5/3/12

Architecture Preview Blog

1) Chaintreuil Jensen Stark was the architect
2) 1969
3) Rochester, New York
4) You Can Visit
5) Yes, $27 million
6) "structure resembles a giant pile of colorful children’s blocks and houses an exhibit on the importance of play."
7) The reason i chose this building is because it seemed very interesting. The colors of the building are very bright and caught my attention right away. As well as the building blocks, since Ive never seen anything quiet like this building. I like how the blocks look like children blocks so its kind of obviouse its a place for kids to have fun.
1) Szotynscy Zaleski
2) In 2004
3) Sopot, Poland
4) You Can Visit
5) Nope
6) The idea of the building came from a fairy tale book.
7) The reason i chose this building is because its bizzare. Its bizzare since the building looks like a wave or as if it is melting. This building is very strange looking but in its own unique, cool kind of way. The crooked house is definetley a place i would like to visit.
1) Javier Senosiain
2) 2006
3) Naucalpan, Mexico
4) It is a private house
5) Nope
6) The architect was inspired by the sea
7) The reason i chose this building is because it has a very interesting shape to it. The house looks like a sea shell (probably because the architecture is inspired by the sea). I love the colors of the entrance of the house. I wouldnt have thought of building a house like the seashell house. It is very nicely built and beautiful to look at.
1) Unknown
2) Unknown
3) Kansas City, Missouri
4) You Can Visit
5) Not Told
6) Parking Garage And Known As "The Community Bookshelf"
7) The reason i chose this building is because it was creative to make a library parking garage into a bookshelf full of books. Not many people would think of making actual books as a outer wall of a parking garage. The architecture is very unique and pretty cool. I would like to visit the parking garage too see what titles they have there.

1) Tom Wright
2) 1999
3) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
4) You can visit but you have to pay to get a hotel room
5) $650,000,000.00
6) Its just a hotel
7) the reason I like this building is because of the weird of the shape to it. I like how it even has its own little island it stands on. The location of the building looks very relaxing. The building is somewhere where i would like to vacation at.

Architecture SHOOT preview assignment

This photo is the details photo. The reason this is a details photo is because it is up close to the building to see what kinds of designs are on the building.
This photo shows the light and where the light hits the building. The reason this is a light photo is because the viewer can see where the light is coming from and at what angle the light is hitting the building.
This is the photo that shows the pattern on the building. The reason the is a pattern photo is because it has the same balcony's in rows and all the balcony's are built the same way.
This photo is to show the angles and shape of the building. The photo is very symmetrical and has a lot of shapes and that is why it is an angles and shapes photo.
This photo is a surroundings photo. The reason it is a surroundings photo is because it shows where the building could be located.

4/19/12

Elements of News

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/19/world/asia/us-afghanistan-helicopter-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/19/justice/kansas-inmates/index.html?hpt=us_c2
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/19/us/new-york-terror-trial/index.html?hpt=us_c2

5 Ws and the H

Airplane Story
Who? The Pilot, The passengers, flight attendents
What? Plane took a nose dive,Pilot tried to avoid, what he thought, was another plane coming right at him. Pilot tried to avoid, what he thought, was another plane coming right at him. The "Plane" was actually the planet Venus
When? Tue April 17, 2012

Where? The middle of the Atlantic Ocean
Why? The airplane pilot woke up and took a nose dive thinking that the planet venus was another plane
How? The airplane pilot was asleep and woke up disoriented, thinking that venus was another plane
Handcuffed 6yr Old.

Who? 6 Year old girl

What? A 6 year old girl was arrested

When? Tue April 17, 2012

Where? Milledgeville, Creekside Elementary

Why? The 6 year old was having a tempertantrum

How? Destroying school property, destroying students property, and kicking the principles leg

Austin Fisher

Who? Austin Fisher, His town communtiy

What? Not able to graduate but eventually was aloud to graduate

When? Apr 17, 2012

Where? Small Ohio town

Why? was not able to graduate since he was absent a lot taking care of his mother, who has cancer.

How? was able to graduate since he had a good reason for being absent so many times and by pressure of the media.

4/17/12

Answers To Questions

  • Whats your name? Brandon
  • How old are you? "18"
  • What grade are you in? "Senior"
  • How did you find out that you were the student of the month? "I heard rumors"
  • Are you making good grades in all of your classes? "Yes"
  • Do you help your teachers? "No"
  • Do you go to tutoring often? "No"
  • Do teachers congratulate you on your success of being the student of the month? what do they say? "Yes, Mr. Reeves tells me im a good kid and im gonna be successfull in life"
  • Do students/friends congratulate you on your success of being the student of the month? What do they say? "They said, 'good job'"
  • Do you do community service? "Yes, at the rec center just helping out."
  • What activities do you do after school? "Sometimes I work and I play basketball."
  • Are you in any sport here at Akins? if not what sports would you like to be in and why? "No; Basketball... It's a fun sport."
  • Are you proud of being student of the month? "Yes, because i dont know."
  • What did you have to do to become student of the month? "Be swagged out"
  • How did you react to being the student of the month? "Really happy, I jumped up"
  • How did your family react when you told them that you were student of the month? "They were really proud of me...They got me a PS3"
  • Did you get a prize when you were chosen as the student of the month? If yes what was the prize? "I got a certificate for being student of the month" 
  • Who would you choose to be the next student of the month (other than you)? why? "Edgar Medina, because he's an awesome person
  • Do you think that someone else deserves the student of the month prize? If so who and why? "No, only me"
  • How do you think this month will be? "It will be the best month of my life"
  • Are you gonna try to be next months student of the month? "Yes I'm fighting for it"