Designed by Tod & Billie Tsein

This project was designed for Tata Consultancy Services in Mumbai, India. The campus was designed to be accessed on foot. The buildings were subsequently built low to the ground, to emphasize the importance of the landscape. They wanted to showcase the beauty of the land around the building, so buildings are built at lower levels to experience the landscape. The focal point of the workstations is the lighting. There are many studies done on the importance of lighting and productivity. Especially in India where monsoons ravage the landscape, it is important to have access to quality lighting all the time. Part of the effort to increase this was the sharing of lighting between rooms. Instead of having the rooms walled off, some of the walls are replaced by glass. This allows light to be shared by multiple rooms and increase the amount of lighting in a space. The last part of the project that was considered was the temperature of the campus. Mumbai is hot year-round, so the importance of climate control is important to the design. The goal was to reduce the amount of energy needed, and because there were large amounts of windows, heat could easily enter the buildings. To solve this problem the implementation of fans in the design was important. Convection is the process of heat rising. Tod and Billie used fans to push the heat up and out of the building. Because the building is built into the ground, the floors are cool and can stay cool throughout the warmer days or weeks.

By Tod & Billie Tsein

The Barnes foundation building is one of the coolest buildings I have seen. The colors compliment each other very well. This building was built in 2012 in Philadelphia, PA. The Barnes Foundation building is home to an art education facility. The facility houses a collection, art education, and a gallery. The building was built to resemble a light box. The building is deemed to have, “a gallery in a garden and a garden in a gallery.”

Have you ever been to a vacation spot multiple times and stayed at the same place every time? This is how our family felt about the Sleep-in in Madison, WI. My mother’s family is from Wisconsin, and we would stay here every time we went to visit. There is not anything about this place that stands out or strikes you as special, but its special to us. This hotel had everything we needed, and we loved knowing exactly where we were going to stay. We knew what breakfast was going to be downstairs and we knew the level of service we were going to get. Our family even went to use the pool when we were not visiting them in Wisconsin, definitely not allowed but quite funny. This hotel is our place.

There are not many things I claim to have brand loyalty to, but one of them is without a doubt Coca-Cola. My grandmothers on both sides of my family are huge advocates of Coca-Cola, and I can definitely say I bought into the trend. The world of Coca-Cola is one of the coolest places I have been to. From the Coca-Cola Museum to the craziest gift store I have seen, besides Disney world, this place is awesome. Obviously, it helps to be a huge advocate of Coca-Cola to be as amazed as I was by this place.

American Airlines Center is one of the premier arenas in Texas. I have grown up going to a wide variety of events here, from Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars game to music concerts. American Airlines has been a place where I can get away. American Airlines center opened in 2001 and has since been one of the busiest arenas in the world. I can without a doubt say I love this place. I am a huge Dallas Mavericks fan and have no idea how many games I have attended here. This place has always been a huge way for me to get away and enjoy being with others and getting to experience great events.

The building to which Parish Episcopal belongs has made  a significant impact on my life. I spent 10 years of my life walking into that building almost every single day. From 3^rd -12^th grade students at Parish attend the upper-campus which is located in Farmer’s Branch, TX.

The building was designed by I.M. Pei. He was a modernist architect who also helped to shape the Dallas skyline, he designed Dallas City Hall (1977), One Dallas Center (1979), Energy Plaza (1983), Fountain Place (1986), and the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center (1989). This building was designed for Exxon as an office complex. It was occupied by Exxon until Parish purchased the building in 2002. This building has made such a profound impact on my life, positive and negative. I have dreaded walking into the school at 8am and did not want to leave it after I graduated. I can without a doubt say that it has helped to shape who I am today.