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Trinity Church Boston Massachusetts most famous buildings in united states architecture (1)

Trinity Church Boston, Massachusetts (front detail)

Known as one of the most popular buildings in the United States, the Trinity Church of Boston, Massachusetts, was founded in 1733. The church and parish house were constructed from 1872 to 1877 after a design by Henry Hobson Richardson. The Trinity Church established as the archetype of the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The building style took on across the United States with several public buildings features the characteristic clay roof and rough stone, heavy arches and tower in polychromy.

John LaFarge, William Moris and Edward Burne-Jones did the interior murals which cover about 2,000 square meters while Daniel Chester French and Augustus Saint-Gaudens did the houses sculptures.

The American Institute of Architects named the Trinity Church as one of the "Ten Most Significant Buildings in the United States", being the only US church in the top as well as the only building in Boston to have made the list.

Trinity Church Boston, Massachusetts

Trinity Church Boston, Massachusetts (inside view)

Trinity Church Boston, Massachusetts (detail view)

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Gaudi's Casa Batll� in Barcelona, Passeig de Gr�cia, front view

The first time I've been to Barcelona I have seriously fallen in love with this city's architecture. It was a short stay, but this year I took another trip and I had the time to discover all the places I have initially missed. Casa Batll� was on my list the first time around, but I burned through my budget way too fast, so this time this was the first place I saw after I got off the plane. The 21.5 euro ticket to visit the house was worth it completely.

Interior court created to sustain ventilation and increase light within the house

To the inexperienced eye, it can appear as if Antoni Gaudi was seriously messed up. Well, something was definitely different with this guy, and Sagrada Familia, Casa Batll�, Casa Padrero and Park Guelle, to name just a few of the buildings Gaudi designed, make a huge statement in favor of unique and surreal design combined with modernism and functionality. Think about it. The architect came up with a natural ventilation system through a skylit central court within the house itself, providing light, ventilation and keeping the indoor protected against rain. Oh and not to mention he managed to incorporate all that with an insane architecture, heavily inspired by intricate and insanely beautiful nature forms.

Casa Batll� interior court, upstairs view

Casa Batll� is considered to be a premier modernist building, with an architecture style that harmoniously finds balance in the small area where the gothic, the traditional and the modern styles thrive to the surprise of the eye. Balconies appear as skulls and bonnes, creating texture and curve that breaks through the ordinary urban landscape. Colors chosen for the facade of the building are inspired by natural coral colors, whereas most shapes are inspired by marine life.