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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...

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" ...

(Al-Imran); Verse 97 (ICM). The Hajj is considered a fulfillment of the Fifth Pillar of Islam but is also considered as a time whe...

also a renown architect, and it was his influence that first spurred the imagination of his sons (Robert Adam, 2003)....

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 ...

seems to think, were sorely left out of the equation when Marx had developed his theories. Frighteningly enough, Habermas foretol...

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...

complete perspective, the study of several theories can build a broader one. The Case Mr. Johnson is 35 years old and has b...

later the Franks arrived. and "established a strong military presence in what became known as the Spanish Mark, the front line of ...

is their "massiveness" as opposed to the much more slender monuments of the Gothic era which followed. An important structural dev...

Daniel Libeskind. Klees sketchbooks and artistry demonstrate the integrate of linear elements, linear qualities and bold graphic ...

whatever they become, defining their being through a projection of what they foresee of themselves in the future....

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 ...

ERP. ERP is a set of tools, which are often modular units of a software application which bring together the management of differe...

this study. The Goals and Objectives for the Study The following are the major goals and objectives for the study:...

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...

Indeed, Muhammad prescribed a life full of "lofty ethical ideals and peaceful coexistence" (Bruning 56) that non-believers of Isla...

of King Louis IX (1226-1270)(Martindale). Around the decade of 1220-1230, it became clear that medieval engineering expertise had ...

go unexplained based on ordinary criminological theory. Trait theory provides new explanations for odd behavior. At the same time,...

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...

inspiration and people tried their hands at columns, pilasters, and laurel wreaths as well as a system of ornamentation that had ...

its female counterpart; while this mentality has been somewhat reversed in certain global communities, it still takes precedent in...

and grows in popularity, but should live out its allotted time when it becomes a cash cow (1990). Hence, this theory above all co...