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Essays 301 - 330
the past. Nonconformity now took over as the leading force, with cultural retrospection becoming all but obsolete (Berman PG). N...
may appear unsuitable to the mix. I contend that Birmingham has no more "ugly" or "monstrous" buildings than the next city, and h...
The commission here was difficult, as the foundations of the former building and some of its elements had to be incorporated into ...
history, is that of the arch. "An arch, in construction, is a rigid span curving upward between two points of support. It appears ...
capacity for developing "strong feelings about a design" (6). This pair of architects burst onto the international scene in 1977...
with evident truths (39). It was clearly a break away from convention. No longer did rules dominate but rather, the eye of the art...
different. With new design it is likely that the courtyard is considered completed and not reliant on change. In addition, alth...
resides in one of Tokyos older areas - where tourists and locals alike imbibe in up until now would have been considered hedonisti...
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 ...
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...
and designs as well. Until they had developed concrete most of the architecture was constructed with traditional models that used ...
of King Louis IX (1226-1270)(Martindale). Around the decade of 1220-1230, it became clear that medieval engineering expertise had ...
building, the dome itself may have drawn its inspiration from the Romans. The statue that stands on the pinnacle is surrou...
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...
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...
Roman architecture influenced by apostolic succession - was limited only as far as ones imagination would go. After all, what a p...
inspiration and people tried their hands at columns, pilasters, and laurel wreaths as well as a system of ornamentation that had ...
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....
cities and castles to defend lands against invasion, and they created bridges and hostelries to facilitate communication. But it ...
This 6 page paper gives an overview of the history of Chicago architecture especially the Auditorium Building. This paper includes...
The writer presents a set of PowerPoint slides which may be used to explain the context and setup of an IT infrastructure in a hos...
finished and beautiful look to the landscape. The versatile usefulness of paving stones can be seen in the fact that they can b...