Architecture Preview

Hundertwasserhaus (Forest Spiral, The Hundertwasser Building)

Germany

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)?

• Friedensreich Hundertwasser

2. When was it built?

• Between 1998 and 2000.

3. Where is it located?

• Darmstadt, Germany

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?

• It's a public building, Its apartments

5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?

• N/A

6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?

• Friedensreich Hundertwasser received no payment for this building because he believe it was for the public and he didn't want anything ugly to take the space

7. Why did you pick this building? 

• I really like this building. It is very interesting. I've never seen anything like. You would think it would be a tacky, and ugly building with its different colors, and oddly shape windows, but that's what makes it so cool.

National Centre for the Performing Arts

China

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)?

• The architect is Paul Andreu.

2. When was it built?

• It started December 2001 and finished July 2007

3. Where is it located?

• It is located in Beijing, China.

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?

• It is public

5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?

• N/A

6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?

•  

7. Why did you pick this building?

•  It was a really cool building. I like how it looks likes it is floating on water. And the inside of it is just amazing

Habitat 67

Canada

1. Who is the architect? 

• Moshe Safdie

2. When was it built?

• 1985.

Where is it located?

• Montreal, Quebec, Canada

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? 

• private

5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? 

• N/A

6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?

• It was designed to integrate the variety and diversity of scattered private homes with the economics and density of a modern apartment building.

7. Why did you pick this building?

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Nord LB building
Germany

1. Who is the architect?

• Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner

2. When was it built?

• 2002

3. Where is it located? 

• Hannover Germany

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? 

• Only the restaurant and the exhibition center.

5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? 

• N/A

6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?

• It was created to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and promote the use of natural daylight.

7. Why did you pick this building? 

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Krzywy Domek (The Crooked House)

Poland

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? 

• Szotyńscy Zaleski

2. When was it built? 

• 2004

3. Where is it located? 

• Tricity, Poland

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?

• You can visit

5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?

• N/A

6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? 

• It was inspired by the fairytale illustrations of Jan Marcin Szancer

7. Why did you pick this building? 

• This building looks like it is straight out of  a Dr.Seuss book. It is very wacky and interesting. It makes me feel like a little kid again and like im in one of the Dr. Seuss books

Writing a news lead (or lede)

Father was a spy, Sons Concluded with Regret

who: Sons of  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
what: Accepted that their parents were spies
when:
where: America
why: Cannot find a way to prove that their parents weren't
how:

Their Lead:
They were the most famous orphans of the cold war, only 6 and 10 years old in 1953 when their parents were executed at Sing Sing for delivering atomic-bomb secrets to the Soviet Union.

My Lead:
Over 30 years later, Robert and Michael Meeropol come to terms with the fact that their father Julius Rosenberg was a Russian spy

'Unrestored' Copy of first Superman comic book for sale

who: Stephen Fishler
what: Is selling a 'unrestored' superman comic book

when: Firday
where: comicconnect.com

why: Because he wants to sell it
how: Online bidding

Their Lead:
After being hidden away for years, a copy of the original "Action Comics No. 1" comic book, featuring Superman and friends, will make a comeback -- to the tune of about $400,000, a comic expert told CNN Thursday.

My Lead:
Comic fans around the world are enthusicastic about the recent news that, Stephen Fishler, is selling the original "Action Comics No. 1" comic book, on Friday on comicconnect.com

Warm-Up Caption

• Thursday afternoon, sophomore Ian Loyd chases his pet goat, Randolph, after he got loose out of his gate at the Akins HS barn. Ian wasn't able to catch his goat that day but hours later he found it eating cabbage in the schools cafeteria.
• This photo doesn't follow very many rules. The only rule I see is leading lines, the rails lead up to Ian. And the photo has Depth. There are many mergers, for example: Ian leg looks like it is coming out of the goats butt.

Caption Writing Practice

1.) First Sentence

• answer who, what, when, where, why, and how.
• It tells us whats going on in the picture
• It needs to be in present tense( no -ed words)

2.) Second Sentence

• information that you cannot get by looking at the photo
• It is past tense
• If there are 3 people or less, you have to identify them

• Senoir Courtney Jackson shows enthusiasm at one of the high school of Friday night because Akins just score a touchdown. She really happy becuse Akins rarely scores any touchdowns.

• Sophomore Brandon Watsin attempts to make a free-throw at the Akins vs. Connally basketball game Thusday Night. The Akins basketball team has been on a on winning streak of 5-0
• Brandon Watsin is the subject of the photo and he is in focus, Theres is some mergers to the photo, with the lady standing in the background and the arm that is coming out of Brandon Side. 

• Not trying to let others copy his painting, Gabe Moldanado startegically covers one of his paintings in art Class.Gabe doesn't want anyone to copy his painting because he...............

• Framing, his arms are covering his picture. Viewpoint, the photographer got really close to Gabe. Mergers, Cell photo 

• As part of a science experiment in Ms. Patricks class, students get to hold live spotted owls to see how they react to them. Many of the owls were freighted by the students, came loose, and began to fly around the class room
• Leading Lines- the hands is leading up to the owl. Mergers- Lady in the background.

Spring Shoot photo prompts

Spring

Blue

Angle 

Open

Africa

PowerPoint

These photos are very interesting and beautiful. The way he took the photos, and the color of them, make the photos look very dark and amazing.

My favorite photo is the photo of the lion when what looks like he is about to start running. It is a very fierce photo, and you can see the intensity in the lion.

Photographer

A.) Nick Brandt uses a Pentax 67II with only two fixed lenses.
B.) He takes photos because he feels that this is his only way to express his love for animals.
C.) He hopes to memorialize the vanishing natural grandeur of East Africa.
D.)"What I am interested in is showing the animals simply in the state of Being. In the state of Being before they are no longer are. Before, in the wild at least, they cease to exist."

 

Elements of News

• Proximity

• http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/11/texas.wildfires/index.html 

• Prominence

• http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/11/robert-pattinson-on-his-teenage-crushes/

• Timeliness

• http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/man-in-deadly-weekend-crash-identified 

• Oddity
• http://news.yahoo.com/odd

• Consequence
• http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/End-of-year-school-zone-wake-up-call

• Conflict
• http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/10/news/economy/debt_ceiling_fight/index.htm?cnn=yes&hpt=C1

• Human interest
• http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/crime/police-arrest-former-judge-candidate