Essays 211 - 240
capacity for developing "strong feelings about a design" (6). This pair of architects burst onto the international scene in 1977...
history, is that of the arch. "An arch, in construction, is a rigid span curving upward between two points of support. It appears ...
replaced by adobe and stone surface dwellings throughout the region by the end of the first millennium A.D." (Pueblo, 2003). More ...
to have a grand view of the ocean. Yet, this concept is not new. the idea that location and climate were the utmost concerns emana...
and designs as well. Until they had developed concrete most of the architecture was constructed with traditional models that used ...
the Kimono Designs of Issey Miyake Issey Miyake was born in Hiroshima in 1938 and studied design in Tokyo before working in Paris...
a new technocratic order" (Le Corbusier: Kenneth Frampton, 2002). According to one particular author we find that, perhaps, "On...
of Greek culture to glean hints as to how a woman interacted in this male-dominated world....
light. Our eyes were created to see the forms in light; light and shadow reveal the forms. Cubes, cones, balls, cylinders and pyra...
The influences are cited as being form the musical, with Libeskind seeing that the visual and audible as being inseparable, hence...
was "shattered" by the urban scale of Renaissance Rome, which was achieved under the reign of Pope Sixtus V (75). Selecting from...
of King Louis IX (1226-1270)(Martindale). Around the decade of 1220-1230, it became clear that medieval engineering expertise had ...
of Egypt during the second dynasty, the third dynasty of the Egyptian kings was quite powerful and the second king of that dynasty...
cities and castles to defend lands against invasion, and they created bridges and hostelries to facilitate communication. But it ...
inspiration and people tried their hands at columns, pilasters, and laurel wreaths as well as a system of ornamentation that had ...
can tell that ornamentation is a large part of this model. The Irish often added spirals and curves. One might look at these as co...
of the "longitudinal, three-aisled basilica" (Church of San Spirito) that would come to be the foundation of Western church form. ...
wiring, plumbing, etc...have to be changed out every few decades or so. Space and stuff are the last to s layers in Brands book....
building, the dome itself may have drawn its inspiration from the Romans. The statue that stands on the pinnacle is surrou...
companies who were once complex become simple and then fail (Miller, 1993). It is that excessive simplicity that eventually causes...
Roman architecture influenced by apostolic succession - was limited only as far as ones imagination would go. After all, what a p...
called herself the Goddess (1989). In ancient Egypt it seemed as if dynastic power had passed through females even when the Pharao...
to be saying that the term, bigger is better has applied for years where buildings were concerned. Whether he takes this to task, ...
In five pages 18th century English architecture is discussed in a consideration of Baroque and Georgian styles with various aspect...
There is a limit to how much can be done in miniaturizing transistors to increase the speed and capacity of a microprocessor chip....
This paper examines how geographical concepts can be applied to the development of landscape architecture in 5 pages. Three sourc...
In six pages the life and architectural style of Marcel Breuer are examined with a discussion of his Lincoln, Massachusetts home a...
soaring faith. New techniques allowed the cathedral to be taller as man reached higher for contact with God. Inside the building...
In eight pages Islamic architecture and art are examined in a comparative analysis of these mosaics. Seven sources are cited in t...
In five pages this architecture is analyzed in terms of construction, style, symmetry, materials, craftsmanship, and public percep...