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of Egypt during the second dynasty, the third dynasty of the Egyptian kings was quite powerful and the second king of that dynasty...
are works of art, and this is not a matter of the difference between good and bad art: in fact, he asserts specifically that most ...
world of mankind as much as a concern for the hereafter (which was the sole concern of medieval man). This new way of thinking is ...
finished and beautiful look to the landscape. The versatile usefulness of paving stones can be seen in the fact that they can b...
later the Franks arrived. and "established a strong military presence in what became known as the Spanish Mark, the front line of ...
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" ...
The commission here was difficult, as the foundations of the former building and some of its elements had to be incorporated into ...
the attention of the fashion-setting upper class. Free-standing obelisks were constructed around England, the first, which is stil...
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...
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...
This 6 page paper gives an overview of the history of Chicago architecture especially the Auditorium Building. This paper includes...
Discusses the organizational architecture from a case study entitled Feel Better Pediatric Clinic. Also discussed is compensation ...
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...
of King Louis IX (1226-1270)(Martindale). Around the decade of 1220-1230, it became clear that medieval engineering expertise had ...
replaced by adobe and stone surface dwellings throughout the region by the end of the first millennium A.D." (Pueblo, 2003). More ...
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...
The influences are cited as being form the musical, with Libeskind seeing that the visual and audible as being inseparable, hence...
history, is that of the arch. "An arch, in construction, is a rigid span curving upward between two points of support. It appears ...
with evident truths (39). It was clearly a break away from convention. No longer did rules dominate but rather, the eye of the art...
and designs as well. Until they had developed concrete most of the architecture was constructed with traditional models that used ...
capacity for developing "strong feelings about a design" (6). This pair of architects burst onto the international scene in 1977...
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 ...
Daniel Libeskind. Klees sketchbooks and artistry demonstrate the integrate of linear elements, linear qualities and bold graphic ...
there is a definite uniqueness to the design as well, integrating fresh and unusual elements among the most ordinary of materials ...