LA 1201 Chapter : Landscape Architecture 2 7
Document Summary
John hancock bank building in boston architectural design assumed flawed, however, lawsuits found that it was a defect by the window manufacturer. Windows would just fall out of a 70 story building to the streets below. Museum- architecture can do many things in the domain of public education. Design is mindful of the classic 19th century west building. Triangle for structure and essence of composition land plot had 4 uneven sides ridges and passages inside of building use space wisely and add dimension to the building. Balance symmetrical on sight line with the old museum. Risk- famous building failure if new addition doesn"t match or is unsightly. Art the wild landscape makes us aware of time and nature, impresses us, but nature is not art, and art is not nature. A product of man, it is rooted in creative urges, it is an expression of the man"s mind. Practical and design functions have to be solved.
