Cabin Retreat

I created a cabin retreat for 4 friends whom want a place to relax on the weekends and holidays. My cabin contains two bedrooms with 3 full size beds which means that it sleeps 6 people. I created a conjoined kitchen, dining room and relaxation area. The relaxation area contains a fireplace as it was requested. I also gave these clients an outdoor living area consisting of a deck which a swing. The cabin has a lovely view of a lake. The following pictures are of this cabin and its floor plan:

John Andrews

            John Hamilton Andrews is an architect born in Sydney, New South Wales on October 29, 1933. Andrews is an Australian architect whom is well-known for his He graduated from the University of Sydney in 1956. Afterwards he took an architecture program at Harvard University. When he finished his course at Harvard, Andrews worked with John Parkin near Toronto until about 1962. For the following five years, John Andrews was in charge of the architecture program at the University of Toronto. In 1962 he also created John Andrews Architects in Toronto. In 1973, Andrews brought his firm to his hometown of Sydney and renamed it John Andrews International.
            John Andrews’ style of architecture is Exhibitionist Modern. This is an architecture in which the buildings created the look of being intricate and advanced to society. John Andrews uses a lot of concrete and glass. His most famous building is the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada. This tower is created completely with concrete and many glass windows. This resembles the work of IM Pei. When comparing the buildings of IM Pei and John Andrews there are plenty of similarities.

 

    Andrews' CN Tower          Intelsat Headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Andrews' deisgn)

    

    King George Tower (Sydney, Australia) 

            However, John Andrews differs greatly from the architectural styles of Antoni Gaudi and Frank Lloyd Wright.  Antoni Gaudi preferred a Spanish style and Frank Lloyd Wright preferred an organic one. John Andrews is completely different from both these with his love for modern architecture. Also both Gaudi and Wright were obsessive over their projects. I’m not saying that Andrews was any less of a hard worker, but he did not obsess over the buildings he created.

            In the end, all four architects produced amazing structures that put their names on the map. The different types of styles that these artists provided society with have changed many people’s outlook on architecture. 

Treehouse Project

Liridon and I created a tree house for small children to play in. It could also be for a group of tweens who need somewhere to hang out. There is a table and chairs. There is also a sofa and television in the tree house. The treehouse is 8 x 10 including the small deck. There are two entrance ways into the tree house; a spiral staircase and a ladder. The ladder goes up to the deck and the staircase goes into the tree house's floor. Our tree house is the perfect, safe hang out for young children and tweens.

February 8th

I finished cutting out all walls. I'm taking the cardboard pieces home to be painted.

February 6th

I brought in the paper to decorate my walls and measured how much is necessary. Also I decided that i need to take the paper home and add details before I glue the paper on the walls.

2/4-2/5

I finished cutting out my last pieces of cardboard. I just need to bring in my materials to cover the cardboard tomorrow and I can put them together and then start gluing.

January 23rd

I evened out my walls.

January 22nd

I cut another one of my walls and started to get the front of the "castle-like" feature cut out as well.

January 18th

I cut out the identical opposite pieces of cardboard to the last two I cut out.

January 11th, 16th and 17th

I was absent.

Monday, January 14th

I finalized and handed in my final drawing.

January 15th

Today I started to cut out my walls from the cardboard. I cut out the back wall which is 180 feet (18 inches) long and 30 feet (3 inches) tall. I also started to cut out the side wall of the building which is 210 feet (21 inches) long and also 30 feet (3 inches) high.