacific Palisades, California (USA) Date: 1945 to 1949 Building type: house Construction system: semi-prefab, light steel frame with panels. Style: Modern Notes: Case study Nº8. Modern aesthetic of light elegant assembly  from standard industrial elements.