Could this be me?

Ralph Walker was a young architect that happened to be at the right firm at the right time. His firm McKenzie, Voorhees, & Gmelin had a reputation of working with phone companies and designing the buildings for these types of companies. Obviously, they felt that because of our past work they could entrust a young architect to handle the usual work. But Mr. Walker seized an opportunity and now we have the Barclay-Vesey Building. This building despite its extravagant ornamentation it indeed was built to withstand the test of times.

On Sept 11, 2007 after the tradegic attacks on the world trade center the Barclay-Vesey Building suffered significant damage to the facade which consisted of Limestone. As we watched the many crews clean the damage the Barclay-Vesey was standing strong. Not only at the time did Mr. Walker create an award winning design but he also created a structure that will be with us for a long period of time.

I wonder if I will be the young architect at a firm at the right now!

What if Hampton Built these dorms? Would you stay on campus?

These dorms are being built at that Illinois Institute of Technology as an experiment for future dorm construction. The only catch here is that the building is being primarily run off of solar energy to promote green design. The students will be responsible for they're habits with energy consumption. The building has been nicknamed the fish tank for a percuilar reason.

Each student will have a small fish tank to monitor they're energy usage. If you use a low amount of energy your fish will swim in a full tank free and rapidly, but if you use too much energy it will have a lethargic look and the water will be rather low. This is to show everyone how they rank with the other tenants. These will be shown on the first floor with everyone's in the building. This is such an interesting way of conducting a study but also showing up our bad habits!