How to Architect
7 Architecture Facts pt.26 | Lloyds, Brasilia, Niemeyer & Facade This is one of the video series about facts in architecture.
| Length | 2:21 |
| Price | Free of charge |
| Subject | Architecture |
| Languages | English |
| Video Transcripts | English |
About the video
This video is about aqueducts and their function to move water over large topographical gaps plus their varied remanning locations like France and Spain; the definition of a cantilever and how they are typically created and sized—the rule of thumb for a cantilever is 1/3rd unsupported and 2/3rds supported; obelisks and how they are defined—it is a tapering square or rectangular shape with a pyramidal for at the top; the term facade is interesting because it relates to both buildings and people—a person can put on a facade and so do buildings for various reasons; the German philosopher and physicist Gustav Fechner and his experiments regarding the golden rectangle and golden ratio—Fechner discovered that people prefer the shape of the golden rectangle to other rectangles; the Lloyds of London building and why it looks the way it does—it’s clad in stainless steel and the stairways and ducts are exposed on the exterior, similar to the Pompidou Center in Paris; the cathedral of Brasilia designed by Oscar Niemeyer—it’s piers weigh almost 200,000 pounds each.
Meet the instructors
Doug Patt has been called “The Tony Robbins of Architecture” because his enthusiasm is contagious. He loves to teach and his passion is instantly apparent. Doug is a registered architect who works on high end residential projects. He also has aYouTube channel with over one hundred and fifty thousand subscribers, millions of video views and a top selling book with MIT Press called How to Architect. He has three degrees in architecture, has worked on projects published in professional journals and honored with national awards, and speaks on architecture and web business. He has also created consumer products, taken a few to market, sold a business and has a couple patents.
Video syllabus
Aqueducts
Cantilever
Facade
Obelisk
Gustav Fechner
Lloyds of London
Cathedral of Brasilia