YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Classical Influences on Modern Architecture
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was "shattered" by the urban scale of Renaissance Rome, which was achieved under the reign of Pope Sixtus V (75). Selecting from...
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...
companies who were once complex become simple and then fail (Miller, 1993). It is that excessive simplicity that eventually causes...
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....
replaced by adobe and stone surface dwellings throughout the region by the end of the first millennium A.D." (Pueblo, 2003). More ...
capacity for developing "strong feelings about a design" (6). This pair of architects burst onto the international scene in 1977...
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 ...
is their "massiveness" as opposed to the much more slender monuments of the Gothic era which followed. An important structural dev...
history, is that of the arch. "An arch, in construction, is a rigid span curving upward between two points of support. It appears ...
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...
and its aftermath. In Europe, architecture was characterized as the desire to get buildings rebuild as quickly as possible in as e...
be judged according to its truth, but it can only provide a "true opinion" since it must be judged by external standards. It is th...
and Shared Minds Implications for business are clear. All of these threads weave together in the effective organization to...
value but not a supreme one"(Frascina 71, see also Risatti). His belief, counter to others, was that modern art had driven itself ...
mother and that their buildings were erected, despite their intended purposes, to pay homage to the Mother. He cites in this cases...
property and outside of that a berm of round river stones. Roundness is the theme that catches the eye on approach to The Roth Hou...
be found in a variety of locations, ranging from coffee houses, and even campgrounds (Asbrand, 2004). Wi-Fis rely on Ether...
(2000). The Vietnam Memorial Wall is in an urban park setting ("Vietnam," 2003). Its construction system is "cut stone masonry" ...
also a renown architect, and it was his influence that first spurred the imagination of his sons (Robert Adam, 2003)....
later the Franks arrived. and "established a strong military presence in what became known as the Spanish Mark, the front line of ...
Daniel Libeskind. Klees sketchbooks and artistry demonstrate the integrate of linear elements, linear qualities and bold graphic ...
previous times and styles. Nor does it need to be seen as an opposition to the past, and as such it is the concept of originality ...
may appear unsuitable to the mix. I contend that Birmingham has no more "ugly" or "monstrous" buildings than the next city, and h...