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Essays 391 - 420
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...
Roman architecture influenced by apostolic succession - was limited only as far as ones imagination would go. After all, what a p...
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...
of King Louis IX (1226-1270)(Martindale). Around the decade of 1220-1230, it became clear that medieval engineering expertise had ...
did happen, as Hatshepsuts rule illustrates (Hillard and Wurtzel 25). A particularly interesting aspect of her rule is the way in ...
analysts may obtain much of the data in advance they may not be able to foresee of data required by management. The ability to acc...
form of structure, function, and aesthetics. This paper will explore how the evolution of technology has influenced the evolution ...
the suppression of these features, as both materials and decoration were sometimes subjugated to the goals of presenting united ar...
also a renown architect, and it was his influence that first spurred the imagination of his sons (Robert Adam, 2003)....
as dated, as indicated by Robin who states that "The free joyful, light, elegant and unbuildable concept of the fifties became a s...
(2000). The Vietnam Memorial Wall is in an urban park setting ("Vietnam," 2003). Its construction system is "cut stone masonry" ...
may appear unsuitable to the mix. I contend that Birmingham has no more "ugly" or "monstrous" buildings than the next city, and h...
the attention of the fashion-setting upper class. Free-standing obelisks were constructed around England, the first, which is stil...
different. With new design it is likely that the courtyard is considered completed and not reliant on change. In addition, alth...
the past. Nonconformity now took over as the leading force, with cultural retrospection becoming all but obsolete (Berman PG). N...
is their "massiveness" as opposed to the much more slender monuments of the Gothic era which followed. An important structural dev...
reason. No one may be able to recall any specific reason, except perhaps that "things" have been done in a specific way for longe...
The commission here was difficult, as the foundations of the former building and some of its elements had to be incorporated into ...
history, is that of the arch. "An arch, in construction, is a rigid span curving upward between two points of support. It appears ...
capacity for developing "strong feelings about a design" (6). This pair of architects burst onto the international scene in 1977...
resides in one of Tokyos older areas - where tourists and locals alike imbibe in up until now would have been considered hedonisti...
structure and appreciate its cathedral-like atmosphere. Stereotypes images of what a synagogue ought to look like...do not match t...
inherently good or inherently evil. Fragmentation and diversity are seen as positive and there is no conservative or fundamental p...
accounts, it is possible for art historians to state that some of the copies of the statue are inaccurate. Grout notes that those ...
styles as well (Salingaros, 2001). It is important to note that what divides the two types is the fact that whether or not there i...
before was not freer to gain access to. The use of moveable types was a move towards homogeneity. McLuhan states; "the world of v...
the numbers of pilgrims on the roads (Petersen, 2005). These churches were characterized by "thick heavy walls which support sto...