YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Developments in Architecture
Essays 211 - 240
version is richly colored; Mary here wears a bright red robe as does a man who might be Joseph, who is in the background (Adoratio...
II. What is an Affluent Society? The concept of the affluent society sounds positive. After all, affluence is something good, bu...
located close together (Mintzberg et al, 2003). This may appear to increase immediate competition, but it also has the impact of a...
unique nature of the buildings at the time. Architectural students are taught a great deal about deconstruction, something that ir...
a renowned Japanese architect who makes his home in Osaka. The new museum is "dedicated to the relics and techniques of ancient Ja...
In "The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in A World Civilization" Marshal Hodgson (1990)...
Roman architecture influenced by apostolic succession - was limited only as far as ones imagination would go. After all, what a p...
the Kimono Designs of Issey Miyake Issey Miyake was born in Hiroshima in 1938 and studied design in Tokyo before working in Paris...
was "shattered" by the urban scale of Renaissance Rome, which was achieved under the reign of Pope Sixtus V (75). Selecting from...
of the "longitudinal, three-aisled basilica" (Church of San Spirito) that would come to be the foundation of Western church form. ...
of Greek culture to glean hints as to how a woman interacted in this male-dominated world....
a new technocratic order" (Le Corbusier: Kenneth Frampton, 2002). According to one particular author we find that, perhaps, "On...
light. Our eyes were created to see the forms in light; light and shadow reveal the forms. Cubes, cones, balls, cylinders and pyra...
cities and castles to defend lands against invasion, and they created bridges and hostelries to facilitate communication. But it ...
companies who were once complex become simple and then fail (Miller, 1993). It is that excessive simplicity that eventually causes...
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...
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...
Expressionists were predicting an urban catastrophe even before the First World War, and within the ruins that still existed in th...
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...
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 ...
before. Perhaps the iconic model here is Barbara Stanwyck luring Fred MacMurray to his doom in Double Indemnity. But there is an...
designing of building, but in realty it is much broader than this, in addition to the need for creative knowledge and the practica...
document. Accenture must decide how to develop an IT structure that meets its needs. There are several alternative approaches and ...
was felt the entire industry had become uncompetitive and inefficient, the lessons are applicable universally. This is a r...
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...
Architectural fetishism came of age during the Renaissance. Classified as a magically empowered inanimate object, a fetish may ta...