Stanford Field Trip: The Gates of Hell

The Gates of Hell is a monumental sculptural by Auguste Rodin, also known as Francois-Auguste-René Rodin, a french sculptor. The sculptor is 6 metres big & 4 metres wide, it also contains 180 figures, all designed by Auguste Rodin. Auguste Rodin would work on this sculptor on and off over 37 years (stopped till his death, 17 November 1917). Rodin apparently, never finished his amazing art work...

Stanford Field Trip: The Memorial Church

The Stanford Memorial Church ("The University's architectural crown jewel") stands in the middle of the Stanford campus, California, United States. The church was built during the American Renaissance by Jane Stanford, co-founder of Stanford, as a memorial to her husband, Leland Stanford, founder of Stanford University. Designed by Charles Allerton Coolidge, a very successful architect. The Stanford family were a very religious family so they decided to let the church to be open to all. The church was 'completely' built in 1903.

In This Day, people use this church for services: Weddings, Baptisms, Memorial Services, & more.

Stanford Memorial Church (During Construction): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k70ypgqywJY

Documentary: "The Stone Thermal Baths" Peter Zumthor

The Therme Vals is a hotel/spa located in Vals, Switzerland, designed by Peter Zumthor. To be honest, I thought that the hotel & spa was amazing because of many reasons. One of the reasons why I think the hotel is amazing, is because of it's roof. The designer of the hotel, Peter Zumthor, decided to put in grass on the roof instead of leaving it empty, which made the hotel look very "creative-looking". This is very cool because  idea of grass on a roof is something you don't usually see in a hotel, house, building, etc. I believe that Peter Zumthor wanted the hotel to be part of the environment (hills, grass), and for this reason he added grass on the roof so that it could fit in.

3D Model of The Therme Vals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_DqQpEUZoo