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Chicago's Soldier Field Renovations

recent years. Adam Smith wrote in The Wealth of Nations that it should be local governments responsibility to provide public stru...

Media and Chicago's Highway Construction During the 1950s

This paper examines the media's portrayal of Chigago's highway construction and other industrial projects during the 1950s. This ...

Chicago's Metropolitan Revitalization and the Effects of Gentrification

In five pages this paper examines older urban section revitalization and the gentrification impacts of revitalization efforts. Se...

Chicago History and Organized Crime

on the door of the house (Kelly) and indicative of the violence which ruled Chicago during the gangster era. Chicago regards its ...

Business Ethics and Chicago's Ameritech

In five pages this report considers the company's business ethics as they influence corporate performance. There are four sources...

Chicago's Greek American Community

certain amount of time, as their primary goal was to take their earnings back home and live the life of luxury. Indeed, there was...

Chicago's Mexican Culture

the construction of a vast network of railroads (Robinson, 1998). Even more arrived after World War II to work in Chicagos many s...

Emergency Evacuation Plans and Chicago's Workplace

that this study is designed to address: 1. Chicago city requirements for emergency evacuation are more effective now than before t...

Chicago's Sears Tower Structural Analysis

of this size and weight), one can assume from the sheer size and weight of the building that a special concrete mixture would have...

Chicago Heat Wave in Heat Wave A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago

other words, events such as the many deaths as a result of the Chicago heat wave would not occur if society was more aware of the ...

Systems versus Enterprise Architecture

home, Aden compares the processes involved with EA to way that homeowners offer input to a contractor on what features that they d...

Monumentality in Architecture

in the new Renaissance style" (Essential Architecture, 2008). One can see this monumental element through the relatively flat exte...

European Middle Ages Architecture, Art, and Classical Antiquity

In five pages the influence of classical antiquity on the architecture and art of the European Middle Ages are considered in the a...

Bauhaus to Modern Architectural Style Development

In five pages the Bauhaus school of architecture is examined along with the architectural developments that have occurred since th...

Architecture of Greece

In seven pages this paper examines Minoan architecture and how it evolved into the classical Greek architecture style. Five sourc...

Modern Movement Influence Upon Architects and Fashion

In fifteen pages Le Corbusier's modern architecture movement is examined in terms of how it links architecture and fashion in acco...

Roman Architecture and the Continental Building

are just a few of its ornamental features (Gilmore Associates, 2004). The overall style of the Continental is Art Deco. The Art ...

Considerations for IT Implementation Projects

The writer looks at a number of issues that should be considered by those planning and implementing information technology project...

The Bead Bar Network

disadvantages before ending with a conclusion. 2. Background Bead Bar is a company selling beading supplies to a range of c...

History and Architecture of Chihuahua Cathedral

In twelve pages the ways in which the Chihuahua cathedral's history and architecture represents its community's cultural and spiri...

Gothic Cathedrals of 1100 to 1500 A.D.

a major representative example and therefore more widely reviewed. Following subsections discuss the changes in cathedral constru...

Venice, Italy

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...

The King's Quarters at Versailles

of design that was popular in Europe, but particularly in France during the 1700s5. Interior design and ornamentation are aspects ...

A History of the Tabernacle and Catholic Pulpit

the first Christians inherited their forms of worship from Judaism, that is, from the temple and the synagogue (Bieler 12). Howeve...

Landscape Architecture and Italian Designs for Pavement

finished and beautiful look to the landscape. The versatile usefulness of paving stones can be seen in the fact that they can b...

The Southwest's Architectural History

replaced by adobe and stone surface dwellings throughout the region by the end of the first millennium A.D." (Pueblo, 2003). More ...

Defining UK Architecture Cultural and Utility Reflection

light. Our eyes were created to see the forms in light; light and shadow reveal the forms. Cubes, cones, balls, cylinders and pyra...

Venturi, Rossi, and Jackson's Views on Architecture and History

In six pages this paper examines the perspectives of Venturi, Rossi, and Jackson within the context of the perception that history...

History and Architecture of Sicily's Villa del Casale

the same impressive mosaics. Seindal notes that the villas original owner would have been of the...

Weimar and Dessau Phases in Architecture's Bauhaus Movement

witnessed in the arts was the combination of the Weimar Academy of Arts, the Weimar School of Arts and Crafts, and the newly affil...