FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT | falling water at Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania | 1934, 1938, 1948 Materiality: Reinforced concrete and stone Type: House

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT | falling water at Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania | 1934, 1938, 1948

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT | Guggenheim museum at New York | Materiality: Concrete | Type: Art Museum

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT | Guggenheim museum at New York |

LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE | Barcelona Pavilion at Barcelona, Spain| Materiality: Steel frame with glass and polished stone | Type: Exhibition Building

LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE | Barcelona Pavilion at Barcelona, Spain|

LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE | Seagram Building at New York| Materiality: Steel frame with curtain wall, bronze exterior “columns”| Type: Skyscraper, commercial office tower

Kansas City, Public Library | Missouri, United States Gigantic bookshelf | the most influential books are used | lifelike experience | to attract people in order to use more the library

GreenPix Zero Energy Media Wall | Beijing, China The wall screen houses over individual colour LEDS | largest colour LED worldwide | Is solar-powered | gathers power all day to be enlighten all night

ANTONI GAUDI | Casa Mila at Barcelona, Spain | Materiality: Masonry and concrete | Type: Multifamily housing

ANTONI GAUDI | Casa Mila at Barcelona, Spain |

BURJ AL ARAB | Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates 4 th tallest building in the world | refers to the sail of a ship | stands on an artificial island | connected to the mainland with a bridge

BURJ AL ARAB | Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

TADAO ANDO | Church of Light Chapel | size of a small house | made out of concrete cubes | cruciform cut into the concrete | contrast between solid and void, light and dark | emptiness and reinforced concrete

TADAO ANDO | Church of Light in Osaka, Japan | 1989

ANTONI GAUDI | Sacrada Familia Church in Barcelona, Spain | 1882 – (expect to finish in 2026)

FRANK GEHRY | Guggenheim museum, Bilbao, Spain | 1997 Materiality: Steel frame and titanium sheathing| Type: Art museum

FRANK GEHRY | Guggenheim museum, Bilbao, Spain | 1997

FRANK GEHRY | Dancing house in Prague, Czech Republic |

HABITAT 67 | Montreal, Canada Cubes symbolize stability, truth, wisdom, civilization | 354 cubes build-up one on top of the other and make 146 residences

HABITAT 67 | Montreal, Canada

ABOUT ROOFS | 1. Gamble (=αέτωμα) – triangular roof | rain and snow run-off easy

ABOUT ROOFS | 2. Cross Gamble (=σταυρωτό αέτωμα) | triangular roof with 2 parts that cross

ABOUT ROOFS | 3. Flat (=επίπεδη) – easy to build | few materials

ABOUT ROOFS | 4. Mansard (=τραπεζοειδή πλευρές η γαλλικό αέτωμα) – flat area at the top instead of being perfectly triangular

ABOUT ROOFS | 5. Hipped (=μονορριχτη στέγη) – allows rain and snow run-off easily | allows for large eaves on a building

ABOUT ROOFS | 6. Cross hipped (=σταυρωτή μονορριχτη στέγη με 2 μέρη) – has 2 parts that crossed

ABOUT ROOFS | 7. Pyramidal (=μονορριχτη στέγη που σχηματίζει πυραμίδα)

ABOUT ROOFS | 8. Shed (=στέγαση) – similar to gamble (=αέτωμα) | rain and snow run-off easily | one of the easiest roofs to build

ABOUT ROOFS | 9. Saltbox – similar to gamble roof but 2 sides of it are not symmetrical

ABOUT ROOFS | 10. Gambrel (=τεθλασμένη διρριχτη στέγη) – more bell-like than triangular when view from the side | its like flattened gable roof | often used in farms