Sydney Opera House and My Dream House.

-Sydney Opera House-

The Sydney Opera House is an art complex, unique building and the planning fot it begin in the late 1940. It was formally opened by Elizebeth 2, Queen of Australia on October 20, 1973. Sydney Opera House is an expressionist modern design and it's covers 1.8 hectares of land, 183 metres long, and about 120 mitres wide. It's also supported on 588 concrete piers sunk up to 25 metres below sea level. The roof of the house are covered with 1.056 million glossy white and matte cream sweedish made tiles. The building interior is composed of pink granite quarried in Tanana and wood, and wood and brush box plywood. The architect and structural engineer of the house were John Utazon and Ove Arup & partners.
The Sydney Opera House is one of the world's most distinctive 20th century building and one of most popular performing arts in the world. It is located in sydney close to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The house contains five main performance space, other areas used for performance a recording studio, five restaurants and four souvenir shops.
Besides theatrical productions and concert venues at Sydney Opera House are also used for activities such as ceremonies and social functions and not to forget, the Sydney Opera House is one of the best known as icons of Australia. That's why I like the building.

-My Dream House-

My house that I designed is all imagined and more. It is a modern and very simple house that comfortable. The house was full with my others siblings and we live happy together. My house must have a room for my family pray together, mini library, kitchen, 6 rooms and simple furnitures.

What's so blue about the Blue Mosque?

Istanbul's imperial Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I (Sultan Ahmet Camii) is called the Blue Mosque because of its interior tiles, mostly on the upper level and difficult to see.

Forget the blue tiles! The mosque (built 1603-17) is the masterwork of Ottoman architect Sedefkâr Mehmet Aga. It's built on the site of the Great Palace of Byzantium, on the southeastern side of the Hippodrome.

The Blue mosque is called "Sultan Ahmet Camii" in Turkish, which means the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet. The mosque was built in the classic Ottoman style and is located just in front of Saint Sophias' Church the Sultan Ahmet district of Istanbul. Mosques were generally built to be used as a public service for the citizens.

With its six minarets and a great cascade of domes, the mosque is a worthy sibling to Ayasofya (Hagia Sophia) just a few minutes' stroll to the north.

But it's also a working mosque, so it's closed to non-worshippers for a half hour or so during the five daily prayers, and may be closed for a longer time midday on Friday, the Muslim holy day.
The way to properly appreciate the splendid architecture of the Blue Mosque is to enter it from the Hippodrome (that is, from the west) so we can appreciate the Magic of the Blue Mosque.

There are some buildings near the Blue mosque which include a theology school, a Turkish bath, a kitchen that used to serve soup for the poor, and shops. The shops would provide revenue for maintaining the mosque.

Why I choose this famous building because it is very impressive with its beautiful domes and semidomes, nice courtyards and six slender minarets. The mosque covers a large area, there's a big courtyard where some ablution fountains are located. These ablution fountains are for people who are getting prepared to pray in the mosque.

Then, it is because Sultan Ahmed masjid was built by Ahmed 1, a Sultan from Ottoman Empire. The masjid is also known as 'The Blue Masjid' because of the blue tiles used for its construction on the inner side of the masjid.

Located in Istanbul, the capital and largest city of Turkey, The Blue Masjid is one of the seven world wonders. The Masjid represents another master piece of Islamic art and architecture.
The Masjid represents another master piece of Islamic art and architecture.