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Essays 151 - 180
In seventeen pages the time and space continuum that exists in both architecture and dance are compared in terms of positive and n...
In five pages this paper examines how Greek life particularly in terms of its culture and geography has influenced the region's ar...
In twenty five pages the exactness with which John Pawson painstakingly approached architecture is examined. Twenty sources are c...
In five pages Berlage's architectural marvel the Amsterdam Stock Exchange is considered in terms of its spatial and material maste...
In six pages this paper examines classical Greece's architecture and art with a discussion of the Acropolis and the sculptures of ...
In ten pages this paper discusses the office architecture of the U.S. and Japan in terms of its design similarities. Seven source...
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....
of King Louis IX (1226-1270)(Martindale). Around the decade of 1220-1230, it became clear that medieval engineering expertise had ...
light. Our eyes were created to see the forms in light; light and shadow reveal the forms. Cubes, cones, balls, cylinders and pyra...
resides in one of Tokyos older areas - where tourists and locals alike imbibe in up until now would have been considered hedonisti...
different. With new design it is likely that the courtyard is considered completed and not reliant on change. In addition, alth...
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 ...
with evident truths (39). It was clearly a break away from convention. No longer did rules dominate but rather, the eye of the art...
located close together (Mintzberg et al, 2003). This may appear to increase immediate competition, but it also has the impact of a...
In "The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in A World Civilization" Marshal Hodgson (1990)...
be seen both across the expanse of water and reflected in it (Lauritzen 12). San Marco is constructed so as to catch the light. Th...
designing of building, but in realty it is much broader than this, in addition to the need for creative knowledge and the practica...
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....
companies who were once complex become simple and then fail (Miller, 1993). It is that excessive simplicity that eventually causes...
building, the dome itself may have drawn its inspiration from the Romans. The statue that stands on the pinnacle is surrou...