The Angle Building

The Angle Building was built in June 26, 07. The Angle Building is use for people who are looking for jobs and people in school this building was made for people that need help that can get it. The Angle Building is in 56 st you can take the 6,5,4 to 59 st and walk a few. It is a building that has a door man in the front of the building.

Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson Philip Johnson was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 8, 1906. Philip Johnson attended Harvard College, majoring in the classics. There, in 1927, Johnson began his career as an architectural critic and historian in 1931, when he became director of the architectural department at the newly formed Museum of Modern Art in New York. Johnson entered the Harvard graduate school of design. In 1949 Johnson design his own house he built it out of glass and wood. Johnson did not become a working men architect into he was in his 30’s. Johnson returned to Harvard at the age of 34 to study the architecture after he came back from the military. In 1967 Philip Johnson made a partnership with John Burgee. Johnson and Burgee design the AT&T headquarters in 1984 in New York City. In 1932 he was name director of the department of architecture of the museum of modern. Johnson designed many landmarks arcos the nation including the twin trapezoid – shaped place in Houston it had 51 Story. up for defection by building himself a house in Cambridge for his thesis; he used the house to entertain extravagantly and it allowed him to enter the architectural profession in style. In the early work of the 1970’s and 1980’s Johnson began a new design and he wanted build a building with a lot of color and some thing that was going to become a big building he work on it and became the AT&T building. Johnson built Transco Tower it has 64 floors and it is 90 feet long it is not a central business district the skyscraper the glass and the steel severity of the international style in an art deco-In design. Philip Johnson had a building it was Seagram building it built in the early 1958’s. by Philip Johnson. Seagram Building was location in New York it was built in 1957 it had glass walls and steel frame. The PGG PLACE was built in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania it was built by American Philip Johnson he completed the building in 1984 it had 40 floors it was 635 feet and 194 m.

earlytimes and buidling of Frank Gehry

Frank Owen Gehry was born into a Jewish family in Toronto on February 28th, 1929. As a creative child, he was encouraged by his grandmother with whom they would build little cities out of scraps of wood.
Frank is one of the most in inventive and pioneering architects working today. He relocated with his wife and his two daughters in 1947 to Los Angeles.
He is most famous for the Guggenheim Museum, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Weisman Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario and the Dancing House. His works are unique, creative and different in style; his creations had expanded and grew to include exhibition designs, furniture, libraries, office buildings, restaurants, schools, and visual and performing arts.

Frank studied city planning at Harvard University’s Graduate school of design after graduating from USC. He studied urban planning, and spent a year in Paris working for André Remondet.
Frank then returned to California and opened a small office in Santa Monica in 1962.
Frank went to the University of Southern California, where he got his bachelor’s degree in architecture and then his Masters in architecture at Harvard University. In a way, Frank represents determination and individuality. During an architectural career that has spanned four decades, Frank Gehry has produced public and private buildings in America, Asia, and Europe.

Frank Gehry’s structures are sometimes classified as being of the deconstructivist, or “decon” school of postmodernist architecture. Deconstructivist means “Decon” and it is often referred to as post-structuralist in nature for it’s ability to go beyond current modalities of structural definition. I like his work because it’s different from other peoples work and it’s not plain. The IAC building is an example of Frank Gehry’s unique and creative style.


IAC building

My Medieval times building

In Bryce 5.5 and in cardbord I made a building that represents the Medievall Times, and the way building looked back then. If i choud i whoud put it in where the world trade center was at. The building whoud be used as a hotel and a casino.

Philip Johnsons life when he was young

Philip Johnson was born on July 8, 1906 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a spoiled kid. He had two sisters and a brother. His brother died at the age of 5. No girls liked him because he was unpopular. Johnson attended the Hackley school, in Terrytown, New York. Johnson had to go to Sunday school. Johnson then went to Harvard in 1957, as an undergraduate where he majored in history and philosophy. Johnson’s dad (Homer Johnson) was a lawyer and liked to play golf on his days off. Johnson’s mom (Louise Johnson) was a stay at home wife because his family had lots of money. His mom was interested in architecture. After Harvard Johnson went to the University of Chicago. After the University, Johnson had to pick between Berkley and Yale. He picked Berkley, the reason is because it was more of a community College unlike Yale, because it was a prep school. He ran for local state legislature but he realized he was a lousy politician. Johnson worked for some years at the Museum of Modern Art on architecture, that’s when it hits him, from then on he decided to be an architect.

