Greenhouse Domes

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Top photo is of all the greenhouse domes, the middle photo is a close up of one of the domes and the steel frame and the bottom photo is of a garden on the inside. (Photos are from Google.com) The last material that Sporre discusses is steel. This material is said to have endless possibilities on what can be created out of it, and it first began being used during the industrial age which had changed architecture from then on. An example of a building that Sporre gives is the Greenhouse domes in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This material maybe light in weight, but is strong. It allows architects to be creative when it comes to thinking of different shapes such as the domes for buildings. (94).

Greenhouse domes and the Walt Disney Concert Hall

Los Angeles, California. Designed by Frank Gehry. Top photo is the exterior of the Concert Hall made out of stainless steel, and the bottom photo is the main auditorium made out of hardwood panel. The Walt Disney Concert Hall has different attractions that are given at this building such as tours, concerts and dinning. It has stainless steel curves and sits on 3.6 acres of land. Climate does not seem to be a major factor when it comes to this type of building because it is made out of stainless steel, and southern California does not experience harsh climate changes.
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The following YouTube video shows more photos of the exterior of the Walt Disney Concert Hall.  

Metropol Parasol

Seville, Spain. Built from 2005 till 2011.
Wood as a building material has been used for architecture for many years, and it is a renewable resource as well as a resource that is not as harmful to the environment as others can be. Sporre describes wood as being used for framing when it comes to domestic architecture. (94). The Metropol Parasol is a fairly recent famous wood building, and it shows how much architects have progressed when it comes to architecture along with the technology advancements. For example, this building has 3,400 wooden elements, and took from 2005 to 2011 to build. This building along with many others is something to be proud of because of how incredible the structure is, and although the climate in Spain is not extreme it was built to be able to stand even though it is not a typical square or rectangular shaped building. 
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Roman Pantheon

In Rome, built almost 2,000 years ago, and still remains standing today.
Concrete as a building material is still used today as well as far back as Ancient Rome, according to Sporre. In today's use of concrete we use it around steel frames which seem to ensure the strength of the building.(94). One feature that is amazing about the Pantheon is the dome roof that it has because that was something Romans had difficulty with when building it. Concrete is heavy so the higher the dome was the less amount of concrete was used. There is also a circle opening at the top of the dome that was sued for a source of light to enter the Pantheon. A lot of thought and consideration was put into creating this building, and it was well thought out to still exist today. 
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The Great Enclosure

In Great Zimbabwe (1350 - 1450)
According to Sporre, author of Reality through the Arts, stone as a building material can be used by stacking stones on top of one another, and this is usually called load bearing or bearing wall. This is one example given in the book, and it is amazing because it still stands today being hundreds of years old. (92) The technology that we have today did not exist back then, so for the people who constructed this structure is remarkable.

(Sporre, Dennis J. Reality through the Arts. 8th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2013. Print.)