Overview
The buidling i have are the transamerica pyramid in San Francisco and Tribune Tower in Chicago
Write a 6 page, double-spaced compare and contrast essay that investigates how twostructures from two different period styles that share a common theme in architecture. (This theme is your thesis statement.). Below are examples of common themes that you could use for your thesis statement - but you do not have to use my examples! The examples are there to help you develop your own thesis statement.
The structures you chose MUST correlate with the time, cultures, and period styles covered in this course. You cannot chose buildings that are outside of the periods and regions covered in this class.
Examples of common themes for your thesis statement:
- Focus on building type -
- Two buildings that are commercial skyscrapers
- Two buildings that are single-family homes
- Focus on visual characteristics -
- Two buildings that are highly decorative
- Two buildings that use Classical architectural elements
- Focus on cultural context -
- Two buildings that are inspired by nature
- Two buildings that are inspired by the Industrial Revolution
- Focus on the architect -
- Two buildings that are designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
- Two buildings that are designed by Julia Morgan
- Note: as long as the buildings by the same architect are in two different period style