Poydras Luxury Apartments Built in 2010 located in New Orleans, the Poydras apartments were born. This project is reported to be the first residential high-rise constructed in downtown New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. (Architect Magazine) The tower is a 21 story apartment building and features of it elevate the essentials while doing so it introduces the unexpected it also gives new meaning to its kind. The tower is approximately 462,000 in square footage. This project was one of the most recognized projects for Architect Steve Dumez, whose design for the new high-rise apartment tower would give him lots of attention in the local news media and magazines receiving several awards. The large development draws on the building patterns of the city’s historic quarter and their social implications …show more content…
Design director at Eskew, Dumez, and Ripple reported the construction cost for the project was about $55,000,000. Specific materials aren't listed just local sub-contractors hired to compete the the development project.. The project includes 250 apartments above three ground level retail spaces and a 500-car garage. The tower is a truly uncommon approach to designing common living areas. From the ninth floor, the entire double height volume is wrapped in high-performance clear glass, reinforcing the transition from base to tower while providing expansive views of the downtown area. Outside the sky lobby is the pool deck I have attached photo’s of this view published by architect magazine tiered seating rising alongside the narrow pool. Tucked beneath the bleachers is the 24 hour on site facility’s fitness center. The development has five two story townhouses that creates an architectural edge along the south side of the deck, producing the effect of a courtyard on the garage rooftop, it's beautiful just beautiful. Thoughtfully conceived with this loft-like layout, sleek lines, and modern finishes that evoke a clean aesthetic of
James F. O'Gorman, Dennis E. McGrath. ABC of Architecture. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998. Document. October 2013.
Dell Upton is a historian and renowned professor of architecture and Urbanism at the University of California. He has published several books on architecture; one of them is “Architecture in the United States”, published in 1998. In this book, Upton analyzes the architecture of the United States in different aspects, such as nature, money and art, thus depicting the great variety in architectural forms, and how throughout the decades, different interests have lead communities to different ways of building, different purposes and materials, thus reflecting their way of thinking and their relationship with the environment. By exploring so many different architectural styles, Upton reveals the great diversity and richness that has always, and continues to characterize American architecture.
(Image taken from Tranchtenberg, Marvin, Isabelle Hyman. Architecture: From Prehistory to Postmodernity. Second Edition. Prentice Hall, Inc. New Jersey: 2002.)
The Seagram building is the prime example of Mies' masterful use of steel. The bronze sheathed skyscraper soars thirty-eight stories high from its 90-foot deep pink granite plaza. Volume is everywhere apparent in this building, from the great columns that bring the structure to the ground to the welded bronze mullions holding the glass sheets in place. As enormous of a project this was, great attention was paid to purity and precision of design, following the fundamentals of the style. Details from doorknobs to stainless steel furniture throughout the building, spacious layout and functional use of all elements from interior office space to shower rooms, the Picasso backdrop signaling the entrance, the cantilevered portico entrance, and the luminous ceiling, make this one of the worlds most elegant skyscrapers. More importantly, pertaining to the International Style, Mies has expressed his elegant use of materials, and technological perfection throughout the building.
Temko, Allan. (1993). No Way to Build a Ballpark: and Other Irreverent Essays on Architecture. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.
In order to create innovative public architecture, considered to be the most civic, costly, time intensive and physical of the arts, the project holds a degree of risk, strife, and negotiation . Overcoming these tasks and creating worthy public architecture is a challenge designers try to accomplish, but are rarely successful. The people involved in a potential public building, can be larger than the building itself. Public architecture tries to please all, even the doubters and critics, but because of the all these factors, a building is closer to failing than succeeding.
The book as a description of modern architecture, its styles and influence succeeds but falls short as a prescriptive methodology. His work is still recalled for the need by modernists to categorize everything into neat little boxes, not necessarily for the sake of uniformity, but for sake of some ambiguity. The ambiguity may be the triumph of this book as post modern architecture era is supposed to create more questions than the answers.
In conclusion, the designers and builders of the tower have an undesirable job: creating a building that is functional, modern, sustainable and unique. At the same time it is honoring the memory of the people that died in and around the buildings that stood there before. While the green sustainable features have been criticized for being too expensive, they will do more than save just water, electricity and emissions. They and the grace of the building will inspire a generation of green and safe skyscrapers for the twenty-first century. This building has become one of the safest, environmentally friendly and expensive ever built, but as critics slate the building for various reasons, one cannot take away the determination through political, social and economic status that designers and workers have created such a beautiful building with great meaning.
Curtis, W J. "11. Skyscraper and Suburb: America between the Wars." In Modern architecture since 1900, 144-158. London: Phaidon, 1996.
It was designed in the Art Deco period and its total height is 1,454 feet tall. Some of the architectural elements used are obvious, and some are not as obvious. Some elements are a façade, an enclosed porch, and small, boxy, shapes connected
In developing this contemporary and iconic building, the design focuses on practical attributes and optimises energy efficiency. The design strategy encapsulates four key aspects:
The Ottawa apartment rental market is enjoying modest, but encouraging, reports at the start of the third quarter of 2016. The cosmopolitan city of Ottawa, Ontario is unique, in that it has no significant language or cultural dictates. Therefore, having found high-value, Ottawa, apartments and condos to lease, employees government and foreign embassies are discovering that it is relatively easy to smoothly integrate into the community. Additionally, the pleasant climate of the area sends no small invitation to residents to enjoy a plethora of outdoor recreation activities.
Meijenfeldt, E. V., and Geluk, M. 2003. Below ground level: creating new spaces for contemporary architecture. Birkhauser
Constantly judged and evolving, the practice of architecture is forever plagued by the future. The future of people, of culture, technology and its resulting implications on the built environment that more often than not, outlives their creators. Much of the conversation surrounding this future architecture currently hinges itself on the creation of new experiences, forms and spatial relationships brought about by technological innovation.
Abstract: New forms in current world have been testimony to the contemporary style of postmodern architecture and are the strength of today’s generation for creating significant architectural standards. Post modernism has blurred the borders between contemporary and traditional construction classical concepts and simply in the field of art and literature. The architectural elements like domes, arches, and classical shapes have lost their identity but the post modernism tries to bridge between these historical forms and contemporary styles. The related architects not only struggled to achieve the image for the buildings but also rejected oversimplified diagrams for living. The post modernism here tries to achieve theoretical base for their designs that creates the excitement in the design program.