Buildings are representations of ideas of its designers, the realization of a plan into which every aspect of their design is involved. However, not all of these plans are beautiful when theyre already brought to reality. Some of these somehow exude ugliness as a whole, or in some parts of it. This is the same with the use of contours in a building, sometimes it is made beautifully, adding more appeal to a structure, but sometimes it is ugly, diminishing a buildings appearance. Contours are made beautiful when they are blended in with a buildings structure, adding more of an aesthetic value than its structural importance. It should be able to highlight a buildings features, and somehow characterize the buildings purpose.
   
According to Zumthor in Thinking Architecture, architecture or a buildings existence is concretized in the real world once it is constructed 

A Way of Looking at Thingstitlesecondary-titleThinking Architecturesecondary-titletitlesperiodicalfull-titleThinking Architecturefull-titleperiodicaldatesdatesurlsurlsrecordCiteEndNote(Zumthor). Anything that is related to or involved with it somehow signifies its meaning or importance in the real world. Contours found in various buildings contribute to its beauty or ugliness. Beautiful contours attract attention because of a positive appeal that it gives to the building. It is structurally and aesthetically acceptable and appealing, thus it improves architectures importance to the real world. On the other hand, ugly contours diminish the appeal of architecture, and somehow impart the ugliness on whatever structure it is on. Its impact on the real world is clearly negative, as it is perceived as ugly.
  
 I observed several buildings and was able to identify some with ugly and beautiful contours. It was clear that these contours contributed on the general appearance of the building, wherein beautiful contours somehow meant a beautiful building, and ugly ones represented ugly buildings. The ugly building that I indentified was located in downtown. The general condition of the building was bad, with cracked walls and faded paint, so it really didnt have much aesthetic appeal. Its ugliness is worsened by its ugly contours, brought about by oddly-shaped, small windows surrounding each walls. It also has a small door facing the street, which is awkwardly positioned on one side of the building. By just looking at it, I cant make sense of the buildings purpose. The contours it contained is rather distracting and unsightly.
  
On the other hand, the beautiful building that I chose is located in campus. I considered this building beautiful because it has a nice elevation and contours, as well as different angles. The beautiful contours of this building greatly improved its appearance. It became a point of attraction for viewers, directing them to the important features of the building. Lines and angles highlighted the large windows and doors of the building, and these lines flowed evenly all throughout the structure. This kept its look simple and easy to look at, rather than odd and distracting.
   
Based on my observations, I noticed that for me, beautiful and ugly contours contribute to the overall appearance of the building. Ugly contours are inappropriately situated and the building and make it rather unsightly, while beautiful contours attract attention and highlight the features of a building. The relation between beautiful and ugly contours that I see is that beautiful contours beautify architecture or a building while ugly ones somehow create a negative appeal to it  From this, I learned that every aspect and every detail of architecture must be well-seen-through, because it will always be affected as a whole. The beauty or ugliness of a contour would always influence the appearance of the structure being built. Even though beauty is subjective, it would always pay-off to consider a buildings aesthetic appeal.