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Dallas City Hall

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One of the buildings that I chose from Leoh Ming's architect works is the Dallas City

building located in Dallas, USA. I have chosen the building due to its unique structure and

intention to serve as the administrative center for Dallas' municipal administration. However,

the structure slopes at a 34-degree inclination, each of the building's seven above-grade levels

are 9.5-feet wider from the one below it. This sloping façade interacts only with buildings on

either side facing downtown and offers shelter from the elements and the Texas sun. Dallas

City Hall has an extensive façade, concrete structures, and adaptability of construction

materials which are well designed according to the articles the paper presents.

Although the foundation and basement levels are far more extensive than the visible

footprint of the building, they are hidden behind the sloping façade and extend well beyond

it. Two hundred thirty feet in width, the cantilevered roof spans 200 feet (61 meters), the

ground level is 126 feet in width, and the basement is 230 feet. According to the article by

Dallas City Hall, the building façade is inseparable from the park in front of it(Dallas City

Hall, n.d.). Three cylindrical pillars that seem to prop up the structure were constructed due

to the Mayor's reaction to the apparent upper of the building's form. In addition to providing

cosmetic support, these pillars do not carry the structure's weight. The design and

construction of the structure and the Park Plaza and the garage came to more than $70 million

in total.

When designing City Hall, Pei employed cast-in-place concrete structures for the

interior and outside of the building and the building and park itself. Each story is

approximately nine feet larger than that below it, with the building tilting outward at a 34-

degree angle. The symbolic logic and functional logic are both present in the 560-foot-long

from. The building has utilized the following principles in the construction: attraction and

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engagement, visibility, nature and sustainability, public transportation as well as integration

(Sustainable Construction: Methods and Benefits, 2020). A concrete frame in a building

project consists of columns as well as a mix of technologies that form the structural skeleton

of a structure. This grid of columns and beams is often erected on a concrete slab and serves

to hold the structure's floors, walls, and cladding, among other things.

Wu Ying's study focuses on the adaptability of building materials in the construction

of outdoor buildings. To enhance the building's exterior, adaptation research in the usage of

construction materials must be prioritized. This Research examines building materials'

flexibility in external design form to increase current building engineering look, project

value, and building field production efficiency(Ying, 2018). Compared to other articles, this

article will help me understand more about the Dallas City building. The peer-review

approach is used to maintain academic study quality by having an author's academic

publication, study, or ideas reviewed by professionals in the same field.

The main argument of Perez and Perini is nature-Based Approaches to Urban and

Residential Sustainability. They discuss the basic principles of natural components in

building design and the tactics required to incorporate them into buildings and towns. The

three parts explore the quantifiable advantages, outcomes, concerns, and challenges of

integrating nature into our constructed environment (Perez & Perini, 2018). In comparison

with other articles, this article will help me understand the strategies used by Leoh Ming to

integrate the city environment with the building. However, the book has no reviews yet; the

authors are researchers with Ph.D. degrees and have experience in their field of work. This

makes the source to be reliable and trustworthy.

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The main argument of (Puspitasari & Kwon, 2020) analyses the skyline and tall

buildings' visibility using a dependable approach. According to the Research, towering

building clusters may be studied by looking at all unimpeded views from adjacent streets and

their effect on the skyline using Jakarta as an example. In comparison with other articles, the

article will enable me to understand the visibility of Dallas City Hall and the methods used by

Leoh Ming to ensure the visibility of the building. The article is a peer-reviewed article that

researchers have checked and ensured the quality.

The article's main argument by (Abdelhameed & Saputra, 2020) describes how the

architectural design incorporates building services. Specifically, the study examines the

relevance of building service systems (BSS) and how they should be considered throughout

the early architectural design stages. These systems should be included in the building from

the early design stages to save money and avoid costly and time-consuming adjustments. In

comparison with other articles, the article explains how rooms are integrated to form one

building. The article will help me in understanding how Leoh Ming was integrated into one

building. The study has certainly been peer-reviewed to retain academic scientific quality. It

puts an author's scholarly piece or ideas to evaluation by specialists in the same area. 


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References

Abdelhameed, W., & Saputra, W. (2020). Integration of building service systems in

architectural design. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 25, 109–

122. https://doi.org/10.36680/j.itcon.2020.007

Perez, G., & Perini, K. (2018). Nature-Based Strategies for Urban and Building

Sustainability. In Google Books. Butterworth-Heinemann. https://books.google.co.ke/

books?

id=_wIxDwAAQBAJ&dq=nature+and+sustainability+of+a+building&hl=en&sa=X&

ved=2ahUKEwjrhdKOmZ_2AhVPUxoKHeBJDsUQ6AF6BAgKEAI

Puspitasari, A. W., & Kwon, J. (2020). A reliable method for visibility analysis of tall

buildings and skyline: a case study of tall buildings cluster in Jakarta. Journal of

Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 1–12. https://doi.org/

10.1080/13467581.2020.1787839

Ying, W. (2018). Research on the Adaptability of Building Materials Application in Exterior

Exterior Design of Buildings. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental

Science, 189, 032009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/189/3/032009

Dallas City Hall. (n.d.). Www.pcf-P.com. Retrieved March 3, 2022, from https://www.pcf-

p.com/projects/dallas-city-hall/

Sustainable Construction: Methods and Benefits | BigRentz. (2020, February 4).

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