What Philip Johnson did after college

Philip Johnson co-authored the influential book, The International Style. After College, Johnson started designing buildings. One of Johnson’s early works is the glass house, which was made in 1949. The house has a steel frame along with the glass windows, the house has low cabinets and a big kitchen, there is also a brick cylinder containing a bathroom. The house has a brick guesthouse. The Seagram Building also was one of Philip Johnson’s early works. It was around 1957 and it was built in his favorite way, the international style. It was the world’s most expensive skyscraper because all of the steel needed to be covered in fireproof material. The international style is a style that was made to represent how things looked before World War 2.

One of my favorite Philip Johnson building

I think the Comerica Tower is one of his best works. It’s located in Detroit, Michigan. I like the spike coming out of the sides. The window patterns are like long spears that are shooting up. It’s white and has big opening on the top. It has 42 floors + 2 underground floors. It has 22 elevators.

Some of Philip johnson's buildings

The New York State Theater is located at Columbus Avenue & 63rd Street. The Theater opened on April 23, 1964. The Theater has 2,755 seats and has five balconies. The Theater is home to the ballet & opera of New York.
The Sony Building is located on Madison between 55th and 56th Street. It was constructed in 1984. It is 37-storys high. The building once belonged to AT&T. It was made in the International Style. It has arch door way. It has a steal frame. Its plaza is made as a public place where people can buy things or just come in and eat or just to talk.
The Amon Carter Museum is located in Fort Worth, Texas. The Museum opened in 1961. Its first director, Mitchell A. Wilder had such a love for paintings he started collecting in the 1830’s. It has Texas stone shells as the Museum’s exterior.

My Architect

My Architect is about Luis Kahn a famous man who made lots of skyscrapers in his time. Architects are people who make buildings. Architects with alot of exeperience are the ones who get to build things. People with great attitudes are the ones who are going to make it far in the architect bussiness.

Public Sculptures

Public Sculptures are the best to look at when your just walking around for instance, this photo is antiwar sculpture promoting peace. Many sculptures show different things that are happening around the world.

The AT&T Building

The AT&T Building was built in 1984 and it had 37 floors in side the build it was on Madson Ave. and 55th & 56 street. The building had seven stories in height. The architect was Philip Cortelyou Johnson.

The UN Headquarters

The United Nations Headquarters or the UN for short was made in 1950 by Wallace Harrison. The UN building is made of thermopane glass and steel in the international style. There are 39 stories in UN. The UN became a landmark. Its located in midtown manhatten.

Chrysler Building

The Chrysler Building was built in 1928-1930 the architect was William Van Alen, the Chrysler Building is 1,047 (318.9m) feet, the architectural style was art deco,the Chrysler Building had 77 floors and 32 elevators, the building exterior color white silver. The materials were stainless steel

Ezra Stoller

We went to a photo gallery near chelsea and it was a gallery of all the photos Ezra Stoller took. Ezra Stoller is a famous architectural photographer, he takes photos of famous building, he said "a building isn't finish until every photo is taken of the building from every side."

About Us

Im Jeffrey and im from New Design High School and im in summer school for failing Tad's history class.

Im Dennis and im from New Design High School and im here in summer school for failing Tad's history class.

We all failed his history class.


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The Metropolitan Life Insurance Building

The Metropolitan Life Insurance Building was build in 1909 by Napoleon Leburn and had 50 floor, was made out of limestone and marble the exterior color was brown, the buildiing was 700 feet high and was known for the clock on the side of the building, the clock size is 26.5feet long.

We think this Building Interesting because it has a clock and not most builing have clocks, we think it's cool because if your ever walking around with out the time you could always look up at the building.

The FlatIron Building

The Flat Iron Building was build in 1902 by Deniel Burnham and John Wellborn Root they made the flat iron building 285 feet high with 22 floor, the Flat Iron Building was made with beaux-arts and iron, the building exterior color was brown, the Flat Iron Building got it's name for the way the building looks like.

We see that the building is different and better because all other building plan flat or square, we like the Flat Iron Building because it gives the city a different look and more exotic look.