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The building allocated in the environment is a series of bones-like structures, sticking out from the ground. Architects and their works that have influenced the building are, Frank Gehry and his work, the ‘Guggeinheim Musuem’, in Bilbao, Spain (1991), and Renzo Piano and his work, ‘Menil Collection’ in Houston, Texas (1981-1986)

Frank Gehry is a modernist architect whom interpreted modernism through abstract ideas in the shape of buildings, and his new idea in the expression of construction. Gehry accentuated modernist architecture through honesty of the use of materials, in which he used metal sheets, drywall wooden panels and stud frames, in which they were deliberately left ‘un-touched’ showing the process of construction of the building. Such architectural works depicting this is the ‘Guggeinheim Museum’ in Bilbao, Spain (1991), constructed from stainless steel and evoked the use of curvatures and his abstract ideas in his work conveying abstract structure through the use of curves.
Gehry has influenced the ‘building’ as the building, much like ‘Guggeinheim Musuem’, the use of abstract structure through the use of curves, in which also represents and resembles a bone-like structure.

Renzo Piano has influenced the building through his architectural ideas, such as in his work on the ‘Menil Collection’ in Houston, Texas (1981-1986), which was described as “high craft and high tech”(1). The building, constructed from steel frames, used roofing shaped as ‘leafs’ which controlled the temperature of the building, filtering heat. Piano expressed the effects of technology on the climate and lighting effects on the building, as he quotes,
“I feel that one needs to invent something new but at the same time quite old within our craft”.(2)
This statement evokes Pianos use of classical architecture, using the techniques of ‘repetition’, as well as of his use of modern architecture, involving the use of technology to overcome issues related to climate and lighting effecting on the building.
Piano has influenced the ‘building’, such as through his use of classical architecture, involving the use of ‘repetition’, in which the building uses a repetition of the same looking bone-like building with different height, scale and width.

The building has been constructed with a thick layer of concrete on the out of the building, and a layer of ‘beige’ coloured painting over the top of it, to evoke the sense of a bone-like structure. The construction of the building, in which uses concrete, is also influenced by Renzo Piano, as his works overcome issues such as climate and lighting effects on the building. Due to the building being located in a warm and dry location such as the desert, the building keeps the heat out through the thick layers of concrete, helping to keep the inside the building cool. The building also doesn’t have any windows, which also helps filter the heat out of the building, as it stops the strong heat-rays of the sun, which is overwhelming in the desert, out of the building.

(1)Modern Architecture since 1900, William JR Curtis, pg 660
(2)Modern Architecture since 1900, William JR Curtis, pg 661