Independent Study for Wk6

TWO SIGNIFICANT PIECES OF ARCHITECTURE:

Burj Al Arab (Tower of the Arabs)

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The Burj Al Arab is a luxury hotel located in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The architect behind this creation was Tom Wright of Atkins, and cost around $US650 million to complete. It is one of the tallest buildings in the world used exclusively as a hotel. This hotel stands on an artificial island out from Jumeirah Beach and is connected to the mainland by a private bridge. It is an iconic structure, designed to symbolise Dubai’s urban transformation and to mimic the sail of a boat. This famous piece of architecture pioneered many complex engineering methods and promotes itself as the world’s only 7-star property. The most commonly used style in representing this piece of architecture is its relationship with its surroundings. It sits out on the water like an incoming sail boat, and when viewed against the skyline paints a very powerful picture. In the development of the structure, many different versions were proposed using sketches and models. The client wanted it to be as iconic as buildings like the Sydney Opera House and the Eiffel tower.

Sydney Opera House

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The Opera House is located on Bennelong Point in Sydney, NSW. Danish architect Jorn Utzon is the mastermind behind this creation which has been labelled one of the most iconic buildings of the 20th century. It is made from a series of precast concrete shells, all taken from a hemisphere of the same radius. The Opera House was formally completed in 1973 at a cost of $102 million. The drawings that Utzon submitted were simple to the point of being diagrammatic, but portrayed the exact image that he desired. Much like the Burj Al Arab, the key style to the representation of this building is the Sydney Harbour and the natural skyline. Along with the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Opera House makes our city one of the most iconic in the world.

DRAFT LAYOUT:

This is the second draft of my poster layout. The main theme of this layout is the contrast of the black and white sides. The black background really emphasises the images of my creature and draws the viewers eyes here first.