The Thorsen House was built by the Greene brothers in 1909 for the Sigma Phi Society. This is regarded as one of their greatest works because of the extreme attention to detail in every aspect of the house and the surrounding landscape. The house contains intricate wooden stairways and walls. It is combined with some astonishing ironwork of light fixtures and as well as stained glass to bring the whole house together.

This house stands head and shoulders above the surrounding neighborhood. Their surrounding neighborhood consists of traditional brick buildings, but this wooden structure truly stands out. The building incorporates so much design and detail that it boarders the line of becoming more art than house. This is one of my favorite buildings he has ever made because he took the time to change the landscape to complement the house. In their other works their buildings felt a little out of place, but this building works with the environment making me love it the most out of all of his works.

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The Greene brothers were known to turn down the majority of commercial buildings because they were not able to put in the same amount of detail as they would be able to for residential properties. This old shop in Pasadena California is the only surviving commercial building they designed that is still standing today. It was made with made by conventional methods and does not embody their traditional attention to detail.

This building is really nothing to note in my eyes as there is nothing unique or special about this building. It appears to look almost exactly to the buildings that are beside it. The Greene and Greene trademark and the reason they were admired by me and others was because of their craftsmanship and attention to detail. In this design, they did not put the effort and soul into this project like they did for their residential.

https://www.oldpasadena.org/visit/directory/view/39/crown-city-loan–jewelry

Charles and Henry Greene constructed the Gamble House for the Procter and Gamble family in 1908. The Greene brothers spared no expense in the construction and design of this house. They designed everything from textiles to furnishings with inspirations from Japanese architecture. They also, hired 10 local craftsmen to help hand craft every single inch of the building.

I personally love the design of the house as it looks nothing like many of the cookie cutter houses of todays day and age. The woodworking on the interior is absolutely amazing because everything inside the house was made to go together. Each piece of furniture looks like it was meant to be there rather than the next best option. Overall, the craftmanship on this house is amazing and is probably why it became a national landmark with dozens of tours a day still occurring at this house.

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In 1907, The Greene Brothers started Construction on the Robert R. Blacker House. This house was commissions by a very successful man in the lumber business then retired. To incorporate in Mr. Blacker, love of lumber they relied heavily on the use of exotic hardwoods from all over the world. They managed to blend wood and metal to make it appear as seemliest combination. The Greene Brothers designed every inch of the building to come together as a work of art from each custom-made light fixture to the very walls itself.

This building is absolutely amazing and now is considered to be on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Each inch of the building is so thought after those previous owners used to sell the furniture and even the light fixtures to make a profit. This instigated outrage in many of the surrounding community leading to those practices being shut down. This building is an exemplary example of how natural material can be used in residential areas to create a work of art.

Oracle Park, or as it used to be called AT&T Park, was built right on the San Francisco Bay being completed on April 11th, 2000. It seats 41,915 people and costs around $357 million. The stadium was precisely placed to a fantastic sea breeze from the bay, keeping all players and spectators cool in the brutal California heat. The stadium was built mainly of brick and steel, incorporating brick clock towers and taking influence from many of the buildings surrounding it.

My first time visiting this stadium was when I was around five, and it was amazing! I remember going to the giant coke bottle in left field, which also happened to be a slide, and using it while semi-watching the games and getting a phenomenal view of the city. They also shoot up bay water rather than fireworks for home runs. The way Oracle parks works with its surroundings instead of against it is incredible, and it’s one of the many reasons this is my favorite park.

One of the great things about baseball stadiums is that no two are exactly the same, and they all have something unique. Oracle accentuates their bay and wharf and almost makes it part of the stadium as well. As a result, the stadium truly looks like it belongs there rather than shooting up out of nowhere, as many others do. I hope to go back soon to relive some of those positive childhood experiences.

The JP Morgan Chase Headquarters in Plano was very recently finished and has incorporated many elements into wellness and healthcare for the employees. JP Morgan created their own campus surrounding the building consisting of a day care, gaming center, park/lake and much more. All of these items really go into making the campus appear much more friendly and less like a harsh work environment. The company invested over $2 billion dollars to make this campus a reality, and they did an astonishing job all the way through and really put employee health and satisfaction above all else.

I was lucky enough to get to visit this campus during my internship last summer. The idea of being in an office after working from home for so long was not the best. I assumed the work conditions were going to be in cubicles under florescent lights, and that I would be extremely lucky if I could look at a window. However, the headquarters made it so just about every workspace could get some natural light and a great view of their man-made lake, or the rest of their campus.

I’m very excited to hopefully work in this office full time in the future. It has left a very positive made on me and made work more barrable. I hope that more office incorporate their employees receiving natural light and being able to see nature because that is my ideal situation to work in.

Source: https://officesnapshots.com/2018/12/03/jpmorgan-chase-regional-headquarters-plano/

The Perot Museum of Natural History was built in 2006 and has been a significant tourist attraction for people of all ages ever since. The Architecture of this building makes it stand out from the surrounding buildings. The two most noticeable are the escalator that protrudes from the building’s second and third floor and the miniature elevated park.

The first and only time I’ve ever been in and even seen this building was back in elementary school for a field trip. Pulling up to the building was an incredible experience because it looked nothing like any of the other buildings I’ve ever seen. The way it created its own scene with its elevated park and the protrusions were enchanting to me at that age. Once inside, I remember walking straight to the escalator and hanging outside the building, and looking all around as I went up. At the top of the escalator, I looked into the museum and could see every floor from top to bottom.

This building has left such a positive experience on me because I love creativity and innovation. Seeing and experiencing the same thing, again and again, gets boring, so experiences or buildings like the Perot Natural History Museum spark my imagination. I love to create and draw, and seeing buildings like that in my childhood helped inspire me and push me down a path of creativity that I hope never to veer from.

Source: https://www.perotmuseum.org/about-us/index.html

The Reunion Tower is one building that sticks out above the rest anytime I go through Dallas. I lived in Dallas for basically my entire life and always looked up in awe at the tower. However, it took me a long 15 years before I managed to get to the top. For my 15^th birthday I had an amazing opportunity to make it to the very top. The view over the city in the night sky was amazing. However, one of the most amazing things about being at the one of the top floors is that the floor rotates in a circle. This allowed me to see full 360-degree view of Dallas without even needing to move! It might not be the tallest building in Dallas, but to me its by far the grandest!

The building has always filled me with excitement and wonder. It represented success and achievement in my eyes. The Tower was originally built as an event center and radio station. However, it has evolved and changed into one of the most popular tourist destinations in Dallas, as well as attracting many locals. Approximately 1 million visitors come to the The Reunion Tower better knowns as “The Ball” each year, and with an amazing view from that vantage point, I don’t see that level of tourist attraction changing anytime soon.

Source: https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/texas/articles/most-impressive-buildings-in-dallas/