Architecture at Everest- Semester 2: Week 3 Post 1

Intersession
Architecture and Design
Audie Santos
6/3/13

June 3rd, 2013

Field Trip-Locations: Fox Century Theater Redwood City Plaza, Burlingame Train Station ( All of these locations are in California)

 A view of the Fox Theater from the front.

What's a great way to start a Monday? Field trip. We started off one of the most frequently visited places in our town, the RWC Fox Theater. This theater is unlike any other theater here in Redwood City. This is possibly the oldest theater in Redwood City and the architecture was the style of the Gothic revival on the outside while the style of the Islamic revival on the outside. The theater finished construction under the Reid Brothers guidance in 1929 and was originally named the New Sequoia Theater. The outside of the theater is very flamboyant and boasting. What really catches the eye about this building is its crown-like roof. The amount of detail that went into the roof is very nice


http://www.pacificeurohotel.com/area-attractions

 A frontal view of the Burlingame Train Station.

Our next stop was the Burlingame Train Station. Just the words "train station" make people already assume that is ordinary. I assure you that this one is unique compared to the standard white and silver box shaped train station. This particular train station's structure takes influence from the Spanish revival, a time period where styles, culture, and architecture from Spain were being used again. In this case, to make a train station. This building was created in 1894 and used the architectural styles of Spanish Colonial, and Mission revivals. This building has also been dubbed a California historical landmark. The first thing I noticed about this building is how bright the orange is. Most of the architecture found in this building is colored in orange. So most of the featrues are visibly noticed like i.e. the arch or facade. The other major feature of this building was the arch tile roof. This design lets rain flow off of it easily. Not to mention how it really tops the whole Spanish look. All in all, the Burlingame train station may not be very large, but it makes up for that in its unique design.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/osinek/5602073627/

A small view of the railway that passes through here ( Back of station)

http://www.caltrain.com/stations/burlingamestation.html