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Evergreen Point Floating Bridge

This is the longest floating bridges in the world and was built in 1963. The unusual design can be contributed to the depth of Lake Washington which was too deep to build a suspension bridge at the time of it’s construction. The bridge has withstood years of use and abuse, surviving high windspeeds and a collision with a barge. The state is looking into a replacement bridge to be built due to the seismic activity of the area.

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Da Vinci Bridge

This pedestrian bridge was designed by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1502 but was constructed in Norway in 2001 by Architect Vedbjørn Sand. Da Vinci envisioned the bridge to span 240m but only spans 108m. It is an artistic addition to the town of Ås and is an example of modern technology paired with historic designs.

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Yokohama International Port Terminal

The terminals design blends the outdoors with its inside spaces. The roof of the building is grassy and accessible to pedestrians. The building is strikingly simplistic and creates a peaceful space. It is a pier but it does not adhere to any traditional designs, it is a free flowing continuation of the urban environment it is connected to. The architects, Farshid Moussavi, Alejandro Zaera-Polo, then a married couple reinvented the notion of a pier in terms of function and form.

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N Building

This building is home to several restaurants and shops and is adorned with a QR code on the façade. When scanned with a smart phone the building brings you to a website that lists all the shops, shows available coupons and sales, and allows the user to make reservations. The building was made possible when the digital production company, qosmo, teamed up terada design to make a building that breaks the barrier between virtual and reality.

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The Apple Store

Apple’s flagship retail store is located in the plaza of the GM building on Fifth Avenue in NYC and is the most profitable retail location in the world. The store is located underneath the cube in the basement of the GM building but what obviously sets it apart is the 30x30ft glass cube entrance. Apple stores everywhere accommodate huge crowds on the launch days of their various products but this location sees over 50,000 people everyday, and many more on the chaotic launch days.

The Apple cube is responsible for raising the value of the much larger GM building by a substantial sum, and made a successful man out of Harry Macklowe, the owner of the GM building, who made it all possible by teaming up with the tech giant.

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Fallingwater

This home was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Kauffmann family and is now a historic landmark. The Kauffmann family owned a department store and this house was their vacation home outside of Pittsburgh, PA. It sits above a 30ft waterfall on their country estate, their son, Edgar Jr. was studying Wrights designs and he was the main factor in the Kauffmann’s choice of designer. It is Wrights only home to be opened to the public with all the original furniture and artwork still inside the house.