Do you like art?

These U.S. cities house the most art...

On a balance of probabilities, if you're creative, you're probably drawn towards art. Aside from being visually stimulated, being around art means that you will probably run into people with similar interests and temperaments. Having common ground amongst people builds the foundation of a community. According to apartmentguide.com, these cities house the most art galleries:

1. Charleston, South Carolina

2. Miami, Florida

3. Berkeley, California

4. Fort Lauderdale, Florida

5. New Orleans, Louisiana

The article provides more information and statistics to support their rankings. Considering that there are other artistic cities and other metrics, the order of the cities may vary. However, this does provide food for thought. Creative types should consider the impact that their surrounding environment has on their production. Exposure to art and ideas can only aid in your own endeavors. If you're going to make a move, consider all aspects of the city that you are moving to.

That's an Airport???

This has to be more than an airport...

When we think of airports, we usually just think of the hubs that connect us from one flight to another. Very rarely do we say, "Yay! I can't wait to go to the airport". We knowingly get ripped off when we pay for overnight parking. We get our enthusiasm shut down at the TSA checkpoint. Then we finally break through the procedures in order to have the freedom of choice between our favourite processed foods. All jokes aside, most experiences at airports are less than ideal. However, the Singapore Changi Airport is one of the few hubs that flips this notion on its head.

The Singapore Changi Airport has received over 500 airport awards. Amenities found here are not even found in many metropolitan downtown areas. For example, this airport is home to kinetic sculptures , a nature-themed entertainment and retail complex, and even a spiderman that crawls up and down the control tower. This is a place that you might go visit without even knowing that it's an airport. When we concentrate on modern design, our focus has to remain on the experience and memories that we can provide the consumer.

What's that building out WEST?

We know that the Freedom Tower is the tallest building in the U.S., but who is the tallest cousin out West?

The Wilshire Grand Center is a modern 1100' building boasting 73 floors. Even more impressive is that this large commercial building is LEED certified. One could only imagine the attention to detail needed in order to have a building of that size recognized as a sustainable structure. Throughout the construction, 11,500 workers pitched in to make the structure rise.

The two tallest buildings in the U.S. may be on opposite coasts, but they both share a similar completion date. The One World Trade Center was completed in 2014, The Wilshire Grand Center was completed 2017. Each project has its own unique creative contributors, but time will always have these buildings linked. If you look at the remains of any civilization, you will see common themes in the architecture. Even Though, these buildings are different, their materials and intricacies are similar. History will take into consideration the surrounding landscape from which these buildings were erected, in order to signify their individuality. When you marvel at a building, don’t forget to take into consideration the urban form in the surrounding area.

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