Palazzo Chiericati is a great building that has a rectangular design. It was designed by Andrea Palladio for accommodating important Vicenza citizen. The building is equipped open loggias on both the piano Nobile and the ground floor. The loggia in the first floor is upstretched five feet above the square. It runs through the whole length of the frontage in eleven bays. The five bays in the central scheme slightly and they are separated from the bays in the side by columns.
Groups of columns on every single corner support the master room on the piano Nobile. It projects to the frontage, creating a couple of loggias. In the front, the tops of the loggias are walled with arched openings bordered by pillars. There are urns and figures above comice; they were added by the builder in the 17th century.
The front door is in the center of the ground floor. It directly leads to the rectangular room inside. It linked to small rooms which are symmetrically managed at each of the sides. The rooms are designed as well as possible; some of them come in unusual shapes and sizes. An atrium is behind the central friont door. It has two stairs on each side that lead to piano Nobile or rectangular patio at the back.
National Building Museum in Washington D.C. has offers a spectacular structure. It was designed civil engineer and U.S. Army General Montgomery C. Meigs in 1881. It was finished and firstly operated in 1887. Actually, it was built and functioned as the office of the Pension Bureau but then was occupied by some government agencies, including National Museum of the United States since 1980 until today. . This building is popular as an engineering marvel after then.
The National Building Museum or also called the Great Hall has an ingenious system of vents, windows and archways. It makes the building becomes an accommodative reservoir for air and light from the outside. Bringing impressive design of Italian Renaissance; it has eight Corinthian columns and one central fountain between the interior columns. The interior columns itself are the tallest in the world. The Great Hall was also familiar with gala events, including Presidential Inaugural Balls from 1885 until present day.
The Great Hall uses 400 ft. by 200 ft. in plan of exterior dimensions. The Corinthian columns in the great hall are 8 ft. in diameter and 75 ft. of high. Each of the columns is made from about 70.000 bricks. With the history and style, the National Building Museum becomes an iconic building in the capital city of U.S.
Designed by Italian architect, Domenico da Cortona, Chateau de Chambord is one of the most exciting and interesting chateaux of Loire both from structure and plan. Cortona as architect, created a wooden model as the original but it was altered during the process. Some parties predicted that the greates Italian artist and scientist, Leonardo Da Vinci might be involved in this project. It happens because according to history record, Da Vinci was the architect who created the palace for Francois at Romorantin.
From the outline, we can easily see that Chateau de Chambord typically brings Renaissance design. Its four towers that surround square inside a rectangular with four towers is the proof. Each floor on this great building brings four vaulted halls in rectangular shape where people can descend and ascend without have to meet each other. It meets in the center part with spectacular double-helix open-work stair.
The subsidiary staircases are decorated with lanterns, which make it more monumental. However, there are other opinions related to the building process of this Chateau de Chambord. Some critics said that Domenico de Cortona was only the supervisor of the design. There are also some analysts said that Chateau de Chambord was designed by French architect Pierre Nepveu.
Crown Hall Chicago, Illinois is one of the last buildings built by Mies van der Rohe. This building is located on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology. Crown Hall also shows the capability of Mies van der Rohe in designing great historical building. The roof is so unique because it is built from four girders of four steel that are supported by eight steel columns in the exterior.
Crown Hall in which city planning, design and architecture are taught, brings a symmetric plan related to its axis. The partitions at the top of the window subdivide the space partially. Two stairways in the outside give visitors way to the basement. The basement itself contains offices, workshops, toilet rooms and equipment for the mechanical works. In the floor level, there are natural ventilations to make sure that the rooms there get enough air and light from the outside.
With the Crown Hall, the name of the Illinois Institute of Technology becomes more famous. Crown Hall seems become one of the landmarks there. With its great design from Mies van der Rohe, students who study there always feel comfortable and convenient. They who have graduated always miss the hall because besides it is historical; it also gave so many unforgettable moments to thousands of students.
It is undeniable that Town Hal Hilversum is one of the masterpieces of Willem Marinus Dudok. The building that was outlined in 1924 shows the identity of Dudok as anti-Avant guard artist. Built in a quite large area and applied brick, this building and all areas around become popularly as Hilversum city garden.
According to some critics, Town Hall Hilversum provides a great experience, especially because of the combination of big elements and hollow spaces that come together in a good blended harmony. At the same time, the building offers romantic and highly personal monument. Town Hall Hilversum also becomes one of just few buildings built during on that period that can provide and has symbolic contents. Some people also said that Town Hall Hilversum really shows fact that human loves beauty through sense and harmony. This building shows something more than material but also many things through spiritual sense.
As one of the landmarks in Hilversum, Netherland, Town Hall has admitted by many architecture analysts as one of the best building in the world. Some even said that it gives a monumental accent through its small area. Up to today, Town Hall Hilversum is still famous and known as one of the greatest masterpieces from Willem Marinus Dudok.
