The Reasons Behind My Passion

I got into architecture when I was younger. I was looking up at buildings and wondering "How did they do that?" A couple years later, I determined I had the mind to do what I thought was my career path: architecture and engineering. After some time, I just so happened to create this blog to inspire future generations to pursue their passion, architecture or not. It does not matter what your passion is , it's if it drives you. If your passion drives you to make the goal, that is all that matters. My passion drives me to achieve my dreams, to carve out my life. That is why I pursue my passion, because it makes me strive to be better. 

The reason why I got into this is because I like how people can come up with these designs and make them real. I felt like I have the mind to do this. I feel like this is what I want to do. I want to pursue this dream like it's my destiny, because I believe it is. 

I want to get the best grades in middle and high school, go to Cal Poly for college, get a major in architecture, and go to grad school and get a Masters Degree in the same subject, and go work for a great firm or start my own firm.  

Stratosphere Hotel and Its Things to Do

The Stratosphere Las Vegas Hotel is a 24 story hotel with 2,427 rooms with a 1,149 ft tower with a revolving restaurant called "Top of the World" and four thrill rides on top of the tower. Yeah, you heard me, on TOP of the tower! They are: Big Shot, Insanity, SkyJump Las Vegas, and X-Scream. These are enough to get you screaming your head off and your heart pounding. The tower is just a tall, narrow slab with a huge observatory with a revolving restaurant in it and four off the wall thrill rides on top! How are they able to design and be able to construct this?! If you go to Vegas, make sure to go there. Photos are courtesy of www.stratospherehotel.com and www.hotels.com.

Insanity

Big Shot

SkyJump Las Vegas

X-Scream

The Stratosphere Hotel and Tower

The Two Tallest Radio Towers

The two tallest TV and radio broadcasting towers are in Guangzhou, China, and Tokyo, Japan. The Tokyo Skytree and the Canton Tower are both at or just over 2,000 ft tall. The Canton Tower is at 2,000 ft, while the Tokyo Skytree is 2,080 ft tall. The two towers represent the neofuturistic architectural style. The retrofuturistic architectural style is more wacky, unreal, and artistic. The two towers depicted here are more realistic of what the future will hold for us all. Photos courtesy of Wikipedia.


Top: Tokyo Skytree

Bottom: Canton Tower

Earthquakes...Why San Francisco is Changing Its Buildings

San Francisco is such a beautiful city. But there's just one flaw: earthquakes cause major damage, taking away that beauty. Retrofittings in old buildings and building new ones that are seismically safe reduce the damage caused by a XII intensity earthquake. The retrofittings in the buildings don't change the look of the building, however, because people are so attached to the architecture. Here is what happened in two major earthquakes in the city's history: The 1906 Earthquake, aka "The Great Shake" and the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. Photos courtesy of Wikipedia.

A house in the Marina after the Loma Prieta Earthquake.





The collapsed Bay Bridge after the same earthquake.

San Francisco after The Great Shake.

Why An Over 3,000 Ft Building?

The Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is 3,280 ft (1 km). But why a building so tall? I think it's because people want to show what they are capable of. But I think that people can't breathe when you're building over 3,000 ft in the air. But anyways, it's a great building. Here's a rendering from Wikipedia.

Salesforce Tower: My Opinions and Comments

Do you think that it's about time San Francisco had a building that is over 1,000 ft tall? I think so. Why didn't they build this back in the '60s? If New York City built the Chrysler Building back in 1930, why couldn't San Francisco follow with a building like that 30 years later? But however, it's going to be taller than the Chrysler Building, so that makes a difference. The building is great because it has zing, it stands out, it has the wow factor, it's original. The Transbay Transit Center and the building gives people fast access to street and underground transportation. Here are two photos of the Salesforce Tower and the Chrysler Building. Photographs courtesy of Wikipedia. 


Top right: Chrysler Building 


Bottom: Salesforce Tower

Comments: One57 and the Chicago Spire

The reason I like One57 is because it is multiple structures in one. It is very futuristic and is a great example of an out of the ordinary skyscraper. The Chicago Spire is a straight-up tower and the first building in the United States to reach 2,000 ft. I am proud of this country to make this milestone, and I'd like to see it in real life. Renderings courtesy of www.skyscrapercenter.com and Wikipedia.

Top: Chicago Spire

Bottom: One57